She is the orphan of a treasonous minister. The most dangerous place is the safest, so she is sent into the palace as a reserve imperial bodyguard. The boy she met as a child eventually becomes emperor, yet she alone is the object of his cruel love. She leads troops into battle, then flees into the desert among foreign tribes. She protects her liege while in disguise, then returns to her homeland. She leaves the palace with her child, only to become separated from him. Amid the fleeting years of life, she encounters an old friend, and the past unfolds like a picture.
