Reborn After a Miserable Death, I Cleared Out the Imperial Treasury. So What?

Shen Zhinian, the Marquis’s legitimate daughter, willingly became a pawn for Xiao Linyuan and married the young general Gu Jinzhi. She thought Gu Jinzhi would save her. For three years, she devoted herself to helping him rise through the ranks until he became a marquis. Then he brought his beloved first love and her son into the household, and personally forced Shen Zhinian to drink an abortion potion for the child’s sake. Only then did she realize she was merely a substitute, not even worth as much as a chess piece. It really was true: three years of love had gone to the dogs... When Shen Zhinian opened her eyes again, she was back at the moment Gu Jinzhi brought his beloved first love and her son into the household. Reborn, she would take revenge on those who wronged her and settle every grievance. She tore away Liu’s false face, crushed the glory of the Marquis of Dingbei, and emptied the marquis’s private treasury. Why should she spare Xiao Linyuan, who had coldly stood by and watched? So, while requesting an imperial decree for a divorce, she casually emptied the imperial treasury, too. Without a hint of regret, she flung the divorce papers at Gu Jinzhi’s face. “You can have the title of Marquis’s wife. May we never meet again.” Back at the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness’s residence, she took on the burden of running the household by bringing home a live-in husband. But Gu Jinzhi clung to her like a dog-skin plaster. “Zhinian, I was wrong! I’ll be your live-in husband! I’ll do whatever you say!” Xiao Linyuan woke from his delusion, eyes red, and stormed into the marquis’s residence in a rage. “Niannian, come back to me. I’ll forgive everything!” Before he could finish, Yun Che, the new “live-in husband” she had chosen, stepped in front of her. “How dare you treat the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness as someone you can summon and dismiss at will? Anyone who betrays Zhinian will never have a place in her heart again.” Yun Che arched a brow and drew Shen Zhinian closer, saying gently, “My lady, don’t bother with these irrelevant people. They’ll only give you nightmares.” Shen Zhinian didn’t even look at the two men. Smiling brightly at Yun Che, she said, “Your Majesty, General, affection that comes too late is worth less than grass. I’m quite happy with my live-in husband.”