A Guide to Raising a General's Wife

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-- This novel's blurb --

Jiang Wan was born in Chang'an and raised in Jiangdu. She didn't return to the capital until just before her coming-of-age ceremony.

She was plump and soft, with a delicate, lovely appearance. Her father planned to send her into the imperial harem to ensure the Jiang family's prosperity for generations.

Before that, Jiang Wan dreamed that the late emperor died and a young emperor ascended the throne, and that she became empress dowager at a tender age, only to be tortured to death not long after enjoying a life of wealth and luxury.

Jiang Wan resolved never to enter the harem in this life. Before the imperial selection, she would find herself a good marriage.

After looking around, she set her sights on Lu Sui.

Lu Sui was a brave and skilled warrior, with sword-like brows and bright eyes. As Grand General Who Assists the State, he had won great honors for the dynasty and was a powerful minister who commanded a large army.

Yet, according to the rumors, he had no interest in women.

Later, Jiang Wan became famous throughout Chang'an after risking her life to save the Seventh Prince. Young officials and their sons came to call one after another. Before long, everyone knew that the Jiang family had a lovely young daughter, graceful as an immortal and ready to be courted.

But no one knew that this delicate flower had already been carefully cradled in the hands of the general, who had always been cold and restrained.

[Little Scene]

One day, Jiang Wan went to the docks to see off her childhood friend, her second cousin.

A heavy snow fell that day, and it was already late at night when she returned home.

As soon as she entered, her husband was sitting upright in front of a low table, a lone lamp flickering softly on it.

He sat there with a dark expression and didn't say a word. He was clearly sulking.

As if she hadn't noticed, Jiang Wan held out her snow-white, jade-like hands and said pitifully, "Sanlang, I'm cold..."

The young lady's bright eyes shone, and her sweet little call of "Sanlang" melted his heart.

Lu Sui sighed helplessly, opened his arms, and drew her into his embrace, tucking her cold hands inside his robe.

Alas, in the end, he still lost to her.

A stubborn, soft-hearted general with a possessive streak × a pampered, spoiled young lady, a peerless flower of wealth and beauty

Reader's Guide:

* An alternate universe modeled on the Tang dynasty. Historical accuracy not required.

* 1v1, both leads are virgins. The beginning may be a little slow, but it gets better and better as it goes on (I'll bet you fifty cents).

* Not a rebirth story. The dream is of a past life, and there's no melodramatic plot. It's a sweet story about two people who choose each other!

-- New Novel --

In her previous life, Ming Shu's family was destroyed, and she became a government courtesan, sent to the residence of Lu Yanqing, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.

Once a pampered young lady, she humbled herself and endured every indignity, hoping to win some protection from him. But he was cruel and cold-hearted by nature, and left her to languish and fend for herself.

Until one drunken night, they spent the night together. Lu Yanqing was stirred by her into feeling every human emotion, and from then on, he couldn't stop himself.

But he only learned when she died that she had always loved another man.

From then on, she became an indelible cinnabar mole in his heart.

Given another chance, he did everything he could to have her, using every means necessary to keep her by his side.

She loved people who were noble and above reproach, so he tried to put down his weapons and become a good man.

But in the end, she still escaped and chose a new husband for herself.

*

On the day of Ming Shu's wedding, heavily armed troops surrounded the bridal chamber.

The man who had been hiding for so long approached slowly, radiating menace, hatred surging in his eyes.

He gripped her wrist so tightly he wanted to crush her, but when he met her clear, shining gaze, the words that came out were, "What is it about me that's so bad? Tell me."

He had imprisoned her in both her lives, but in the end, he was the one bound to her.

Theme: Be self-reliant and face life with a smile