The founding hero, Marquis Yingwu, has no sons. Her five daughters become bargaining chips for her to curry favor with the powerful.
The Prince of Ying, her childhood sweetheart, was the young Lan Yu's fondest hope, but her father turns around and sends her to the Beiding Marquis's manor as a concubine.
A crisis over the succession looms, and the Prince of Ying returns, ruthless and battle-hardened...
