The General's Cherished Princess Is So Cunning

A princess is stricken with a strange poison. The villainous Empress Dowager plots at every turn, and her own sisters scheme against one another. She has to deal with fights in the harem while helping her imperial brother stabilize the court. Then her childhood sweetheart, a general, shows up right on cue to ask for her hand. The princess can only say: I'm so busy!

This is a faux palace-intrigue story about childhood sweethearts destined to wed, following the great general as he pulls out a hundred tricks to win his beloved's heart, both before and after he brings her home.