When the Cranes Return to a Thousand Mountains

[A fallen princess: cunning, patient, and exceptionally strategic x a devoted, steady young general with superb martial arts]

Jiang Tingwu should have been a noble princess born to the empress. But the emperor's suspicions led to the Jiang family's false accusation and her mother's deposition. From the moment she was born, she was forced to wander from place to place.

After overcoming countless dangers to return to Jiangdong, she found that her homeland was no longer what it had been. With the help of loyal former officials, she made her way to Northern Xia, where she concealed her identity and survived as the youngest daughter of the Minister of Justice.

She had thought she would have to sail alone on the road to revenge.

Then she saw a city sealed by heavy snow and a borderland gripped by bitter cold.

Gu Mingchuan received a mission in a time of crisis: drive out the Rounu.

The first time Jiang Tingwu saw Gu Mingchuan, she remembered him as a spirited young man riding into the imperial palace on horseback.

Gu Mingchuan assumed she was someone the emperor kept under his protection. Worried Jiang Tingwu might become a pawn of the Gao family, he constantly tested her. But after a wrongful burial case, they were forced to join hands. The Rounu repeatedly crossed the border, and the territorial dispute between Northern Xia and Southern Yue grew ever more acute. In this chaotic age, they would make a pact with a tiger, eliminate treacherous ministers, and restore order, all in the hope of a prosperous age.

On a cold river, far from all comfort, as the last lamp burns out, only the breeze carries the seasons onward.

When the flowers bloom next year, they will take up their brushes and explore their old homeland once more.

Note: This is a fictional setting, so there's no need to scrutinize it.

Theme: Take your fate into your own hands.