The Princess's Consort Has It Tough

My next book, "A Joyful Encounter with You," is coming soon. The blurb is at the end. Please add it to your reading list!!

Princess Yun Ruoyu of Yong'an receives the devastating news that her engagement has been called off. While going out to clear her mind, she accidentally tumbles down a slope and hits her head. When she wakes up, her personality has changed completely, and she's convinced that the storybooks she's read are her real life.

From then on, she gives up being a princess and becomes a farmer's wife, going to bed at three and getting up at five. "Husband, you must follow the example of the ancients: hang a beam from the ceiling to keep yourself awake, prick your thigh with an awl, study hard, and come top in the imperial exams!"

General Qi Luan, who joined the army as a teenager and hasn't studied since: ...

Would a military champion do?

Just as Qi Luan finally adjusts to the life of a farmer's wife and a poor scholar that Yun Ruoyu has imagined for them, she comes up with another whim. Her desk is piled high with silks, cosmetics, and hairpins, and she says listlessly, "All I do every day is buy things. Life is getting rather boring."

Qi Luan, who has just received his salary and doesn't even dare buy a jug of wine: ...

What happened to being a farmer's wife and a poor scholar?

Qi Luan has never been able to understand why Yun Ruoyu, born to such a noble family, would believe herself a merchant's wife or a farmer's wife, even with her memories in disarray. He only learns by chance that she'd read about those lives in storybooks when she was a little princess.

To fight poison with poison, Qi Luan buys her a stack of storybooks about princesses, hoping she'll move a little closer to her real identity. It's asking a lot for a general like him to play a merchant.

But the day after he delivers the books, Qi Luan returns home from court, and Yun Ruoyu looks him over in disdain. "Why have you changed into such an ugly outfit today? Does the Chief Minister think serving me is beneath him?"

Qi Luan glares at Yun Ruoyu, gritting his teeth. "This is the uniform of a first-rank military official!"

But Yun Ruoyu isn't impressed in the least. The moment she hears the words "military official," her expression darkens. "I hate military men most of all. They're as irritating as my short-lived former husband."

Before Qi Luan can offer a single word of comfort, the princess lifts his chin with her delicate hand. "I still prefer the Chief Minister, so elegant, refined, and charming."

As Qi Luan flees in utter disarray, he stares at the book "The Widow Princess and the Chief Minister: Their Untold Story" and falls into deep thought. Does he have to borrow a Chief Minister's uniform now?

Even if he can swallow his pride, the other man still has to agree to lend it to him.

And he needs a good excuse. He can't exactly tell the man he's thinking of giving up the military to become a scholar, can he?

After Yun Ruoyu regains her memories, she often holds her husband and curses her former fiance. Cursing him herself isn't enough; she makes Qi Luan join in. To comfort his wife, Qi Luan has no choice but to go along and curse himself. But as the days pass, he grows more and more anxious.

Several times, he tries to say a few kind words about himself, hoping Yun Ruoyu will forgive him. "Princess, actually, the general..."

Yun Ruoyu looks puzzled. "What?"

Qi Luan: "He actually... is..."

Yun Ruoyu looks surprised. "Hm?"

Qi Luan gives up completely. "You're right, dear. Qi Luan really is a terrible man."

Yun Ruoyu is finally reassured. She'd been worried that regaining her memories had broken her husband's brain.

Qi Luan watches Yun Ruoyu embroidering a sachet nearby and, resigned to his fate, wonders how many days he has left to live.

A short scene:

Da Chen is struck by a century's worth of natural disasters, and neighboring kingdoms start making trouble. Qi Luan receives an urgent order to take up arms. Only then does Yun Ruoyu realize that the husband she loves is the former fiance who abandoned her.

He didn't just deceive her. Now he wants to abandon her all over again.

Yun Ruoyu looks coldly at the soldier who came to deliver the message. "Tell Qi Luan that if he dies, I'll take his child and remarry. There are plenty of eligible young men in the capital who've had a grudge against him. I'll have no trouble finding someone."

The news spreads across the capital. All the eligible young men who have a grudge against Qi Luan are terrified, especially Yin Huan, the son of the Minister of Rites. Remembering Qi Luan's fierce, ruthless glare, he trembles for no reason and asks his father with a worried look whether he should request a post far away to avoid trouble.

A fake rough-and-tumble general X a genuinely sweet, delicate princess

#After the General Breaks Off the Engagement, He Unlocks a New Skill#

Coming soon: "A Joyful Encounter with You"

Blurb: Shen Ci is the only daughter of the Shen family, military governors of Pingjiang. Born into a noble family and cherished by her parents, she should have lived a peaceful, carefree life. But life is unpredictable. Her parents die in a shipwreck, and overnight she goes from a noble young lady to a helpless orphan.

Her uncle pities her as the only child her mother left behind and takes her to live at the Earl's residence, where he raises her.

Living under her uncle's roof, Shen Ci is always careful and cautious. She serves her aunt from morning till night, willingly staying in the shadows of her older and younger cousins, never trying to stand out. Her aunt appreciates how sensible she is and finds her a respectable family to marry into. Though the groom is from a poor family, he's hardworking and ambitious.

Shen Ci is content.

She only wants to wait for the wedding day and finally have a home of her own.

But fate doesn't go according to plan. She has no idea when she caught the eye of a powerful man, but from then on, her marriage prospects become troubled and exceedingly difficult.

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Pei Heng, heir to the Marquis of Yongning, comes from a noble family and is a gifted writer. He's the youngest top scholar in Great Qi. After entering the Hanlin Academy, he becomes a close aide to the emperor, with a brilliant future ahead of him.

On the day the imperial examination results are announced, his aunt extends an olive branch, hoping to celebrate the good news by joining their families through marriage.

Pei Heng thinks little of it. As far as he's concerned, his cousin is just a cousin. How could she be his wife? But he can't refuse his aunt's warm invitation, so he reluctantly goes to a banquet at the Earl of Zhongyi's residence.

He expects nothing more than a polite performance, but unexpectedly meets a frail beauty. She's just like her name: beautiful and fragile.

For the first time, the young heir understands what it means to fall in love at first sight.

Cousins may be a match made in heaven, but Pei Heng falls for his cousin's cousin.

After that day, ripples stir in Pei Heng's heart, once still as a stagnant pool. For the first time in his life, he schemes and plots with all his might, all to break off Shen Ci's engagement.

A sweet one-on-one romance. The male lead falls in love at first sight.

A refined young lord X a delicate young lady

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