After Rebirth, Did the General’s Crematorium Finally Burn?

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Blurb:

Shen Ruo was the daughter of the Grand Secretary. After the previous dynasty fell, the new emperor wiped out the entire Shen family.

Pei Heng, the battle-hardened general who defended the nation and wielded absolute authority, saved her and kept her in an estate outside his household.

Shen Ruo loved Pei Heng and believed he would clear the Shen family name.

She was willing to become his lowborn mistress, give up her pride for him, and confine herself to that estate for five whole years.

Later, Shen Ruo discovered that she had only ever been a tool for Pei Heng's revenge against her father. After years of devotion, all she received was a cup of deadly poison.

She laughed at herself for not seeing the truth sooner, leaving her lonely and adrift, with a tragic end.

If she had known, she never would have gotten involved with him.

Reborn at the age of sixteen, Shen Ruo was still the dazzling jewel among the noblewomen of the capital. She openly rejected and opposed Pei Heng, who had yet to rise to power.

She forced Pei Heng to leave the Shen residence and used him to uncover the truth behind her family's ruin in her previous life, until she finally found her elder brother's whereabouts with his help.

When everything had settled, she stood beside the handsome and refined Minister of Justice and smiled at Pei Heng. “General Pei, you're in my way.”

The usually composed and aloof Pei Heng's expression changed in an instant.

Later, Pei Heng held immense power and ruled the court, yet he could no longer find Shen Ruo anywhere.

As memories of his past life flooded back, the man who ruled the court with an iron fist trembled for the first time and knocked over his teacup.

On a bleak, cold night, Pei Heng stood silently for a long time before the empty residence.

The pain of regret pierced his heart. Only then did he belatedly understand that, in both his past and present lives, he had failed to keep her.

A little scene:

That day, Pei Heng finally remembered everything from his past life.

In the rain in Jiangnan, drenched in his black robes, he blocked Shen Ruo from leaving the pavilion.

Shen Ruo brushed his hand away and said coolly, “General Pei, please behave yourself.”

But Pei Heng stubbornly pulled her into his arms and explained in a trembling voice, “A Ruo, everything I did in the past was wrong. Will you give me one chance?”

Shen Ruo let him hold her, but her voice was as cold as ice water. “But, General, you no longer have a place in my heart.”

Note:

1. Both leads are virgins, and the ending is happy.

2. The male lead loves only the female lead.

Upcoming: The Heir's Wife Only Wants a Divorce

Gu Jinyu was the youngest legitimate daughter of a high-ranking scholar in the capital. She was beautiful, charming, and clever.

When she married Zhao Chengyan, the heir to the Duke of Dingguo, a cold and composed man famed for his military exploits, she made countless noblewomen envious.

Only Gu Jinyu understood that their marriage was nothing more than an alliance arranged by their families to protect themselves.

At their first meeting in the bridal chamber, she met Zhao Chengyan's calm, deep gaze.

His phoenix eyes, deep as a cold pool, reflected blizzards on the frontier, the aloof grandeur of the desert, and a darkness she could not understand.

Gu Jinyu thought that since she had become his wife, she would respect and love him, and share both hardship and joy with him.

Later, Gu Jinyu accidentally learned that Zhao Chengyan had had a beloved woman long before their marriage. Her presence had kept the lovers apart.

Only then did Gu Jinyu understand why, despite giving Zhao Chengyan everything, he had always treated her with cold indifference.

It wasn't simply his nature. It was because he didn't love her at all...

After that, Gu Jinyu stopped caring for Zhao Chengyan and devoting herself to him. All she wanted was a dignified divorce, so her husband and his beloved could rekindle their relationship.

A little scene 1:

Zhao Chengyan returned late at night to find the main house dark. His little wife was no longer there, half-asleep but stubbornly waiting for him to come home. He couldn't help frowning slightly.

A maid emerged from a side room and led him toward the courtyard entrance. “Please forgive us, General. Madam is unwell and has gone to bed. I'm afraid you'll have to make do in the study tonight.”

When Zhao Chengyan heard that the main branch was making things difficult for Gu Jinyu because she had not borne an heir, he hurried over, ready to go in and help her.

But then he heard his usually clever little wife quietly agree. “Eldest Sister-in-law is right. The General's heirs are important. Tonight, I'll send these two healthy young women you brought over to the General's room.”

Zhao Chengyan thought his little wife was simply using a retreat as a way to negotiate. He never expected to see the two women that very night.

Zhao Chengyan panicked.

Later, he received divorce papers from the Gu residence.

A little scene 2:

Many years later, Zhao Chengyan finally found Gu Jinyu riding freely along the frontier.

He rode up and stopped her, reaching out. “There was a battle here just yesterday. It's too dangerous. Listen to me. If you want to ride, I'll take you to the camp.”

But Gu Jinyu's clear, almond-shaped eyes held nothing but unfamiliarity. She gripped the reins, backed away, and warily asked, “Who... are you?”

Only later did Zhao Chengyan learn that his little wife had recently suffered a great disaster and had forgotten her entire past.

She no longer remembered him.

Upcoming: Did the Heir Get His Heartbreak Punishment Today?

Jiang Yao was the adopted daughter of a treacherous minister. She grew into a delicate beauty, and plenty of powerful young men of good family and character came to seek her hand.

But her adoptive father wanted to climb the ladder of power, so he forced her into a scheme: she was to spend a night with Gu Yuan, the heir to the Duke of Dingguo, who held the reins of power at court.

To save her birth mother and younger sister, she swallowed her humiliation and agreed.

This shameful plot made Jiang Yao the wife of the heir in the Duke of Dingguo's household.

Knowing she had resorted to despicable means and wronged Gu Yuan, Jiang Yao never forgot her place. In the Duke's sprawling household, she was careful never to make a misstep.

She was always obedient when serving him. Even when he ravaged her in bed and left her unable to bear it, she never resisted.

They lived in peace for six years, but she never conceived. When she consulted a doctor, she learned that the nourishing tonics she had been drinking all those years were actually contraceptives prepared at Gu Yuan's instruction.

After making further inquiries, she discovered that her mother-in-law had recently brought a niece from her own family into the residence, intending to make her Gu Yuan's secondary wife.

Jiang Yao was already frail. She was so furious that she vomited blood, then took to her bed and lingered near death until she finally passed away.

When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the year she was about to turn fifteen.

She saw her father, all bluster and no courage, threaten her birth mother and younger sister's lives to make her drug Gu Yuan. She pretended to obey, but turned around and told Gu Yuan what her father was planning.

In this life, she would not marry Gu Yuan again.

She would use his power to bring down the entire Jiang family and find a way out for herself and the people she cared about.

At some point, Gu Yuan, the Duke of Dingguo's aloof, proud, and noble heir, suddenly began attending banquets frequently.

At every banquet, he would ask the attendant beside him, “Has the fifth young lady of the Jiang family arrived?”

One day, Jiang Yao asked to see him. Gu Yuan promptly invited her inside.

He did not receive the drugged wine the young woman had nervously offered him in her previous life. Instead, he heard her say, “My adoptive father intends to drug you and frame you. If you don't mind, I am willing to serve you.”

But after being reborn, Gu Yuan had no interest in using that man's leverage against the Jiang family. What he wanted was Jiang Yao.

Theme: Stay dignified and unyielding through adversity, and write your own brilliant life.