Xiao Che, the general who became famous at a young age, was cold and unruly, with great military exploits, but he was jealous of the emperor because of old family grudges. When he first entered the court, he suddenly met the favored princess Li Changning in the stern palace. She was charming and agile, like a blazing fire, breaking through his defenses that had been frozen for many years.
Fate plays a trick, the emperor makes a secret plan, and the border war breaks out again. Xiao Che is ordered to go on an expedition, but he is seriously injured and captured in the bloody battle, and his life and death are unknown. Regardless of the obstacles of his identity, Chang Ning resolutely ran into danger, but unexpectedly caused many misunderstandings. After he returned home, he was suppressed by the court and heard that the princess had married someone else. He was disheartened and asked to guard the border. She was trapped in the palace, but she never gave up her secret mediation and even used marriage as a bargaining chip to buy him a chance of survival...
From the first glimpse of the mutual dependence on the battlefield in the Golden Palace, from the disaster in prison to the end of the world, the intrigues and sincerity are intertwined, and the family and country are entangled with love and hate. Xiao Che and Chang Ning missed and reunited again and again in the conspiracy and war. Can they finally break through the shackles of the mortal world and return hand in hand? In the deep palace, the Queen Mother quietly paved the way, the Emperor repented in his later years, and the fate of fate slowly turned -
This is a soul-stirring love song in troubled times, and it is also a life-and-death struggle about freedom and true love.