Marriage First, Love Later | Rekindled Romance | Happy Ending | The Husband Chases His Wife
[Bright, Kind, Highly Skilled Female Bandit x Refined, Reserved, Cunning Powerful Official]
Qi Yue, a university student from Haicheng in the twenty-first century, transmigrates into the body of a bandit chieftain's daughter with the same name. She barely makes it to the age of fifteen.
When the old chieftain falls gravely ill, he passes the position of leader to his adopted daughter, Qi Yue, and urges her to leave banditry behind.
Using modern knowledge to manage the stronghold, she leads everyone there in robbing the rich to help the poor.
While robbing a corrupt official who is retiring, she happens to abduct a husband for the stronghold and forces him to marry her.
As time passes, they fall in love. They marry first, then fall in love.
Who could have guessed that this cold, taciturn man was actually a provincial inspector sent by the imperial court to investigate and suppress the bandits?
When the army storms the mountain to wipe out the bandits, Qi Yue watches her former brothers fall at her feet and asks him in despair, "We weren't unforgivable villains. Why did you have to slaughter us all?"
Before leaping off the cliff, Qi Yue leaves him with these words: "The greatest mistake of my life was falling in love with you." Every word is soaked in tears.
Xiao Yi rushes forward to grab her, wanting to tell her that those men weren't his people.
*
Five years later, the Emperor summons the commander of the Northwest Army back to the capital to report on his duties.
Chancellor Xiao, who claims to be a widower, begins pursuing the female general the moment he sees her standing in court.
His dead wife has returned as commander of the Northwest Army, but she no longer remembers anything about their past.
He tells her the truth about the massacre at the stronghold, but she responds with cold indifference.
*
An assassination attempt brings back Qi Yue's lost memories. She grabs a knife, storms into the chancellor's residence, and stabs Xiao Yi.
With the fighting in the northwest growing more urgent, Qi Yue resolutely accepts her orders and heads for the battlefield.
Xiao Yi requests permission to join the Northwest Army. In the midst of life-and-death danger, the two put the past behind them.
After returning to the capital in triumph, they hold their wedding anew.
Qi Yue relinquishes her military command, and Xiao Yi resigns as chancellor. Together, they retire from public life and enjoy an era of peace and prosperity.
Theme: When facing hardship, hold fast to your principles, follow the righteous path, and keep a true heart.
