Shen Qingwu bears the glory of being the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household in Dasheng. With dragon blood in her veins and an army under her command, she is the most dazzling of the capital's two princesses. She thinks her life will unfold in the defense of Dasheng's borders, but an unexpected revelation about her birth sweeps her into an even more complicated whirlpool. Her birth mother was not the Grand Princess, but the Grand Princess's fifth younger sister: a woman who once married into the Hanbei Dynasty and became its empress, yet personally entrusted Shen Qingwu to her elder sister. She was also Shen Qingwu's secret mentor.
The Hanbei Dynasty and Dasheng stand on opposing sides. Xiao Lin, the third prince of Shuofang, is a lowborn son struggling to survive in the cracks of the imperial family. He and Shen Qingwu should have had nothing to do with each other, but an accident binds them together. When the crown prince of Dasheng rebels and their homeland teeters on the brink, she sets aside her prejudices and he stakes everything on the line. His words, “Help me put down the rebellion, and I will promise you that we can stand side by side and gaze upon these ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains,” mark the beginning of their intertwined fates.
From clashing at every turn to entrusting each other with their lives, the dragon-blooded noblewoman and the lowborn prince join hands to turn the tide. As the Hanbei Dynasty is swept up in turmoil, Shen Qingwu, its sole princess, eventually reclaims her heritage and ascends the throne. Watch as she navigates the schemes of Dasheng, Shuofang, and Hanbei, establishes her rule as a woman, and writes a legend of her own.
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