His Mistress Brought a Child to My Door? After the Divorce, I’ll Marry the Emperor

Traditional historical romance + heroine's growth + second male lead pursues his wife after losing her + clear-headed heroine + powerful male lead Three years ago, Han Xiangyi, the daughter of a merchant family, married Gu Jingnian, a general tasked with pacifying the west. On their very first night together, Gu Jingnian was sent to guard the border. Less than a month later, news arrived that Gu Jingnian had died on the front lines. His grandmother and mother-in-law both fell gravely ill. Han Xiangyi was branded a husband-killer and condemned as a widow. She single-handedly held the entire General's residence together, caring for her mother-in-law and grandmother. Three years later, Gu Jingnian returned with a woman and two children. The woman was granted the status of equal wife, leaving two wives in the General's residence and making Han Xiangyi the laughingstock of the entire capital. At last, she came to her senses. Whoever wants this miserable life can have it. She certainly doesn't. Day one after the divorce. Gu Jingnian: A divorced woman will come crawling back to me sooner or later. Day two after the divorce. Gu Jingnian secretly went to see her, only to find her more radiant than she had been in the General's residence, like a flower of wealth and splendor. One month after the divorce: Gu Jingnian heard that the Chancellor had come to propose marriage, and so had the heir of the Marquis of Pingyang. He panicked. He went to propose again, only for the Han family to shut the gate and set the dogs on him... When he saw her again, she was standing beside the emperor. The Ninth Prince, Xie Changqing, had long coveted her. When he learned she had divorced, he brought an imperial decree and begged her to enter the palace...