[Gentle and resilient princess sent abroad for a political marriage x proud, fierce young lord with the spirit of a steppe wolf]
Cui Qingyao was an orphan from a noble household, raised at the empress's side. With skin as fair as snow and beauty like a flower, she had been cherished since childhood. All she had to do was choose a suitable husband and live out a peaceful life.
That was until Great Zhou arranged a political marriage with Wusi. When Princess Zhaoyang refused to marry far from home, Cui Qingyao volunteered to petition for the title of Princess Yongning and take her cousin's place, marrying the young lord of Wusi, Bo Li.
Rumor had it that Bo Li joined the army at ten and had never lost a battle. He was a notorious terror on the grasslands.
Cui Qingyao had prepared herself to marry a monster with a hideous face, but when they met, she discovered...
The man was actually quite handsome.
He really was fierce, though.
On the second day of their marriage, Bo Li held a knife to her throat and warned her coldly, "I hate being lied to more than anything. If you ever dare lie to me, I'll kill you with my own hands."
Cui Qingyao's long lashes trembled as she softly replied, "I heard you."
But Bo Li didn't know that the Princess Yongning before him was not the princess Wusi had originally asked to marry.
After the wedding, Cui Qingyao kept his threat in mind and prepared for her identity to be exposed.
But as she waited, things gradually began to feel wrong.
The man who had initially thought her delicate and troublesome, and wanted to keep his distance, began personally teaching her to ride and shoot. He sent box after box of gold her way, and even lowered his voice without realizing it whenever he spoke to her.
Until one day, the most arrogant young lord on the grasslands sheathed his claws and bent his head to help her shape her brows and comb her hair.
"Do Han men all coax their wives like this?"
Cui Qingyao looked at the overly dark eyebrows in the mirror, then at the few strands of hair pulled out on the comb, and fell silent for a long while.
"...Husband."
"Yes?"
"Maybe I should do it myself."
[Both leads are each other's only partners | Marriage first, love later | A substitute bride sent for a political marriage | Light political intrigue on the grasslands | Mutual salvation | Taming the wolf | Women supporting women | Alternate history]
She tamed the fiercest wolf on the grasslands.
And he gave her, a woman who had always been alone, a home she would never have to lose again.
Theme: Love means respect and acceptance
