After the Divorce, I Accidentally Caught the Emperor's Eye

Zhang Zhen, daughter of the Grand Tutor, was talented and beautiful, gentle and demure, and a model young lady. She later married Qi Ruzhi, the son of a family friend, in a grand wedding that made every woman in the capital envious. Everyone thought Zhang Zhen would be happy for the rest of her life. Zhang Zhen once thought so too. But less than two years later, Qi Ruzhi took a lover outside the marriage. His mistress showed up at their door with a baby on the way. Using Zhang Zhen's childlessness as his excuse, Qi Ruzhi wanted to take her as a concubine. He assumed Zhang Zhen would agree. But after years of obeying the rules, Zhang Zhen would rather break than bend, and asked for a divorce. After the divorce, Zhang Zhen returned to her hometown, Xuanhua. Zhang Zhen thought she would never fall in love with another man. She refused to be trapped in a cage again. But then, one early spring day, a heavy rain fell, and Zhang Zhen had nowhere to hide. An oil-paper umbrella appeared over her head. Her gaze traveled up the hand holding it, past the bright yellow sleeve, to a sharply defined jaw and a pair of eyes fixed on her rain-soaked face. From the moment he first saw Zhang Zhen, Zhao Ying wanted to possess her. Before meeting Zhang Zhen, Zhao Ying had never truly loved a woman. After meeting Zhang Zhen, Zhao Ying began to worry. Was it too late to understand love now? An emperor x a divorcée A powerful emperor, radiant and dignified, who claims her as his own x a gentle, soft-hearted young woman with a mischievous streak My life is like bermudagrass, standing guard atop this embankment. Then I am the river rushing by, flowing past the embankment you protect. Also titled Bermudagrass What this story offers: 1. The heroine is not a virgin, the hero is. 2. A story about a years-long secret crush that seemed impossible, but came true after all. 3. A story about saving someone from the loneliness of youth. Theme: Water conservancy and architecture, with the canal carrying goods.