A young general who seems cold and distant but is actually gentle and considerate, and will fight for the person he loves x a prime minister's son who seems refined and courteous but is actually lively and clever, and will make the first move on the person he loves
Liu Yunheng, the prime minister's eldest son, has been exceptionally bright since childhood. Unfortunately, he has also been sickly since he was young. After recovering in Jiangnan, he decides to return to the capital to sit the imperial examinations. On his way home, he meets a young man in red by the lakeside in Jiangcheng. One glimpse of his delicate chin and cool, thin lips is enough to make Liu Yunheng fall for him. But before he can even speak to him, he accidentally falls into the water. He assumes the young man was the one who saved him, and treasures the jade pendant the young man left behind, never letting it out of his sight. But shortly before reaching the capital, he learns that someone else was his rescuer. Just as the capital is caught up in a struggle over the succession, Liu Yunheng decides to enter the fray despite the many suspicious details surrounding his benefactor...
Xiao Lan grew up on the frontier. At seventeen, he could pierce a willow leaf from a hundred paces and cut down the enemy commander in the midst of a great army. The emperor was delighted and appointed him General of Annan. On his way back to the capital to report on his service, he encounters a young man beneath a cherry tree and feels a strange stirring in his heart. Later, he rescues the young man from a deep pool. But he can't delay his report, so he leaves before the young man wakes. He thinks they'll never meet again, but after arriving in the capital, he runs into him once more...
In short, it's a story about two people who like each other but don't know it, testing each other and fighting over one another until they discover that the other person likes them too.
Theme: Help each other and move forward together.
