In the first year of Tiansheng's reign in the Qi Dynasty, Jicheng, Youzhou.
A ten-year-old boy knelt in the rain and watched his parents' bodies being carried out of the house. His father Xiao Yan was sentenced to death for "rebellion", his mother Cui was forced to commit suicide, and he - Xiao Changlin - was demoted to a commoner and sent to the frontier to "do meritorious service".
That year, he changed his name to Cui Changlin and lived by his mother's surname.
That year, he made a vow in his heart: One day, I will let Xiao's flag fly again!
Ten years later, Daqi Tiansheng was in its 18th year. When Rouran Khan'an Luochen led 30,000 cavalry to invade the south, the boy who once knelt in the rain had grown into a powerful Zhenbei general in the frontier. With three thousand cavalry, he defeated the enemy's ten thousand cavalry, and became famous all over the world in one battle.
However, an edict from the capital broke his peaceful life on the frontier.
Emperor Gao Yin of Da Qi is seriously ill, and there are undercurrents surging in the court. Pu Wang Gao Wei was ready to take action and coveted the throne; Jinan King Gao Yu was eyeing the throne. And Xiao Changlin - the "Queen of Sinners" - was also involved in this whirlpool of power.
He discovered that his father's "rebellion" charge back then was actually fabricated by Gao Wei!
Fifteen years of forbearance, fifteen years of waiting. In the ten years on the frontier, he tempered himself with blood and fire; above the court, he worked step by step with extraordinary wisdom and courage.
The father's revenge has not been avenged, and the country is in crisis. Xiao Changlin struggled to move forward in the turbulent waves of the court, and survived in a desperate situation amidst the swords and swords of the prince who wanted to seize the throne. He formed an alliance with Jinan King Gao Yu to fight against Gao Wei; he dealt with Prime Minister Murong Chui to survive in the cracks of powerful ministers.
