Moonlight Over the West Tower, Along the Swing-Lined Lanes

She is free-spirited and unconventional, wanting only to live life on her own terms.

She dares to disguise herself as a man and mingle with the scholars at the Imperial Academy, discussing poetry and lyrics with them...

The prince says he loves her and wants to break off her engagement for her?

If he really does, she might consider it. But becoming a secondary consort is out of the question.

Talented and beautiful, she is nonetheless made a pawn in a political marriage.

Unable to win her love, the prince tears her and her beloved apart.

Even so, she is determined to live life her own way.

The prince ascends the throne and becomes emperor, only to bring the kingdom to ruin and his family to destruction.

Amid war and chaos, she can only regret being born a woman, unable to serve her country.

In the end, she takes up her brush as a sword, her ink as its edge, and her words as blades, leaving behind a masterpiece for the ages...