I Married Him Again, Though His Love Was an Act. After I Left, He Regretted It Like Mad

After my husband’s elder brother died in battle, my husband couldn’t bear to see his widowed sister-in-law suffer alone. He used all his military merits to secure her a commandery princess title, then brought her into our household as his principal wife. Demoted from wife to concubine and turned into a laughingstock in the capital, I received a heartfelt confession from the Second Prince, Xiao Chenrui: “I have feelings for you. If you divorce, I will marry you and make you my only Princess Consort of Qi. I’ll love you all my life and never leave you.” Moved by his sincerity, I divorced and married into the prince’s household. Everyone said I was lucky: even as a second bride, my husband treasured me in the palm of his hand. That was until Xiao Chenrui got drunk in his study and I heard him say: “Shen Chundai, a military man’s daughter, has no sense of romance. Just looking at her disgusts me! “I only married her against my will because I worried she’d use the fact that she married into the Wei family first to make things difficult for Chun Niang. Chun Niang is kind and gentle. She could never stand up to her. I couldn’t bear to see the woman I love suffer.” “If Your Highness is so devoted, why let the woman you love marry someone else?” “The Crown Prince suspects I want to seize the throne, so he’ll surely try to exploit my weakness. I must never let Chun Niang stand in harm’s way!” So Xiao Chenrui’s devotion had fooled not only the Crown Prince and the world, but me as well.