The Jingyuan Marquis of the Tang Dynasty and the Blacksmith’s Daughter
Li Zhiheng is assassinated by the emperor and a treacherous minister. His body drifts to Fenglin Town, where Song Yanchu rescues him.
The grandmother of her third senior brother hangs herself simply because she wants to force her grandson to enlist.
Her second senior brother, who is terrified of pain, willingly goes undercover among the rebels, only to die in a cold prison.
And her eldest senior brother dies defending Jinzhou.
“My father found me on a battlefield,” she tells him later.
The armies of Mobei gradually march south in overwhelming numbers. Li Zhiheng heads to the front, while Song Yanchu, entrusted by her master, goes to Yuanzhou to retrieve the Song Tiger Tally. From then on, treacherous men set their sights on her.
Li Zhiheng wants to stay by Song Yanchu’s side, but beside matters of national importance, everything else seems insignificant.
The Tang Dynasty’s territory is in danger. After repeated defeats, the people seem to have accepted their country’s fate.
During the Battle of Jinzhou, the left side of Song Yanchu’s face is disfigured. From then on, she wears a mask.
A new emperor takes the throne and personally leads an expedition. The people of the Tang Dynasty are fired with hope and rush to enlist.
Later, Song Yanchu realizes she feels a strange kinship with Xiao Jingci, a rebel leader, and thinks she must be going mad.
Her fourth senior brother believes what others tell him and kills Xiao Jingci. From then on, he and Song Yanchu are like strangers.
