General's Wife, Did You Ever Have Feelings for Me?

Marriage before love + a general’s secret crush comes true + a daily iconic question + misunderstandings and romantic tension + parallel household and court intrigue + exposing rumors with face-slapping + mutual healing

Male lead: Xiao Jinyan

The Great General Who Guards the Nation, twenty-three years old. He went to war as a boy and is a ruthless, cold-blooded fighter on the battlefield, feared by the court. He fell secretly in love with the heroine when they first met as teenagers and buried his feelings for years. To maintain the balance of power at court, the emperor forced them to marry. On their wedding night, he received an urgent order and rushed to the border, leaving for three years. Outwardly stern and taciturn, he is possessive and clingy only with the heroine. Without fail, he asks her the same soul-searching question every day: “My lady, have you felt even the slightest affection for me today?” He is possessive, gets jealous easily, and quietly takes care of every crisis. Both leads are romantically inexperienced.

Female lead: Su Qingyuan

The eldest legitimate daughter of the Ministry of Personnel’s family, born into a scholarly household. Gentle and perceptive, she is also strong-willed. She was engaged to a refined Hanlin scholar, and her family had done nothing wrong, yet an imperial decree forced her to marry Xiao Jinyan. She spent three years alone in their empty home after the wedding. Everyone said the general had cast her aside, and she believed they were merely spouses bound by circumstance. She only wanted a peaceful life and to protect the Su family. At first, she deliberately keeps her distance from the male lead, but gradually falls for him. Skilled in medicine and chess, she is thoughtful and not the sort to lose herself in romance.

Supporting female character: Liu Ruowei

A doctor from the borderlands who returns to the capital with Xiao Jinyan. Rumors in the capital claim she is the general’s beloved, but in truth, Xiao Jinyan saved her life and she is merely his subordinate. She is not very cunning and has an unrequited crush on the male lead. At first, she creates misunderstandings and romantic tension, but later clears her name and leaves the story.

Supporting male character: Wen Jingshu

A Hanlin scholar who was once engaged to the heroine. Gentle and refined, he values his career. After the heroine is ordered to marry Xiao Jinyan, he voluntarily ends their engagement. Later, he chooses a side in the court and occasionally creates minor conflicts between the leads, but never turns malicious.

Supporting characters

The loyal maid Wantao, the general’s personal guard Qingge, the wise Empress Dowager,