Husband-Bashing Fun

Su Erming, wife of the richest man in the prefecture, seems to live a life of boundless luxury to outsiders. Only she knows that beneath her fine clothes lie years of scars.

Officials and merchants collude, leaving her nowhere to turn for help. The world looks on coldly and tells her to endure.

Until her beast of a husband sets his greedy sights on her young sister.

Su Erming realizes one thing: if the law of this world can't protect them, she'll wield the knife herself.

She joins forces with two other women who have nowhere left to turn, setting up an airtight body-swapping murder plot.

Three corpses, three accidents, three widows with perfect alibis.

Everything goes according to Su Erming's calculations, until the arrival of Lu Yuan, a young Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review transferred from the capital, who knocks on her door.

Lu Yuan, a young and high-ranking Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, is ordered to travel south and investigate the case.

He quickly senses the many connections behind the three apparent accidents.

He presses forward, untangling every clue. She remains composed, leaving no gaps.

Through their repeated tests and clashes, Lu Yuan's heart is moved.

On the day the truth comes to light, Lu Yuan lays all the evidence before Su Erming.

She doesn't beg as he expected. She simply pours a cup of tea calmly.

"Lord Lu, the law of the land must not be broken. Do what you must."

Lu Yuan throws the dossier containing enough evidence to cost her life into a brazier.

Then he turns and writes a memorial that shocks the entire court.

If justice in this world has gone blind, he'll risk his own official hat to sound the drum of appeal before the emperor on her behalf.

Three years later, outside the imperial Taoist temple.

Lord Lu, now one of the most powerful officials in the empire, blocks her way, tenderness in his eyes.

"Madam Su, I've mended the net of justice for you. What are you going to give me in return for the rest of my life?"

[Reader's Guide/Tags]

1. A heroine who seems gentle but is actually cool-headed and ruthless × a seemingly aloof, impartial lawman who is actually a fiercely devoted romantic.

2. Two strong leads, mystery investigation, cat-and-mouse game, and intense romantic tension.

----------Upcoming Historical Novel: "Reborn with My Former Husband to Save My Husband"----------

In their previous lives, Li Lingyi and Gu Zhun loved each other passionately and fought like the world was ending.

Their divorce dispute reached the emperor's desk, but before a decision could be made, the enemy forces entered the city.

A great fire burned them both to ash.

When she opens her eyes, Li Lingyi has returned to the age of twenty.

It's the night she's just married Gu Zhun, and she grits her teeth in frustration. "Damn it! Couldn't I have been reborn one day earlier?!"

In this new life, she wants to survive, save her country, and save General Cui Yu of the Yunzan Army, who died in battle for his country before he turned thirty.

In the Battle of Cangwu in her previous life, he was twenty-nine and fought against overwhelming odds until he was the last man standing, but in the end, he couldn't hold back the rebels.

This not only led to Li Lingyi's death, but also cost Great Yan its empire.

Li Lingyi doesn't understand the treachery of court politics, but she knows that as long as Cui Yu lives, Great Yan's backbone won't break.

As it happens, Gu Zhun thinks the same way.

On the highway out of the capital, the two of them, having fled their wedding overnight, run straight into each other. They both freeze.

After a moment of silence, they speak in unison:

"Could it be that you also...?"

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After the princess rejected Cui Yu's marriage proposal, he gloomily volunteered for the battlefield.

He just didn't want to stay in the capital and watch her be affectionate with her future prince consort.

But these two are like a pair of lunatics. He can't shake them off, and they actually follow him to Changxing Pass.

Just as Cui Yu scowls, thinking he's about to become a part of this married couple's bedroom games again...

The princess suddenly drags him onto the bed.

Looking at the woman above him, her eyes burning with desire, Cui Yu thinks: Maybe being her lover on the side wouldn't be so bad.

Gu Zhun had thought he'd already moved on.

But in this new life, he finally sees through all the misunderstandings of his previous one.

Just as he's about to find Li Lingyi and confess his guilt and feelings...

He hears the sounds of passion coming from the commander's tent.

The renowned Lord Gu is so furious that he vomits blood on the spot, draws his sword, and roars, "Cui Yu! Give me back my wife!!!"

This novel is also known as "Green Mountains Share the Same Rain and Clouds"

Theme: Protecting vulnerable groups