A Reluctant Spring

Ruffian general × daughter of a treacherous minister Political intrigue and the fate of the realm × evenly matched opponents × exposing each other’s secret identities - Chu Ye had never been able to stand Lin Zhunan Yin. During the spring hunt, he tried to use wolves to kill her, but she turned the tables and made a mess of his plans. At a banquet, the old emperor brought up their betrothal again. They exchanged a look of mutual disgust. - In their first face-to-face clash, Chu Ye pretended he wanted a token and tugged at her hairpin, earning a sharp slap. “General, are you trying to harass a high-ranking minister’s legitimate daughter?” “Are you angry?” Chu Ye turned his other cheek toward her. “Want to hit this side too?” The second time, he barged into her bedroom and caught her drawing little boats on a map of the southeastern coast’s defenses. The third time, after successfully controlling the floods in Jiangnan, he pinned her against the city wall. “Will you be a general’s wife or the Crown Prince’s concubine? Choose wrong, and I’ll force you to marry me.” Lin Nanyin said, “A melon forced off the vine won’t taste sweet.” Chu Ye replied, “We won’t know if it’s sweet until I pick it and take a bite.” - On the night enemy forces closed in, he kicked open the door to her study. Letters revealing treason and blueprints for weapons lay scattered across the floor...