[Fictional dynasty + laid-back slacker life + both devoted only to each other + marriage first, love later + family/palace intrigue + play the pig to eat the tiger]
[A do-it-all general who loves slacking off VS a mad war god]
Shen Aoxue spent three years killing enemies on the northern frontier. Her heart is now as cold as her blade.
Back in the capital, all she wants is to be a lazy fish, eating her fill and waiting to die.
The Shen family’s legitimate daughter is “too frail to take care of herself”?
Shen Aoxue: “That’s right. A breeze could knock me over. Stay away from me and don’t block my sunshine.”
Betrothed by imperial decree to the ascetic, mad, cold-faced general Xiao Jingzhan?
Shen Aoxue: “Sounds good. He can stay busy fighting wars while I lie flat. We won’t get in each other’s way.”
After the wedding, the noblewomen of the capital wait to see Shen Aoxue get snubbed. But things take an unexpected turn…
A scheming tea-green woman provokes her. Shen Aoxue yawns, casually taps a pressure point, and leaves her paralyzed for three days.
Enemy assassins invade. Just as Xiao Jingzhan is about to draw his sword, Shen Aoxue tosses a tangerine peel, and an assassin drops dead on the spot.
Xiao Jingzhan closes in on her. “My lady, didn’t you say you couldn’t even lift a knife?”
Shen Aoxue flops onto the bed, her eyes sparkling. “General, I may be delicate, but I never said I couldn’t ‘kill’ people.”
Later, the powerful General Xiao turns down all his other duties just to stay by the bed and watch his wife sleep. “A Xue, the war is over. When do I get to fight the battle of the bridal chamber?”
