[Historical romance + The empress’s niece and a young general fall in love, taking on beheading-worthy risks in a proper, rule-bound age]
On the day General Qi Jinyu returned from two years of campaigning, Lu Yixi had prepared a whole table of dishes. Who would have guessed he’d bring a young woman home from the frontier?
“I just felt sorry for her, with nowhere to turn...”
Lu Yixi waved her hand. “Then let’s take her in as our sworn younger sister!”
“Whatever my wife says!”
They have been married for four years. Their relationship is loving, but they have no children. Lu Yixi is worried; she longs to have a child with the person she loves...
Unfortunately, someone doesn’t want the general’s household to have a child.
Qi Jinyu: If he shows no mercy, don’t blame me for doing the same.
Lu Yixi: I’ll follow you, in life or death...