Bending at the Waist for a General

He supports the Third Prince. He marries Shen Zhiwei to investigate the Yumen Pass treason case and bring the Shen family to justice. She supports the Crown Prince. She marries Xiao Ce to give her father a chance to survive. The court is the board, and marriage is the game. Both despise political maneuvering, yet they have no choice but to keep this marriage, each standing against the other. - - On their wedding night, Xiao Ce coldly tosses a dagger to Shen Zhiwei. “Why not see if you can hold a knife in your mouth and save the soldiers who died unjustly at Yumen Pass?” After the wedding, the two, so different in temperament and opposed in allegiance, test each other in a deadly contest. Shen Zhiwei promises that once her father’s case is solved, she will ask for a divorce, whatever the truth may be. But Xiao Ce slowly realizes he doesn’t want her to leave. To win a smile from his beloved, he bends his pride and begs his former enemy. - A key figure in the Yumen Pass treason case comes to light. Xiao Ce is manipulated without realizing it, and though Shen Zhiwei can’t bring herself to blame him, she can’t let it go either. The undefeated general finally falls apart before her. In the end, he decides to fight for power on his wife’s behalf…