Chasing Jade: The Marquis Consort

He is the Marquis of Zhenbei, a celebrated military hero whose name strikes fear across the land.

She is a butcher’s daughter from Yanhuiguan, supporting her family with nothing but a butcher’s knife.

One night, he is ambushed and left gravely wounded, collapsing outside her home.

That day, to fulfill her mother’s dying wish, she “trades a bowl of rice porridge for a live-in son-in-law.”

From then on, he is A Zheng, the sickly man at the Fan family butcher shop who can’t keep track of the money and is too afraid to kill a chicken.

From then on, she is his wife, protecting him, supporting him, and trusting him.

But he is no ordinary refugee after all.

His fierce moves beneath the moon at night, his terrifyingly precise technique when sharpening a knife, his fluent Northern Rong speech that leaves her stunned...

Everything tells her that this man is no simple character.

Yet she asks no questions and makes no demands. She simply takes his hand and says:

“Whether you’re a marquis or a live-in son-in-law, you’re still my man.”

Until the day Northern Rong spies appear, the border is threatened, and undercurrents swirl through the court.

He has no choice but to reveal his identity and return to the battlefield.

With her pregnant belly and butcher’s knife, she stands atop the city wall and says:

“I am a daughter of Yanhuiguan and the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei. I’ll fight by his side.”

This is a story about trust and protection.

He is her armor, and she is his home.

From the bustle of everyday life to the stormy politics of the court, from a couple sharing the daily grind to comrades facing life and death.

She teaches him what it means to have a home, and he protects her for the rest of her life.

“Being your live-in son-in-law for the rest of my life, Fan Changyu, is my greatest honor.”