The General's Substitute Groom

In the matriarchal kingdom of Chen, the ruthless Third Princess Yuan Qing takes the God of War from the enemy state of Nanzhao, Duan Yanfeng, as her consort, to take revenge for past battle humiliations. Unbeknownst to her, the delicate and charming man before her is actually his twin brother, Duan Yanzhan—a Shadow Blood substitute who has endured all his brother's sufferings since childhood. To break the blood contract and reclaim his fate, Yanzhan disguises himself as his brother and gets close to Qing, aiming to steal the life-saving Ice Continuation Herb. Amid their mutual suspicion and exploitation, romance begins to brew. As court conspiracies and family secrets intertwine, they must join forces against their true enemies: the ambitious Fourth Princess Yuan Li and the shadowy manipulator Duan Yanfeng. In this game of power and love, the crazy beauty and the prickly and principled general ultimately stand together, breaking through the chaos in a battle for both the kingdom and each other's hearts.