After My Aloof Husband's Mask Slipped

This novel features a bold, free-spirited female general and a frail, two-faced aristocrat. Deliberate seduction, marriage first, love later; reluctant surrender, love after years of secret longing #She wanted to humiliate her archenemy, so she deliberately went after his older brother, only to end up offering herself instead# After the rising star Ji Lin emerged from nowhere and crushed the enemy forces, he recuperated at the Autumn Mountain Villa by imperial favor. Then Gu Wanlan, the daughter of the Duke of Huguo who had been dead for eighteen years, came back from the dead. New to the powerful aristocratic circles and surrounded by wolves, Gu Wanlan decided she needed to choose a husband to marry into her family to protect her title and military authority. She learned in secret that the aloof painter on Autumn Mountain, Cui Jue, was the close younger half-brother of her archenemy. Wanting to embarrass her archenemy, she decided to seduce the painter. The day she asked the painter to marry into her family, Gu Wanlan's eyes reddened and tears glistened on her lashes. "I have an elderly mother and a young sister to support. I must guard our vast fortune, yet wolves surround me on all sides. Young Master, you are compassionate by nature. Will you help me?" Cui Jue fell silent for a moment, then took her jade-like hands. "As long as you don't mind my poverty and frail health, I will... do as you say." The people of the Gu family, whom Gu Wanlan had kicked and punched into prison on her first day home: Who is this delicate young lady?! * After the wedding, Gu Wanlan was very pleased with the husband she had found. The only thing she found hard to bear was that he was a little clingy. But she had to admit she had taken advantage of an honest man, so she felt guilty and let him have his way. Until one day, her husband was kidnapped, and she rushed off to rescue him. Instead, she happened to witness her gentle, frail husband, who let her do whatever she pleased at home, strike with brutal force and cut off a man's head with one blow. And her archenemy was bowing respectfully to him, calling him the head of the family. * The day Cui Jue's identity was revealed, The world marveled at how lucky Gu Wanlan was: the true head of the Cui family was willingly marrying into the Gu family. But no one knew that on that day, The aristocratic family head, who held immense power, humbly clutched the hem of Gu Wanlan's clothes, begging her to take back the divorce papers. * "I never dared dream of reaching for the moon. But now that the moon has come to me of its own accord, if I hold on to it, I... will never let go." Both leads have three secret identities each. Both leads are reborn | The hero is reborn from the start | The heroine gradually remembers her past life The heroine is adored by all | The hero is restrained and patient P.S. The hero is truly rather humble and puppy-like when it comes to love. When his wife gets angry, all it takes is a little coaxing and he sorts himself out. He is also quite prone to insecurity in their relationship. Coming soon: Secretly Riding the Spring Tide. Please add it to your reading list! Lu Yuan once loved someone. He was a young assassin who had been badly wounded and could not show his face, hiding in her room. He was mean and flirtatious, wild and lazy. Every day, he found new ways to threaten her into hiding him while he recovered. But he was also the one who sold the sword he treasured above all else just to give her a string of hair ornaments. In the end, Lu Yuan bought the sword back, then plunged it into his chest. So when Emperor Jingyuan forced her, his discarded empress, to seduce the Prince of Liaodong, Lu Yuan thought her retribution had finally come. * At the victory banquet, the Prince of Liaodong glanced at the little maid attending him, his eyes inscrutable. The young maid's eyes were full of feeling. As she poured his wine, a stretch of snowy-white neck showed. She looked utterly obedient. But only he knew how utterly heartless she had been when she toyed with him and then cast him aside like trash. It seemed she did not recognize her old lover. She even wanted to... toy with him a second time. Very well. * One-on-one romance, happy ending Childhood friends become a surprise arrival | Reuniting after heartbreak | Over-the-top melodrama A gentle knife × a man at her feet Theme: Once you have heard the Way in the morning, you can die content in the evening.