[A cunning princess who plays the pig to eat the tiger vs. a proud general whose words say one thing and whose actions say another]
After trying for the 101st time to talk her hopelessly lovestruck best friend into breaking up, Jiang Chun was chased to her door by her friend's abusive boyfriend and stabbed.
Good news: She survived and transmigrated into the most adored princess in the Kingdom of Zhao.
Bad news: The original owner had been bold enough to drug the male lead with an aphrodisiac, and an assassin was going to kill her at her birthday banquet in three days.
Jiang Chun: Run! Pack everything tonight and make a getaway with the carriage!
System: Host is about to leave the plot. Initiating soul-destruction mode immediately!
Jiang Chun: I know I was wrong, please let me off.
To complete the System's life-saving mission and deal with the overpowered male and female leads of the original novel, Jiang Chun had no choice but to set her sights on her nemesis, Zhao's great general and guardian of the realm, Huo Xiao.
At first, she wanted Huo Xiao to act as her bodyguard on the day of her birthday banquet.
So Jiang Chun went to the military camp herself and invited him with a flattering smile. "Brother Huo, won't you come to my birthday banquet?"
Huo Xiao curled his lips, his expression seeming amused and yet not. "If the princess scores a goal, this humble official will attend on time."
As it turned out, Huo Xiao toyed with Jiang Chun on the field like she was a monkey.
Not long after, Jiang Chun made it through her birthday banquet and successfully avoided her death flag.
That night, Huo Xiao showed up at her door in a rage, carrying an imperial decree for their marriage.
"Does the princess not know that a melon forced off the vine isn't sweet?"
To tie him to her own cause, Jiang Chun stubbornly pestered him.
"Who cares if it's sweet? Just pretend Your Highness twisted off a big bitter melon!"
In the end, Huo Xiao was so infuriated that he turned and left in a huff.
Later, after seeing with his own eyes how the girl risked her life to break through a deadlock, Huo Xiao sneered, "The princess's name shouldn't be Chun. It should be Chun, meaning stupid. Utterly foolish!"
Thinking that men didn't know what it was like to have it easy, Jiang Chun glared at him. "Then General Huo's name shouldn't be Xiao, meaning night, but Xiao, meaning small!"
She had meant small-minded, but decided it wasn't cutting enough. Her eyes swept downward, and she grinned wickedly. "Small as in short and tiny!"
Later, on a night when the red candles burned low and the bed curtains grew warm, Huo Xiao cornered her on the bed, his voice dangerous. "Princess, did you say I was... short and tiny?"
Jiang Chun's face turned scarlet, and she regretted her words. "General Huo is the greatest under heaven! This princess was blind!"
#The boomerang may be late, but it always comes back
#So much for being enemies. Why did he fall for me first?
#How my trash talk ultimately came back to bite me
* Bickering couple
* Mutual healing
Theme: Love given returns as love, and blessings sent out return as blessings
The author's writing is very interesting. Although the writing style is not antique, it is attractive to read. Keep up the good work!