The Emperor Chases His Wife: The Divorced Woman and Her Child Never Return

Shen Hengwu, empress of Great Yan, was born into an illustrious noble family. For three years after marrying into the imperial palace, she had been gentle and composed, managing the inner palace with care.

When she was seven months pregnant, a carefully orchestrated frame-up led the emperor to cast her out of the palace in front of the entire court.

As snow fell thickly, she knelt before the Hall of Supreme Harmony. What awaited her was not her husband's trust, but a letter of divorce and the words, "I never loved you."

Shen Hengwu's heart turned to ashes. With the help of a loyal servant, she fled the capital that very night, traveling in disguise to a small town in Jiangnan, a thousand li away.

She gave birth to a son prematurely on the way and named him Nian'an, meaning "to wish only for peace, not for the one left behind."

Under the assumed name Su Wantang, she used her superb medical skills and business acumen to gradually establish herself, starting with a small apothecary.

Two years later, she wanted to give Nian'an a complete home and sever all ties with her past for good.

She agreed to marry Lu Xingzhou, a kindhearted hunter from the town, and they became husband and wife in name, as she began a new life of her own.