杜十娘（李嘉欣饰）虽然出身风尘，却出淤泥而不染，她一心相信这个世界上有真爱，并希望有朝一日真心爱她的男人来给她赎身，两人双宿双飞。一天杜十娘偶遇书生李甲（吴彦祖饰），两人一见钟情，很快陷入情网。李甲出生名门，虽然喜欢十娘的美貌，但是却无力帮她赎身。后来十娘和老鸨打赌，定下自己的身价黄金千两。十娘交出自己的积蓄，鼓励李甲去给自己赎身。恢复自由身的十娘跟着李甲回家乡，李家人却嫌弃十娘的身份，不肯接受他们。李甲心情郁闷，借酒消愁，遇到同学孙富，孙富垂涎十娘的美色已久。他见李甲被赶出家门，囊中羞涩，于是提出花高价买下杜十娘。可怜杜十娘一片痴心，却换来的是被心上人当成货物卖出。伤心欲绝的十娘穿上嫁衣，将自己积攒多年的珠宝展示给李甲看，最后抱着百宝箱跳进江中

Du Shiniang (played by Li Jiaxin) is born in a dusty world, but she is not stained in the silt. She wholeheartedly believes that there is true love in this world, and hopes that one day true love will be true. The man who loved her came to redeem her, and the two lived and flew together. One day Du Shiniang ran into scholar Li Jia (played by Daniel Wu), and the two fell in love at first sight, and soon fell in love. Li Jia was born in a famous family. Although he liked Shi Niang's beauty, he was unable to help her redeem her. Later, Shi Niang made a bet with the old bustard that she was worth a thousand taels of gold. Shi Niang handed over her savings and encouraged Li Jia to redeem herself. Shiniang, who had regained her freedom, followed Li Jia back to her hometown, but the Li family despised Shiniang's identity and refused to accept them. Li Jia was in a depressed mood and drank alcohol to relieve his worries. He met his classmate Sun Fu. Sun Fu coveted Shiniang's beauty for a long time. Seeing that Li Jia was kicked out of the house and was short of money, he proposed to buy Du Shiniang at a high price. Poor Du Shiniang is infatuated, but what she gets in return is being sold as goods by her sweetheart. The heartbroken Ten Niang put on her wedding dress, showed Li Jia the jewels she had accumulated over the years, and finally jumped into the river with the treasure chest in her arms