Contractual Marriage: the Legitimate Son of a General and the Concubine of a Merchant

[Two male protagonists + political marriage + marriage first, love later + power struggle + strong confrontation + HE] A forced marriage, two people with their own thoughts, but inadvertently surrendered their true feelings. Shen Zhaoran, the legitimate son of a distinguished general in the northern border, with a sharp edge like an unsheathed sword, was forced by an imperial edict to marry Xie Mingyun, the concubine of a merchant. This marriage is the emperor's check and balance technique, and it is also a pawn in the court's conspiracy. Xie Mingyun is the most insignificant concubine of the Xie family. His biological mother died young and he is walking on thin ice in the family. He married into the Shen family with the secret mission of the second prince, but was gradually shaken by Shen Zhaoran's sincerity and trust. On their wedding night, the two made a three-part agreement: They are a loving couple in front of others and do not interfere with each other in the back. But Shen Zhaoran discovered that this seemingly docile "wife" actually knew martial arts, understood military affairs, and could even compete with him; Xie Mingyun never expected that the cold general would block rumors for him and clumsily give him gifts that he wanted. When mission and sincerity conflict, when conspiracy and love intertwine—— Xie Mingyun must make a choice between family interests and Shen Zhaoran's life; Shen Zhaoran has to face a cruel truth: the person he fell in love with approached him in the first place was actually a conspiracy... "Xie Mingyun, now that you have entered my Shen family, you become my Shen family." "General, if one day you no longer need this marriage... Can you let me go free?" Can a marriage that started with interests end with sincerity?