[The narration is in first person before she regains her memories, then switches to third person]
To stay alive, Xiao Lingyi travels a thousand miles to the border, hoping to marry the young general and borrow his military power to protect herself.
But before she can even meet him, she falls off a cliff and loses her memory. She is rescued by Pei Yan, the regent of a neighboring kingdom.
After losing her memory, she struggles to play the part of a gentle, delicate maiden.
But this man keeps looking at her as if he can see right through her. "Are you sure you're gentle?"
Before her memories return, she leaves without a word and goes back to the capital. Yet she has no choice but to go to Beiyue for a political marriage with Zhao Yun, the Fifth Prince and Pei Yan's nephew.
Later, she finally remembers...
She is the ruthless princess whose own father grew wary of her after she asked, "Why can't a woman rule?"
She has killed countless people, and the entire court takes detours to avoid her.
And the regent before her has been laying plans for her for years, willing to scheme with her for the realm.
She says, "This realm is sick. They can't cure it, so I'll do it."
He says, "The regime may change, but the people must not die."
Together, they share every day and face life and death side by side. She thinks they will be the best of allies, the best...
But later, she learns that all he wanted was to give another woman her freedom... and nothing more.
