Shen Miao is the treasured daughter of the wealthiest merchant in Yangzhou City. Blessed with wealth and beauty, she has had many men clamouring for her hand in marriage. The two men met with success, only to have their alliances with Miao cut short.
The first is the talented and principled scholar Pei Yan Zhen, and the other one is the gorgeous and glib Song Xi Yuan, Third Lord and successful merchant in his own right. Both men have separate agendas in marrying her but quickly fall for her.
While the two men fight to marry Shen Miao, in the background, a political storm is brewing, and it is headed straight for the trio.