After I Reunited with My Family, My Ex-Husband Was Sent to the Crematorium

[Love and hatred, tangled grievances, a husband chasing his wife to the crematorium, melodrama galore] Ding Cuiwei fell for a man she had picked up. To avoid gossip, she took advantage of his limited mobility and forced him to marry her. Later, he offered to pay for his freedom. She said only three words: "You'll have to pay more." It wasn't until they reached the capital that Ding Cuiwei learned the man was Prince Jin himself. She chose not to keep entangling herself with him. After all, her birth father's status at court was no less significant. Ding Cuiwei was reunited with her birth family and reclaimed her place as the eldest legitimate daughter of the Grand Secretary. She had climbed a cliff to acknowledge her father, and her courage and determination earned the emperor's praise. In no time, she became the most sought-after pearl among the noblewomen of the capital. Every young man in the city admired her, and matchmakers practically wore out her doorstep. One day, someone clamped a hand over her mouth and pinned her against a secluded wall. She came face to face with someone familiar. It was her ex-husband, the man who had paid for his freedom. His voice was even more humble than the day he had begged her to save his life. "Would you marry me one more time?" Xie Zhaoheng had never fallen for Ding Cuiwei. He had only used her. Once he recovered and returned to the capital, he would forget that lowborn country girl. Later, watching her follow him to the capital, Xie Zhaoheng felt his heart soften a little. She had done him a favor, after all. If she came begging, he was willing to let her enter his household as a concubine. But Xie Zhaoheng waited and waited... All he got was news that she had reunited with her birth family. The capital now had a new eldest legitimate daughter of the Grand Secretary's household. Beautiful and captivating, with impeccable manners, every frown and smile of hers drew people in. Even the celebrated heir of the Duke of Su's household publicly presented her with a hairpin and declared his affection. Xie Zhaoheng finally panicked. It turned out he had never let her go. The author is terrible at writing blurbs, so please give the story itself a chance. [Before their relationship begins, the heroine is a country girl. Afterward, she regains her identity.] The style is similar to my previous two novels. Before You Read: 1. Both leads remain faithful to each other. Happy ending, lots of melodrama, a husband chasing his wife to the crematorium, and love and hatred tangled together. 2. Neither lead is perfect. They have serious flaws and grow over time. 3. The pacing swings back and forth between snail-slow and roller-coaster-fast. 4. A satisfying story with a touch of angst and sweetness. Please add the neighboring novel, Snowy Seduction, to your reading list. Si Xue had two secrets. First: She liked the heir of the Duke's household. Second: She was having an affair with a servant in the household. By day, she was meek and obedient in front of the heir. At night, she was the one in charge. She took out all her daytime frustrations on the servant, digging her nails into his shoulders and back as she asked in a sultry voice, "Do you like it?" "Ah... yes." Si Xue wasn't even a servant born into the household, so she was never going to be good enough for the duke's heir. She was bound to be paired with a servant anyway, so she decided to find herself a handsome one who was easy to control. She handed over her entire monthly allowance, and he obeyed her in everything. Then one day, Si Xue realized they might be the same person. Thinking of how she usually bossed the servant around, she panicked and fled in the middle of the night. * While learning the art of disguise, Song Chengxiao took an interest in a third-class maid. At first, he only wanted to sample the maid's charms and improve his disguises. So even when she acted spoiled and willful, he treated her as a bit of entertainment and didn't mind. She was just a convenient plaything. When he got bored of her, he could toss her aside in an instant. Until Song Chengxiao realized she might have someone else in her heart. Outrageous. So when she shared his bed, was she thinking about another man? While he was trying to figure out who the man she liked was, the maid ran away. She left a note for the "servant" saying, "Let's call this a brief affair. From now on, we'll each go our own way." Hah. She says it's over, so it's over? Does she really think she can have the last word? Song Chengxiao burned the note to ashes. Please add the neighboring novel, Is Your Useless Escort Order on Its Way..., to your reading list. [A classic road-trip buddy comedy in an ancient setting] A cool, refined, frail Crown Prince x a skilled, spirited female bodyguard 1. Liu Shu was the top fighter at her escort agency. She had trained under the greatest martial artist in the world. Quick-witted and clever, she excelled at disguise. One day, she took an escort job. She had to accompany a noble young man to the capital. The young man was exceptionally handsome, every inch the picture of noble refinement. He seemed like an immortal untouched by the world. Fussy and difficult to please. He nitpicked everything. When Liu Shu drew her blade to kill someone, he hurriedly ducked behind her. "Don't get my clothes dirty." Liu Shu: ??? 2. Song Shiwen, the disgraced Crown Prince, had thought he would spend the rest of his life exiled in Danzhou. Until one day, an imperial decree ordered him back to the capital. Hardly anyone at court wanted him to make it back alive. His journey was fraught with danger. His advisers found him a woman to help him travel unnoticed. She was indeed a skilled fighter. But she was unreasonable, petty, and as brash as a street tough. She was the complete opposite of the proper young ladies of the capital. One day, she even pulled a dice cup out on the carriage. With a quick turn of her wrist, the dice rattled crisply inside the wooden cup. She gave him a suggestive wink. "Young master, want to play a couple of rounds?" Song Shiwen: !!! 3. Liu Shu thought he was spoiled. Song Shiwen thought she was vulgar. They both had to put up with each other. Every day was agony. Then, one day, on a rainy night, they ran into assassins and were driven into a desperate situation. Song Shiwen, barely conscious, watched the woman fighting desperately for him in the rain and felt his heart soften. "You can't kill them all. Go." With her eyes bloodshot from the fighting and her lips pale, Liu Shu cut down another man in the rain, her fierce expression and action painting a breathtaking sight. "As long as the client lives, I live. If the client dies, I die!" 4. Years later, Song Shiwen ascended the throne. The court officials recommended noble young ladies from the capital to be his empress, but none won his favor. He traveled to a villa on the outskirts of the capital. There he found the young woman preparing to open a new escort agency. "I want to hire an escort for myself." "I'll offer you my kingdom as your bride price. Protect me and keep me safe for the rest of my life." "From now on, we'll never be apart. We'll care for each other and grow old together, never abandoning each other in life or death." Completed novels you might enjoy from the neighboring shelf: Trick the Emperor into Giving Me a Baby [A noblewoman borrows a man's seed to conceive] I Had a Baby in Secret with the Grand Secretary [A stunning merchant who keeps the child and sends the father away x a ruthless Grand Secretary who wields power over all] The Empress's Lover Is the Grand Secretary [A forbidden affair in the imperial palace] Theme: Even in difficult circumstances, remain steadfast and keep moving forward.