After the Ascetic General Was Struck by a Love Curse

[One-line summary] Ancient Chinese version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith~ Lu Jinzhi is the Marquis of Dingyuan, a young man who has already made a name for himself, commanding an army of three hundred thousand. Before returning to the capital, his sworn enemy placed a love curse on him. Anyone under the spell would gradually fall in love with the person who cast it. Lu Jinzhi thought: Now that I'm returning to the capital, I won't have to worry about the curse bothering me. * Princess Chu Yixiu is a delicate beauty, graceful and willowy, with the looks of a hibiscus flower. They say she is frail and rarely leaves the inner quarters. In truth, she has another identity. After successfully placing a curse on her sworn enemy, she returned to the capital and was married by imperial decree to an older, unmarried general. Chu Yixiu: This general looks awfully familiar~ * In the eyes of the world, the Lu and Chu couple are rather mismatched: one is as fragile as a flower, while the other is a celibate god of war. In public and in private, husband and wife treat each other with polite respect and keep out of each other's way, neither bothering the other. But gradually... Chu Yixiu notices that the way Lu Jinzhi looks at her has grown increasingly strange... and scorching hot... * One day, Chu Yixiu realizes that her secret identity might be exposed, so she runs away in the middle of the night. A month later, she is surrounded on all sides. Lu Jinzhi approaches with his sword, flames flashing in his eyes. "My lady... or should I call you Pavilion Master? Where do you think you're running off to? You put some kind of curse on me, so you can undo it yourself!" [On the surface, a charming, delicate beauty in poor health] VS [On the surface, an aloof general] The Beauty in the Grand Tutor's Palm After Su Mian falls seriously ill, she begins having strange dreams. She dreams that the dynasty will one day change, and the Su family will back the wrong side and be exiled as a whole. She will fall into the hands of a treacherous minister and become a canary trapped in his cage. Su Mian thinks she has to stop it all before it happens. Strangely, she often hears a voice speaking to her inside her head: "Silly girl, if someone bullies you, fight back. What good is crying?" "With all the factions at court, your wisest choice is to seek the Grand Tutor's protection." The voice seems like a god sent down from heaven, helping her take on scheming relatives and put scoundrels in their place. But as soon as it mentions the Grand Tutor, Su Mian loses her nerve. She remembers the terrifying nights from her dreams. "No way! The Grand Tutor is ambitious, cruel, wicked, depraved, lecherous, and shameless. He's my number-one enemy!" The Grand Tutor, who is personally guiding the delicate beauty toward a brighter future, freezes. "..." When did I ever give her that impression?! Everyone says Su Mian was foolish to break off her engagement with the Yan family. But who could have guessed that she would marry into the Yan family after all, just not the family's second young master. Instead, she marries the powerful Seventh Master of the Yan family, the Grand Tutor himself. And so she becomes her former fiance's aunt by marriage... [The long-awaited meeting] Su Mian finally works up the courage to meet the "voice" in her head. That day, peach blossoms bloom for miles east of the city. The man traps Su Mian between a peach tree and his chest, his long, thick lashes trembling. "Y-you... How could you lie to me?!" The handsome man gives a slight tug of his lips. His refined features outshine the falling peach blossoms. "You insisted on meeting me. Now that you have, do you regret it?" Su Mian: Regret it? Absolutely! Is there still time to run away? [After meeting their online friend in person in ancient times, they discover that the other is their number-one enemy!] [Reading guide] Saved for reference 1. [Beautiful, fragile heroine] VS [Aloof, secretly passionate Grand Tutor] 2. The leads have a ten-year age gap. 3. A refreshing, satisfying, sweet, and lighthearted story. Theme: Keep striving for as long as you live.