It is not about a typical transmigration-revenge with many face slapping, it is beyond that, something that touch humanity (just as stated by some reviewers). Through the lenses of passive reincarnated protagonist, we will follow her journey meeting people who will broaden her view and reaching her dream while trying to resolve her own conflict. With the warfare and patriarchal like setting, we got the gist how the characters are brought up trough their behavior and actions. For the plot, some may feel the minor plots are irrelevant to the story and dragging, but I think those are the charming points which enrich the story and gives life to some minor characters as well but also giving a natural development to the main characters as well.

The characters are dynamic and progressive. First of all, the protagonist itself is a figure of 'hope' within a patriarchal society, which allowing her to become the spectacle who overcome discrimination and trial within the environment she is living to reach her goal. Someone who is trying be her own person. Meanwhile, the male lead appeared as a stoic individual wished nothing but warmth which he unconsciously longed for. Someone who is coping with his emotion in silence until he met the protagonist. The interesting part is that not only the story revolving around the protagonist, the characters around her shared a fair share of spotlight about themselves and how they solve their own conflict. How they view things and their character development at the end are varied. Each characters had their own conflict, goal and role which cause a natural chain of story which is quite close to real life. Even at the end, the characters have a well-deserved but decent closure.

note: But seriously, that Chu guy is the biggest sad boy. He is one of my fave grey characters.... : (I'll just fantasised that he got reincarnated and find his new found warmth which he had failed to obtain.

She protects her new family, and when she is forced into a tight corner, she rejoins the army in disguise as a man and collects military merits under her own name. Although her new body is weak, she has all the skills and knowledge of her previous life as a great General, and her diligent training helps her regain her physical prowess with every weapon. One of my favourite scenes is her sword fight with the ML.

They had previously met when she was her male cousin in school, and again when she was a blind madam. They have a lot of fate together. The ML realizes He Yan is a woman in chapter 100, and figures out the clues to solve her previous life's identity/secret/rebirth in chapters 191-216. When he realizes how much she lost in her previous life, he vows to help her regain it all in this life.