Su Ning, the Great Qi war god, commanded a hundred thousand troops and awed the borderlands. But his achievements threatened the emperor, drawing suspicion from every side. Countless people wanted to bring him down and bend him to their will. The only problem was that he was a man.
Suspicion took on a different flavor. Sticky, covetous gazes clung to Su Ning wherever he went. When the emperor ordered him back to the capital, all sorts of people sprang into action, rushing to propose marriage. They hoped to tether an eagle with matrimony, imprisoning the Great Qi war god everyone feared in a secluded mansion as their bride in the bedchamber.
Su Ning rejected them all, the good, the bad, the fragrant, and the foul. Before the emperor could lose his temper, he grabbed Qi Yun, the capital's most famous wastrel, straight out of a male courtesan house. She was reeking of alcohol and dead drunk. Then he declared, “Didn't you want me to marry? Then I'll marry her.”
The heroine's perspective:
When the fearsome Su Ning said he was going to marry her, Qi Yun fainted on the spot after receiving the imperial decree. If she married Su Ning, she'd never have a say in the household. She couldn't beat him, and if she scolded him, she'd probably get beaten. The days of visiting brothels and male courtesans would become a distant dream, and her future would surely be miserable. Qi Yun ran away from the wedding, got caught, tried to kill herself, was rescued, threw a tantrum, got scolded, and finally accepted her fate. She dutifully welcomed her husband home in an eight-person bridal sedan.
Married life turned out exactly as she had expected: she became the capital's most famous henpecked wife.
Yet this Su Ning, who was neither delicate nor handsome and not at all manly, could always hold her up and carry her out of the mud. Step by step, he helped her move forward, never wavering even when storms blocked their way.
Qi Yun thought, I should try fighting for him too.
Theme: Change your fate through hard work
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