My Family Dotes on His Mistress, So I Leave With My Child, Divorce, and Remarry

My husband, Su Ren, the Marquis of Yongning, was praised by everyone as a model husband. In more than ten years of marriage, he had never taken a concubine or lingered in the pleasure quarters. He served his country and its people with utmost loyalty and diligence. I thought so too. That was until I suddenly had a dream. In it, I was caught in bed with another man, watched by a crowd and condemned by everyone. My family disowned me and cursed me. My son was ashamed to have a mother like me. Only Su Ren was heartbroken, yet for the sake of our past and our three sons, he was willing to give me another chance and let me eke out a miserable existence in the marquis’s residence. His generosity and tolerance won widespread praise, and made me think he was still willing to trust me. Until word came that, by imperial decree, he was to marry Qi Wanwan, a widow from the Fang family... At first, I told myself he had no choice but to accept. But when I saw with my own eyes how lovingly he and Qi Wanwan got along... I finally realized I had been caught in a trap all along. Even worse, my own children had been won over by Qi Wanwan. Even after learning the truth, they refused to stand by my side. At last, I came to my senses. Faced with the very same circumstances as in my dream, I stopped feeling sorry for myself. Once I stopped caring about everything, family ties could no longer be a blade to hold me back. Instead, they became a sword to help me cut a path through every obstacle...