Great Tang: I’m a County Magistrate, and Princess Changle Has Her Eye on Me!

[Easygoing daily life] [Farming and development] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Sweet romance, no angst] In the fifth year of the Zhenguan era, Princess Li Lizhi of Chang Le resists her arranged marriage to Zhangsun Chong. Claiming she wants to leave the city for a change of scenery, she wanders into Qingshui County, fifty li outside Chang'an. She expects to find a poor, remote backwater, but the sight before her leaves the eldest legitimate princess of the Tang Dynasty utterly stunned. Broad, smooth concrete roads, an enormous waterwheel of exquisite design, mouthwatering street food, and people with rosy cheeks who leave lost property untouched... And the person behind it all is a young county magistrate barely twenty years old, lazily fanning himself, yet unfathomably shrewd: Lu Chen. Zhangsun Chong can only spout stale classical sayings? Magistrate Lu declares, “The greatest truths in this world are the meat in the people's bowls and the charcoal that keeps them warm in winter!” One look is all it takes for Princess Chang Le to fall for him. She assumes the identity of a merchant's daughter and refuses to leave Qingshui County! Several months later, Li Shimin arrives in disguise with Zhangsun Wuji, fuming as he comes to confront the country bumpkin who “ran off” with his precious daughter. But the moment they enter the county seat, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his chancellor are both left dumbfounded. “Lu Chen, I'll give Chang Le to you in marriage. How about you take over and manage this Tang realm for me?” Lu Chen gives his fan a lazy flick and picks up a piece of tripe from the hotpot. “Your Majesty, I only want to be a carefree county magistrate and enjoy good food with the princess. Become chancellor? Too much work. I'm out!”