In a time of chaos, women are precious. Hidden away in a mountain valley for fifteen years, she learned martial arts and medicine, knowing nothing of the world. A flash flood shattered her peaceful life, forcing her into the imperial court, where she became the first woman to pass the civil service examinations.
As a golden age teeters on the brink of collapse and conspiracies lurk in the shadows, who can protect her? The regent's aunt, the gentle physician, the mysterious general, the sickly, obsessive cousin... How will she make her own way in this world ruled by men?
He pursued her across time and became a stranger in a foreign land, undying and immortal.
But she had long since been reborn and had entered a new marriage with the love of her past life.
He was her destined match,
a perfect union, with both hearts in accord.
Yet fate did not bring them together, and they could never grow old side by side.
He had no destined bond with her, only hatred and a struggle to the death.
He forced what could not be, and swallowed the bitter consequences alone.
