Where the War Fires Fade, Old Dreams Turn to Ash

In the turbulent years of the Republic of China, the nation and its people are adrift. How should one choose between duty to family and country, and the love of one's life? And how can true love and misunderstanding withstand the merciless tide of war?

Gu Zhiwei, a former Qing princess, takes charge of her family's business as a woman, weathering her father's death, a fight over the estate, and vicious rumors. She falls in love with Ye Huairan, who loves her deeply, only to be torn apart from him by their families. Ye Huairan flees his wedding to join the army. He rises on the battlefield, suffers defeat and amnesia, then returns from the dead. After half a lifetime of hardship and estrangement, they finally find their way back to each other and reach a happy ending.

Yang Shaoyu and Li Qingge were childhood sweethearts, each other's only light in their youth. But their innocent love is crushed beneath a family vendetta and the flames of war! When the Japanese invade the city and the land is laid to waste, how can Yang Shaoyu protect the woman he loves and the people of the city without taking on the name of traitor? He feigns surrender and goes undercover, enduring his beloved's curses and the world's scorn as he conceals both his devotion and his loyalty.

Li Qingge is consumed by hatred and treats him coldly for more than a decade, never seeing how much he has endured. But when the war finally ends, the sacrifice of his superior leaves no one able to prove his achievements as a spy. Wrongfully accused, he takes his own life, and they are separated forever.

Why should a loyal soul be condemned for generations? Why must true love be ruined by a lifelong misunderstanding? One story follows a couple who find each other after countless trials, while the other ends in a lifetime of misplaced love and eternal separation. Their stark contrast makes this one of the most heartbreaking tales of the turbulent Republic of China...