Marrying My Arch-Enemy

In her previous life, Lu Yuan, a surrendered general from the Northern Dynasty, moved south and petitioned Emperor Wu to arrange a marriage with a great aristocratic family. He asked to marry Xie Lang, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family.

Emperor Wu laughed and said, "The Wang and Xie families are far too distinguished. You come from a humble family. Why not consider a family below the Zhu or Zhang?"

Lu Yuan bore a grudge over this.

The following winter, he led eight hundred remnants from Shouyang and swept across Jiangnan, making straight for Jiankang.

In the fifth month of summer, the Taicheng fell. The gentry of Jiangnan faced annihilation, and the people of Wu were devastated. The Wangs and Xies suffered the worst humiliation, nearly wiped out entirely. A century-old aristocratic clan fell in a single day, the southern nobility was destroyed, and the fortunes of Jiangdong came to an end.

Xie Lang, the supposed spark that set it all off, was seen by everyone as a disastrous beauty. First her husband's family cast her out, then she was sold into a brothel, and in the end she was reduced to marrying a fisherman.

Her life had been one long ordeal, full of humiliation, all because of Lu Yuan.

When they met again, she was a fisherman's wife, weather-beaten by the river and plain to behold. He was a beaten dog, betrayed by his own men and fleeing for his life, his armor and helmet lost.

"It's been years. General, don't you recognize an old acquaintance?"

"Who are you?"

His answer was a blade driven into his heart.

After killing her enemy, Xie Lang threw herself into the river and died. Unexpectedly, when she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn.

Outside the door, the marriage envoy's voice rang out, just as it had in her previous life.

This time, Xie Lang made a different choice.

With drums and music thundering, she stepped down from the bridal sedan and over the brazier, then saw Lu Yuan's fierce face amid the blazing flames.

Hound of a Chaotic Age x Noble Lady of an Aristocratic Clan

Note:

1. Set in a fictional world inspired by the Wei and Jin dynasties. Please don't nitpick historical details.

2. Inspired by historical figures.

Theme: Rising beyond one's social class