The Magistrate Comes to Propose After the Divorce
Qin Yuwan was reborn on the very day her husband was having an affair with her younger sister.
In her previous life, she caught them in bed in a fit of anger, only to be rejected by both her husband's family and her own. They blamed her for airing the family's dirty laundry and ruining their reputations.
This time, Qin Yuwan stopped herself from barging in and went to the business instead. She would separate her dowry properties from her husband's family. The Zhao family was a pit of fire, and if someone else wanted to jump in, she was happy to let them take her place.
Everyone said the best Qin Yuwan could hope for after her divorce was to take her substantial dowry and become an older man's second wife.
Yet just one month after the divorce, the renowned magistrate, the adopted son of a chancellor and a future prime minister, came to her door to propose.
When Pei Wenjun was young, he was terribly destitute. He nearly died of illness on the road to take the imperial examination, but a young lady came to his aid, allowing him to make it to the capital and sit the exam.
He resolved then that the day he passed the imperial examination would be the day he came to propose to her.
Unexpectedly, on the day the results were posted, news arrived alongside the list of successful candidates: the young lady was getting married.
He rushed over, only to see the groom proudly welcoming her into his home.
One glance at the groom was enough for him to know that the young lady had married the wrong man!
For her sake, Pei Wenjun petitioned the court to be appointed to Jiangzhou instead of entering the Hanlin Academy. He started as a county magistrate and steadily rose to become a prefect.
If she divorced, he would marry her. If she didn't, he would watch over her from afar.
He waited like this for three years.
Over those three years, Pei Wenjun became ever more certain that she was the only woman he wanted to marry in this life.
Bonus Scene 1:
Qin Yuwan: My lord, you're not wealthy. Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you for living off my money if you marry me?
Pei Wenjun: That's just the world's vulgarity. Madam's dowry is this official's allowance for maintaining his integrity!
Everyone: You're probably the only person who can make living off your wife sound so refined and so completely justified.
Bonus Scene 2:
Qin Yuwan: I'll marry you, but there's something I have to do, and you can't stop me.
Pei Wenjun: What a coincidence. There's something I have to do, too, and you can't stop me.
A moment later, they each wrote four words on a sheet of paper: Destroy the Zhao family!
Theme: Women should be strong and independent, too
