A General in the Field Need Not Obey the Emperor's Orders

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Blurb for this novel: Orders from the throne don't always reach beyond the frontier. Please add it to your favorites.

A story about a foreign princess and a great general, from scheming against each other, to admiring each other, and finally falling deeply in love.

Cool and dazzling to outsiders, doting and possessive in private, a master of old tropes.

Quirky, adorable, and clever, a master of little jokes.

Sweet, lighthearted, funny, mutually doting, one-on-one, both leads have only ever been with each other, happy ending.

Zhao Zhicheng VS Baili Zhu

The great general of Qi, Zhao Zhicheng, was ordered by Emperor Qi Lin to escort the little princess Baili Zhu from the state of Yansha to the imperial palace.

When they first met at Mount Buzhou, Baili Zhu dubbed Zhao Zhicheng "the old green tea from the previous dynasty."

After they got acquainted, Zhao Zhicheng was either teased or taken advantage of.

One day, he tricked Baili Zhu into revealing three trunks of "unsuitable for young ladies" books. To maintain her image as a pure and gentle young lady, Baili Zhu secretly tried to strike a deal with Zhao Zhicheng, offering to split them with him so they could study them together by lamplight.

Zhao Zhicheng sternly refused, scolded her like an old-fashioned scholar, and even persuaded her father to confiscate all three trunks of treasures.

Then, one day, the old house caught fire by accident. After their night of passion, Zhao Zhicheng kept the young lady's undergarment close to his chest and painted one "loving couple" picture after another.

He really was the "old green tea" through and through.

But their stations were too different. Baili Zhu was destined to become a consort of the emperor of Qi, while Zhao Zhicheng was the emperor's most favored subject.

Love was a terrible crime, and a loveless life was an abyss. Faced with two kinds of pain, they chose the lesser and decided to stay together.

Later, remnants of the old Qi regime rebelled, and Zhao Zhicheng went to war.

Baili Zhu tearfully saw him off. "You took my virtue, so you have to take responsibility. If you happen to drop dead, I won't shed a single tear. I'll take your money and keep a pretty young man to wait on me every day."

Zhao Zhicheng's face turned green. He rubbed Baili Zhu's belly. "Good girl, take care of our child. I'll be back."

Baili Zhu: "Huh? When did I get pregnant?"

Zhao Zhicheng left with a meaningful smile.

In the end, the emperor discovered the little bastard and started making trouble.

Zhao Zhicheng went mad. His wife and child were both "gone." What the hell did imperial favor and imperial orders matter? He was going to rebel.

Bonus Scene 1:

Baili Zhu pouted sadly. "A Cheng, it hurts so much. I'm almost bleeding."

Zhao Zhicheng checked her from head to toe, but couldn't find a single scrape. He realized the little rascal had tricked him again.

"Where are you almost bleeding?"

After Zhao Zhicheng checked her all over, Baili Zhu's whole body felt like a little fireball. She murmured, "My mouth. My little mouth is so red it's about to bleed, and I can't stop it."

Well, she had a point. Apart from that place, her mouth was the reddest part of her body. Zhao Zhicheng lamented that he hadn't thought of such a clever injury himself.

He teased her, "Then what should we do?"

Baili Zhu lowered her head, bashfully playing with her fingers. "I think it needs to turn pale with fright before it'll work."

Zhao Zhicheng chuckled. "So you want me to frighten you, and then it'll work?"

Baili Zhu nodded vigorously and clung to Zhao Zhicheng's arm, counting them off one by one. "I'm scared of you kissing me, I'm scared of you touching me, I'm scared of you pinching me, and I'm scared of what you did that day..." Apparently too shy to continue, she asked, "Do you know what I'm most afraid of?"

Zhao Zhicheng raised an eyebrow and grinned roguishly. "You're most afraid of General Zhao beating you."

Bonus Scene 2:

The little princess and the great general worked the fields together.

The general carried a hoe, while the little princess carried two small shoulder poles. She hummed, "You carry the load, I'll walk by your side. We work from sunrise to sunset. You farm, I weave. You go to war, I keep the home. At night, we'll make a chubby little baby..."

Hearing the little princess's song take a turn, the general's face flushed red, then pale. He turned around and glared fiercely at her.

The little princess had been doing it on purpose. Seeing Zhao Zhicheng turn around to glare at her, she stared right back at him and kept humming with a pout. "You glare at me, I stare at you. Love at first sight, then love at second sight. You dote on me, I tease you. You get angry, I soothe you. Sooner or later, we'll bow before the heavens and earth..."

