The Rugged Man and the Delicate Flower

The young scholar from the Gu family at the east end of Taoyuan Village left to seek his fortune and never came back. The villagers all said he was dead. "The world outside is a mess these days. That Jiang boy must be long gone..." Awu, who had been betrothed to him as a child and lived with Granny Lin at the west end of the village, gritted her teeth and waited for him for five years. Later, when she came of age to marry, she wiped away her tears and married someone else. But on her wedding night, the fiancé who had supposedly been dead for years came back. And not only that: the refined, fair-faced young scholar had turned into a menacing, burly man! Before Awu could even lift her bridal veil, he slung her over his horse and carried her away. She followed him all the way from being the rebel leader's bride to becoming the empress. 1. The characters are exactly as the title suggests: a fierce tiger sniffing a rose. 2. Fictional setting, so don't scrutinize the historical details. 3. Sweet romance. Theme: In troubled times, it is all the more important to stand firm.