[Fragile beauty × young general] [Live-in son-in-law × palace intrigue × 1v1 × two equally capable leads: she excels at making money, he excels at war. Together, they save their country.] Wen Nuoxue is twenty-two. Matchmakers once crowded her doorstep, but now no one seeks her hand, and she still has no plans to marry. Her anxious father is at his wits’ end.
No one knows that there is a young man in her heart.
Six years later, Shen Qingchen arrives at the Wen family home in Feng’an Prefecture, alone on horseback. He says he has come to honor a promise.
She says she doesn’t remember it.
“General Shen, since you’re already betrothed, I won’t get in the way.”
“What betrothal? The imperial decree was issued, but I never accepted it. That means it doesn’t count!”
Shen Qingchen takes out the jade bangle his mother gave him and offers it as the betrothal gift.
“Wen Nuoxue, marry me. If you won’t, then this can be your dowry, and I’ll marry into your family.”
The Wen family gains a live-in son-in-law for free.
Her father is moved to tears with joy.
Barely two days after the wedding, they learn that the emperor intends to seize the army’s command and kill the great general.
“Xue’er, are you afraid?”
“No. I know you’ll risk your life to protect me.”
“Will you blame me?”
“I know what you stand for. How could I blame you? I’ll be by your side in every battle from now on!”
When they return to the capital, everything has changed. The crown prince, her cousin, who once cherished and protected Shen Qingchen and even spent eleven years as a hostage in the northern desert for his sake, has become a traitor to his country…
