My Dear, Let Us Bring Peace to the Land

[My new story, "The Crown Prince Is My Moonlight," is now underway. Please keep supporting me! Mwah!] People say: The nation has its unparalleled talents, and the Xie family has its fine young men. Among the Xie family's legitimate children, the eldest daughter is empress, the second son is a general, and the third son is a secretary. Their one and only youngest daughter is as exquisitely carved as jade, and at a tender age she's already setting her sights on the unparalleled man next door. Xie Yingtang is a woman of high status, but she has no interest in socializing with the daughters of other noble families. She is always slipping into her elder brother's tea parties to watch the young men of noble houses drink and compete, and to sneak a glance at Lord Cheng next door. Over time, even the greetings among Third Young Master Xie's friends turned into, "Brother Xie, when are you marrying off your sister?" Young Master Xie: "..." Before she married him, he smiled faintly. "Young Lady, are you sure? We're really not suited to each other." After she married him, he murmured, "My dear, just stay by my side. I'll take you to the pinnacle of power." [Excerpt] That day, wanting to see the man she loved, she climbed the tall wall around his rear courtyard, then found herself unable to get down. Cheng Jing looked up and saw the mischievous girl clinging to a crabapple branch, with black hair and a white dress. She looked like a crabapple spirit who had come to life. He couldn't help laughing. "Young Lady, what are you doing?" She stared at Lord Cheng, fell silent for a moment, then replied, "I'm hiding from my big brother." "Why hide from him?" "My brother is so mean. He won't let me see you." She added, "He won't let me like you, either." Cheng Jing smiled slightly and held out a hand. "Come down. I'll help you beat him up." A dignified gentleman, two-faced and inscrutable, a genius minister in power x a proud little peacock, sweet and adorable, a noble young lady who loves Lord Cheng more than anyone Reader's guide: [She pursues him in every way. The first nine chapters take place three years earlier, and chapter ten jumps ahead three years.] [The heroine's path to marrying the hero is complicated and a little angsty. Their romance follows a romantic ideal, with a heroine who is utterly devoted.] [This story is set in an alternate world. The culture is inspired by the Wei-Jin period, but the story is unrelated to history.] Theme: