Qiao Yan, a concubine-born daughter in the Chancellor's household, is ordered by the emperor to marry General Xie Changfeng. After the wedding, Xie Changfeng takes in many women at the general's residence and ranks them. Before long, he brings home a woman named A Yan, gives her the title of Madam, and hands her a keepsake from his mother. Once inside, A Yan seeks out Qiao Yan and asks her to embroider a pair of mandarin ducks as a gift. Soon, war breaks out, and Xie Changfeng takes both women to the battlefield. As events unfold, A Yan's identity becomes ever more mysterious, until the female lead is shot by the King of Xida and fakes her death. At last, A Yan's true identity can no longer be concealed.
