Lian Xia, the only daughter of the General Who Guards the North, is frail and sickly at birth. A revered monk predicts that if she lives as a girl, her childhood will be hard and her life short; if she lives as a boy, she will be healthy, safe, and blessed.
From then on, Lian Xia is both a young general who wields a silver spear with dazzling skill and the trusted friend of Crown Prince Xiao Yan.
When young love blossoms, no one can control it. After enduring countless hardships, Lian Xia finally casts off her male disguise and marries the Crown Prince she loves. But after their wedding, Xiao Yan may respect and love her, yet he also takes her father's adopted daughter, her younger sister, as a secondary consort and indulges her in every way.
On the day her country falls, Lian Xia is poisoned by her adopted sister and dies in the palace.
Reborn into another life, she resolves not to fall for Xiao Yan again. She will simply be herself: the General Who Guards the North, dressed as a man and riding into battle.
With a princess's marriage arrangement looming, Lian Xia has to marry quickly. Despite all her careful calculations, she never expects that the "beautiful wife" she brings home, Xue Fuyu, is not only a stunningly handsome man, but also the orphaned royal from an enemy nation who once led an iron cavalry to trample the homeland she defended.
To Xiao Yan, from the moment he fell in love until the day he died, Lian Xia was the only one he ever loved. He is the Crown Prince, the future emperor. He can't possibly have only her at his side. Why isn't she as passionate as she was in their youth? Why does she push him away?
On the day their country falls, he resolutely follows her to her death. But when he opens his eyes again, he learns that Lian Xia has already "married" someone else and won't even look at him.
By the time he understands that Lian Xia's heart went from blazing sunshine to a thousand miles of ice not only because he had been "unfaithful" in their previous life, it's already too late.
"A Xia, we were bound together first. I was the one who made you fall in love. You should belong to me..."
Important notes:
1. This story has two male leads. Lian Xia has a tragic ending with Xiao Yan and a happy ending with Xue Fuyu.
2. Lian Xia and Xiao Yan remember their previous lives. Xue Fuyu does not.
3. In his previous life, Xue Fuyu was taken into the imperial harem by Xiao Yan's father. He was more beautiful than the heroine.
Theme: Love begins with respect.