General, Stop It! We're in the Middle of Palace Intrigue

Ruan Xin, the young and beautiful madam of a brothel.

Xuan Ruiqing, the brave and fearless general who protects the nation.

"When I return from battle, I'll share a simple life with you," the general said.

Ruan Xin smiled shyly. "All right."

Three months later

"Ruan Ruan, I'm back."

"General, Ruan Xin is dead."

At those words, blood surged up in the man's chest and rushed to his throat. He fell backward, and a quick-witted guard beside him caught him around the waist.

After winning a great victory against Xiliang, he had ridden back at full speed, day and night, to deliver the news of victory to her himself as her betrothal gift.

"Ruan Ruan, I came back too late after all," the man said, before passing out.

The general returned to the capital intending to resign and retire to the mountains. It was a promise he'd made to her: "When I return from battle, I'll share a simple life with you."

He never imagined that the woman he'd longed for day and night had become the emperor's favored concubine, Lady Wan.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.