Chu Tian is the daughter of the Northwest Grand Marshal, who commands an army of four hundred thousand. Li Yu is an emperor who has been on the throne for only two years.
Li Yu is utterly unscrupulous, ruthless, and cold-hearted. To secure his throne, he decides to marry Chu Tian and make her his empress. First, he'll fake her death to lure her father to the capital for the funeral. Then he'll wipe out her entire family and bring the Northwest army under his control.
Chu Tian is a formidable warrior who knows how to seize what she wants. When the imperial marriage edict arrives, her family discusses how to rebel. In the end, she decides to go to the capital and become empress. First, she'll bear a son, and once she has an heir, the emperor won't matter. If he won't behave, she'll kill the father and keep the son...