I love this TV series. Set during the Chinese Republic era in which the country was ravaged by constant war among the so called "War Lords". Amidst this time two people fell in love from completely different backgrounds. One from the military family and the female lead is from the rich family. A story about marriage of convenience or forced marriage always leads to life of misery. An always common theme in a Chinese drama is a female antagonist who is passionately in love with the the male lead and would do everything to force herself to him. Thus conflict and disaster ensues. It seems like that Chinese women are hell bent once they set eyes on a man. To which I find ridiculous but I believe it's the culture. LOL!

I believe it's a well written TV series and the cast were great. Fantastic chemistry between the leads. Tragic story and illogical blaming of another family's ruin on which got nothing to do with the protagonist's family. It's really sad to watch how the old mentality prevails and forces a child to marry because they like the prospective mate without any regard on what their daughter feels.If you like romantic story with tragedy it's a must watch. It's a heart wrenching series.