The Northern General Just Returned to the Capital, and His Ex Is Coming on Strong

“Shen Yanqing, touch me again and I'll take it to mean you want to get back together.”

Seven years ago, Shen Yanqing forced Pei Zhao to leave the capital in armor with a single sentence: “This is over.”

Seven years later, he had risen from a common soldier to General of the North. His cavalry swept through the snow as he returned victorious to the capital.

The streets were packed with people, but Pei Zhao saw only the crimson official robes at the far end of the avenue, the same ones worn by the man who had tied his hair for him in last night's dream.

But propriety would never allow two men to be together.

The entire court awaited a clash between the civil officials and the military, yet Shen Yanqing cornered him at the general's residence late at night and unwrapped his bloodstained bandages. “No one else is allowed to touch you. Am I not allowed either?”

Pei Zhao pressed the imperial edict arranging his marriage against Shen Yanqing's chest. “You're already engaged. What gives you the right to interfere with me?”

Shen Yanqing burned the marriage contract and put the residence's keys in his hand. “The engagement was a transaction. We won't marry. As for you, I'm going to pursue you all over again.”

But at court the next morning, the very first person he impeached was Pei Zhao...