Yu Jin is an orphan, who was raised by wolves in the desert before a Han living with a Xiongnu tribe takes her back to camp. She soon becomes friends with the Xiongnu children, including Yu Chan, Yizhixie, and Mudaduo. One year later, due to political changes, her foster father is killed. His only wish was for her to return to his hometown Chang'an, in the Han Dynasty.
Thus, Yu Dan tried to help her flee the Xiongnu territory, but soon found out that Yi Zhi Xie, the new clan leader, had sent soldiers in hot pursuit of them. To save Yu Jin, Yu Dan persuades her to stay in the wild desert and return to the wolf pack she had grown up with while he keeps going, leading the soldiers on a wild goose chase. Years later, a teenage Yu Jin meets the disabled Meng Jiu (Meng Ximo), who was part of a traveling merchant's caravan, and then saves and meets Huo Qubing(under the alias of Xiao Huo) and his comrades while they were fleeing the desert bandits on the way back to Chang'an. Yu Jin introduced herself as Jin Yu, remembering her foster father's last wish she asked for some traveling money from Huo Qubing as repayment. Huo gives her the money, but then requests that she lead them out of the desert. Jin Yu didn't know then that Xiao Huo was actually the Han general Huo Qu Bing. After leading them out of the desert, she sets off towards Chang'an by herself.
Just outside of Chang'an, she meets some beggars and soon befriends a young one. The young beggar tells her that while he was begging on the streets, he heard that people could find work by offering to wash clothes. With that as her hope, she goes into Chang'an and starts looking for work to feed herself. Everyone refused her offer, until she came across someone who gave her buns in return for her hard labor. Unbeknownst to Jin Yu, this kind Aunt Hong Gu was actually the boss of abrothel, who, attracted by her beauty, wants to use her as a tool to make her brothel more popular. But Jin Yu soon rises to be the head of this brothel due to her cleverness and persistence to improve this brothel's business. She also befriends Hong Gu, who remains one of Jin Yu's best friends. She soon meets Li Yan, a secretive girl who would later rise to be one ofEmperor Wu of Han Liu Che's most powerful concubines with the help of Jin Yu.
During all this, she falls in love with Meng Jiu, who had revealed that he was the head of the Shi Manor's family trading business. Yet he rejects Jin Yu again and again, because he didn't want her to live with a disabled person. Although Jin Yu states she doesn't care about his disability, he still rejects her, even if it is against his own feelings. Heartbroken, it was from this time onwards that Jin Yu seriously considered Huo (who had always loved her, despite the fact she didn't reciprocate his love earlier on) as someone who was more than a friend. In the meanwhile, Li Yan had grown powerful and was intent on killing Jin Yu, the only one who knew her secret. Jin Yu relied even more on Huo to protect her, and thus, the first seeds of love appeared between them. When Meng Jiu realized this, he wanted Jin Yu to return to his side, but all was too late.
Throughout the novel, Jin Yu lasts through all sorts of palace scheming and political changes, only wanting to be with her husband forever. Towards the end of the book, they escape the power struggle by feigning death. In the end, Meng Jiu doesn't end up with anyone, and leaves secretly after aiding Jin Yu and Huo in their act to escape.
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