The Talented and Unconventional Ji Xiaolan

Plot Synopsis

In the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, General Zhao Hui, under imperial decree, led an army of 100,000 troops to fight a desperate battle against Huo Jizhan, the chief of the Hui tribe on the southern route of the Tianshan Mountains. The cause of the war lay in Huo Jizhan's beautiful wife, the "Fragrant Concubine" who was born with natural beauty and exuded fragrance all over her body. Ji Xiaolan, a native of Xian County, Hejian Prefecture, was born with extraordinary talents but had a proud and aloof personality. At this moment, he was sitting idly in a restaurant when he heard the soldiers who were on the western expedition narrating their experiences in the Tianshan Mountains and the legend of the Fragrant Concubine. Unable to restrain himself, he composed a poem and set it to music for people to sing. Before long, this song spread into the Forbidden City. Emperor Qianlong, Hongli, was extremely furious and issued an imperial decree to arrest the person who composed