Lord Cheng: My Wife Has Married Someone Else

That year, Shen Jiangnan happened upon Cheng Zhaoming, a poor scholar on the brink of death, and saved him. She paid for his treatment and living expenses, helped him pass the imperial examinations, and supported him as he established himself in the capital.

He proposed to her, promising to love only her for the rest of his life. She gave up her own ambitions to devote herself to managing the household, serving his parents, and caring for his older brother and sister-in-law.

Then, on her twentieth birthday, he abandoned her and brought home the woman he had always loved. By chance, Shen Jiangnan overheard their conversation.

“Marrying her was just a stopgap. I'll give you a proper status.”

In that moment, she finally understood. He had never loved her; he had only used her as a stepping-stone. Three years of sincere devotion had earned her nothing but the words “just a stopgap.”

Shen Jiangnan sorted through her dowry, sold her property, and resolutely divorced him.

Cheng Zhaoming sneered coldly, “If you divorce me, who would want a plain-looking woman like you, already cast aside by her husband?”

What he didn't know was that the woman he scorned had long since caught someone's eye.

No sooner had she divorced him than someone arrived at her door with all his family wealth to ask for her hand.

Chang Jizhou was the youngest commander of the Imperial Guards, a cousin of the current emperor, the empress dowager's nephew, and the only son of Prince Ping, a founding general. He was exceptionally handsome, of the highest status, and at the perfect age to marry and have children, yet he had no interest in women. That is, until he heard that Shen Jiangnan had divorced. Then he secretly began thinking about marrying her.

Two years later, Cheng Zhaoming tried every means possible to win Shen Jiangnan back.

Chang Jizhou: “Lord Cheng, before you covet my wife, take a good look at who you are!”