Peace Across the Land, a Flourishing Chang’an

“Thirty strikes of the ruler. Hand out,” the Regent said, his icy gaze like frost.

“I’d rather die!” The young man stubbornly turned his face away, but his eyes were secretly reddening.

Song Nanchen, the youngest Imperial Tutor of the Great Yong Dynasty, came from a humble family and wielded an iron fist, striking fear into the court’s powerful nobles. Su Yanqing, the beloved jewel of the Grand Princess, was spoiled and willful, yet forced to marry this cold-faced tyrant as his husband.

On their wedding night, ruler and tears flew together. In court, open attacks mingled with hidden schemes. He thought the other was too strict; the other was vexed by his lack of restraint. But when an assassin’s arrow cut through the air, and a whirlpool of conspiracy threatened to swallow them whole, they realized the truth: this political marriage had long since become a love match.

“Song Nanchen, I hate you so much!” the young man cried, throwing himself into his arms.

“I know.” He tightened his embrace and kissed away the other’s tears on the bloodstained battlefield.

From tormenting each other to standing side by side, from political maneuvering at court to the flames of war. See how the cold-faced Imperial Tutor tames his little wildcat, and how the spoiled young prince melts this iceberg.

“Peace throughout the land, a flourishing age of prosperity: all I’ve ever wanted is you.”