The fallen noblewoman Cui Yunxiao believed that a woman's greatest weapon was her beauty.
So she rejected the low-ranking military officer her relatives had chosen for her and fled from her wedding on the spot.
Three years later, she set her sights on the young general, Xie Buhuan.
She found an excuse to sneak into the Xie army camp, thinking she could use Xie Buhuan to climb the ranks,
but she never expected that the camp's rogue officers, taken with her beauty, would try to keep her as a camp prostitute.
Cui Yunxiao drew her knife and killed herself on the spot. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the day she was betrothed at sixteen.
She swore she would never repeat her past mistakes. She immediately agreed to marry the low-ranking officer, willing to face the chaotic times and overcome every hardship by his side.
But on their wedding night, the officer arrived late and sneered at her. "Aren't you so high and mighty? Didn't you run away from the wedding and refuse to marry me? Go on, run!"
"Not running, huh? Then stay and be my concubine. I'll even spare you a meal."
Cui Yunxiao lifted her veil. It was Xie Buhuan.
She regretted it terribly. Who else could be as unlucky as her? Her father and brothers had all died in the war, and she was left dependent on others. Was finding a good home really so difficult?!
Looking at Xie Buhuan's doglike behavior, Yunxiao finally understood: to forge iron, you have to be strong yourself.
So she moved out of the Xie residence, rented a small courtyard, and taught the wives of newly ennobled families incense appreciation, hanging paintings, flower arranging, and tea preparation.
Later, she became the richest person in Shangjing, confided in the powerful ministers at court, and received a steady stream of marriage proposals from noble families.
But Xie Buhuan suddenly couldn't sit still. The new emperor, who ruled the world with an imperious gaze, saw the divorce letter she had written by hand and couldn't even bring himself to care about the legitimacy he valued most.
He abandoned the entire court at his enthronement ceremony and hurried to her little courtyard, doing everything he could to make her take pity on him:
"What's so great about being emperor? Even an empress can abandon her husband after a proper wedding!"
"I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving! I won't leave even if I have to be your lover!"
"Xiaoxiao, if you still won't talk to me, I'll starve to death QAQ"
Xie Buhuan was the late emperor's forgotten son, and what he hated most in life was being looked down on for his birth.
When he was seventeen, he heard that the late duke's daughter had offered to marry him. He climbed over the wall one night to see her, only to discover she was Cui Yunxiao, the noblewoman who had once given him a meal.
Xie Buhuan was overjoyed,
but on their wedding day, Cui Yunxiao fled before everyone.
From then on, Xie Buhuan grew cold and heartless, devoting himself to military affairs.
Wherever she fled, he would conquer.
1. A sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, proud, jealous male lead * an innocent, adorable, merciless female lead
2. The male lead is a genuine scumbag at first, then chases his wife through hell in the later arc.
3. One-on-one, both leads' first love, a powerful partnership as husband and wife unite the world.
Theme: Cultivate oneself, bring order to the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world.
