In the first year of Jiahe, Japanese pirates invaded the country. Sixteen-year-old Nangong Qing decided to join the army. Before leaving, her father gave her four words: worthy of others.
In the next ten years, she struggled through the ranks as a recruit. She made mistakes in five archery tests, gave protective gear to her sisters, and was awakened by a veteran's words when she collapsed. She entered the general's tent to handle confidential documents, blew the bugle during the military parade, met the five golden flowers sisters, and also met Chen Yan, who made her heart beat. But the man who said he would stay with her for the rest of her life was decisively let go by her because of one concealment.
At the age of twenty-six, she married Shen Zhou, her sweetheart who had been waiting for her for ten years. The five golden flowers reunited for the wedding and brought an embroidered handkerchief: "Five golden flowers in the navy, sisters for life."
A bugle has been blown for sixty years. She remembered those four words for the rest of her life.
