Liu Yunqing, son of a general from a defeated nation, is forced to disguise himself as a woman and marry Xiao Lin, the enemy kingdom’s ruler, in place of his younger sister. The king is rumored to be a bloodthirsty tyrant, and Liu Yunqing plans to endure the humiliation and stay alive. But he soon discovers that the tyrant’s reputation is a sham. The ruler who slaughters people without mercy at court by day stays up all night poring over memorials about disaster victims.
At a palace banquet, Liu Yunqing takes a poisoned arrow meant for Xiao Lin with his bare hands. The tyrant grabs his wrist and sneers, “Those calluses on General Liu’s hands don’t look like they came from embroidery.” Just as Liu Yunqing’s disguise is about to be exposed, Xiao Lin bends down and bites the tip of his ear. “The beggar boy you saved ten years ago has come to repay you.”
The fake princess becomes the real empress, and the tyrant turns into a devoted puppy. Why does this enemy kingdom feel more and more like home?
