At the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, young Zhao Kuangyin was performing a heroic act of justice while traveling in the rivers and lakes, and accidentally saved a strange woman Zhao Jingniang. The two experienced life and death in troubled times, and the joys and sorrows in the palace. Zhao Kuangyin, who has become the emperor, has always been deeply in love with Jingniang. In the end, he did not hesitate to withdraw from the court struggle, gave up the throne to his younger brother, and traveled thousands of miles to find his lover, creating a love story that moved the world.