In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the An Lushan Rebellion breaks out, and the golden age of the Tang dynasty collapses. At Mawei Slope, the Six Armies mutiny. A white silk cord seals a life, and everyone believes that the beloved consort Yang Yuhuan has perished. No one knows that, in the midst of the crisis, a loyal maid gave her life in Yang Yuhuan's place, allowing the consort to narrowly escape death. Adrift in a war-torn world with no clear road ahead, she is secretly protected by a Longwu Army commander and her personal eunuch, while an envoy to the Tang court arranges a covert rescue. Together, they slip out of the perilous Guanzhong region.
Avoiding the pursuers, the group travels thousands of miles and braves a treacherous sea voyage to seek refuge in Japan. Turmoil swirls through Japan, and court rivalries rage without end. Tong Yunhe, a great general of the Imperial Guards, becomes caught in a web of political intrigue in a foreign land... This is a desperate eastward escape, a daring deception that fools the world, and the tale of a consort who breaks free of her fate and begins her life anew amid the chaos of war.
