The Lady Official and Her Possessive, Vicious Hound

[Wise female court official, no restrictions in bed x brave, obsessive male general with deep devotion]

[Current Blurb]

Shen Zhushui remembers many things throughout her life.

The flood season of the Luo River, where the Cang River changes course, how many liang of rice the disaster victims need each day.

But she always forgets one thing:

The boy she raised, Lu Zhiyuan, loves her so much he's fallen gravely ill with it.

[Original Blurb]

Lu Zhiyuan was taciturn and awkward from childhood. After his entire family, loyal and devoted, died in battle, he was falsely accused by villains and thrown into prison.

As his sentence was about to be decided, Shen Zhushui's elder sister braved the pressure of powerful forces to save him.

Lu Zhiyuan thought, I owe her my life. I'll spend this whole lifetime repaying her.

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According to the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, a statesman destined to bring peace to the realm would come from the century-old Shen family. The eldest daughter, Shen Zhushui, understands astronomy and the stars, and is extraordinarily clever. All her elders and colleagues admire her.

Lu Zhiyuan also listens closely to Shen Zhushui. He builds a strong, muscular physique, follows his ancestors' example by going to war, and wins one battle after another.

He thought that if he kept his feelings to himself, he could crush his secret love. But an accident sends him into her bedchamber.

From that moment on, love surges through him, and his devotion becomes a sickness that will not let him live long.

*

Fate has a cruel hand. Shen Zhushui exhausts herself serving her country and develops a chronic illness.

The man lost in a world of tenderness doesn't know she has little time left. As usual, he receives orders to leave the capital and bids her farewell with a smile.

Only when news of her death reaches him thousands of miles away does he turn red-eyed and go mad.

* A relationship that grows as they do

* The male lead is so devoted that loving too much may cost him his life

* The female lead briefly fakes her death

* The story begins when the male lead returns to the capital.

* Generally based on Ming dynasty sources. Specific details about settings such as the Yellow River and Huai River are fictionalized.

* Content warning: If you only read stories with mutually devoted, sexually inexperienced leads, or need the female lead to be delicate and helpless, this may not be for you.

* The original titles were "Arm Yourself for Me and Conquer the World" and "The Taciturn General Is Deeply Devoted." I lost the source file, so the cover will have to stay for now.

* My completed fake-death story, "He Went Mad After Becoming a Widower," is also available!

Updated on 2026.3.19. Screenshot saved.

Premise: Protecting one another and helping each other grow.