Grand General Aiden Shaw is injured, loses memory, assigned to Greencliff. Tea farmer Cora Gardiner takes him in, names him Aiden. They fall in love. Prince Zane frames them, destroys the village, forces them apart. Aiden recovers memory, returns to Capital, becomes powerful. Cora and her sister end up in Capital, using tea skills. After misunderstandings, they overthrow Prince Zane and marry by imperial decree. They return to Greencliff.