A cold-faced, tsundere general x a delicate, sickly beauty
Pei Jiming was born into a family of military officers. He went to war at fourteen and became a general at twenty, earning numerous military honors. He was the sharpest blade in the Great Liang.
After years on the battlefield, he knew nothing of love. He simply thought that if he were to marry, he should choose a resilient woman like his mother.
Shen Qichi was nothing like that.
She was delicate and frail, a sickly woman who nearly fainted on their wedding night.
With an imperial decree binding him, Pei Jiming initially treated her as a beautiful but useless flower in the general's residence, and didn't pay her much attention.
Later, someone framed him for treason.
In prison, he tossed and turned, thinking of his frail wife. She was weak and timid. The Grand Tutor could protect her, but if he really didn't make it through this ordeal, what would become of her?
Pei Jiming wasn't afraid of dying, but this made him so anxious he couldn't eat or sleep. After thinking it over, he wrote a letter of divorce in prison and had someone deliver it to her.
Three days later, the capital saw the heaviest snowfall in its history.
Before his astonished eyes, Shen Qichi walked into the courtroom. She coughed again and again, her slight frame barely able to stay upright, and trembling, she presented the evidence.
After the trial, Shen Qichi walked up to him, her face deathly pale. She flung the letter of divorce at him, then raised her hand and slapped him.
"You really did intend to divorce me."
That slap hurt more than any blade or spear he'd ever taken, but as Pei Jiming looked at her, all he could think was:
She's lost so much weight.
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*This is a fictional setting. None of the characters are based on real people.
*The male lead is strong and the female lead is weak. This is just the author's thing, so please indulge me.
Theme: Love and freedom.
