Yun is shunned when she becomes pregnant in school, and her mother gives the child up for adoption. When Yun tutors a boy 10 years later, her mother discovers he is Yun's son.
Yang Guo, a girl who lives with her aunt's house, is in a dilemma after witnessing an accident by her friend. In the summer when she was constantly struggling to escape from the small city, the girl gradually gained the vague consciousness of a woman, learned to face life, face herself, and grow up.
During the Tang Dynasty, Eunuch Ju kills five government officials in an attempt to hide his evildoings and the evidence falls into the hands of Prime Minister Mu. Prime Minister Mu's daughter Mu Fu Rong refuses a marriage of convenience and she jumps to her death in defiance, yet she survives thanks to a masked hero who comes to save her. Eunuch Ju has long been targeting the masked hero and the Mu family that the incident places a giant target on Mu Fu Rong's back.