Both leads are reborn.
In the thirteenth year of the Da Liang reign, the court is corrupt and the people are suffering. The Jin army invades, and noble families flee together. The obscure Third Miss Ji is forgotten at home.
The Jin army is coming. Either way, she's going to die.
Third Miss Ji makes use of what's at hand, opens the Ji family's granary, and helps Lu Zheng, commander of the Lu army, resist the Jin. In the end, the two are trapped together in the capital and face death with courage.
When she opens her eyes, she is reborn at the age of ten. Third Miss Ji has always been a pushover, and doesn't want to make enemies with anyone. She heads early to the Hexi estate, where she farms and raises fish, and lies flat.
People are different. That commander of the Lu army, Lu Zheng... he really made something of himself.
He strikes first, takes revenge on a massive scale, eliminates a host of treacherous officials, installs a puppet child emperor, and becomes regent.
Though he does the work of a treacherous minister, there's no denying that he governs the country well. The realm is peaceful, the borders are impregnable, and the Xiongnu dare not invade.
In the ninth year of Third Miss Ji's lying flat, a drought strikes Hexi. Officials line their pockets and scheme to seize her estate, so she writes to the provincial governor. To her surprise, the regent himself comes in person.
Facing Lord Lu, who has taken on a false name and disguised himself to travel, Third Miss Ji feels the pressure:
Should she pretend to recognize him, or pretend she doesn't?
-- The world is a crucible, and a kindred spirit is hard to find.
The sky is vast and the earth is wide, but the only place her heart can rest is by your side.
An outrageously powerful, murderous male lead x a supremely clever but timid, laid-back female lead
Theme: A kindred spirit is hard to find
