In the Han empire, political powers, wealth, and nobility ruled the world where people married not for love but for wealth and politics to elevate their family background to nobility. Every step taken was monitored, and words spoken cut like blades as people strived for high positions using any means. Zhen Chen is the only son of First Madam Ling and Prime Minister Zhen Feng, who is considered half male and half female since he is blessed with the ability to bring life into the world (ger). Zhen Chen's only wish is to be pampered, live carefree all his life, and marry the crown prince of their Han kingdom. But everything he saw, heard, and did was part of his stepsister Zhen Jing's scheme to climb higher. In the end, he was betrayed by Crown Prince Wu Yang, who married his stepsister instead. Zhen Chen, who could not watch his mother being criticized by the nobles, chose to end his life only to be reborn when he was 17 years old on his grandmother's 70th birthday.

Li Weiming, the youngest son of the powerful Prime Minister Li Wei, once believed love could conquer everything. When he fell in love with Chen Zhengyang, the undefeated General of Tian Ming Country, he used every means possible to marry the man he admired. With his father's influence and an imperial decree, their marriage was destined. But destiny was not the same as happiness. Chen Zhengyang never wanted this marriage. Forced to accept Li Weiming as his wife, the general treated him with indifference and resentment. Soon after their wedding, he brought another person into the mansion and granted them equal status, leaving Li Weiming alone in the cold Eastern Courtyard-the place everyone called the abandoned quarter. Yet Li Weiming continued to hope. He endured humiliation, ignored the pain, and tried to win the heart of the man he loved. Until a cruel scheme destroyed everything. Framed for poisoning Jing Yi, the woman everyone believed to be innocent and virtuous, Li Weiming lost the trust of the person he loved most. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he was forced to drink poison and left to die alone. With his final breath, Li Weiming made a wish... If he were ever given another chance at life, he would no longer sacrifice himself for love. He would protect his family. He would cherish his own life. And he would never become the abandoned wife again. When fate grants him a second chance, will Li Weiming finally break free from his past? Or will the general who once destroyed his heart fight to regain the love he threw away?

✨ Author's Note: This is my first-ever story! I'm so excited to share it with you all. Support and constructive feedback are very welcome. If you see anything that needs a correction or have suggestions, let me know! Happy reading! ❤️ ******** One life was stolen. The next will be paid for in blood. In his first life, Ren Xiao was a sacrificial pawn-a shield for a family that eventually threw him to the wolves. He died in a cold dungeon, betrayed by his own blood. But the Heavens aren't finished with him yet. Waking up in the body of a "White Lotus" Ger known for his weakness and tears, Ren Xiao finds himself sold off to settle a debt. His new owner? General Yan Kuan, the legendary "Iron Wall of the North"-a man rumored to be as cold as the ice on his blade and twice as lethal. The Empire expects a weeping bride. The General expects a political burden. They are both wrong. Armed with the memories of a survivor and a heart forged in fire, Ren Xiao is no longer a flower to be plucked. He is a blade cloaked in silk. From the treacherous Imperial Court to the blood-stained mountain passes of the North, Ren Xiao will prove that even the fiercest General can be brought to his knees-not by tears, but by the lethal grace of the Iron Rose.

Main story:COMPLETED Extras:COMPLETED ___________________________ After his miserable death, Su Ying transmigrates into a glass-hearted 'white lotus' 'ger' in the ancient time who was treated wrongly by his family. He also learns that due to an Imperial edict, he's going to be sold... *cough* married off to the greatest General of the empire who's known to be a 'cut sleeve'! Su Ying looks at his own 'Heaven defying beauty' and sighs. What if he makes that guy 'straight'??? Thus, in order to save his little life and 'chastity', Su Ying makes up a scheme. At his wedding night, he cleverly binds his husband to bed while sitting on top of him, holding his chin and narrowing his own beautiful eyes- "You might be a 'cut sleeve' now, but who knows about future. You dare touch me without permission, see if I don't cut your thing and feed it to pigs." General Li Yusheng who was being 'threatened' by his extremely 'fierce' wife- "......................" ____________________________________ Most impressive rankings- # 1 - mpreg (31/08/2020) # 1 - malepregnancy (31/08/2020) # 1 - alternateuniverse (06/09/2020) # 1 - danmei (17/10/2020) # 2 - bl (11/09/2020) # 1 - yaoinovel (29/12/2020) # 2 - manxman (14-02-2021) # 1 - chinese (27/02-2021) # 4 - boyxboy (15/03/2021) # 2 - ancient (19/05/2021) # 2 - original (30/11/2021) # 1 - yaoinovel (19/12/2021) # 6 - comedy (10/02/2022) Starting date:9/08/2020 Ending date:26/06/2025 (This is an original work. PLEASE DO NOT REPOST THIS ANYWHERE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.) *Any pictures used here don't belong to me. Credits belong to their original owner.*