A penniless orphan with a secret that could shake the world; a spoiled young marquis with a heart of gold. A daring adventure in which a girl disguises herself as a boy to study, and a hilarious romance born at an academy.
Her family has fallen on hard times, her mother is gravely ill, and her father has been wrongfully accused. Desperate to find a way out and clear her family's name, the brilliant but impoverished Su Yunshang cuts off her hair, disguises herself as a boy, and enters the greatest academy in the land, Qingyun Academy, under her older brother's name, “Su Yun.”
On her very first day, she clashes over her “shabby” appearance with Lu Beichen, the carefree young heir to the Marquis of Zhenbei, who dismisses her as a “penniless miser” obsessed with profit. Hiding among a group of bright, talented young men, she has to tread carefully. Her remarkable intelligence gets her through one crisis after another, but she has no idea that the scroll left behind by her father has quietly drawn her into a vast political conspiracy.
Yet through one clash and one shared struggle after another, the spoiled young heir who couldn't stand her at first gradually becomes the person who understands and protects her best. From their fierce rivalry during the academy's monthly exams, to working in perfect harmony on a plan to control the floods, and finally standing together through life and death amid the flames of war at the frontier...
When her identity as a woman is exposed before thousands of soldiers, and the truth buried for years finally comes to light, how will she protect her ideals, her love, and her duty to her country amid the storm?
“Lu Beichen, I lied to you.”
“I know. But I, Lu Beichen, have never regretted a thing.”
This is a song of young people coming of age, and a heartfelt romance that transcends identity and prejudice. Watch as an orphan wields knowledge like a blade to break free from the traps of fate and write a legendary story at Qingyun Academy alongside the one she loves.
