About this season
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.
Episodes (24)
1. Episode 1
Aired 2 June 2026 • 47 min
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.
2. Episode 2
Aired 2 June 2026 • 50 min
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.
3. Episode 3
Aired 2 June 2026 • 47 min
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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 2 June 2026 • 43 min
Xiao Xun accuses Chu Zhao of poisoning the young emperor, but she turns his plot against him — until an assassin strikes at court.
5. Episode 5
Aired 3 June 2026 • 41 min
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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 3 June 2026 • 40 min
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.
7. Episode 7
Aired 4 June 2026 • 41 min
Chu Zhao disguises herself among dispatch riders to evade Xiao Xun's ambush. Meanwhile, Yanlai risks everything to follow her to the frontier.
8. Episode 8
Aired 5 June 2026 • 40 min
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.
9. Episode 9
Aired 5 June 2026 • 45 min
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.
10. Episode 10
Aired 6 June 2026 • 43 min
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.
11. Episode 11
Aired 7 June 2026 • 42 min
Chu Zhao reaches her gravely ill father, but a shocking discovery follows. Elsewhere, Deng Yi falls into Yanfang's devious trap.
12. Episode 12
Aired 8 June 2026 • 39 min
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.
13. Episode 13
Aired 9 June 2026 • 45 min
Chu Zhao buries her grief to fight alongside Yanlai against the Northern Desert — but victory demands a staggering price from those she loves most.
14. Episode 14
Aired 10 June 2026 • 47 min
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.
15. Episode 15
Aired 11 June 2026 • 44 min
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.
16. Episode 16
Aired 12 June 2026 • 44 min
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.
17. Episode 17
Aired 13 June 2026 • 45 min
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.
18. Episode 18
Aired 14 June 2026 • 45 min
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.
19. Episode 19
Aired 15 June 2026 • 43 min
20. Episode 20
Aired 16 June 2026 • 46 min
21. Episode 21
Aired 17 June 2026 • 42 min
22. Episode 22
Aired 17 June 2026 • 48 min
23. Episode 23
Aired 17 June 2026 • 43 min
24. Episode 24
Aired 17 June 2026 • 50 min