The General's Matchmaking Story

She rose to the rank of General Who Conquers the East, with a stipend of two thousand piculs. Though she was a woman, she was perhaps a little too ambitious; still, she should have been a prized match on the marriage market. Unfortunately, her reputation for having three betrothed men die one after another was so notorious that, at the age of twenty-five, she had become a long-overlooked spinster with no idea where her future in-laws might be. He was the Son of Heaven, master of all under heaven and wielding power in every direction. In principle, he shouldn't have had to worry about marriage either. But after three successive prospective empresses passed away, no one dared presume they were fortunate enough to become the emperor's father- or brother-in-law. Without war or political intrigue, he might have become an idle member of the imperial clan, while she would have dutifully married and had children. The two of them would have remained distant fellow disciples, exchanging greetings and local gifts at the holidays, never suffering such torment. So close, yet separated by a distance they could not cross... New contemporary romance: Miss Xia's Daily Anti-Scam Routine Theme: