Lin Xi, a graduate student in history, dies after staying up all night to finish a romance novel about a woman who transmigrates. He transmigrates into the book as the youngest deputy general under Xiao Che, a prince of a different surname in the Great Yao Dynasty. When Xiao Che is framed for treason, the new emperor gives Lin Xi, as Xiao Che's trusted confidant, a cup of poisoned wine and orders him to take his own life within three days to “atone for his crimes.” The hundred thousand-strong Defeat-the-Barbarians Army under his command is an elite force built by Xiao Che himself, and a thorn in the new emperor's side that he is determined to remove.
Su Qingyuan was originally the heroine who transmigrated into a romance novel. She gradually awakens from a “passive pawn” into a “mastermind behind the scenes.”
Amid a rapidly shifting political landscape, Lin Xi commands a powerful army while Su Qingyuan is exceptionally clever and always several steps ahead. Their fates become intertwined.
