The Princess's Consort Has Turned Evil

Story Blurb:

He is the loyal retainer and guard who stayed by her side when the realm lay in ruins, even though she was a princess in name only. He is the dependable general who accompanied her as she reclaimed their territory, and the childhood friend to whom she was betrothed from a young age.

The war left him crippled. When the Ling family proposed a marriage alliance with her, he willingly gave up their engagement so she could realize her vision sooner.

When victory was within reach, he shielded her from a rebel's iron arrow and lost his life.

She thought that reclaiming their land would bring her happiness and contentment again, but instead she was left with an emptiness and cold desolation she could not explain.

Reborn, she followed the same approach as in her previous life, pushing their plans ahead quickly. But when it came to a marriage alliance with the Ling family, he did not yield willingly as he had in his previous life.

His dark eyes were deep and shadowed. His towering frame loomed over her like a mountain, pinning her into a corner of the military tent.

"Jiang Qiao, what exactly am I to you? A useful tool?"

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Wei Qixin had thought that being reborn would let him have Jiang Qiao all to himself.

He had avoided the injury that cost him his leg. He could still stand proudly at her side, without her subjects criticizing her for having a disabled man beside her or breaking off their engagement.

But when news arrived that the Ling family was considering an alliance with Jiang Qiao, he finally realized she had never cared who stood by her side.

It could be Wei Qixin, who charged into battle and seized cities for her, or a son of the Ling family, with enormous wealth and a complicated network of connections behind him.

The childhood sweetheart love he had believed they shared had been nothing but wishful thinking. The bubble of his imagined romance burst. He awoke from the beautiful dream he had woven for himself and turned completely dark.

A calculating heroine, slow to understand her own feelings x A younger general, a burly man with outstanding combat skills

This is the story of an insecure general who thinks his physical disability makes him unworthy of being with his childhood sweetheart, only to be utterly devastated when he is reborn and discovers that she gave him up to achieve her goals.

PS: 1. This is a straight romance.

2. Both leads have only ever been with each other.

Theme: Be confident and self-reliant