As war breaks out in troubled times, young Huo Zhaobai raises troops from a border town, vowing to end the feudal separatist regimes. While fighting on the battlefield, he met the counselor Su Wantang. Su Wantang is extremely intelligent, and as a woman, she assists Huo Zhaobai in making suggestions, and the two develop a secret love while fighting side by side.
As his power grew stronger, Huo Zhaobai's ambitions continued to expand, and his differences with Su Wantang's philosophy of governing the country gradually became apparent. In order to win over power, Huo Zhaobai married an enemy princess, which deeply hurt Su Wantang's heart. When Huo Zhaobai finally ascended the throne and achieved hegemony, Su Wantang chose to leave quietly. Many years later, looking at the empty palace, Huo Zhaobai realized that although he had thousands of miles of land, he had lost this place forever.
