Can Love truly transcend the boundaries of convention? A scholar, the son of an imperial official, has been strictly brought up and strongly influenced by the traditional beliefs of his family. He falls in love with a well-known courtesan. They cannot deny the fact that they belong to different social classes.Worse still, people generally believe that courtesans are heartless creatures. The scholar receives a letter from the courtesan while ill in bed. He does know that the more he loves her, the more he is afraid of losing her, but at the same time he doubts her dedication to the love between them. Everything becomes a nightmare unwittingly.