The Pursuit of Power and Love at the Waist

The novel is set in an imaginary dynasty that imitates the warlords fighting in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The Wei and Qiao families had a feud in their previous generations. Wei Shao's father formed an alliance with Qiao Gui to conquer the rebellion, but Qiao Gui retreated in the face of the battle, causing Wei Shao's father and brother to die in battle. Later, the power of the Qiao family declined and they took the initiative to seek marriage. At the insistence of his grandmother, Wei Shao married Xiao Qiao, the daughter of the Qiao family. Xiao Qiao is a time-travelling girl who is forbearing, tenacious and resourceful. At first, Wei Shao was full of hatred for Xiao Qiao. On their wedding night, he treated her coldly and humiliated her, and sent her to a cold house in Youzhou. But Xiao Qiao relied on her wisdom to help the Wei family defeat the enemy, and gradually Wei Shao developed different feelings for her. In the process of getting along, the two experienced many hardships and misunderstandings, and their relationship gradually heated up in the struggle for power and family fighting. Wei Shao went from seeing Xiao Qiao as his enemy, to being attracted by her beauty and intelligence, and finally became a maniac about doting on his wife. While protecting the family, Xiao Qiao truly fell in love with Wei Shao. The two faced external wars and internal conflicts together, and walked through troubled times together.