During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Zhou emperor lost his prestige, and the princes rose up, one rising while the other declining, and each leading the way. The Chu State, a barbarian country originally outside the Central Plains, has been growing bigger after hundreds of years of operation, and finally became the most powerful country in the Yangtze River Basin during the reign of King Chu Wei. The Chu State was dissatisfied with being in a corner, and often went north to compete for the Central Plains. The Chu State was a land of outstanding people and talents, and the most famous of them was the peerless poet Qu Yuan (played by Ma Ke). Qu Yuan was successful at a young age, and he had the country in mind, and he was determined to bring the Chu State to the peak of prosperity. However, the intrigues and twists and turns in the temple inevitably drew him into the center of the vortex of power struggle. He compared himself to a holy orchid, disdaining to associate with a group of villains, and naturally he was also attacked and framed by the villains. During this period, only Mo Chou Nu (played by Zhang Xinyu), a folk slave girl he met when he was young, gave him the greatest comfort. With villains in power, the fortunes of the Chu State were declining, and Qu Yuan was also gradually approaching the end of his fate...