After rising star magistrate Lu Jiang Lai is brought down by a past wife-murder case, he's left injured, amnesiac, and on the run, only to be rescued by Rong Shanbao, the Tea King's cunning daughter. Once rivals, she hides his identity and demotes him to a stable boy to exact revenge. As Lu Jianglai plays along to survive, he becomes entangled in the Rong family's high-stakes search for a son-in-law. Amid power plays and hidden agendas, he and Shan Bao engage in a battle of wits that slowly turns into something deeper.