I Won't Scheme Against You

A dashing princess who has fought on the battlefield for years and a ruthless, cunning prince who is all wolfish appetite?

An innocent, lively princess brimming with spirit and a gentle, refined young master from an aristocratic family?

But Song Ran, daughter of a vassal prince stationed in a border city, falls in love with a young general from an enemy kingdom.

Mu Ling:

When she first met Mu Ling, the two armies were facing off.

Mu Ling wore armor, held a long spear, and rode a powerful horse. In just a few exchanges, he knocked a Chen general from his saddle. Mu Ling's warhorse suddenly surged forward, making young Song Ran's heart clench. The next moment, it leaped through the air without trampling the soldiers beneath it.

The young general Mu Ling swung his whip with spirited confidence, gazing into the wind. Yellow sand brushed Song Ran's tender face. Hiding behind her elder brother, she felt ripples stir in her heart.

Chen Chaobai:

When she was eight, she saw with her own eyes how Chen Chaobai lured the Third Prince, now the Prince of Lian, into a secret chamber. By the time the palace attendants discovered them, the Prince of Lian was deathly pale. She later heard that though he had not gone mad, he often muttered to himself, irritating the late emperor. From then on, he withdrew from the succession struggle.

When she was ten, during a hunting expedition at the royal pasture, Song Ran disguised herself as a boy and entered the grounds without imperial permission. Chen Chaobai caught her but did not expose her. Instead, he used the secret to blackmail her until Song Ran moved south with her father to take up residence in Nan Commandery.