The crisis of middle age hits Chun Mei in waves. She begins to think about how she can deal with the pressures of life and how to accept that she's ageing.
From everyone else's perspective, Zhang Chun Mei's life is perfect. Her son has been admitted to a top school due to his excellent grades; her husband is a professor with outstanding credentials; Chun Mei herself is up for promotion as an editor of their magazine. Chun Mei has a house, a car and abundant savings; but in fact, only she knows her own suffering.
Middle age crisis came without warning, what's worse, Chun Mei's husband Wei Qiang has disappeared. After putting together all the clues, Chun Mei has enough reason to suspect that her husband is cheating on her. When Wei Qiang seems to have thought things through and finally goes home, he asks for a divorce.
Adapted from the novel "Shu Nian" (熟年) by Yi Bei (伊北).
Chen Ju Yi, a divorced elementary school physical education teacher, bought a big house with all his savings, and just moved in with his daughter. But one day, strange woman opens the door and claims that the house was hers, and after the two argued, they learned that they had fallen into a trap of "one room, two sales". The woman's name is Fang Ling, she's the brand director of an international clothing company, beautiful in appearance, divorced due to her husband's cheating, and living alone with her six-year-old son.
Neither of them, wants to gave up their house, so they follows some legal advices and temporarily starts living under one roof. But very soon, Chen Ju Yi and Fang Ling starts "guerrilla war", both wanting to kick each other out, from the house. However, they don't expect that soon, due to many life perturbations, the couple will become the greatest support for each other.
When Zhao Zhen discovers his biological mother is not the Empress Dowager Liu E, but her maid Li Lanhui, he arranges a marriage between his beloved daughter Princess Fukang and the Li family’s son Li Wei as compensation for his lack of filial piety. In the political arena, Zhao Zhen strives to maintain a balance of power between the conservative and progressive factions after the Qingli reforms experiences a significant backlash from the former.
Inside the palace, Emperor Renzong faces the dutiful Empress Cao, the troublesome Zhang Mihan, and the gentle Lady Miao.