[Two male leads + a battle of equals + wounded general × scheming prince + fake imprisonment, genuine devotion + bickering in public, showing off their love in private + from everyone’s least favorite to the one treasured in his palm]
He was once the unruly General of the Northern Frontier. After returning to the capital victorious, an imperial decree sent him straight to the prince’s residence. On their wedding night, as the red candles flickered, the man locked an iron chain around his ankle. “If the general tries to run, I’ll break his legs.” He sneered. “Careful, Your Highness. You may be able to chain me up, but you can’t chain my heart.” Yet when he fell unconscious with a fever, it was that sinister prince who stayed by his bedside, never even changing his clothes. As the court’s political landscape shifted, the two joined forces to lay a trap, but when death loomed, they both rushed to shield the other. It turned out that this carefully orchestrated imprisonment had been a mutual pursuit from the very beginning.
