Returning Your Spring Robe

Power Couple / Serious Drama / Complete My next book is A Drink Together. Please add it to your favorites! The blurb is at the very bottom. [Bright, Flirtatious Eldest Princess x Aloof, Unattainable Strategist] In the third year of Changzhi, Princess Xun Yuanwei saved a man covered in blood outside Tanzhou City. After he awoke, Yuanwei learned that he was the young general Qi Zhaoyan, who had gone missing after the battle at Xiguan, Tanzhou, six months earlier. What Yuanwei hadn't expected was that the man would hold it against her instead. When she showed concern for him, Qi Zhaoyan replied coolly, "Isn't everything that happened to me because of Your Highness?" Yuanwei kept her expression neutral, but thought, I'll make him bow his head to me, no matter what. * Qi Zhaoyan was born into an eminent family and made a name for himself at a young age. Cool and self-possessed, he was utterly untouchable. But after losing a battle, everything he'd had for the first twenty years of his life went up in flames. He'd intended to end it all, but Xun Yuanwei saved him, leaving him to live in agony. He never expected that... When the princess was choosing attendants, he hoped she'd pick him. When she distanced herself from him, he panicked, forgetting the rules between ruler and subject as he seized her wrist. When the princess was in danger, he was willing to die for Yuanwei. Until the day the princess had to choose a husband and asked what he thought. His brows drew together. "You like that sort?" * I know I shouldn't love you against all reason, but I'm still willing to endure every pain I ought to endure for you, and do anything I choose to do wholeheartedly. [Reading Guide] 1. The setting is very loose, broadly inspired by the Tang dynasty. Though the main focus is the plot, feel free to nitpick the historical details. The heroine will eventually ascend the throne, so please skip this if that bothers you. Thank you! 2. Both leads are virgins, happy ending, no historical figures as inspiration. 3. The hero is truly beautiful, strong, and miserable, an aloof beauty who bows in submission for love. 4. The heroine's name comes from: "The rivers and lakes deepen into white; pines and bamboo recede into a faint green." The hero's name comes from: "Flowers cast their pale glow on the inkstone; willow fluff drifts, dry as a book." Blurb for A Drink Together A sickly, vengeful female strategist who hates him x a sharp-tongued, rakish young general Fu Zhen is the only female minister of the Board of Civil Office in the realm. Her hands are stained with blood, and she willingly serves as the regent's blade. But she doesn't care. She'll do anything as long as she can get revenge. She met Xin Yue and made an enemy of him at a spring banquet, where she was representing the regent. Everyone at court knows Fu Zhen is sickly. She has to take medicine year-round to keep her body going, and can't tolerate even a drop of alcohol. Yet Xin Yue gripped her chin in front of everyone and poured a whole cup of wine down her throat. She coughed until she could barely breathe, but he simply tossed the cup aside, gave her a cruel smile, and spat out, "Lapdog." The wine left Fu Zhen ill for over a month. As she watched the Crown Prince of Zhen Guo, who was always so carefree, she clenched the dagger hidden in her sleeve. "Xin Yue, I'll make sure you suffer." * Xin Yue was the only son of the Duke of Zhen Guo, and the most dashing young general in Shuozhou. He had won countless battles, which was precisely why the regent feared him. After a victory, he was summoned to the capital to receive a reward. It was a reward in name only, meant to clip his wings and keep him in the capital as a way to control his father. And the woman who devised the plan was Fu Zhen, the female minister. Thus, he hated Fu Zhen with all his heart. He gave her all sorts of trouble, but she never said a word. At first, Xin Yue thought she was all talk. Later, he learned that Fu Zhen had laid her pieces on the board, waiting for him to make his move. Interesting. Watching the frail, slender figure, he casually tossed a chess piece and slowly curved his lips. "Minister Fu, we have all the time in the world." * They certainly did have all the time in the world. One day, under a heavy night sky, flames blazed and blades filled the air. Xin Yue spat out a mouthful of blood and picked up his longsword. His tall figure shielded Fu Zhen as he looked back at her. "Run ahead. Don't look back." Theme: Love life