Set during the Ming Dynasty, the story revolves around the romance between General Xu Lingyi and the concubine's daughter Shiyiniang that starts from an arranged marriage. Despite being born with a low status, Luo Shiyiniang is extremely assertive and believes that a woman's vision should not be limited to the household. She hopes to rely on her embroidery skills as a ticket to freedom. However, the once esteemed Luo family is in a state of decline. Hoping to save the clan through a marriage alliance, Shiyiniang is selected to become the wife of Yongping Duke and great general Xu Lingyi. Things were not easy for Shiyiniang due to the Xu family's biases towards her. Nonetheless, she manages to win over their trust through her optimism and sincerity. Xu Lingyi also becomes attracted to Shiyiniang's various beautiful qualities such that husband and wife manage to find love after marriage.

Ins legendäre Haus am Londoner Eaton Place zieht neues Leben ein: 1930 haben es die Bellamys verlassen, sechs Jahre später verwandeln Lady Agnes und Sir Hallam Holland die verstaubten Räume in ihr prachtvolles Zuhause. Natürlich müssen auch wieder Dienstboten gefunden werden, doch die Zeiten haben sich geändert: Weder sind sie so einfach zu finden noch so beflissen wie früher. Und der grassierende Faschismus sorgt für so manches Zerwürfnis.

In a vast and mysterious multiverse with fantastic alternative realities, a metaphysical entity has a whole plan behind it, in order to protect the timeline of an island using a book that can see the past, present and future as if it were a full script.