[Battle-Hardened Female General x Emperor Who Brings Peace]
In her previous life, Gu Chengbi was forced to leave the battlefield and marry another man.
After a coup, she watched with her own eyes as her father, who had devoted his life to the country, was executed by a thousand cuts.
Her husband, desperate to save himself, secretly tampered with her medicine.
She sneered and drained the bowl in one gulp.
Reborn, she returned to the year she was twenty and still a general of the Great Liang.
Emperor Jiang Zaiheng personally led an expedition, but was defeated and captured.
The Jie people took him prisoner, their offensive pressing straight toward the capital.
Her father defied all opposition and supported the emperor's younger brother, Prince Qi Jiang Zaizhang, as the new ruler.
He protected the dynasty through turbulent times, and, just as in her previous life, her father was promoted to Grand Secretariat.
After earning merit by leading the army to repel the enemy, she entered the palace to receive the emperor's thanks and saw Jiang Zaizhang again.
In her previous life, after Jiang Zaiheng overthrew him, the century-old Gu family had collapsed overnight.
A mocking smile touched Gu Chengbi's lips. What crime had her father committed?
His crime was supporting another man for the throne. His crime was failing to protect himself.
This time, she would never let the Gu family's tragedy happen again!
The young emperor dismissed his attendants and asked her, "Grand Secretary Gu wants to bring my elder brother back. General Gu, are you willing to help?"
Gu Chengbi replied in a clear voice, "I am not, Your Majesty!"
"There can only be one emperor under heaven. Your Majesty already sits upon the throne. How can we invite a wolf into our home?"
He rebuked her sharply. "Insolent! How can we refuse to bring my elder brother back?"
Gu Chengbi raised her eyes, the fiery light in them meeting his gaze without the slightest hint of retreat.
He looked down at her, his eyes scraping across her face like a blade, but the sharpness in them gradually deepened.
After a long silence, Jiang Zaizhang asked in a low voice, "How can we refuse to bring my elder brother back?"
The hall was silent, save for the wisps of incense curling from the golden beast-shaped burner.
He no longer bothered to hide his ambition and ruthlessness as he gazed at her.
Gu Chengbi's lips curved slightly. She knew that the next page of Great Liang's history
would soon be rewritten by the two of them.
She knelt and bowed low. "I am willing to help!"
Reading guide:
1. Two equally strong leads, morally gray, serious historical drama.
2. A blend of plot and romance.
[The blurb was finalized in October 2025 and has been screenshot and saved]
Theme: A woman is no mere fish in a pond. Let Your Majesty hear the song of jade upon the wall.
