Xiao Yueli is an unloved princess who grew up outside the palace. Her mother is the dynasty's most revered Imperial Consort. Mo Yuchen is a young general from a prominent family and the second son of the Marquis of Wuding, whose household commands the dynasty's armies. An imperial decree of marriage binds together two people who have never even met.
At first, Mo Yuchen thinks Xiao Yueli is a fragile, helpless little flower whom anyone can bully, and that the mountain manor where she grew up is merely her refuge. He devotes himself to protecting and loving her. Her in-laws, sister-in-law, and young nephew all cherish and protect her. The new sisters she makes are captivated by her beauty, introduce her to their friends, and bring her one cherished friendship after another.
The ultimate villain tempts lesser villains into plunging the dynasty into chaos, ruin, and corruption. As a past-life entanglement comes to light, so do Xiao Yueli's many identities: she is the young mistress of a mountain manor revered by the martial world, a wealthy landowner with a thousand mu of farmland, and the patron behind commoners' academies across the land. When her husband goes to war and needs provisions, she supplies them. When he needs weapons, she provides them. She gives him martial arts manuals and medicinal herbs, and in the end, even gives herself to him. Together, the couple defeats the ultimate villain and overthrows the dynasty.
But who will take the throne? I won't be empress, so the rest is up to you.
And so begins the founding of a glorious dynasty.
