Wei Zhen is charming and alluring, born into a prestigious family, and is an untouchable delicate flower in the city of Chang’an.
Her wedding is imminent—she is about to marry the young Crown Prince. The Crown Prince is gentle, elegant, and graceful. Everyone believes this is an excellent marriage.
However, Wei Zhen has a dream—
She realizes that she is merely a character in a storybook. The Crown Prince loves someone else; marrying her serves another purpose. Her existence is merely an obstacle to their love.
In the end, the Crown Prince ascends the throne and marries his true love, while Wei Zhen is cast into the cold palace as an abandoned empress, her life ending in tragic loneliness.
The storybook ends there, but in her dream, everything continues.
Before long, the dynasty is overthrown. A young general leads a rebellion, seizing the imperial city and committing the greatest crime against the empire.
The first thing he does upon entering the palace is kill the emperor and take Wei Zhen’s memorial tablet as his bride.
Upon waking from her dream, Wei Zhen steps out of her room and gazes at the handsome young man who often visits her younger brother to practice martial arts in the courtyard, momentarily lost in thought.
Qi Yan is of noble birth, high-spirited and gallant, the most dazzling presence in all of Chang’an.
