The story begins from an odd wedding in Ming dynasty. It takes place in JiangNan, which has beautiful scenery. Meng Li-jun, the girl with matchless beauty is the daughter of a celebrated scholar. She is about to marry Liu Kuibi, a son of Liu Jie, who is an eminent relative of an imperial family. Usually, it’s the happiest moment for the bride. However, Lijun is wearing a plain mourning dress with face full of tears. What has happened….

Trace back the story to one year ago, the bright girl, Li-jun met a son of the Governor, called Huang-fu Shao-hua. at the side of a beautiful brook. They made their love promise under the sky of a starry night. Nevertheless, they were involved in a serious scheme. Liu Jie, the guileful and greedy brother of the queen, forms treacherous collusion, smuggles and illegally sells salt. Because of this, he deliberately pitted the Meng family and the Huang-fu family against each other.