Ten years ago, General Ye Xiong was framed in a conspiracy, falsely accused of secretly stockpiling weapons and colluding with another country. Ye Xiong and his junior fellow disciple Ye Lie had no choice but to put themselves in harm's way. They died in a deliberately provoked war.
Ten years later, Ye Xiong's daughter, Ye Xingyi, whose real name is Si Lanying, returned to Xiqi.
There, she reunited with her nominal older brother Rong Yechen and her childhood sweetheart Yang Jing. She had returned both to stop people from using evil blood gu to harm others and to clear Yang Jing and his father's names, hoping to be with Yang Jing.
Then one day, her nominal older brother Rong Yechen suddenly came to his senses and saw the truth. Instead, he began relentlessly pursuing her. He won a request from her in a game of chess, saying, "If your brother wins this game, Ah Ying, will you grant him one request?" He severed ties with his rowdy friends for her, saying, "From today on, I, Rong Yechen, am no longer your friend." He even gave up the throne for her, saying, "If Ah Ying doesn't want to be crown princess or future empress, how about I take her traveling through mountains and rivers?"
All I want, for all my life, is to hold my beloved's hand and grow old together.
