The girl Lin Wanyue disguised herself as a man to join the army to revenge her family and her villagers and she was aimed to kill all the Xiongnu people. In the battlefield, she risked her life every time and got promoted depending on her gifts in war and became a young general. The princess Li Xian was the elder sister of the crown prince. Since the empress passed away, she used wits, plots and murders to protect her sister. She saw Lin Wanyue as a tool but was touched by her innocence and her heart started to melt. She saw Lin as her great friend and also someone she adored but one day she knew Lin was but a woman. The princess got what she desired but she lost her own heart.
Absolutely banger of a Chinese historical political/military drama like novel but based on sapphic characters with a central sapphic couple but with very cut throat fight for the throne maneuvering plot.