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By the Peach Blossom Lake, Zhu Danfeng and Ren Jincheng fall in love during hunting and exchange love tokens. Yet Jincheng is a prince and has to leave at once to Nan Ping for a royal marriage proposal. Cailuan is of royal descent, but she defies returning to the palace, so Zhu Tianci sends his own daughter, Danfeng, to pose as the new queen.

For the Queen’s marriage, the Empress Dowager prefers Liu Jinting, a relative from Northern Zhou and Tianci is in favour of Lin Ganping from the neighboring country Western Shu. However, Danfeng’s heart goes to Jincheng and she sends Cailuan to deliver the love message to him. Cailuan gets drunk and is taken advantage by Jinting.

In the royal hall, Cailuan mistakenly accuses Jincheng of violating her and the Queen expelled him. The Queen then declares war to the two princes, Jinting and Ganping, stating that whoever win the war could be her husband. The Queen is defeated and chased after by Jincheng. Tianci finally reveals the true identity of Cailuan and Jinting admits his licentious act. At the end, the Empress Dowager lets Jincheng and Danfeng to get married.