(Pause, sort out the outline) [From the female protagonist's perspective, marriage comes first, then love, from the male protagonist's perspective, a secret love comes true]
[Sultry rich flower x stupid desert loyal dog]
"It's over! I heard that the murderous mud-legged general is going to marry the princess!"
When the exclamations of the palace people floated into the study, Lin Qingyan was holding a small flag and performing the deduction on the sand table. When he heard the word "Shen Xiao", his fingertips paused, and then he casually inserted the flag into the "northwest" direction - these people just love to make a fuss.
What she wanted was never a prince-in-law, but the northwest army in the hands of General Zhenbei that could suppress the court. With soldiers, the grievances of the mother clan can be vindicated, and she can truly gain a foothold in the capital.
As for Shen Xiao? The self-made border general lacked a step to climb up to the royal family. She gave him his identity, and he gave him his military power. It was a fair deal.
Lin Qingyan sneered at the sand table: Everyone gets the benefits and what they need.
Shen Xiao: "Benefits?"
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When Shen Xiao entered the palace for the first time, he indeed had a wild spirit as rumored. The armor was still stained with sand and dust from the border. When he saw her, he froze in place. His Adam's apple rolled for a long time before he said "I obey the princess' order" in a deep and hoarse voice.
Lin Qingyan looked at the way the tips of his ears were quietly turning red, and felt that he was more interesting than those slick young men in Beijing - they were probably rough people from the border. He had never seen such a golden person like her, so being cautious was natural.
She still acted according to the "trading regulations": if she wanted to check old military ration files, she would send someone to call him; if she wanted to deal with difficult civil servants, she would use his name. Shen Xiao is indeed "sensible". He never delays what she wants. When she encounters trouble, he can always stand in front of her as if he pops out of the ground.
Until that night, she checked the accounts until late at night, and was awakened by a burst of warmth while taking a nap at her desk. Shen Xiao entered the palace at some unknown time and was lowering his head to tuck her loose hair. When his fingertips brushed against her ears, he suddenly stopped.
His hot breath swept over the shell of her ear, and the next second, he actually took the wolf tooth pendant at the tip of her ear into his mouth - the wet heat curled around her ear beads.
Lin Qingyan froze and raised his eyes suddenly: "Shen Xiao!"
He took half a step back as if he had been burned, and quietly clenched his hands behind his back, his knuckles turning white. "Princess..." His voice was hoarse than the wind and sand at the border, "I didn't mean it."
But the light in those eyes was as bright as the stars in the northwest desert, direct and hot, unable to hide the slightest bit of coveting.
Lin Qingyan suddenly felt flustered - where is the restraint in this? This is clearly a hungry wolf staring at its prey, but it was hidden too well before.
She originally thought it was a deal where everyone gets what they want, but how could it unknowingly turn out to be his long-planned approach?
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"Shen Xiao," she once deliberately teased him, brushing the sheath on his waist with her toe, "Aren't you afraid that I'm just using you?"
He loved it when she teased him like this, with his burly body half-bending beside her while panting lightly - "I know." His voice was like a bonfire in the northwest, making people's ears numb, "But I am the princess's sword. As long as I can stay with the princess, I will be willing to be used in any way."
Concept: There is always someone nourishing you with overwhelming love
