Female-dominated world + transmigration + political intrigue in troubled times + childhood sweethearts torn by love and pain
A modern corporate drone transmigrates into the body of Shen Ying, the only daughter of a great general in Dongqian. At seven, she accompanies her mother to defend the frontier, where she and Gu Qingli, a prince of a vassal state, grow up inseparable.
But troubled times show no mercy: West Qi launches a surprise attack and destroys Jinchuan, leaving her childhood sweetheart supposedly dead with hatred in his heart. When North Ye invades, her mother is killed in battle by a traitor.
At thirteen, Shen Ying steps forward alone and drives back tens of thousands of troops, making her name in a single battle!
Back in the treacherous capital, Shen Ying conceals her edge behind the facade of a wastrel while secretly investigating the true culprit. The emperor fears the military power she commands and forces a double-agent into her household as her official husband. The young man who has been by her side since childhood, sons of noble families with long-standing ties, and a foreign gentleman she meets by chance all enter her household in turn. With one official husband, two secondary husbands, and one equal-ranking husband, undercurrents swirl through her inner court.
At the summit of the nations, her supposedly dead childhood sweetheart unexpectedly appears. Her former lover has become a restrained strategist, seeking refuge in Nan Shuo and waiting for a chance to restore his country.
From then on, Dongqian and Nan Shuo stand opposed. She protects her homeland, while he seeks to reclaim his, and the two contend openly and secretly, unable to break away from each other. The imperial princesses battle endlessly for power, wars flare across the nations, and her undercover husband is torn between love and duty, as one faction after another takes the stage.
From a young girl on the frontier to a female general who guards the realm, from an innocent childhood companion to a kindred spirit and archenemy, Shen Ying stirs the winds of a troubled age, tears through layers of conspiracy, and ultimately secures the realm and settles old scores, writing a legend of a woman who rules!
