Favoring the Concubine, Destroying the Wife + Chasing the Wife to the Funeral Pyre + A Shattered Mirror Will Not Mend + Secret Love + Power Games

In her first life, Sheng Zhi Wan begged to marry beneath her rank for the sake of love. She poured her own dowry into the household, wrote war manuals so he could drive back the enemy, and drafted state essays so he could climb ever higher. Everyone said that the heir of the Qi clan, Qi Shu Xian, was dazzling beyond compare. She, a princess who understood only matters of the heart, could wed such a man—[I must have received a blessing as vast as the sky] .

Yet after living once more, Sheng Zhi Wan swore that the fool who lives only for romance could be someone else, not her. Her husband brings home a concubine? She climbs the wall. Her mother-in-law orders her to raise the concubine’s child? She invites her father-in-law’s pregnant mistress into the manor as a fitting gift in return. Two elder sisters-in-law and a younger brother-in-law eat her food and spend her silver. Since they know no gratitude, she makes them spit every coin back.

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Qi Shu Xian never thought Sheng Zhi Wan could be so petty. It was only a concubine, even if the woman carried his child; she could never outshine the principal wife. How had things reached the point of divorce? What fine family would take a cast-off wife? He would wait for the day she begged to return.

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In the capital, the most notorious scoundrel of the mighty Shang Hang Yu firm guards a secret he means to keep until death. Then, on the day she bends down before him, he decides that even dying would be worth the price.

?The early chapters unfold slowly; there is wall-climbing and other improper conduct, and the divorce progresses at a measured pace. If you mind, please steer clear. May we meet again in the next story.?