The Entire Court Opposes Them Being Together

General Lin Chen of Dingyuan pacified the Turks in the north and returned in triumph.

The entire court speculated about what she would do next. Would she pacify the Tibetans in the west, or the Goguryeo in the east?

Lin Chen's answer was: next, she was preparing for her wedding.

Oh, a wedding... Wait.

The emperor, speaking for the entire court, asked, "A wedding? With whom?"

Lin Chen smiled, her peach-blossom eyes sparkling. "With Chen Shouxu, the Investigating Censor."

*

It was supposed to happen naturally. Who knew it would stir up such a storm? The officials all leapt up in protest, insisting that the two of them couldn't be together!

Asked why,

the chancellor said, "His rank is too low."

The Censor-in-Chief said, "He's too simple-minded."

The Grand General of Agile Cavalry said, "He's too frail."

Asked who would be suitable,

the chancellor, the Censor-in-Chief, and the Grand General of Agile Cavalry all agreed: "My son!"

*

When Chen Shouxu heard the news, he was playing the zither for Lin Chen.

After listening, he only gave a faint smile.

Lin Chen teased him, "Don't you care?"

Chen Shouxu calmly plucked the strings. "Why should I?"

In his heart, though, thirty thousand thoughts had already crossed his mind: Keep dreaming.

*

A pure-hearted, perceptive Investigating Censor X a free-spirited, composed female general

New novel: After Our Divorce, He Wept Bitterly

Lin Mohan had been raised from childhood to be gentle and mild-mannered. Before her marriage, her gravely ill mother held her hand and insisted that she obey the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. Lin Mohan looked at her mother's gaunt face, bit her lip, and nodded.

After getting married, Lin Mohan yielded at every turn. She endured mistreatment from relatives, misunderstandings from friends, and her mother-in-law's favoritism.

She endured and endured, but instead of receiving her husband Xu Shicheng's care, she learned that his mistress was pregnant.

Lin Mohan decided she would give no more ground and asked him for a divorce.

But he regretted it.

Note:

1. The female lead gives in during the early part of the story, but comes to her senses later.

The male lead is a devoted, loyal type.

Xu Shicheng is not the male lead.

Theme: Women are every bit as capable as men