During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the Lin and Xie families were the most prosperous in the capital. The Lin family has close ties with the Xie family, and the second young master of the Lin family, Lin Jinxuan, and the Xie family's miss, Xie Shiyun, have a deep friendship and have liked each other since they were young. However, Xie Youguo, the master of the Xie family, was framed for rebellion because he was secretly in the court and held a high position. Long Yan was furious and wanted to destroy the Xie family. There were few survivors of the Xie family, but the whereabouts of five-year-old Xie Shiyun was unknown. Ten years later, the Xu family in the south of the capital rose due to their meritorious service in the war. For ten years, the Lin family has been sending people to search for Xie Shiyun's whereabouts but to no avail. Although Lin Jinxuan has always been thinking about Xie's sister, he met his eldest brother Lin Yantian and the two young ladies of the Xu family, Xu Xiangyan and Xu Qingcheng. In the process of getting along, Xu Xiangyan gradually fell in love with Lin Jinxuan because of Xu Xiangyan's more lively personality than his sister. Five years later, a plague prevailed in the capital, killing most of the Xu family, and the Xu family gradually declined. Xie Yanqing, the master of the Lin family, decided to let the two young ladies of the Xu family live in his home and let his two sons take them as wives. Lin Jinxuan wanted his father to agree to his marriage to Xu Xiangyan, but Xu Xiangyan offered to marry Lin Yantian. Lin Jinxuan was sad and confused, but in order to "retaliate" against Xu Xiangyan, he simply followed his father's arrangement and married Xu Qingcheng. From then on, the story gradually unfolded in fame and fortune. Will Xie Shiyun return? Can Xu Qingcheng and Lin Jinxuan fall in love? What is the truth behind the destruction of the Xie family? Layers of stories and intricate relationships emerge one after another.