The Love-Struck Lead's Comeback Guide

The general is sharp-tongued on the surface, but secretly loves role-playing and spends every day desperately trying to get attention. Click to read and watch the princess perform online magic to take down trash men and ask the great general to marry her.

The biggest secret of Jiang Zhixun, the princess of a fallen kingdom, is that she really is ill: she desperately craves intimacy.

In her previous life, she returned from the countryside to the capital, hoping only to find a husband as soon as possible. But she blundered into a scandal.

Everyone in the capital assumed the great general and the foremost beauty were a match made in heaven. They thought Jiang Zhixun wanted to tear them apart, and roundly condemned her as domineering and shameless.

But she had never even spoken to the general.

She tried to defend herself, only to be accused of refusing to own up to her actions and told that her constant obsession with romance brought shame upon the royal family.

From then on, she became the capital's biggest joke.

Later, foreign invaders trampled the capital, and the powerful and noble families abandoned the people and fled. The capital became a city under siege.

Of all people, it was the infamous princess who held out until the end. She leapt from the city gate and gave her life for her country.

After being reborn, she realized that the illness people mocked was merely a shackle used by one person to try to tame another.

She fought her way back to the capital from the frontier, determined to let no one tame her and to redeem the hopeless romantic with a twist on the usual tropes.

The princess took her hopeless romantic ways to the extreme, and every scoundrel thought she had feelings for him, begging her not to leave.

She used her romantic instincts to investigate cases and expose the many schemes of corrupt noble families. Instead, she ended up bringing honest, upright men from humble backgrounds into government, making the capital's men compete fiercely to prove themselves the most virtuous husbands.

This time, the scoundrels were "cheated out of their money, but not their virtue."

This time, the women behind the scoundrels stood with the princess.

This time, the people applauded the princess as "the number one judge of scoundrels."

This time, the scoundrels were driven out of government, traitors were exposed, and the Great Liang court was swept clean.

The princess was quite satisfied, but she had one regret.

Since everyone thought she wanted the great general as her husband, why not make the rumor come true?

She brought out every bit of her hopelessly romantic, love-me-until-death powers and made a grand declaration of love.

To her surprise, the great general, born into a noble family, politely rejected her, saying, "Noble families are full of corruption and ruin women's lives. I'm afraid I wouldn't be a suitable match."

Another day, a woman confessed to the great general.

The great general: "I'm sorry..."

The princess thought, I already know how this goes.

She felt a deep sympathy for the woman.

But then...

The great general: "Princess, please come over here."

The handsome man wrapped an arm around the princess's waist and gently kissed her forehead.

The great general: "Huaiyuan has had the house cleaned. Your Highness, would you still be willing to be its mistress?"

The great general looked nervous, but the strength of his grip was utterly possessive.

Huaiyuan offers Your Highness peace throughout the land and safety for the realm;

May Your Highness enjoy spring's good fortune, summer's peace, autumn's tranquility, and winter's serenity, with everlasting joy and no worries.

Surprise bonus: This story is also known as The Great General Rejected Me in the Ugliest Way, I Rejected the Regretful Great General in the Ugliest Way and Married the Number One Gentleman, and Then I Found Out They Were the Same Person.

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After many twists and turns, the two finally became a couple.

From the inner court to the royal court, from the capital to the battlefield on the frontier, the great general steadfastly protected her.

In the face of rumors accusing the princess of indulging in "petty romance" and holding back her husband, she was about to respond when her husband secretly took her hand.

The great general lowered his long lashes. "To be honest, I suffer from heart palpitations and am far too clingy."

He added, "Fortunately, the princess took pity on me and didn't reject Huaiyuan despite his shortcomings."

Everyone: !!!

The great general: "Your marriages must be unhappy, for you to ask such a thing."

He added, "It's all right. There's no need to feel inferior."

Everyone: ...

After the crowd dispersed, the princess was deeply moved, but the great general gave her a cold, resentful look.

The princess was confused for a moment, then suddenly remembered something.

A long time ago, the great general, using another secret identity, had asked her, "Ahem, Your Highness, what do you think of clingy men?"

The princess back then: "I might find them a bit annoying."

The princess now: Oh no, oh no. How am I supposed to make this up to him?

The boomerang came back with a deadly blow, and the princess earned herself a good cry today...

Reading Guide:

1. This story is extremely, extremely fictional.

2. The male lead has two secret identities and gets jealous of himself.

3. The female lead's golden finger is an ability she naturally possesses, but she doesn't know about it yet. It involves important plot points, so no spoilers.

4. The leads' adorable daughter is incredibly cute. There are melodramatic pregnancy-and-runaway and husband-chasing-the-wife plotlines.

5. In her previous life, the male lead and the foremost beauty didn't know each other either.

6. Hopelessly romantic, straightforward princess x clingy, scheming, tea-loving general.

7. Being a hopeless romantic isn't an illness. You are precious, and when you meet the right person, you can find happiness. May happiness come knocking for every lovely reader who has made it this far!

Theme: You are precious. Love yourself first, then love others.