
In Republican Shanghai, Murong Qingyi, a warlord’s son swapped at birth, endures years of torment. His life changes when Ren Susu saves him, but tragedy strikes her family because of it. Years later, love sparks between them, but Ren Susu fakes her death to save another, leaving Qingyi heartbroken. Three years on, she returns as his future sister-in-law. Love, hate, betrayal, and old wounds resurface. As war looms, the two must defy fate together, but can love survive a nation’s fall?

Song Yaozhi, a modern public relations workhorse who died suddenly from overwork, was reborn as the eldest daughter of the prime minister. Initially intending to annul her marriage and return home to live a carefree life as a "lazy salted fish," she accidentally became bound to the tyrannical emperor by a life-and-death curse. Song Yaozhi captivated the tyrant with her wit, while he protected her with his domineering strength. As their interactions deepened, their mutual affection blossomed. Eventually, Song Yaozhi successfully annulled her marriage and broke the life-and-death curse together with the tyrant.
