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E1
47 min 1. Episode 1
Ruthless Emperor Xiao Xun wipes out the Chu clan and strangles his empress. Mysteriously reborn on the eve of their wedding, Chu Zhao vows revenge.
E2
50 min 2. Episode 2
Xiao Xun launches his rebellion early, but Chu Zhao fights her way into the palace to thwart his ascension and reshape the empire's fate.
E3
47 min 3. Episode 3
Now regent, Chu Zhao appoints her trusted ally to lead the Imperial Guard. But as tensions mount, Xiao Xun lays a trap — and she's ready for it.
E4
43 min 4. Episode 4
Xiao Xun accuses Chu Zhao of poisoning the young emperor, but she turns his plot against him — until an assassin strikes at court.
E5
41 min 5. Episode 5
Chu Zhao sets a trap to frame Xiao Xun as a defector, but Deng Yi aids his escape — putting Xie Yanlai in deadly peril along the way.
E6
40 min 6. Episode 6
Xie Yanfang flexes his power by engineering an invasion on the frontier. With her father gravely ill, Chu Zhao defies the court to ride to his aid.
E7
41 min 7. Episode 7
Chu Zhao disguises herself among dispatch riders to evade Xiao Xun's ambush. Meanwhile, Yanlai risks everything to follow her to the frontier.
E8
40 min 8. Episode 8
Chu Zhao and Yanlai take shelter at Cangmu Stronghold, where she reveals her rebirth and past life to him. He vows to defy fate by her side.
E9
45 min 9. Episode 9
Chu Zhao sets up an ambush for Tie Ying at the Cangmu stronghold. Later, Xiao Xun colludes with the Northern Desert to launch an attack.
E10
43 min 10. Episode 10
With Wangcheng under siege, Chu Zhao devises a daring chain of stratagems to break free. Far away, her ailing father receives word of her battle.
E11
42 min 11. Episode 11
Chu Zhao reaches her gravely ill father, but a shocking discovery follows. Elsewhere, Deng Yi falls into Yanfang's devious trap.
E12
39 min 12. Episode 12
Chu Zhao learns a shattering truth about her birth mother from Chu Ling and that Yanlai is partially responsible for her father's chronic illness.
E13
45 min 13. Episode 13
Chu Zhao buries her grief to fight alongside Yanlai against the Northern Desert — but victory demands a staggering price from those she loves most.
E14
47 min 14. Episode 14
Xiao Xun intercepts Chu Zhao's victory dispatches and marches on the capital. As rivals scheme for power, he burns the imperial edict and openly rebels.
E15
44 min 15. Episode 15
Chu Zhao and Yanlai use the Longwei Army to force the Lord of Xiaonan to withdraw. Back in the capital, Deng Yi and Xie Yanfang's rivalry escalates.
E16
44 min 16. Episode 16
Chu Tang devises a plan to capture Xiao Xun, giving Chu Zhao leverage to force a surrender. Deng Yi issues an amnesty to end the conflict.
E17
45 min 17. Episode 17
After exchanging a lifelong vow, Chu Zhao and Yanlai part ways. She returns to the capital to court allies and secure power — but Yanfang is watching.
E18
45 min 18. Episode 18
When Deng Yi blocks Chu Zhao's bid to give Yanlai command of the frontier troops, Yanlai stakes his life on a vow to slay the Northern Desert King.
E19
43 min 19. Episode 19
Yanlai refuses to enshrine his mother in the Xie ancestral hall and opens up to Chu Zhao. At court, Chu Zhao rattles Xiao Xun with a fire oil inquiry.
E20
46 min 20. Episode 20
Chu Zhao cracks down on corruption in Jingzhou as Yanfang feigns illness to mask a deadly move. An ill omen for Yanlai leaves Chu Zhao on edge.
E21
42 min 21. Episode 21
Yanfang lets Northern Desert forces ambush Zhong Changrong, but Yanlai rides to the rescue — then launches a daring assault on the desert royal court.
E22
48 min 22. Episode 22
Deng Yi fakes his death and flees with Xiao Xun, who poisons his father and raises an army. As the war escalates, Chu Zhao rides out to fight — alone.
E23
43 min 23. Episode 23
Chu Zhao storms Xiaonan and uncovers the true mastermind behind the upheaval — but a power grab leaves her imprisoned. Then the impossible happens.
E24
50 min 24. Episode 24
Chu Zhao feigns submission and secretly mentors the young emperor for one last gambit. Everything she's fought for comes down to this.
The general's daughter, Chu Zhao, refuses to accept her fate as nothing more than a pawn to be sacrificed in Xiao Xun's rise to power. Taking matters into her own hands, she fights her way out with the help of Xie Yanlai, protecting the emperor's grandson as he makes his way to the emperor's presence. Through a tense standoff in the imperial court, she helps the young prince secure the throne, cutting off Xiao Xun's path to power. But with a new emperor comes new crises. The realm is torn by internal strife and foreign threats. Working alongside Xie Yanlai, Chu Zhao navigates the treacherous currents of the court, leads troops into battle, and ultimately rewrites her own destiny, sparing the people of the State of Chu from the ravages of war.
Genres: Drama
Stars: Chen Duling, Zhou Yiran, Tang Xiaotian, Wang Ruichang, Wu Shile
