"She only wanted a divorce, but he put on quite a show."
Everyone in Shengjing knew it:
Qi Yanxu was madly in love with Rong Xuan, and Rong Xuan loathed Qi Yanxu to the core.
But an old agreement between their families left the Weiyuan General no choice but to marry her. On their wedding night, he abandoned her and left for the border.
Half a year later, the war ended and Rong Xuan returned to the capital, expecting to find his wife waiting for him in tears. Instead
Qi Yanxu had spent three days on a spring outing and didn't return until afterward, beaming with happiness. She couldn't even be bothered to spare him a glance.
Rong Xuan sneered. "Playing hard to get? How clumsy."
Later
Qi Yanxu magnanimously stepped aside. "Since you and your cousin are in love, why don't we divorce and let you be together?"
Rong Xuan: "...What trick are you trying to pull now?" (turns and leaves)
Their first attempt at divorce failed.
Qi Yanxu nitpicked everything, turning the general's residence upside down. She even brought in a whole bevy of beauties and stuffed them into his room.
Rong Xuan (gritting his teeth): "...What exactly do you want?"
Qi Yanxu (smiling): "A divorce."
Their Nth attempt at divorce failed.
In the end, she simply lied. "I've already fallen for someone else. General, please write the divorce papers and set me free."
Rong Xuan (eyes bloodshot, tearing up the divorce papers): "Never!"
Then the unhinged general hunted down his "nonexistent" love rival all over the capital.
Until one day, war broke out at the border again, and Rong Xuan volunteered to lead the campaign.
Before leaving, he gripped her hand tightly. "If I come back alive, will you still want a divorce?"
Qi Yanxu (sighing): "...I won't ask for a divorce anymore."
The Weiyuan General was then carried back to the residence "gravely wounded and on the verge of death."
Qi Yanxu (in tears): "You're dying. What's the point of getting divorced..."
Rong Xuan (suddenly opening his eyes and pulling her into his arms): "A promise from my wife is worth more than eight horses can pull apart!"
Qi Yanxu: "...?"
I've been tricked! This lunatic was acting!
A gentle, slow-to-warm, stubborn noblewoman vs. a truly unhinged, scheming, lovesick young general
Theme: If you don't leave me, I will never abandon you
