Pei Lingxu, the chief minister, was caught up in a treason case. In a fit of rage, the emperor stripped him of office and exiled him right there in court. Before half a day had passed after the news reached his wife, Yu Xiang had hurriedly drawn up a divorce agreement.
When Pei Lingxu returned home, his once-loving wife put on a cold face and said:
"Husband, you don't want me to suffer alongside you, do you?"
Pei Lingxu said nothing and let her leave, just as Yu Xiang wanted.
Yu Xiang took the divorce papers back to her parents' home, where her father called her into his study.
"My daughter had a hand in Xiao Pei's downfall, didn't she? If my information is right, it was you, Yu Xiang, who handed over the decisive evidence, correct?"
Yu Xiang denied it to her dying breath.
Her father sighed. "Marrying you to Pei Lingxu was a mistake from the start. Do you really love the Ninth Prince so much that you'd go after your own husband and forge evidence for him?"
Yu Xiang fell silent, but her father's next words left her stunned.
"You really think Pei Lingxu doesn't know you were the one who reported him?"
"Then why did he..." The rest of the words lodged in Yu Xiang's heart, weighing heavily on her, impossible to say.
For a long time afterward, she kept thinking about Pei Lingxu.
Pei Lingxu was a gentle man who had treated her well, but she hadn't understood that he could be so good to her even when he knew she was the one who had ruined him, bringing him down from his lofty position and making him the target of everyone's condemnation.
Later, Pei Lingxu, betrayed by Yu Xiang, rose to power once more.
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Before reading:
1. As the title says, after the heroine betrays him, the hero rises to power again. The hero is ruthless, an ambitious minister who really does succeed in usurping the throne.
2. The hero comes from a powerful family and has held a high position since childhood. He's aloof, desireless, cold, and arrogant. The only person he has ever humbled himself for or shown tenderness to in this life is the heroine.
3. Although the heroine marries someone else after betraying the hero, this story is indeed a one-couple-only romance.
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Theme: Admit your mistakes, then make amends.
