Offered as a sacrificial concubine to the cruel commander Xuan Xiao, the mute Shen Yu resigns himself to his fate since it means a safer life for his sickly mother. With both his life and his mother's now in the hands of the extremely temperamental commander, can Shen Yu keep his identity as a man concealed long enough to survive? Or will he face the notorious Xuan Xiao's wrath?