Our drama is based on a story of a story - an ambitious librarian wants to join Tencent's Next Idea Science Fiction Contest.
He has a modern view to examine the history of ancient literature. And so he comes up with a competition titled "what if life gets a second chance?"

Based during the feudel era, baby reincarnated from a man who died from disease and this is his second chance
But the baby's early years were unfortunate, his mother died and he himself almost gets killed.
Several years later, grown up Fan Xian (known for being the illegitimate son of southern Qing's earl of Sinan, Fan Jian) awaits the red soldiers to take him back to the capital.
He finds himself in a detour at a divine temple and becomes captivated by Lin Wan'er's beauty, the Prime Minister of Qing's daughter.
Little does he know Lin Wan'er is his betrothed wife to acquire Neiku, the key to vast wealth. At first he doesn't know that his chicken drumstick girl is Lin Wan'er, so he refuses to be part of the arranged marriage. But overtime he discovers that Wan'er who he can't stop thinking about, is his fiancé and will overcome all obstacles to be with her, even if it means to butt heads with his mother-in-law, the evil Princess Royal.
On top of meeting this future bride, after an assassination attempt on his life, Fan Xian is on a journey to discover the life of his mother, Ye Qingmei was once a celebrated inventor who founded the Overwatch Council, the country's spy network. As well as, uncovering what is in the box that could not be opened by him or his martial arts teacher, Wu Zhu. As the story runs along, he has always wanted to solve the mystery of why he would occassionally dream of a world that is from a different era, which then gets incorporated into his daily routine and decision making.
Will Fan Xian and Wan'er have a happily ever after?
What secrets will he uncover of his mother?
How will he cope in a vast city of royals, corruption and assassinations?