Old Friends of These Rivers and Mountains

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Coming soon: The Crown Prince Took Me by Force After I Was Reborn. Blurb below. Please add it to your favorites, mwah!

A clever, scheming female doctor x a devoted, considerate big puppy

"Who could say the general's corpse on the ground was nothing? Could the prime minister's decapitation have been without injustice?

Don't cry, my dear. Have you not seen the prison scandal that followed the imperial summons?"

To Yu Dazhao, Cheng Linwu was a crane soaring among the clouds. With her red-tasseled spear, she brought joy to millions of soldiers and made the Western Xia troops hesitate to advance.

In a battle on the frontier, she gave her life to defend Shibao City, preserving the generations-old reputation of loyalty and valor of the Duke of Zhenguo's household.

Yet the Western Xia cavalry still broke through the frontier that the Cheng family had guarded for generations.

Four years later, the once-feared female war god has become Qin Kongkong, a little salted fish whose martial arts have been completely crippled.

With the Western Xia crown prince and the third prince locked in a fierce struggle for power, she enters the game under the guise of a doctor, only to encounter Xie Zhiheng, her old enemy on the battlefield.

Fated enemies, gazing at each other from afar, and now there's a hint of affection between them?

She takes the opportunity to investigate the truth behind what happened back then, only to find that beneath the layers of confusion lies an even bigger and more dangerous game.

Everyone is a pawn on this board.

On the surface, she has a doctor's benevolence. In truth, she has long since made peace with death.

As it turns out, after she died, Xie Zhiheng searched for her for ten years.

They fell for each other at first sight when they met on the battlefield, amid blades and spears.

Coming soon: The Crown Prince Took Me by Force After I Was Reborn. Please add it to your favorites, mwah!

Pei Zhisui was a princess who had been adored by everyone. But she was taken in by a storybook hero's rescue of a beauty and mistakenly married a treacherous man. Her former husband used her to rise to power, then joined forces with his enemy to poison her family members one by one.

When her former husband led rebels to lay siege to the city, she shot an arrow through his chest as the two armies faced off. But years of resentment could not be eased, and there was no saving her country or family.

One day, Pei Zhisui wakes up reborn, back before her marriage was arranged.

She snatches the marriage edict away. "Uncle, A-Tan isn't getting married!"

The elderly emperor is puzzled. "Didn't you insist yesterday that you'd marry no one but him?"

The crown prince, hearing the news, smiles.

Her husband from her previous life goes mad and blocks the palace gates, begging for a chance to see her.

Inside Zhaoyang Hall, Pei Zhisui lets her gaze wander over portrait after portrait.

"The new top scholar, handsome and refined, with thick brows and bright eyes.

The heir to the Marquis of Pingyang, exceptionally talented and recently praised by Father Emperor.

The young general who has led the western expedition, brave in battle, astride a dark-armored steed..."

A few days later, she is puzzled to find that the young men in the portraits have all been quietly transferred out of the capital.

As the emperor worries over who to choose as her husband, the crown prince, who has always kept his emotions hidden, suddenly kneels before the throne.

"Your son is willing to marry the Princess of Yongjia!"

Reading guide:

(1) The leads are cousins.

(2) The setting is fictional, with many original worldbuilding elements. Please don't overanalyze.

(3) One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins, happy ending.

Theme: In the game of the powerful, one move can bring devastation to countless lives. Generals do not wage war for peace and prosperity, but to satisfy the greed of those in high places.