Six years ago, he told her, “I will marry no one but you in this lifetime.” Six years later, he became a regent with power over all the land. They married other people, and their paths no longer crossed.
Shen Xingci thought the rest of her life would be a quiet one, caring for her husband and raising her child. But he personally led the Imperial Guards in a raid on her home, arrested her husband's entire family for treason, and showed no mercy even to her five-year-old son. He had her imprisoned in his manor, where she endured humiliation day and night.
Until her son nearly died in a fire.
Shen Xingci went completely mad. With bloodshot eyes, she screamed at him, “Nian'an is a bastard. Then what the hell are you?”
He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms. Anger and panic surged in his eyes as he gritted his teeth and demanded, “Shen Xingci! Explain yourself! Whose child is Nian'an?”
