The Kingdom Is Beautiful, and So Are Its People

[Two heroines + plot-focused + equally matched leads + female ensemble + black lotus]

There are no helpless little flowers who can't fend for themselves here.

And there is no male lead who can solve every problem.

Murong Suni, an undercover strategist, alone in the world and disguised as a man.

Born with sharp brows and bright eyes, she smiles like the moon shining into your arms.

Her coarse clothes cannot hide her commanding presence. She is graceful, charismatic, and full of cunning schemes.

Though she wandered without a home as a child and was raised in a household surrounded by blades and swords,

she is not bound by her past or trapped by what others say.

Whatever she thinks and wants to do, she does. Whatever fortune or misfortune follows, she will face it in time.

Hong Gu, a bandit chief who clawed her way out of a ravine, dressed in a blazing red gown.

With arched brows, red lips, and a smiling tiger's face, she was born with a striking beauty.

A bandit king, a hero in an age of chaos.

She is ruthless and wild by nature, and feared throughout the surrounding villages.

Though she has countless male companions, she falls for Murong at first sight, abducts her to the mountain, and marries her on the spot.

At the end of the dynasty, the Great Zhou Kingdom's royal authority teeters on the brink of collapse, while wolves circle on every side, eager to tear it apart.

Will Zhu Hongxie, the last queen, turn the tide, or will treacherous ministers seize power and leave the kingdom beyond saving?

Will the clever pavilion of the celebrated courtesan You Cuirui hold off countless enemies, or will the female general Gerile charge on horseback and awe the four directions?

Watch as Murong and Hong Gu become entangled in love and enmity, joining forces to bring down a kingdom.

Then see how they part ways after the realm is secure, each disappearing into the wider world.

One achieves all she desires, rising high in court to wear the crown; the other sets sail, becoming a pirate who plunders treasure at sea.