It is said that there was a peerless beauty in ancient times, named Wang Yueying (played by Cecilia Cheung). She was raised by her father Wang Chengyan (played by Zhao Benshan) since she was a child and was loved by everyone. However, Yueying hated men's concubines. She beat up any man who took concubines, which shocked the whole city and made the people who were oppressed by her complain. Wang Chengyan lost his wife in his early years. Fifteen years later, he now has the idea of getting married again. Yueying was forced to make a request that as long as she could find a man to convince her within three days, she would no longer interfere with men's freedom of marriage. Wang's father found the extremely smart Dongfang Mingliang (played by Xiao Shenyang) and asked him to debate with his daughter. After a verbal battle, the two made a vow. Dongfang Mingliang was determined to love only Yueying within a year, and if he could not change his mind, he would marry Yueying. In the midst of the turbulent times, against the backdrop of the great era, Mingliang and Yueying's hearts gradually became close...