In the seventeenth year of Yong'an under the Dasheng dynasty, the Zhenbei Marquis's household announced to the public that the Marchioness had given birth to a legitimate son.
In truth, the child was a girl.
But a military household without a male heir had to surrender its military power. So they dressed the child as a boy and named her Xue Zhao. She took up the spear, rode horses, went to war, and lived up to everyone's expectations.
She had only one secret: she was in love with her best friend, Shen Che.
Later, Shen Che's family was destroyed, and the court drove him into a corner. Xue Zhao knew it would be treason, but she still led her troops to him. Together, they rebelled, conquered half the realm, and stood side by side before the imperial throne.
Xue Zhao thought that once peace had returned to the realm, she would have a chance to tell him.
But the first decree Shen Che issued after ascending the throne was to arrange a marriage for her.
She stormed into the palace and fought him. With the tip of her spear an inch from his throat, she panted, “Do you really not know, or are you pretending not to?”
