Joy Before the Palace

At one glance, she saw the depth of his affection in his eyes. Somehow, he took her hand and wouldn't let go. Somehow, he hid her away in a gilded cage. Qi Yaoyao thought, Lord Pei, the formidable and untouchable minister before the world, was nothing but a shameless libertine in private! The scandalous tales of Lord Pei in his youth: He never married, yet had an affair with Princess Consort Tan Xuan. Utterly shameless, the places they met included, but were not limited to, city towers, hot springs, meadows, and wild hillsides. Eager palace attendant A: “The Princess Consort of Tan Xuan was Pingcheng's most notorious beauty! She pretended to get close to Lord Pei, showered him with tenderness, and secretly plotted to bring him down, all to clear the way for her rebellion and regicide! She died in a mutiny, which was only what she deserved.” Gossiping soldier B: “That day, the rain was pouring. Lord Pei knelt in the mud, humbling himself and begging that wicked consort not to abandon him. But that heartless woman still kicked him away.” Follower C: “When you get right down to it, Lord Pei was a womanizer with no self-control. How could he betray his principles and carry on with a married woman?” These rumors gave Yaoyao a terrible impression of Lord Pei, while making her all the more curious about the wicked consort who had so cruelly abandoned her husband. Until one day, she recovered the memories she had lost. What! The woman who dragged Lord Pei off his pedestal, the heartless, treacherous beauty, Pingcheng's most notorious temptress, the Princess Consort of Tan Xuan, was me? The man who was frosty and forbidding in public turned into a wagging-tailed puppy whenever he saw her?! A young man's love is always like a flame, sincere and ardent. The puppy looked at her miserably. “Will you leave me again?” She shoved him down and leaned over him. “Lord Pei burns so bright. How could I bear to cast him aside?” 【Characters】A cool, reserved, purehearted canine-type general × a carefree, restrained, glamorous enchantress 【Reading guide】One-on-one romance, happy ending, male lead is chaste, reunion after a long separation, rekindled love, the aloof beauty brought down from his pedestal. The blurb is whimsical, but the main plot is serious. Sweetness in abundance, angst in the flashbacks, a bittersweet overall tone, plenty of twists and foreshadowing, and a happy ending.