The General’s Legitimate Wife: Her Husband Has Been Plotting This for Ages

From the day Xie Mingwei married into the Marquis of Zhenguo’s household, she knew theirs was a marriage of convenience.

Lu Zhao, a young general who inherited his title early, spent their wedding night in his study after telling her, “Get some rest.” In public, he played the loving husband; in private, he was cold as ice.

She remained composed. She set aside her phoenix crown, managed the household, and upheld the dignity of a noble-born daughter with impeccable poise. Mutual respect and courteous distance were exactly what she wanted.

Until the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, when someone plotted to make her fall into the water. The instant the icy pond engulfed her mouth and nose

A dark figure tore through the water and pulled her out.

Before everyone’s eyes, he shrugged off his robe and wrapped it around her trembling body. His eyes were bloodshot, his voice as cold as a blade. “Whoever lays a hand on her, I’ll kill.”

In the carriage on the way back, he gripped her waist, his breath scorching as he tore away every pretense.

“Xie Mingwei, you’ll never escape me in this lifetime.”

Only then did she realize that the seemingly cold young general had carved her name into his very bones ten years ago.

The marriage everyone saw as a mere convenience was the fulfillment of a wish he had carefully plotted toward for years.