
Desperate to save her mother, she seeks a rare lotus and crosses paths with a serpent king. Their night together leaves her to bear his child alone while he believes the worst of her. After she gives birth and returns home, her mother is killed. But the Serpent King's love is sealed; she endures shame in the snake palace. Once freed, he repents and punishes the guilty. And she learns she is a dragon heir. When he is wounded and becomes a black snake, she and their child wait for his recovery.