Xue Rourou, a disciple of a renowned traditional Chinese medicine expert, is on the verge of graduating with her medical doctorate when a patient who jumped from a hospital building in an attempt to die lands on her and kills her.
When she wakes up, she has transmigrated into the body of the only daughter of a general in the Great Xing Dynasty. She grew up following her father as he guarded the frontier.
She looks delicate and soft, but was born with tremendous strength. She loves armor, not makeup, and is undefeated under heaven. Her reputation precedes her.
One day, she returns to the capital with her father for his report. Her doting father urges her to hurry up and find a husband.
Xue Rourou doesn't take it seriously at first. She can do the work of two people on her own, so what does she need a man for?
But even the firmest resolve can't withstand her father's nagging. At a loss, she's considering whether to snatch herself a husband when the exam results are announced.
General Xue has a sudden idea and comes up with the most terrible plan imaginable: have his precious daughter catch a husband beneath the exam results board. In truth, he's worried she'll really go snatch a man off the street. If she grabs some family's young lord, the two of them won't have enough heads to pay for it.
Xue Rourou does whatever her father tells her. She gets right to it, picks up her gear, or rather, her soft whip, and heads straight for the imperial exam results board.
On the day the results are posted, the streets are packed. Many prestigious families have come to catch a husband beneath the board, and Xue Rourou is left alone, held back by their household servants.
Just as she's about to jump with frustration, a luxurious carriage stops by the roadside. A breathtakingly handsome "weak scholar" steps out.
Xue Rourou's eyes light up. Afraid someone else will snatch him first, she flicks her soft whip and reels him into her arms.
She hurries home, and that very day, they spend their wedding night.
The next morning, General Xue sees a familiar figure at the dining table, rolls his eyes back, and faints.
