Borrowed Heart, Stolen Love

An imperial decree ordered Zhong Chusi to marry Li Rongyu. He was a general in poor health. She had been sent away as a hostage and had only just come back. Zhong Chusi objected to the marriage and went on objecting after it took place, while Li Rongyu kept her guard up at every step. Inside the general's residence the two of them tested each other and neither gave much ground. Schemes at court began to surface. Accusations came from their own blood relatives, one set after another. They were pushed into working together and got themselves out of one dangerous situation after another, with swords drawn more than once. A hidden past began to come out. Zhong Chusi had kept something to himself, Li Rongyu had been carrying an obsession of her own, and the two turned out to bear on each other. The marriage was arranged as a calculation, and there was a tie between the two of them underneath it from the start.