Married Again

The main story is complete~~~ My new novel, [The Emperor's Daily Descent into Madness for Me], is now up next door.

Key points: Female lead isn't a virgin, male lead is; the second male lead takes the lead; more tags may be added later.

Can a broken relationship be mended?

She doesn't want to!

Everyone says Wei Yuntai, heir to the Marquis of Ningguo, is a refined and upright gentleman. Minghua always wants to laugh when she hears that. They must not know that all his cruelty is reserved for her, the wife he married first. Her only mistake was not asking more questions when their marriage was arranged.

Who would have guessed that the person Wei Yuntai adored so much that he personally came to propose marriage was her frail twin sister?

Later, she grew tired: tired of Wei Yuntai's unchanging coldness, tired of her sister's pain-stricken pallor, tired of seeing the helpless, heartbroken look in her parents' eyes as they watched her sister.

Three months after divorcing Wei Yuntai, her sister married into the Wei family, while rumors painted her as a villain who had impersonated her sister and stolen her marriage just to wed Wei Yuntai.

She moved to a country estate outside the city and met a handsome neighbor who had come there to recuperate.

They saw each other every day, and soon became lovers.

*

Wei Yuntai thought he hated Lu Minghua. She was scheming and had deceived Mingxi to marry him.

But after he married Mingxi and saw the entire manor decked out in red, a huge emptiness suddenly opened up inside him. Then, at a spring banquet, he saw Lu Minghua smiling and chatting, her gentle eyes meeting Prince Rui's. In a daze, he dropped his jade chopsticks.

Once, those eyes had held only him.

He regretted it.

*

Prince Rui, Yan Yuanhua, was the reigning emperor's youngest brother by the same parents. He was easygoing and carefree, and the one thing he was most determined to do was keep his brother's throne secure by going to guard the border. In the end, he returned covered in wounds.

He went to a country estate outside the city to recover and met Lu Minghua.

And so he found a second thing to be determined about.

He would marry her.

[After the First Wife Awakens in a Second-Wife Story]

Key points: Female lead isn't a virgin, a spoiled and beautiful but not-so-clever heroine OR a kind-looking, ruthless, exceptionally clever hero

While gravely ill, Ruan Rongan dreamed of a storybook. The hero was her husband, the heroine was her stepsister, and she was the overbearing, domineering first wife who had died young, mentioned only in passing when people praised the emperor and empress's devotion.

When she woke, she heard her usually affectionate mother-in-law discussing with her husband how they would welcome her stepsister into the household as his second wife after she died. Her normally cold husband was worried that rushing things might make her stepsister suffer.

Ruan Rongan knew Song Suichen didn't love her. He had married her only because of the marriage contract arranged when they were children. He resented her extravagance and love of pleasure, her clinginess and fussiness, her bold and spoiled nature. He scolded her for being unfit to run the household as a marquis's wife.

But she always remembered how patiently he had comforted her when they were young, so for all those years, she kept her temper in check and tried to be obedient and considerate. Still, she could never compare to Ruan Rongrong's gentle, sensible, and understanding nature.

Ruan Rongan fought to stay alive, then left decisively after divorcing him.

*

Song Suichen always thought he didn't like Ruan Rongan. He enjoyed peace and quiet, while she loved to make a fuss. He was devoted to his grand ambitions, while she cared only about eating, drinking, and having fun. She couldn't help him build connections with other women or ease his burdens.

But he never imagined that one day she would leave him in a way that nearly destroyed them both.

The manor suddenly felt empty.

It seemed his heart had emptied along with it.

When he heard that Gongye Hao had proposed to Ruan Rongan, he rushed there like a madman, only to watch her smile and throw herself into another man's arms.

He stumbled and fell from his horse, but the girl who used to worry and fuss over him at the slightest scrape didn't even glance his way.

*

Everyone says that powerful minister Gongye Hao looks kind but is ruthless, and has no interest in women. No one knows that he has always loved a young woman. Unfortunately, she loved someone else, so he could only watch from afar.

Later, the young woman divorced her husband.

[Spring Colors in His Sleeve]

Key points: Female lead isn't a virgin, coercive romance; more tags may be added later

Soon after her wedding, Ji Fuchun went to pay her respects when her husband's uncle, a celebrated general, returned to the capital. The man before her was dashing and imposing, his gaze deep as he looked at her, like a beast she had once seen in the mountains.

Startled, she instinctively leaned into her husband's arms as he soothed her. Through her fiery blush, she glimpsed the sudden, violent fury in the man's eyes.

Before long, her father-in-law and husband died one after another, and the Marquis of Weiyuan's household fell into the uncle's hands. As his gaze grew ever more brazen, Ji Fuchun grew anxious and planned to return to her family to avoid him. But in the end, her own father personally sent her back to the marquis's estate.

"Your father said that since you became a wife of the Du family, you must die in the Du family, even if you die."

"If you have done anything wrong, you may leave your punishment to me."

Duan Chengxuan lifted her chin and spoke with amusement, his voice light and airy. His smiling eyes made his words all the more suggestive.

"Tell me, how should I punish you?"

*

After a great victory, Duan Chengxuan awoke badly wounded and learned that the young woman he had yearned for over many years had married his nephew. He returned to the capital and watched her follow at his nephew's side, gentle and obedient. The forbidden desire in his heart grew.

A stolen treasure must, of course, be taken back.

Theme: Life is your own. Don't wallow in self-pity.