After an assassination attempt in a border village, Xiao Cun, the hidden third prince of Southern Chu, quietly crosses paths with Wei Yun, a female general stationed at the frontier.
He conceals his royal identity and goes by the name Wang Qingsong. Frail and sickly, he is gentle and patient. She takes off her armor and steps away from the flames of war, pretending to be an ordinary traveler. As they spend their days together in the mountains, their lonely hearts grow quietly fond of each other, though both hide the truth of their origins.
When war breaks out again, she returns to the battlefield. He rushes back to his country and is entrusted with power in its hour of need, taking charge of a dynasty already battered by storms. Despite exhausting himself in the effort, he cannot stop the empire from crumbling.
When Wei Yun leads her troops in breaking through Southern Chu’s capital, the man she once loved surrenders as its ruler and becomes a prisoner.
With their countries standing between them, love and hate leave them torn...
