Ten Years of Sincere Love, Wasted on a Dog: The Mistress of the House Flips the Table

Over fifteen years, Du Hongyao helped Qin Jiaye rise from a young man in a small town to a third-rank Dragon Martial General. During their ten years of marriage, she raised their children, cared for her mother-in-law and her husband's younger siblings, and built a business that established their family in the capital.

Ten years later, Qin Jiaye returned from the border, having made a name for himself, but he brought along a confidante and an illegitimate son of seven or eight.

“Madam Du, I risked my life on the frontier, and she was the one who cared for me, comforted me, and looked after me. I know I've wronged you, but I have to give her a place in the family. I promised her!”

Du Hongyao's heart turned cold. The promise you made to her? What about the promise you made to me? That we'd be together for life, just the two of us. It was all empty words.

Fine. If you can be heartless, then I'll leave. Let's end this once and for all.

Qin Jiaye soon realized that after Du Hongyao left, life didn't get better. It only got worse.

Meanwhile, the useless, dull, good-for-nothing Du Hongyao they looked down on became a third-rank commandery lady, the empress's sworn younger sister, a miracle doctor, and the richest beauty in the capital.

“Mother, I won't make you angry again. Please come back!”

“Hongyao, you were a good daughter-in-law. Come back, and I'll acknowledge you as my son's wife!”

“My lady, I regret it!”

But belated affection is cheaper than grass. Du Hongyao wasn't interested.

Meng Yingqing, the third-rank director of the Imperial Observatory, declared, “I have feelings for Madam Du!”

The young lord of the Xu family said, “So do I!”

Du Hongyao was at a loss. Being so popular was a real nuisance!