Holding Jade, Keeping Orchid in Season (Both Reborn)

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Xiao Xuanli has always adored the young general in his brilliant clothes, riding a fine horse through the streets of Bianjing.

But the young general she loved became a tyrannical minister who abused his power.

Looking back on her life, she loved freedom most of all and longed to live according to her own will. Yet as a princess, she had to tread carefully; as a strategist, she walked on eggshells. She hid her love for the man in her heart and fought him to the death. Even her own death involved a measure of calculation.

So, reborn, even if the young general is still as dashing as ever, she only wants to truly live as herself for once.

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From a family of wealth and honor, to the destruction of his household, to wielding supreme power, Jiang Qingye's life was tumultuous and dramatic. In the end, he was pierced by countless arrows beneath Yongye Pass. He had never failed his family or his country, nor betrayed his own heart.

As he lay dying, the person he thought of most was the young princess who had belonged to the opposing faction all those years ago. Though they had been sworn enemies, she had died saving him.

When he opens his eyes, he is back at sixteen, with his father and brothers alive and free to do as he pleases.

Wonderful.

He has plenty of time to figure out Xiao Xuanli.

But before he has time to enjoy it, he hears that the young princess, Xiao Xuanli, is discussing marriage proposals.

The ruthlessness of the powerful minister from his previous life now shines from the face of the bold young general in this life.

Jiang Qingye grips the spear in his hand. "Let's see who dares come asking for her hand!"

Main Story Synopsis

In her previous life, Jiang Lanshi married the crown prince she had long loved, only to discover that her husband seemed to have no romantic feelings for her.

Reborn, she decides to abandon her grand plan of marrying the crown prince. Instead, she follows her family's ambitions and joins the army in the northern borderlands, fighting on the battlefield to become Daliang's first female general.

She competes against men in a dragon boat race, trains female guards in Renming Hall, and puts the top military exam candidate in his place on the training grounds.

She gives up the tea-making, incense, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting she once learned for the crown prince.

The crown prince remains calm. "She's just trying to get my attention."

With the selection of the crown princess approaching, Lanshi requests to be sent to the northern borderlands. She receives the emperor's decree and hurries off without delay.

The crown prince returns from a dusty inspection tour. "Where's Lanshi? Where's my Lanshi?"

He clearly remembers that at this point in his previous life, Lanshi had become his crown princess.

Joining the northern army is like a caged bird returning to the forest for Lanshi. News of victory keeps pouring in.

In the capital, the crown prince waits anxiously for every dispatch from the front.

Then, after a great victory in Yanzhou, Lanshi escorts captured enemy soldiers to the capital.

She encounters the crown prince outside the capital. In her shining armor, the female general is dashing and heroic.

The lovesick crown prince gazes at the young general before him, his mind in a daze. "You left just like that. Jiang Lanshi, you really are heartless."

Lanshi salutes with cupped hands. "Jiang Lanshi, vanguard of the northern army, pays her respects to the crown prince."

Theme: Respect and trust make love possible