Zhao Zhicheng's old face turned red and his eyes flickered. Damn, this young lady teases him every day.

Later, Zhao Zhicheng coaxed Baili Zhu to sleep, softly humming her little song, then adding a verse of his own:

"You think of me, I pine for you. We pledge ourselves to each other and stay together for life. You won't leave, I won't forsake you. Your heart is mine, my love is yours. Through a thousand rivers and ten thousand mountains, it's still you..."

Bonus Scene 3:

The next day, Baili Zhu sweet-talked him, saying that if he showered her with silver, she'd be obedient and become a virtuous little wife.

Zhao Zhicheng happily brought out the gold, silver, and copper keys to his private treasury, handing over all his wealth to his beloved wife. From then on, he had to get by on a fixed monthly allowance.

He went from being the richest general in Qi to a pauper who had to sign an IOU just to buy his darling wife her "tonics."

One day, he complained to her that his allowance was too small.

She patted his hand and gently soothed him. "Dear Cheng, I arrange all your food, clothes, and expenses. Aside from spending your allowance on me and buying me some treasures, what else could you possibly use it for?"

Zhao Zhicheng was impressed. Damn, that made so much sense.

Later, whenever a jewelry shop introduced a new hairpin, the first to hear about it wasn't a lady of the capital, but Zhao Zhicheng, the great general of Qi.

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Powerful minister VS little palace maid. A cheerful, sweet romance. One-on-one, both leads have only ever been with each other, happy ending.

A little age-gap grooming, married first, love later.

The male lead, Yuwen Jue, appears ruthless and vicious, adept at manipulation, but is actually steady and devoted.

The female lead, Xu Ximo, seems like a cute little bunny, but is actually a mischievous little imp.

Main couple: Yuwen Jue and Xu Ximo

Supporting couple: Wu Zhen and Chu Anzhi

Xu Ximo's perspective

The great general Yuwen Jue wielded power over the entire court and was arrogant and domineering.

Xu Ximo was a little palace maid who had served the late emperor.

When she was twelve, Yuwen Jue launched a coup. He threatened her with a knife, saying he would gut her little fat fish and cut off its head to drain its blood.

She pretended to be dead and played dumb, but neither threats nor persuasion worked on him. So she had to use her trump card and try to remind him of "the old days." "Do you remember the adorable five-year-old who danced gracefully with you beside the fish pond one summer?"

Yuwen Jue's mouth twitched. He replied coldly, "I don't remember."

After she was lucky enough to return to the palace that day, she "furiously" wrote in her little notebook: Brother Jue doesn't remember little Ximo anymore...

Later, she got caught up in the power struggles of the imperial harem for no clear reason. And Yuwen Jue, the very man who had threatened to kill her, rescued her again and again.

The palace was a treacherous place. She would rather be kept privately by Yuwen Jue outside the palace than ever go back in.

She went from being a little palace maid to a mistress, then a concubine, a legal wife, and finally the most distinguished noblewoman in Great Wu.

She thought she was "experienced and clever," but she could never figure out who the little prince was, the one who looked seven parts like Yuwen Jue.

Yuwen Jue's perspective

Yuwen Jue thought Xu Ximo was a sweet and obedient young lady. Only after she'd settled in did he realize she was a little troublemaker.

At first, she spent all day curled up in her little nest, looking terrified. She never went out, and whenever he asked her anything, she would mumble, "Ximo will do whatever Second Master says."

Later, she threw her weight around every day, "battling wits" with him by day and climbing into his ear at night to whisper sweet nothings.

She was "sick" at least three times a month. Every time, she sent someone to tell him that he was the one who'd made her sick with anger.

When the little troublemaker got angry, she would "go on a hunger strike," so he had to feed her himself. Even then, she refused to eat until he begged her, and only then would she deign to take a bite.

He tried to teach her to read, write, paint, and follow the right path. Instead, she hid stacks upon stacks of romance stories in his study: The Tale of Yingying, The Legend of Lady Xiao, Night Tales...

But what on earth was that book titled The Demon Jue hidden under his green jade pillow?

This little monkey was far too mischievous, but she was also the one who stayed by his side, helping him overcome the sickness in his heart, quell rebellions, restore order, and usher in the prosperous Zhenyuan era.

Reader's Guide:

There are both matters of state and the everyday affairs of family life.

Both leads are wonderful characters, and they speak their minds. No frustrating misunderstandings!

The male lead is eight years older than the female lead. A little age-gap grooming.

The female lead has another identity.

Theme: Love can break through the shackles of feudal society. Two people who choose each other can protect their own little family together.