Twelve years ago, Huai Chen, the founding general, was tricked by enemy spies into drinking poisoned wine and died. He left behind only his four-year-old daughter, Huai Ge, and the 100,000-strong Changying Army he had built himself.
The emperor and Huai Chen had known each other since they were nobodies. When the previous dynasty was nearing its end, they fought together to win the realm, and were as close as brothers. In honor of Huai Chen's achievements and their friendship, the emperor brought Huai Ge into the palace to raise her alongside the crown prince, Feng Yi. They grew up together, childhood friends with a deep bond.
Huai Ge had known from an early age that her father had poured his entire fortune into building the undefeated Changying Army with his own hands. The army was now temporarily under the emperor's command, but once she came of age, it would be returned to her.
But on the day she came of age, when she went to ask the emperor for the Changying Army, she learned that her father had died at the emperor's hands, all for the sake of the 100,000-strong army.
"You are a mere woman. How could you possibly be fit to command the most elite army in all of Great Qi?"
Then came an imperial edict ordering her to marry Feng Yi as his consort, with the Changying Army as her dowry.
Huai Ge refused. She went to Feng Yi and asked him to persuade the emperor to withdraw the edict. But Brother Yi, who had always done whatever she asked since they were children, took her hand and said, "Huai Ge, Father has arranged this, and I agree with him. Didn't you always want to marry me? Say yes. It'll be best for both of us."
They wanted to annex the Changying Army under the guise of legality. She was nothing but a pawn.
After the shock wore off, Huai Ge wrenched her hand from Feng Yi's and ran out.
That night, Huai Ge mysteriously vanished from the imperial palace where she was being held.
Three years later, the capital, Mo Jing, fell. The palace was engulfed in flames. The new emperor, Feng Yi, watched a crack troop unit steadily advance onto the blazing Moon-Gazing Terrace. At its head was a breathtakingly beautiful woman, a spear in hand. She kicked him in the chest, stamping him beneath her foot, and smiled with a bewitching, savage cruelty.
"Brother Yi, long time no see."
"Since we've known each other for so many years, I'll give you two choices:"
"Submit to me, or be annexed by me."
[The female lead is fierce, ruthless, and never lets an insult go unanswered]
[They looked down on me, so I'll become a big shot and annex them]
[There is a male lead, but it isn't Feng Yi]
[Possibly the story of a female general growing into an empress]
[The female lead is the strongest fighter in the world!!!]
[She's already escaped the palace from the start]
[Synopsis subject to change]
Theme: Never underestimate the young