Chu Li is the only daughter of the Chu clan of Jiangzuo, gentle and lovely, with a face as lovely as peach blossoms.
At sixteen, she married Meng Yanhui, heir to the Meng family of Lanling. Their union joined two great families, and the well-matched young couple became the talk of the town.
But the glamour was only skin-deep. Chu Li knew he didn't love her; he only wanted the power of the Chu clan, which dominated Jiangzuo. In the year since their wedding, he had loathed her and been wary of her. He had even planted a male companion in her chambers to keep watch on her.
A year later, Meng Yanhui seized power and finally became a warlord ruling over his own territory after the division of Northern Zhou. He placed a letter of divorce before her and said, "After we divorce, I won't shortchange you. Take whatever you want from Lanling or Jiangzuo."
Chu Li thought it was all over, but an assassination attempt left Meng Yanhui unconscious.
When he woke, Meng Yanhui found himself in the body of another man: the very lover he had personally found for Chu Li!
Seeing Chu Li from another perspective, he discovered that she had been living very comfortably without him, eating and sleeping well, nothing like a neglected wife. Whenever she mentioned him, she called him an "old man"...
[After the general woke up, he was different from before. He was still very fierce, but he couldn't bring himself to say a single harsh word in front of his wife. After a while, even the servants noticed that their master was utterly devoted to his wife. The only thing his wife seemed to care about was when her husband would leave with nothing.]
[The male companion looked at Meng Yanhui's cold face, as if the whole world meant nothing to him, and said with a trembling voice, "Meng Yanhui, do you know why our souls were once switched? Because I wanted to become you, and you wanted to become me... Admit it. You love her."]
Notes:
1. A lighthearted short story, expected to be under 100 chapters.
2. A lighthearted romance, not a serious historical drama. The setting is fictional history, so please don't overanalyze it.
3. Both the man and woman are sexually inexperienced, and they remain devoted to each other.
4. A sweet story, a sweet story, a sweet story.
Theme: Never become someone else's bargaining chip. Fight for your own life at any time.
