After Breaking the Engagement, I Made the Villain Eat His Words

Orphaned general Gu Xinian arrives in the capital only to be thrust into a deadly game of thrones—and forced into marriage with Sheng Yan Xing, the crippled Tang Wang with one year left to live. When assassins strike at their wedding feast, two guarded souls forge an unlikely alliance. She trades her armor for silk robes, ready to brave hell itself for this iron-blooded prince. He, in turn, breaks every rule to let her brilliance shine and shake the empire to its core. In a world where power is everything, their bond might just rewrite fate itself.