Feng Baiyu is a red-cloaked young marshal who rides across the battlefield. His greatest wish is to secure the border for his Crown Prince, Chen Dingji, so that the Crown Prince will never have to worry about threats from behind.
But later, when Chen Dingji's position as Crown Prince is in grave danger, Feng Baiyu betrays his family and endures a hundred lashes, using his own strength to put the Crown Prince on the throne.
But the Feng family is wiped out for treason. In prison, Feng Baiyu is ordered to drink poison wine. When he wakes, he finds himself on the emperor's bed.
From then on, he is imprisoned and forced to have sex day after day. The emperor feeds him a parasite that turns him into a mindless puppet, stripping him of the spirit he once had on the battlefield.
Later, in a moment of clarity after they have sex, Feng Baiyu plunges a knife into Chen Dingji.
A great fire brings their wretched lives to an end.
But Feng Baiyu is reborn, back to the time when Chen Dingji has just become his father's disciple...
In this life, Feng Baiyu plays the political game, with rebellion as his only goal.
But Chen Dingji seems like a different person. He doesn't care about his position as Crown Prince at all, and follows Feng Baiyu around with an ingratiating smile. "I owe you a debt, Cijun. I should repay it by giving myself to you..."
Feng Baiyu sneers. "Give yourself to me? Are you planning to join the Feng family genealogy and give up any claim to the throne for good?"
"If Cijun is willing, I'll come to you with ten miles of wedding gifts and marry you..."
Feng Baiyu: "Why is it so hard to strike at Your Highness's heart?"
First life: Suspicious, restrained emperor Gong (Chen Dingji, courtesy name Zizhuo) X carefree, dashing general Shou (Feng Baiyu, courtesy name Cijun)
Second life: Obsessive, devoted emperor Gong X restrained, aloof general Shou
The Gong and Shou are martial brothers and childhood friends. Both are reborn. One-on-one, both pure, happy ending.
Content warnings:
1. The ending is happy, but Chen Dingji spends his whole life longing for Feng Baiyu to remain the spirited young general he once was. In the end, that wish is in vain.
2. The Gong will not change. The Gong will not change, even if his wife leaves him, his children are lost, and his country is destroyed.
Theme: Always stay true to your mission
