On May 22, 1949, Communist agent Kou Xuewen and his comrades broke into the Kuomintang Qianshan Defense Command and successfully launched an armed uprising, captured the Fengxiang's garrison commander-in-chief.
In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a shadow, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as his wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.
