What Kind of General Is He?

The blurb for my next novel, “Has the Taoist Imperial Uncle Gotten Jealous Today?”, is below. Please add it to your favorites!

-----Blurb for this novel-----

Xue Changling was once the beloved Princess Fu'an. Then her father suddenly dies overnight, and the regent takes control of the court with the young crown prince in his grasp. He arranges her marriage to Yan Zhi, the Seventh Master of the Liangzhou Prince’s Mansion.

They say Yan Zhi is handsome and strong, with the courage to hold a pass against ten thousand men on the battlefield. He’s known as the Young General of Liangzhou.

Xue Changling can only console herself that at least her husband commands troops, giving her a chance to return to the capital and rescue her little brother.

But on their wedding night, she’s stunned.

Could this pale-faced man in a wheelchair, coughing up blood from time to time, really be her husband, Yan Zhi?

He has no martial skills or military power, can’t even stand, and doesn’t touch her at night. He’s as innocent and harmless as a little white rabbit.

When someone throws a roof tile at him and injures his head, he only smiles and says, “A loss is a blessing in disguise”...

Xue Changling’s dreams are shattered. She prepares to flee the northern desert and seek refuge with her maternal family, who live in seclusion in Shu.

But before she can escape the Liangzhou Prince’s Mansion, she’s stopped.

Yan Zhi slowly rises from his wheelchair and looks at her with a beaming smile. “Where are you going?”

Xue Changling stares at Yan Zhi, who’s as tall as a mountain, too shocked to answer.

He easily scoops her up and carries her into the inner room:

“It’s late. We should go to bed...”

Afterward, Xue Changling watches Yan Zhi don shining armor and ride straight for the capital. She can’t help saying:

“He... he really is a general...”

[Reader’s Guide]:

1. The setting is entirely fictional! Please don’t nitpick historical details.

2. Before the novel goes premium, updates at 6:00 p.m. according to the rankings; afterward, updates daily before 11:00 p.m.

3. One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, happy ending. Neither lead is perfect.

--Blurb for my next novel, “Has the Taoist Imperial Uncle Gotten Jealous Today?”--

Jiang Yi'an is the eldest daughter of the Duke of Ren's household, mischievous and lively.

She loves riding through Chang'an with a group of spoiled young nobles, playing cuju, and visiting taverns.

But when the new emperor takes the throne, he arranges her marriage to the Ninth Imperial Uncle, who’s already halfway to becoming a cultivator in a Taoist temple.

Jiang Yi'an: What am I supposed to do? I won’t be able to have fun anymore!

Before their wedding, the Ninth Imperial Uncle speaks to her earnestly, like an elder:

“From now on, I’ll devote myself to Taoist cultivation. You can go out and play whenever you like. When the time comes, I’ll enter a Taoist temple and become a monk. All my property will be yours, and you can come and go as you please.”

Jiang Yi'an is overjoyed. After the wedding, she goes out with her friends just like before, living the life of a celestial being.

Jiang Yi'an plays polo with the young gentlemen, and Li Changyun catches her.

Jiang Yi'an visits a brothel with the young gentlemen, and Li Changyun catches her again.

Jiang Yi'an looks at Li Changyun’s increasingly gloomy expression and the hand gradually settling on her waist.

The Imperial Uncle said I could go out and have fun, so why does he look angry...

He used to be so polite. Why is he putting his hands all over me now...

The Ninth Imperial Uncle, Li Changyun, is handsome and has won countless military honors.

Everyone in Chang'an laments that he has the talent of an emperor but is content to cultivate, and that the imperial family has saddled him with a spoiled young woman for a wife.

Jiang Yi'an is sure to become a discarded wife.

Then one day, people suddenly see the Ninth Imperial Uncle take off his Taoist robes and put on fine clothes. Like a young man, he rides through the streets, chasing after Jiang Yi'an as she laughs like tinkling bells.

Only Li Changyun knows that every night he suffers splitting headaches and nightmares.

Only his little wife, Jiang Yi'an, is his cure...

In this life and the last, Jiang Yi'an is the one bright light in his life...

[Bonus Scene]

Li Changyun corners Jiang Yi'an by the rockery, her little ear caught between his lips. His voice is gentle as he asks:

“Which young gentleman do you want to go out with tomorrow?”

With tears in her eyes, Jiang Yi'an lists the surnames Xie, Zhang, Lu, and so on, before finally stammering:

“I want to go with you, Imperial Uncle...”

Jiang Yi'an thought she’d married a serene, desire-free Taoist. She never expected a ferociously possessive, jealous man...

Theme: Even in adversity, keep striving to live