Orphaned Northeast girl Gao Yuqi marries into the Ge family for love. Expecting warmth, she is instead tormented by the domineering grandmother-in-law, who seizes the bridal room and imposes harsh rules. Yuqi feigns submission while launching a clever counterattack, using a bowl of mock turtle soup to humble the elder and driving away two greedy aunts. On the wedding day, the grandmother arrives with Zhao Yuanyuan—who secretly loves the groom, Ge Fenghuo—attempting to force a marriage and break up the newlyweds. Facing humiliation, Yuqi exposes Zhao Yuanyuan's true colors. This pushes the long-timid Ge Fenghuo to explode in anger, and his parents stand up for their daughter-in-law. Finding herself isolated, the grandmother faints from pure rage.