Huo Xinyi, a healing disciple who jumped off a cliff and killed herself amid an internal power struggle in her sect, transmigrates into a storybook she had read before her death. She becomes the general's wife by proxy, the character she had always felt most sorry for.
On her wedding day, her husband's younger brother, who was born with a heart condition, suddenly has an attack. Should she save him or not?
For the sake of her plans to lie flat later, Huo Xinyi hurries over and saves him.
So her husband will live and protect her for a few more years, Huo Xinyi accompanies the general, his unattainable beloved, on campaigns across the land, enduring hardship after hardship.
Just as she thinks she can finally lie flat, a very proper gentleman pins her firmly to the bed.
"Are you trying to run away, my lady?"
"Of course not! The lamp is just too bright..."
With a sweep of his hand, he snuffs out the candles in the room, and all of Huo Xinyi's struggles are firmly subdued...
