[Both reborn + a substitute marriage + love after marriage + a powerful alliance + a cold, beautiful ice queen versus a wild, carefree puppy-like young man]
In her previous life, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Ning’an slept with another man on her wedding night and murdered her husband. Shen Qingli, a concubine-born daughter of the Shen family, endured more than ten years confined to the inner quarters and treated with contempt. Before she and her mother could ever see the light of day, the entire family was executed.
Reborn, she takes her place and marries into the General’s residence, becoming the wife of Mu Qiyan, a young general left as good as dead after being wounded. If she can keep her husband alive on their wedding night, she can use the general to rein in her scoundrel of a father, and one day escape with her mother.
She schemes at every turn, and he protects her at every turn. She is cold-hearted and restrained, hiding her feelings and enduring in silence; he is bold and carefree, both wolfish and sweet.
During the palace coup at the Autumn Moon Banquet, the young general who should have been as good as dead stands tall, sword in hand, and cuts down the rebels, earning merit for coming to the emperor’s aid. Yet when he faces her, he loosens his bloodstained grip on the sword and reins in the killing intent in his eyes. Tentatively, almost pleadingly, he asks, “My lady... will you still protect me?”
