No More Vows, Only Victory

Lu Xu was a drifter when Chu Zhinan met him. He had helped her mother, and she took him in as her husband. She had been fighting alongside her father since she was ten, and when her father was dying he asked her to leave the army, so she gave up the command and buried her record and moved into the household. For eight years she put the Chu family's money and connections into Lu Xu until he took the top place in the military examination. Once he had it, he brought a second wife into the house at equal rank. He broke the vow he had made her, moved to take the Chu property, and then moved against her life and the family itself. Chu Zhinan goes to the court and asks for the divorce. She puts the armour back on and takes up the silver spear. The Crown Prince is in danger and she gets him out, and rides for the northern border to hold it.