The General Would Rather Die Than Submit

Coming Soon: "Scheming for the Realm" and "After Marrying Below Her Station, the Princess Ascends the Throne". Blurbs at the end ↓↓↓ Please add them to your reading list!

Everyone knows that Ji Hexuan likes Li Chengyun.

But Li Chengyun would rather die than give in. He even jumped into a river.

Ji Hexuan isn't in a hurry. She simply watches him refuse her, while she herself refuses to marry anyone else.

Li Chengyun always thinks Ji Hexuan is toying with him.

She says she likes him, yet opposes him at every turn.

To save the entire Li family, Ji Hexuan arranged a match for him without asking first. Before he had even agreed, she sent him a wedding gift.

"Ji Hexuan! What do you take me for?"

"I take you for General Li."

When he turns around, he finds that a new male favorite has joined the Princess Chang's household. Li Chengyun's eyes redden with anger.

For the first time, he wants so badly to lock her away, where only he knows where she is.

So that he alone fills her eyes and her heart.

"Li Chengyun, whatever I do, please forgive me."

"I won't forgive you. I'll make you pay back every bit, double."

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[Coming Soon 1] "Scheming for the Realm" blurb:

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Fu Shulan is constantly targeted by Gu Hengyue at court. After the morning audience, she casually kidnaps a man to keep as her male favorite and gives him the name of her nemesis, Gu Hengyue.

If she can't deal with Gu Hengyue, taking out her frustration on a stand-in will do just fine.

Who would have thought she'd bring home the real Gu Hengyue?

But Gu Hengyue doesn't expose her. The two of them tacitly play along with the act.

At first, Gu Hengyue only wants to use the opportunity to gather evidence of her crimes, so he goes along with the misunderstanding. He never expects to become captivated by her.

"Hengyue, are you loyal to this princess?"

"Since the day I first saw Her Highness the Princess, I have had no other ambitions."

"Then would you die for me?"

"I would go through fire and water for Your Highness. What is one life in comparison?"

If he could, he would rather never have become the chief minister.

The first time Fu Shulan embraces Gu Hengyue of her own accord, it is amid a pool of blood.

A dagger pierces his body. She understands everything.

"Gu Hengyue, only the dead cannot betray me."

"Gu Hengyue, I love you."

"When I have achieved my ambitions, I will let you be buried with me."

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[Coming Soon 2] "After Marrying Below Her Station, the Princess Ascends the Throne" blurb:

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Chu Lingxian is a renowned prodigy of the Ji Dynasty, but she was born with a frail constitution, keeping her from ever having a place in court.

Wei Zhiheng is the husband her father chose for her, and the two are always at odds.

No one believes in her. After all, the country doesn't need a frail emperor.

Wei Zhiheng doesn't mince words: "Your Highness, with your health, you'd be better off giving up on the throne."

Their marriage is nothing more than a way to secure the state.

Later, the proud Wei Zhiheng bows before her in submission.

"Your Highness, do you want the throne? I can seize it for you."

She watches Wei Zhiheng become a powerful minister, step by step, before he presents her with the throne.

Heaven says she can't do it, but she'll prove that she can!

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When Wei Zhiheng first marries Chu Lingxian, he looks down on her in every way. The position of royal consort binds him for the rest of his life.

He thinks Chu Lingxian forced this marriage, never realizing that she has no interest in him.

All she has eyes for is the throne.

At some point, Wei Zhiheng begins to yearn for Chu Lingxian day and night, wanting nothing more than for her to look his way.

When he brings up the throne, at last he sees himself reflected in her eyes.

For that one look, Wei Zhiheng would gladly endure anything.

Being a puppet isn't so bad after all.

So Wei Zhiheng thinks.

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