[One-on-one romance | Sweet and doting, no angst | A purely historical setting]
Ye Qingwan is an unloved daughter of a fifth-rank official.
Her birth mother died young, her stepmother ignores her, and her sisters make life difficult for her. Only her grandmother treats her with affection.
She keeps her head down and wants nothing more than a peaceful life.
Then her childhood sweetheart, the heir to a noble title, tells her, “I’ll marry no one but you. Wait for me to pass the imperial exams, all right?” And she falls for him.
She waits for years, only to hear that he has been ordered by imperial decree to marry a princess.
Rumors swirl around her, and the Ye family plans to marry her off far away to anyone who will take her.
Just when she has no way out, an imperial decree arrives
She is to marry the powerful, renowned general who commands the entire court’s respect.
Everyone says she has struck it lucky, marrying into a family others can only dream of joining.
Only after the wedding does she learn the truth
This marriage, envied by all, was never a stroke of luck from heaven.
He traded all his military achievements for an imperial decree, all to keep her safe.
