
After years of working nonstop, she wakes up in another world as a powerful general with 300,000 soldiers. She wants nothing more than a quiet life—until the emperor forces her into a royal marriage. Surrounded by palace schemes and enemies, she must join hands with the man who once feared her the most. The greatest battle may be winning the trust of the one person who could destroy her.

The episode opens with Qin Tang, the daughter of the Prince of Zhenbei, enjoying a leisurely day watching her subordinate Fufeng dance, only to be interrupted by an urgent alarm. The Prince of Zhenbei returns with news that the Emperor intends to force Qin Tang into marriage to seize control of the Northern Army. Faced with the Emperor’s threat, the Prince plans to rebel, while the Queen more aggressively suggests assassinating the monarch. To spare the people from the horrors of war, Qin Tang decides to face the Emperor in the capital alone. She secures a magical pill from Fufeng that will render the Emperor impotent for life, planning to protect herself and seize power within the palace. Meanwhile, upon discovering Qin Tang’s portrait among the empress candidates, the Empress Dowager is enraged. She conspires with the Prince of Qinghe to intercept and assassinate Qin Tang on her way to the capital, setting the stage for an imminent clash.

In this episode, Emperor Xiao Jing of Great Xuan conspires with his trusted eunuch, Liu Dequan, to stage a ruse, successfully uncovering the assassination plot orchestrated by the Empress Dowager and Prince Qinghe at the Fengxiang courier station. Recognizing the strategic value of the Northern Army backing Qin Tang, Xiao Jing decides to intervene personally to save her. However, upon infiltrating the bridal sedan, he discovers that the "bride" is not Qin Tang at all, but Prince Helian Jun of the Western Regions, who had been coerced by Qin Tang into taking her place. Not only does the rescue mission fail, but Xiao Jing is also wounded in a sneak attack by Helian Jun, leaving him with a profound realization of Qin Tang’s ruthless and cunning nature.

Modern corporate slave Qin Tang transmigrates into the body of the young General of Zhenbei in the Great Xuan Dynasty, currently enjoying a retirement-like life at a roadside stall with her trusted aides, Hongying and Qingshuang. As they chat, Qin Tang recalls how she previously forced the Western Regions Prince, Helian Jun, to wear a bridal gown and marry in her stead to escape an assassination attempt, forming a calculated alliance. Just as the trio laughs and Qin Tang boasts that as a chosen one, no one would dare touch her legs, the severely wounded Emperor Xiao Jing suddenly appears and grabs her ankle. Qin Tang screams in shock, and Xiao Jing collapses from his grave injuries, setting the stage for a story woven with absurdity and impending danger.

In this episode, modern-day transmigrator Qin Tang, a young general from the Northern Garrison, discovers a severely wounded Xiao Jing by the roadside. Initially, Qin Tang refuses to help, well aware of the drama trope that one should never pick up men on the road. However, she eventually relents, swayed by Xiao Jing’s striking appearance and his tempting offers of gold, silver, and a vow of non-aggression. Upon regaining consciousness, Xiao Jing mistakes Qin Tang for his childhood savior, Rui'er, and pours out his heart to her. Facing this "substitute love" pursuit, Qin Tang remains clear-headed, collecting medical fees while quietly ordering an investigation into his background. Later, when they are ambushed by assassins, Qin Tang displays formidable martial arts skills, leaving Xiao Jing even more infatuated. The episode ends on a cliffhanger: intelligence reports reveal that Xiao Jing’s true "white moonlight" is currently meeting with the Emperor of Daxuan, plunging the narrative into a web of mistaken id

To get closer to her husband, Emperor Xiao Jing, and confront his rumored first love, Hua Rui'er, Qin Tang disguises herself as a breathtaking dancer and infiltrates a pleasure house. Meanwhile, the real Xiao Jing is facing an identity crisis after discovering that someone is impersonating him while he travels incognito, and even worse, someone is posing as his beloved Rui'er. Determined to uncover the truth, Xiao Jing launches a secret investigation. Inside the pleasure house, Qin Tang causes a sensation with a stunning performance—a modern-day pole dance—while secretly plotting to drug the "despicable Emperor." Just as she contemplates how to approach her target, the "fake Emperor" upstairs extends an invitation, and Qin Tang seizes the opportunity to take him on.

Qin Tang, having transmigrated as the Empress of the Great Xuan Dynasty, meets the Emperor (actually Prince Xiao Sheng of Qinghe) and his favorite concubine, Hua Ruier, at a banquet for the first time. Viewing them through a modern lens, Qin Tang ruthlessly mocks the pair and attempts a physical assault by releasing a sleeping agent during her dance. When that fails, she resorts to a magical attack using poisoned wine. She attempts to seduce Xiao Sheng, only to have him turn the tables and force her to drink. In a desperate move, she tries to feed him the poison mouth-to-mouth, but discovers that Xiao Sheng possesses the imperial family’s ancestral immunity to all poisons. With her plan in total ruins, Qin Tang realizes her intelligence was flawed, while a murderous Xiao Sheng prepares to take her life right there.

As Emperor Xiao Jing of the Great Xuan Dynasty makes a powerful appearance during the rebellion staged by Hua Rui'er and Liu Dequan, he asserts his authority and orders his troops to fire arrows. Qin Tang, the young General of the North disguised as a man, rescues Hua Rui'er amidst the barrage, displaying extraordinary martial arts that win Hua Rui'er's heart. Shortly after, Prince Xiao Sheng of Qinghe arrives to confront the Emperor. Xiao Jing shields Qin Tang and leaps into the river with her to escape. Once in the water, Xiao Jing suffers a leg cramp, putting him in mortal danger, which forces Qin Tang to give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation underwater—a twist that turns a heroic rescue into an unexpected and intimate encounter.

After falling into the water, Xiao Jing and Qin Tang take refuge on a flower boat. Qin Tang, having been forcibly fed an aphrodisiac known as Beauty’s Draught, becomes delirious and begins to tease Xiao Jing. She calls him Little Seven and vows to poison the dog emperor before taking him back to the Northwest. Meanwhile, Ying Mo launches a mutiny in the palace under the pretext of the Emperor and Empress going missing, effectively sidelining the Empress Dowager to purge those around the throne. On the flower boat, Liu Dequan tracks them down, only to stumble upon the awkward scene of Qin Tang pinning Xiao Jing down. As assassins close in, Xiao Jing decisively knocks out the rambling Qin Tang and orders the boat to be set ablaze to destroy any traces, preparing to face the chaos erupting in the palace.

Qin Tang, a modern-day corporate slave, accidentally transmigrates into the body of the Empress of the Great Xuan Dynasty. She wakes up to find herself inside a wedding sedan. She recalls that, upon her arrival, she had been knocked unconscious after flirting with a mysterious man named "Xiao Qi," who possessed incredible abdominal muscles. During the wedding ceremony, Prince Xiao Sheng of Qinghe storms the palace with his troops in a provocative display, leading to a tense verbal confrontation with Emperor Xiao Jing. In the bridal chamber, Qin Tang discovers that the so-called "scumbag emperor" is none other than her heartthrob, "Xiao Qi." The two break into a fight on the wedding bed, with Qin Tang threatening to divorce him. At that critical moment, the roof of the bedchamber is struck by lightning and catches fire, causing the flames to spread instantly.