I Became the War God's Daughter-in-Law in the Tang Dynasty

After transmigrating into the second wife of the God of War Xue Rengui, I planned to keep my head down and survive.

But Xue Ne, his eldest son, just three years younger than me, knelt in the Dali Temple courtroom and declared, “I have harbored improper feelings for my stepmother every single day.”

At that moment, I decided to defy fate.

The unluckiest thing that ever happened to Su Ran was getting hit by a truck in a rainstorm. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Liu, the second wife of Xue Rengui, the Tang Dynasty’s God of War.

A thirty-seven-year-old body, a twenty-six-year-old soul. Her husband was a famed Tang general, and five sons called her “Mother.” The eldest was Xue Ne, three years younger than her, with sword-straight brows and bright eyes. He was taciturn, a cold-faced general described in the history books as “calm, brave, and sparing with words.”

She had planned to keep her head down and survive: pretend to have amnesia, learn the rules, and be an invisible mistress of the household.

Before Xue Rengui set out on campaign, he forced a dose of muscle-relaxing powder down her throat. She knew there wasn’t a single person in this family who was easy to deal with.

“My father drugged you. I can’t undo that,” he told her, “but I can find you an antidote.”

When news arrived of the defeat at Dafeichuan, Su Ran unfolded a map and drew a herding trail omitted from the history books, using the terrain she remembered from satellite maps of later generations.

Three hundred cavalry set out on a snowy night. Burning with fever on horseback, she babbled and shouted words that did not belong to this era: “Xue Ne, I’ve seen you in the history books of the future.”

Later, Xue Ne was framed for treason and taken to the Dali Temple.

Su Ran knelt in the courtroom and took all the blame: “Xue Ne was led astray by me. I’m the demon.”

Xue Ne broke free of his shackles and threw himself to his knees beside her, shouting at the assembled officials, his words shaking Chang’an:

“I, your subordinate, have harbored improper feelings for my stepmother. Every day, from the autumn polo match to this very day. If she is to be punished, then punish us both.”