As two nations wage war, Qu Xunyi disguises herself as a man and enters the military camp to get close to the prince of Sheng.
She deliberately reveals that she is a woman to lure him into her trap, using him to steal Sheng's secrets and defeat its army in the wilderness.
Li Wenjin battles the Xichang cavalry for an entire day and night, refusing to retreat and determined to atone with his death.
Sheng suffers a crushing defeat, and its eldest prince, Wenjin, dies for his country.
When Li Wenjin wakes again, he is a nameless prisoner, locked away in her bedchamber.
Qu Xunyi has transformed from a helpless woman who joined the Sheng army in her brother's place into the War God Princess Pingnan, second only to one in all of Xichang. "Even if you die, you'll be buried in my palace!"
Qu Xunyi had used and killed many people in her life, and had never once wavered. But when she finally found Li Wenjin's blood-soaked body amid the mountain of corpses, she experienced heartbreak for the first time.
You have imprisoned my heart, but you are also my prisoner.
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Prince Mu Chuyu of Qi had heard only that the peonies of Qinghe were the most beautiful in the world. She never knew that Cui Danze, wearing a gold mask and brilliant red robes, could dance with his sword among peonies glowing like the rosy dawn, or that when he took off the mask, his beauty surpassed even the flowers.
Yet this peerless young master of the Cui family was content to dress in plain clothes and serve wine to guests at the Mulan Inn, rolling up his sleeves and calculating the day's earnings on an abacus.
He ran the Mulan Inn on his own, tying up his hair and hiking up his trousers to catch fish in the river and cook in the kitchen. He lived freely and without restraint.
"The person I marry must be faithful to me for life. Lady Yin is not good enough for me."
"I was born beautiful. If women lust after me and develop wicked thoughts, why should I be the one to cover my face?"
"I'm a man, but even the top candidate in this year's imperial martial exam would be no match for me."
Cui Danze, a young master of the Qinghe Cui clan, was down on his luck, yet still unconventional and proud. Even Mu Chuyu, born to the imperial family, couldn't help falling for him.
Cui Danze had always despised members of the imperial family. After his mother died unjustly, he swore never to set foot in the capital again.
But Mu Chuyu insisted on pursuing him.
It was only after he accepted her red-bean bracelet that he learned Mu Chuyu was the younger sister of the Tianyou Emperor, whom he hated most.
Even if she was born of imperial blood, he would still throw her out.
Mu Chuyu was a phoenix among women, above all others, yet she fell in love with the son of a criminal who had angered the emperor.
Cui Danze was proud and fierce as a peony in full bloom, yet for her sake he stayed in the capital, the city he hated most.
"A phoenix nests only in a parasol tree." But Mu Chuyu, this phoenix, made her nest on a peony.
Theme: Hope for peace and reject war.