Set in the fictional Eastern Liang dynasty, circus performer Ye Ningzhi’s (He Hongshan) troupe enters the palace and stages a performance to celebrate the empress dowager’s birthday. The ambitious grand princess (emperor’s sister) decides to cause mischief by framing her for treason, though the heroine is saved by strategist Wei Guang (Xu Zhengxi), and falls in love at first sight with him. When Ye Ningzhi enters the palace two years later as the empress’ maid, she stands up for her fellow servants, and refuses to sacrifice her conscience in the face of power. Ye Ningzhi also works together with Wei Guang to crush the grand princess’ plan to usurp the throne, and catches the eye of the emperor in the process....

During the Yin Dynasty, in order to save the world, Dongyue came back three times to the time before the war despite her sufferings and she wanted to kill the trigger of the war, Lu Yuantong. In the first comeback, she met Feng Xi who struggled to redress the family by all means. They saved each other and then had crush on each other but Dongyue misunderstood Feng Xi by his way to save his family. Dongyue's assassination led to the broke out of the war in advance. In the second comeback, Dongyue decided to believe Feng Xi but he lost his memories. Then Feng Xi fell in love again and he gave up all his plots and perished together with Lu Yuantong. In the third comeback, Dongyue saved Feng Xi and they redressed his family, defeated Lu Yuantong and made the world peaceful again....