The Beauty of the General's Stage

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[Fallen General x Beautiful Orphan]

[Forceful Pursuit]

The Left General, Gao Xingxiu, was renowned and victorious in battle, earning the fearsome name Butcher of War. But during a campaign to put down a mob uprising, he was ambushed, fell from a cliff, and was gravely injured. Su Chan, who had gone up the mountain to gather herbs, rescued him.

Su Chan was wonderful in every way, with a beautiful face and a heart as kind as a bodhisattva's. She patiently and carefully bandaged his wounds, always speaking to him in a gentle voice. While preparing his medicine, she would also tenderly embroider the wedding dress she would soon wear.

Gao Xingxiu sat coldly by the bed, staring at the bright red wedding dress. It irritated him more than anything.

Months later, war broke out again, and Gao Xingxiu left without a word. After seeing off the cold, grim man, Su Chan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Life returned to normal. Just as she finished embroidering her dowry and prepared to marry the man she loved, ready to start a new life...

On her wedding day, the banquet descended into chaos. Wearing her bright red wedding dress, Su Chan supported her groom as he lay on the ground, coughing up blood. She looked up in alarm.

Gao Xingxiu, whom she had long since forgotten, had appeared like a divine soldier from the heavens. He wore the same bright armor and breastplate as when they first met, and held a bloodstained sword. Sitting astride his horse, he looked down at her with a gaze both icy and tender.

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At first, Gao Xingxiu simply thought Su Chan was beautiful and kind. To him, she was merely a fleeting encounter, like dew under the golden wind. So he gave her a protective waist token and ten thousand taels of gold, enough to keep her provided for all her life.

Later, he decided that wasn't enough. Not nearly enough.

He wanted her body and her heart. He wanted her to love, hate, pout, and weep for him alone, to be entwined with him day and night without ever parting. He wanted to share the splendor of a prosperous age with her, and to see her wear that lovely wedding dress for him.

[Male Lead: Gao Xingxiu x Female Lead: Su Chan]

[One-on-one romance, happy ending]

[The female lead is beautiful, kind, and pure. The male lead is no good, so feel free to curse him, but don't curse the female lead.]

[The second male lead survives and gets a happy ending. The male lead also has other reasons for disrupting the wedding.]

Coming soon: Widowed, Then Claimed by My Ex Again

Yu Zhao had been raised in the Wang household since childhood. With her ethereal beauty and gentle, refined nature, she was known throughout the household as the beautiful Guanyin.

But this kind-hearted woman kept her distance from just one person.

Xie Qi, the only son of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, the third young master of the Xie family.

To repay a debt of gratitude, Yu Zhao turned down Xie Qi's proposal and married a poor scholar instead.

She knew his family was too powerful. A dependent young lady like her, who had come to the Wang family on someone else's charity, had no chance of marrying into it.

They had been married for only half a year, and life was peaceful enough, when disaster struck. The realm was in turmoil, the noble clans were falling, and her husband died of illness. The journey north was fraught with danger, so Yu Zhao bent her pride and begged an army on the march to protect her.

As thousands of soldiers passed by, Xie Qi, her late cousin's friend and the Marquis of Zhenyuan's heir, the very man whose proposal she had rejected, slowly emerged from their ranks. Seated high on his horse, he looked down at her with an inscrutable smile, his familiar coldness and arrogance unchanged.

"Cousin. Long time no see."

"I'm sorry, but you've ended up in my hands after all."

Her cousin had once told her in private that the Xie family was immensely powerful and that Xie San was destined for greatness, but his temperament was unruly and vindictive. He was no match for her.

Seeing him again now, Yu Zhao thought in despair that she was probably doomed to meet her end in the northern lands.

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The day he heard the news of her marriage, Xie Qi went on a killing rampage on the battlefield.

Time had passed. He had become the young general who struck terror into the hearts of all who heard his name, while she had become the new bride of one of Chang'an's celebrated young scholars. Now she was a widow.

She was still aloof and stubborn, just as she had been before.

But that didn't matter. Now that she was in his hands, he had a thousand ways to make her submit.

He decided he would no longer go easy on her.

She had abandoned him first, so keeping her by his side and treating her however he pleased was only fair.

After keeping her close for a while, he couldn't help thinking that if she remained obedient and well-behaved, he might be willing to put the past behind them and give her the title of marchioness.

Theme: Keep a kind heart.