Yin Cui is a low-ranking deputy magistrate in the Qing Shui County yamen who takes life easy, spending her days like a salted fish.
She possesses peerless martial arts. With her sixteen Lan Xue swords, she has ensured that no more villains dare commit crimes near the county deputy.
Yin Cui loves Qing Shui County.
She loves a peaceful, harmonious life where she can see the end of the road at a glance.
But one day, a grand procession of people from the capital arrived in Qing Shui County, found her, and told her that she was the Yan Prince's consort they had been searching for over the past three years: Li Yuluo.
Yin Cui had never met Li Yuluo.
Yet through her time with these people, she pieced together Li Yuluo's life.
A daughter of a military family, bold and unrestrained, skilled with blades and swords, she had been devoted to Prince Yan, Yang Ke, since childhood. Stubborn and convinced she was always right, she made a disastrous decision on the Xiling battlefield, causing most of the fiercely loyal Lin family army to perish.
Because of this, the court came to despise her and banished her to Lingnan. Still carrying an unhealed arrow wound, she eventually died from her injuries on the way there.
Yin Cui had no memories of Li Yuluo, yet she had the same appearance, the same temperament, and the same birthmark.
For an exile to escape en route was a capital crime.
So she was cautious at every turn around these people, afraid of offending them. Yet they seemed genuinely overjoyed that she was alive, hugging her and jumping and shouting with delight.
The only exception was her legendary husband, Yang Ke.
Because back then, he had been the one to coldly raise his bow against Li Yuluo, who loved him with all her heart.
He had shattered Li Yuluo's sincere love.
P.S.:
A story of family and country, but not a typical groveling redemption story.
The female lead refuses to admit who she is, so the male lead thinks she has not learned her lesson.
The female lead really is responsible for the lives of thousands on the Xiling battlefield, and she will live with the guilt for the rest of her life.
The male lead is ruthless.
Read with caution.
Theme: Be a resilient person