To meet the “Undying God of War,” Qin Hongyu, Jiang Ciyue stops travelers on the road and robs them.
But instead of meeting the God of War, she ends up being forced to impersonate General Qin.
She arrives in Yuncheng and walks straight into a dead end. The whole city is full of shrewd old foxes, and she's the only one who can't see what's going on.
Since she can't tell friend from foe, she decides to muddy the waters even further. Fishing in troubled waters is what she's best at, after all.
She simply takes the General's name and makes a grand show of marrying a husband, a risky move that catches the whole city off guard. Zhang, the company commander who forced her to impersonate the General, is terrified by her move. He bows his head and begs, “I never harmed General Qin. She simply vanished into thin air...”
She doesn't believe people can vanish into thin air.
So she takes Zhang Huan along at swordpoint, brings the “live-in son-in-law” Xu Letian she just married, and fights her way all the way back to the capital.
She thinks the truth will come out as soon as she returns to the capital, but the waters there are even deeper.
Even when she reveals her true identity, not a single official in the court suspects a thing.
Her ally Zhang Huan breaks down and accuses her: “You're Qin Hongyu! You've been playing me!”
She casually flicks away the finger pointed at her. “You're so boring. Why would I go to the trouble of playing you twice?”
Before her lies can be exposed, her newlywed husband Xu Letian climbs through the window and into her bed in the middle of the night.
He wraps his arms tightly around her waist, buries his face in the crook of her neck, and whispers shakily, “There's a ghost...”
Jiang Ciyue grips his chin, makes him look her in the eye, and asks with a laugh, “You're the one with a guilty conscience, aren't you?”
Indeed, in this vast General's Residence, the lofty Empress Dowager and the Emperor, who doesn't have a few ghosts hidden in their heart?
Watch as she navigates this baffling game, uncovers the most cunning ghost of all, and finds the real General Qin.
【Reader's Guide】
#Female-centric# #Impersonation# #Mystery and investigation#
A sword-loving woman who wants to become a great hero vs. a stubborn, money-loving man convinced that fate has brought them together
Everyone is wicked; the emotional tension is intense. A political romance disguised as a mystery.
Theme: Breaking prejudice, women supporting one another, and self-redemption.
