Remarrying a Powerful Official

[Complete] The story is finished! My new novel, "Marrying the Sickly Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune," is now updating. See the blurb at the end. Please add it to your reading list~ Sending hearts~=3= [Important warning!] This story is about the heroine regretting how she wronged the hero in her past life, then being reborn and treating him well. If this isn't your thing, please don't force yourself to click in. I'm begging you _(:з"∠)_ In her previous life, Su Wenzhuo's family fell into decline. Her uncle took her title, and she was married to the illegitimate son of a low-ranking seventh-rank official, becoming a laughingstock in the capital, Shengjing. She screamed and cried, making a scene and refusing to accept her fate, constantly thinking about her childhood sweetheart, her cousin. But then she heard that her cousin had long since become engaged to a young lady from a prestigious family, and that he would soon marry her in a grand ceremony with eight bearers carrying the bridal sedan chair. Mocked and scorned by everyone, she gradually became hysterical, convinced that everything was the illegitimate son's fault. It was all because she had married him. But this illegitimate son, whom everyone looked down on, rose step by step to heights they could never hope to reach, becoming The Outcast, a powerful minister second only to the emperor. Su Wenzhuo never treated him kindly. She thought he was gloomy and sinister, someone to fear. Yet when she was bedridden with illness, this powerful minister personally cared for her at her bedside. She died young, and he erected a gravestone with only the words "Tomb of Su Wenzhuo" engraved on it. He did not write "my wife," because he knew that she had never wanted to be his wife in this life. Su Wenzhuo watched him erect the gravestone, watched him exhaust himself serving the court, watched him write her a letter and burn it every year on her birthday and the anniversary of her death, watched him remain unmarried for the rest of his life. Su Wenzhuo thought that if a soul could cry, she would probably weep for a very long time. Reborn, Su Wenzhuo still married this man. She no longer cared about the mockery and scorn. And that childhood sweetheart of a cousin? To hell with him! In this life, she would love him well, love him very, very much. For the first fifteen years of her life, Su Wenzhuo was the beloved eldest daughter of the Yong'an Marquis's household in the capital. But on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, her parents both died, leaving her an orphan. Still, Su Wenzhuo married Yu Jing, an illegitimate son with a gloomy, unfathomable temperament. He weathered all the mockery and scorn with her, and in the end rose to the highest position in the court, earning her the honorific title of a first-rank imperial lady. Yu Jing said, "Everything my wife once had, I will give back to her. Everything my wife never had, I will place in her hands with both of mine." Reading guide: 1. A fallen noble family's young lady x a gloomy, sinister illegitimate son (the heroine is a master of verbal sparring) 2. A sweet, everyday romance, with a little court intrigue and a touch of domestic scheming (the author is just too inexperienced) 3. The story opens after she is reborn. Her past life, described in the blurb, will appear throughout the main story, with a separate set of bonus chapters planned 4. A sweet one-on-one romance. I absolutely won't make it angsty. Their feelings are mutual and emphatic, and the setting is just as fantastical Please add my upcoming novel, "Marrying the Sickly Crown Prince to Bring Him Good Fortune," to your reading list~ After the Duke of Rui's household welcomed five sons in a row, they finally had a delicate legitimate daughter. The duke and his wife doted on her and raised her with great care. At last, their pearl-like girl was growing up. There was just one odd thing: the young lady seemed to have terrible luck. She never drew a good lot, bought inferior clothes, picked broken jewelry, and even the pen she grabbed had a split brush tip. From childhood onward, not once was she spared. But the Duke of Rui's family had status, so none of this was a serious matter. Suitors came one after another. Then, out of nowhere, an imperial decree arrived, bestowing her in marriage to the Crown Prince. The Duke of Rui's household was struck by disaster overnight, as if mourning the dead. There was only one reason: the Crown Prince was born with a hidden illness, and a renowned physician had declared that he would not live past twenty. The emperor went to the imperial temple in the middle of the night to seek a way to break the curse from Abbot Mingwu, who rarely appeared in public. The next day, the marriage decree was issued. The Duke of Rui's legitimate daughter was to marry the Crown Prince to bring him good fortune. When Sheng Xiwei received the decree, a look of bewilderment still lingered in her bright, sparkling eyes. Her father, brothers, and mother all felt for her and wanted to reject the match, even if it cost them their title. But when Sheng Xiwei woke the next day and saw the excellent fortune lot she had just drawn, she slapped the table! For more than ten years, she had drawn a lot every day, yet she had never drawn anything better than the very worst! Sheng Xiwei said, "I'll marry him. I'll do it right away!" The Crown Prince, Xiao Yi, was the son of the late empress. His literary and martial talents far surpassed those of ordinary people. Yet he had been declared unlikely to live past twenty. Xiao Yi knew his body was already failing, and thought the idea that marriage could bring him good fortune was absurd. He thought that the young lady had only just come of age and was still so young. She shouldn't have to give up the happiness of the rest of her life for someone like him. Still, he was grateful that she hadn't refused the marriage, preserving the royal family's dignity. That day, Xiao Yi specifically arranged for someone to invite Sheng Xiwei out. First, he wanted to thank her. Second, he wanted to reassure her that he would ask his father to revoke the match. But who could have expected the petite, radiant young woman before him to clasp his hand eagerly and look up at him? Her sparkling eyes held a hint of pleading, and her voice was soft and sweet as she gently asked: "C-could you please not break off our engagement?" Reading guide: 1. A lucky-challenged young lady x a sickly, possessive Crown Prince 2. A gentle, sweet romance, both before and after marriage~ Theme: Don't dwell on the past. Life always moves forward, so keep looking ahead and aiming higher.