Taming the Wolf

A reclusive, white-lotus princess x a wolfish, reckless general

Princess Xihe thought she was marrying a proper, well-mannered general. After their wedding night, she discovered he was a downright brute.

Bai Luning was a princess of Xihe, yet because her late mother's family had been dancers, everyone in the harem bullied her. She waited for the day she could escape the palace and find a place of her own in the world.

Her wish had yet to come true when the court officials nearly sent her off for a political marriage. Fortunately, the Cavalry General stepped forward and spared Princess Xihe that fate.

Shang Jiuhe had become a celebrated Cavalry General at just eighteen. Powerful and high-ranking, he was the most sought-after son-in-law among the noble families. Since his achievements threatened to overshadow the emperor, ministers suggested marrying a princess into his household, both to reward him and to keep him under watch. This finally reminded the emperor of Princess Xihe's marriage, and he decreed that she would wed the Cavalry General, Shang Jiuhe.

On their wedding night, she mocked him for being crude and reckless, while he sneered at her coquettish airs...

By day, they acted like strangers in the General's residence. By night, they became entangled in an intimate embrace...

Then one day, Shang Jiuhe, who never let his feelings show, heard that a performer at the theater had won the princess's favor. His expression changed at once. He kicked open the theater doors and, in full view of everyone, pulled the princess into his arms, holding her close. "Want to watch a play, Princess? I'm a better actor than he is."

At first, he looked down at her coldly. "A wife must obey her husband. The princess must agree with me."

Later, when people teased him for being henpecked, he said, "A subject must obey his ruler. The princess is my ruler, and I am her subject, so of course I do as she says."

The general claimed to despise the royal family's extravagance, yet he used his military merits to obtain precious jade for the princess to play with.

When enemy forces threatened the border and the court deliberately abandoned the Cavalry General, Princess Xihe spent her entire fortune to support him.

The general returned victorious, and the princess stuffed dozens of IOUs into his palm. Drawing out her words playfully, she teased, "It seems the only way you'll repay your debts, General, is over the rest of your life."

Note:

1. This is a fictional setting with extensive creative liberties. Please don't scrutinize it for historical accuracy.

2. Both are inexperienced, one-on-one romance, marriage before love, happy ending.

Theme: When kindred spirits meet, their joy surpasses a thousand worldly pleasures