
Ten-year-old Nina Sterling is sold by her Grandma for a warding-off wedding for the sickly Lord Ming, Lian Sterling. Lian Sterling raises her with great care. The young general gives all his tenderness to her. He protects her in times of danger. Feelings blossom between them. Imperial suspicion, her family background, and marriage proposals fail to tear them apart. Shedding their nominal brother-sister relationship, Lian Sterling marries Nina Sterling. They live a life of peace and tranquility.