The Abstinent General and Childhood Friend Dotes Only on the Eldest Princess

[Both leads are reborn, sweet romance, 1v1, devoted to each other, a mix of sweetness and angst]

[An austere, devoted young general and a radiant, vivacious princess] [A fictional setting, with court intrigue, the fate of the nation, and twists]

Everyone in the capital knew that the young general of the Pei family and Princess Zhaoyang had grown up together, childhood sweethearts with an innocent bond. In the twenty-second year of Kangning, the Northern Di sought the princess's hand in marriage. To ensure her safety, the young General Pei volunteered to lead an expedition against the Northern Di.

The young general believed that if he led the army and crushed the Northern Di's ambitions, Her Highness Zhaoyang would not have to travel to a foreign land to marry into its royal house...

“On the long street, endless white and piercing red passed one another.

The day the princess departed to marry into a foreign land was also the day the young General Pei's coffin arrived in the capital.

The exquisite, splendid bridal sedan, its red so vivid it hurt the eyes, came to a slow stop. The curtain lifted, and Princess Zhaoyang, dressed in a plain wedding gown, stared blankly as she walked toward the black coffin.

Xie Yan remembered it clearly. A year earlier, before Pei Yungui went to war, he had told her, ‘Your Highness, rest easy. With me here, you won't have to travel to a foreign land to marry.’

At the time, she had smiled and replied, ‘All right, Pei Yungui. I'll wait for you to return victorious and marry me.’ But in the end, all that came home was the young general's broken spear and tattered clothes...”

She never imagined that when she opened her eyes again, time would have returned to the moment the Northern Di first sought her hand. The Pei army's terrible losses and the commander whose body was never found remained vivid in her mind. This time, Xie Yan went to marry into the Northern Di without hesitation.

Let her be selfish just this once. All she wanted was for her young general to be safe!!