You Took the Blood from My Mother's Heart, So I Divorced You and Became King

Ji Ning exhausts the Wang family's fortunes for the Liu family, only to be betrayed in return. For the sake of General Li Chuan, her childhood sweetheart, his wife Liu Ruyan takes the heart blood of Ji Ning's mother, her own mother-in-law. With his heart broken, Ji Ning divorces her, breaking the vow he made to his mother, and decides to step back into the world. He petitions the emperor to take back control of the princely estate, reclaim everything the Liu family has seized, and rebuild the Ji Prince's Army. He forms the Imperial Merchant Guild to become the richest man in the realm, builds firearms to make his forces the bravest, and defeats foreign enemies to claim new fiefs. When he has received every title possible and becomes a prince equal in rank to the emperor, Liu Ruyan, why are you crying and begging me to forgive you?