Spring Light Hidden in My Heart

After a crushing defeat, her father was killed, her military command was taken away, and her family fell from power. Trapped in a conspiracy, Lin Changying's heart turned to ice.

Then an imperial decree arrived from nowhere, ordering her to marry Prince An, who had been crippled in both legs since childhood and was too frail to care for himself.

She entered his household determined to keep her distance, only to discover that Shen Qingci was nothing like the disgrace people made him out to be.

He respected her, understood her, and cared for her... Their warm, everyday life together softened Lin Changying's heart.

In time, they went from a marriage they had both resented to newlyweds deeply in love, making everyone around them envious.

But as Lin Changying investigated the conspiracy from years ago, she gradually realized that the man at her side was no ordinary person.

The all-knowing scholar, the deadly assassin, the venerable doctor, the immensely wealthy merchant...

They were all him!

Through all the ups and downs of her life, Lin Changying discovered a secret room in his study. Alongside intelligence on the great clans and the imperial family, a bookshelf held scrolls and old bamboo paper, all connected to her.

The family rules she had to copy as punishment at five, riding a horse at the palace grounds at six, practicing archery at the training ground at seven, dancing with a sword at the emperor's birthday banquet at eight... Being appointed a general at seventeen and receiving the people's cheers, galloping through the imperial streets of the capital at twenty and saving a child from being run down...

For the past twenty years, he had been hiding where she couldn't see him, quietly loving her all along.

To Shen Qingci, Lin Changying was a ray of spring sunshine in the darkness of his childhood. He had quietly sipped from his memories, watching over her from where she couldn't see him and hoping she would be well. Little did he know, that ray of sunshine had already run into his arms and secretly tucked herself away there.

[A dashing, straightforward, single-minded female general who says exactly what she thinks x a refined, cunning prince who alternates between looking harmless and revealing his ruthless side]

☆ Twenty years of taking turns saving each other

☆ Two strong leads, married first and in love later, political intrigue, mutual secret crushes

A self-indulgent story built around a trope I've wanted to read since I was a kid.

Theme: Never forget your original intentions, and remain devoted to one person.