After Special Police officer Li Yu dies saving someone, she is reborn in the body of a young girl from the Great Yong dynasty, who was abused to death by her fiancé's family.
Reborn as the ancient Li Yu, the special police officer takes revenge on Zhang Guixiang, who killed the original owner. She takes the original owner's younger brother, Li Qing, back to their rural home, retrieves the property left by the original owner's father from her former fiancé's family, and foils the Zhang family's repeated attempts to harm her.
While hunting in the mountains, she saves a scholar from the neighboring village. He sets his sights on Li Yu and plans to repay her by marrying her. Just as life is going swimmingly, a sudden locust plague is followed by the ravages of war...
