Summary

Our drama begins with a man and a woman fleeing for their lives with a baby. Eventually the woman is captured by a man--presumably the king--but the man and child are gone. The king looks at her and tells her that he is willing to ccept that she had an affair with another man, he just wants to live the rest of his days in peace with her.The woman is in a daze (I thought she was dead for a moment) but she then tells the king that he only after her Bianining (basically he is full of it). He orders her to be taken away and once she is gone he pulls an aid aside and tells him to find the child.Years pass and our child is now a peasant begging with a man whom she calls Uncle Jiu(I am leaning towards the fact that he is her real father) and she is about ten. She is singing a song beautifully and begging, wearing rags. They are accosted by other beggars for taking their corner and stealing their money. They demand the money but she refuses. More trouble ensues. A dog--Ah Huang--saves them and joins the gang.Still more time passes and our little girl is now a young woman. Bu Qi is an honest beggar/peddler who does small jobs for the poor and stands up for justice. She runs into a handsome young lord who criticizes the storytelling of the masked Lotus Warrior (Robin Hood) whom the people adore. This angers her and she insults him, telling him he is basically an idiot who wouldn't be able to protect herself against Lotus (obviously he IS Lotus). We change scenes and a young woman is plotting with some men. In the next scene a cart is racing past and a bunch of soldiers intervene and try to stop them. The people with the cart insist it is just herbs. Lotus intervenes to save them, and as the cart races by Bu Qi becomes involved. Lotus saves her, and he gives her money for the items she lost when the cart ran into her little cart. She insists upon giving him change, and he finds it amusing but refuses to take it.Later, we learn the plotting woman is a First Miss who is furious about medicine that was stolen and is concerned she may be implicated based upon the interference of others. Back in the city Lotus--young lord--is wondering who stole the medicine. He by this point has already deduced that Bu Qi may be his missing half sister Xu Fei. He continues to observe her standing up for justice and points out how smart she is to his aid.We are then taken to Bu Qi and Uncle Jiu. Uncle Jiu becomes upset because he can see she has money and has bought things and states he is worried she is acting without care and the people who have been searching for him for all the money he owns (yes that is his cover story) have found them. He becomes angered and yells at her to stop doing business. When she finally admits she got the money from Lotus that makes him even more furious and he tells her that whoever is after them will NEVER stop hunting them...----My rating is more personal bias--the show seems a little goofy, and I am very worried it will keep this tone throughout. I wasn't blown away, but some of the comedy made me laugh. I also just don't like bad masks. It is very obvious who the Lotus is.

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