Xiaren opened his eyes and found that he had arrived at the Ming Dynasty's Northern Frontier Army, where after the war, convict wives were assigned to the surviving soldiers. Everyone was vying for a strong woman, and he saw the guilty minister's daughter Gu Yilan trying to commit suicide with a piece of porcelain, so he chose her despite the dissuasion of others. On the way back, Wang Mazi, the military commander, saw Gu Yilan's beauty and wanted to take it away from her, so Xiaren managed to get away by borrowing half a piece of dry biscuit. Returning to the shabby house, he ordered Gu Yilan to mend her armor and eat, promising to protect her and let her live a peaceful life.
