The Most Popular Guy in the Barracks

Dong Xiao'e, the daughter of a disgraced official, disguises herself as a man under the name Dong E and travels far to the northwest, where she becomes a military doctor. The commander of the Northwest Army, Guan Renyuan, is stern and cold, and strict in his command. Dong Xiao'e suffers under him, and every night before going to sleep, she makes a little straw doll to curse him. One day, while on leave, she sneaks off to a nearby hot spring in a mountain hollow to bathe, only to stumble upon Guan Renyuan, who has been drugged. After one passionate encounter, Dong Xiao'e flees with her clothes wrapped around her, leaving only a trail of splashing water behind. The next day, she is summoned to the commander's tent. Guan Renyuan: "Doctor Dong, do you know that disguising yourself as a man and infiltrating the army is a capital offense?" Dong Xiao'e, stubbornly denying it: "I don't know what the commander means, sir." Guan Renyuan produces the little straw doll. "You dropped this." Dong Xiao'e: "..." Guan Renyuan smiles faintly. "So my lady admires me so much that she carries a little doll of me around day and night." Dong Xiao'e: "QAQ" It was all a misunderstanding! If I tell him the truth, will he kill me? Ever since a young doctor named Dong E joined the army, Guan Renyuan's world has been turned upside down. Tell him to go east and he goes west; tell him to chase the dogs and he goes after the chickens. He opposes me at every turn. Yet when it comes to this delicate, handsome young doctor, Guan Renyuan, who is usually so ruthless, just can't bring himself to be harsh. One day, he falls into a spy's trap and is drugged. He struggles to reach a secluded mountain hollow, where he encounters a beautiful woman, and the two somehow become lovers for one night. Afterward, the woman vanishes, leaving behind only a little doll scented with potent medicinal herbs. Back at the army camp, Guan Renyuan can't stop thinking about her. Then he suddenly realizes that Dong E looks more and more like... Guan Renyuan, the ideal son-in-law for the powerful eunuchs of the capital, whose charms have defeated countless matchmakers, rubs his chin and smiles. "Perhaps getting married wouldn't be so bad." Theme: A true-to-life account of women striving for self-reliance under the feudal system of ancient society