Reborn as a Couple Who Got Together Midway Through Life

The sun and moon are lofty and bright; spouses are both the closest and the most distant.

If asked whom she loved most, Jiang Xu couldn't think of anyone, even on her deathbed. But if asked whom she hated most, the answer was definitely Liu Shi.

He was a nobody, and she was a woman marrying for the second time. Though they were married later in life, Jiang Xu stayed by his side as he rose to power, and step by step, she became empress.

After thirteen years of marriage, no one understood his coldness and cruelty better than she did, nor his abilities and ambition.

So after being reborn, Jiang Xu rested for only half a day before following her memories to the servants' quarters in the rear courtyard.

Unlike the spirited man she had first met in her previous life, Liu Shi had just been beaten. Covered in blood, he was curled up in a corner, barely alive.

Jiang Xu watched him for a while, then suddenly found herself entertaining a different idea.

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With the chance to be reborn, everything unfolded just as she had expected. Soon, the day came when Li Fengchen was due to stay with them.

This time, Jiang Xu was confident she could win the favor of Li Fengchen, her beloved from her previous life.

She went to great lengths to arrange a chance encounter.

She raised her umbrella slightly, only to meet Liu Shi's half-smiling gaze.

He seized her wrist and looked at her exquisite makeup. A trace of jealousy passed through his eyes, almost impossible to detect.

"For a man, you'd give up all your wealth and glory... Your Majesty?"

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In her previous life, Liu Shi and Jiang Xu had a terrible argument. Their fights had never stopped after he ascended the throne.

That time, she pointed at him, hatred plain in her eyes, and cursed him to die a terrible death.

Liu Shi's chest heaved. In the end, he confined her to her quarters and angrily left for the battlefield.

The war dragged on. One day, he suddenly felt a pang of dread and was wounded in a moment of distraction.

Five days later, news came that the empress had hanged herself.

Liu Shi spat out a mouthful of blood. His grievous wounds never healed.

As he lay dying, Liu Shi vaguely remembered that in the beginning, all he'd ever fought to do was let her wear fine clothes again.

[The street thug who becomes emperor × the noblewoman who covets wealth and status]

Reader's Guide:

In her previous life, the heroine had a child with the second male lead. In this life, both leads are inexperienced.

The male lead belongs to the heroine, body and soul, in both lives.

They have misunderstandings.

Theme: Never forget your original aspirations