The Ex-Husband I Wronged Ascended the Throne

A period-drama version of "The Runaway Bride with a Baby": melodramatic and thrilling.

Du Qingyan, the eldest daughter of the Chancellor's household, was sent to her maternal grandparents' home as a child to recover from poor health. She was brought back only when she came of age. Dull and uninteresting, with no talent for winning over her elders, she was despised by her birth father and mistreated by her stepmother. Later, her younger sister stole her betrothal, and the sisters switched marriages: her younger sister became the Crown Princess, while Du Qingyan was forced to marry the down-and-out Sixth Prince.

Only a few months into their marriage, Du Qingyan was cast off after being accused of an affair. To protect the family's reputation, the Chancellor's household tried to burn her alive, but her "lover" came to her rescue, and she narrowly escaped death.

Later, the Crown Prince fell from power and the Chancellor's household was confiscated. The Sixth Prince won the Emperor's favor, was granted the title of Prince Chen, and led an army to quell the northern frontier rebellion, earning great military honors and taking control of the troops.

Two years later, the Crown Prince's failed coup ended in his execution. A few days afterward, the Emperor died and passed the throne to Prince Chen. Everyone praised the new Emperor as wise and benevolent, a truly enlightened ruler.

Only Du Qingyan trembled whenever she heard the words "enlightened ruler."

One day, the ex-husband she had once abandoned came looking for her. After capturing her "lover," he also took her son and locked her in the Cold Palace, where he humiliated her to vent his rage.

Disheveled, she knelt before the new Emperor. He deigned to crouch down and grip her chin tightly, asking with a sinister smile, "When you chose to betray me, did you ever imagine you would end up like this?"

"This guilty woman is willing to die to atone for her sins."

At last, she found the courage to push his hand away and, resolved to die, hurled herself against a bedpost, splitting her head open and bleeding profusely.

The new Emperor held her in his arms, barely clinging to life, panic-stricken and at a loss.

"If you dare to die, your son will be buried with you!"

She raised a hand and caught one of his tears, then spoke weakly.

"Even the fiercest tiger won't eat its cubs. I know you won't..."

The young Emperor's eyes reddened at once. Trembling with anxiety, he clutched her tightly, and before she lost consciousness, she heard his hoarse, desperate plea.

Message: Life rarely goes as we wish, but keep moving forward bravely toward love and tomorrow.