Jiang Yuzhu first met Shen Qingyan the day before the capital of Jiang fell. Her father, the emperor, sent her in a sedan chair to the enemy camp outside the city.
He was a general from an enemy kingdom. Looking at the beauty whose face was hidden behind a veil, he smiled roguishly. "There's no shortage of wives in the general's residence, but the soldiers could use a woman."
Jiang Yuzhu didn't even get a chance to see his face.
They met again after Jiang Yuzhu escaped from the Qing army's camp. He rescued her along the way, introducing himself as Yan Qing and promising to help her seek aid in Huocang City.
After taking up residence in the city lord's manor under Jiang Yuzhu's name, Yan Qing effortlessly killed the lord of Huocang City, then forced Jiang Yuzhu to imitate the city lord's handwriting and write a letter of surrender.
The Huocang army's morale collapsed, and the city fell without a fight.
Standing atop Huocang City's walls and watching the Qing army stream inside, Shen Qingyan smiled with both cruelty and tenderness. "A Zhu, come back to the Kingdom of Qing with me."
Shen Qingyan conquered the Kingdom of Jiang and returned in triumph, with a delicate beauty by his side. The news quickly spread through the capital of Qing.
Rumor had it that the beauty hidden away in the general's residence was lovely and graceful, and that Shen Qingyan doted on her beyond measure.
No one knew that one day, the beauty would enter the imperial palace of Qing in a sedan chair.
Before the Emperor of Qing, Jiang Yuzhu lowered her eyes and presented the evidence, speaking each word clearly. "General Shen Qingyan is plotting rebellion. The evidence is conclusive."
She thought she would never see Shen Qingyan again.
But when she finally stepped out of the palace gates, she saw Shen Qingyan waiting there in full armor, weapons at the ready. He curled his lips into a smile. "A Zhu, I'm here to take you home."
Theme: Striving through adversity.
It's great, can't wait for the next chapter!