An animated re-telling of the classical Chinese story of two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Zhu Yingtai was a girl born into an upper-class family during China's Eastern Jin Dynasty. Since women were not allowed to attend school, she begged her family to let her go, and they consented as long as she pretended to be a young man. There she met a handsome young upper-class man named Liang Shanbo. They instantly became friends and vowed to be sworn brothers forever. Yingtai hid her real identity from "Brother Liang" through the three years they studied together at Hangzhou. Her love for him grew to consume her, and she thought of nothing else but spending all of her days with Brother Liang.

Dans la Chine Impériale, Ling, une jeune princesse, est obligée de se déguiser en garçon pour suivre les cours de la prestigieuse école de Hongshu. Elle fait la rencontre de Tao, un jeune élève courageux, à qui elle révèle son secret et qui devient rapidement son meilleur ami. Petit à petit, leur amitié se transforme... mais Thor Khan, l'impitoyable chef du village dont le fils est tombé amoureux de Ling, s'oppose à leur union et fait planer sur leur bonheur la plus terrible des menaces...