[Emperor Steals His Minister's Wife + Both Virgins + Regret and Redemption + Punishing Scum + Childhood Sweethearts Can't Compete with the New Arrival]
Shen Weishuang was once the most famous beauty in the capital, but in Huo Min's eyes, she was nothing.
After ten years of childhood friendship, her father used his power to force Huo Min, whose family had fallen on hard times, to marry her in a grand wedding procession.
From then on, he neglected her for three years.
On their wedding night, he swept out of the bridal chamber. At banquets, he treated her as if she didn't exist.
Out of guilt, she stayed in their empty home, managing the household and navigating social obligations, all just to get him to look at her once.
Only when he defied everyone's objections and took his pregnant mistress as a concubine did she finally come to her senses.
She buried her pain and thought she might as well waste away the rest of her life, never once considering leaving him.
But when a letter of divorce was viciously flung in her face, her heart finally died.
Just as she was consumed by despair, she made a fatal mistake: she got involved with the supreme ruler of the empire.
He cherished and protected her, wiping away her tears. “Does the general's wife feel wronged? I'll make you empress!”
Just as her heart began to turn toward him, Huo Min finally saw the error of his ways. “I only made the same mistake any man would. I'll change. From now on, we'll be together for life, just the two of us.”
She held the divorce letter and smiled faintly. “General, affection that comes too late is worth less than grass.”
Later, the emperor overcame all opposition and made her empress.
Huo Min, eyes red, challenged him on the spot. “Your Majesty! I tore up the divorce letter. I'm still her lawful husband!”
The man on the dragon throne tossed a letter divorcing the husband at his face. “Lawful husband? What does that even mean? The empress asked me to tell you that you're the one who's been divorced!”
