His Former Mistress Shows Up Demanding a Title, But My Husband Married Into My Family

I’m the daughter of an imperial merchant. While accompanying my cousin, the emperor, on an undercover tour of Jiangnan,

he asked for several shops in my name to give to his newly favored consort.

I readily agreed, but the next day, someone dumped manure water outside my residence.

The top courtesan of Jiangnan’s most famous establishment stood at my gate, leading a five-year-old boy and with a swollen belly.

Tears streaming down her face, she stirred the crowd’s sympathy:

“This jealous woman can’t have children of her own, so she resents me for bearing Xu Lang a son and a daughter. She won’t let me into his household!”

“Now she’s even stolen the very means of support Xu Lang gave me. She’s so cruel, she’s trying to drive us to our deaths!”

In front of everyone, she accused me of violating all seven grounds for divorce, and declared that I deserved to be cast off.

But Xu Yuan was a live-in son-in-law.