After I Was Forced to Marry My Ex's Uncle

My next book will be "The New Emperor Can't Stop Thinking About Me (Both Reborn)". The blurb is at the bottom. Please add it to your collection~

This book will become a paid novel on November 26. Paid chapters start with Chapter 22, so please don't buy them again if you've already read them!

Blurb:

Mu Wanwan was born with extraordinary beauty, but after losing her mother at a young age, she suffered endless bullying. She pretended to be ill and hid her talents just to survive until marriage, only for her stepsister's name to take the place of hers on the marriage contract.

She was forced to marry the uncle of her former fiancé: Zhai Xingsuo, the Lord of Beitan, a man who defied the law and was cruel and merciless.

He was ruthless and sinister, regarded as a disgrace to his family and a scourge to the nation. On the day he sent his betrothal gifts, he had just executed a veteran court official who had served two dynasties. Blood flowed all the way to the entrance of Shoushui Lane.

Everyone said that the Lord of Beitan would eventually get what was coming to him. It was a pity that such a peerless beauty had been destroyed by him at such a young age.

Some young noblemen were even waiting to take advantage of the situation, hoping the Lord of Beitan would grow tired of her so they could win the beauty for themselves.

Years passed. They never got the chance to gloat. Instead, they watched Wanwan secure her place as Madam Beitan, receive an honorific title, and rise ever higher until she became the most distinguished woman in Dongdu.

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After being reborn in fire, Zhai Xingsuo shut his heart away and showed no mercy. His hands were stained with blood, his old friends avoided him like the plague, and even his own kin wouldn't speak his name.

Only the little girl he had once rescued from a lake came against the tide, wiping the blood from his hands with her own skirt.

From then on, he would move mountains and fill seas for her, and never regret it, even in death.

A sickly beauty who's no pushover + X + a powerful official who's vicious on the surface but unbelievably pure-hearted

The male lead holds the upper hand in the early part, but later the female lead has him completely wrapped around her finger.

My next book will be "The New Emperor Can't Stop Thinking About Me (Both Reborn)".

Female lead's perspective:

When Gao Tanqing married, the capital was abuzz with the saying: "She'd rather be a daughter of the Gao family than a member of the imperial family."

Gao Tanqing was born into a powerful clan. Her father commanded the army, and her aunt sat in the empress's place.

Her husband was Shen Chengyun, heir to the marquis's household. He was the man she was meant to marry, and the man she loved.

After their wedding, he disliked her outspoken nature, so she stayed confined to the inner courtyard day after day, giving up her pride, abandoning martial arts, and bearing him a legitimate son.

Until Shen Chengyun rose to become regent and the young emperor became a puppet, while he slaughtered the entire Gao clan.

Shen Chengyun brought her a cup of poisoned wine. "The Shen family needs a new wife. You're in the way."

Gao Tanqing raised her sword against him, only to discover it was tarnished. After twenty-five years together, all he had wanted was the Gao family's immense power.

Reborn in a new life,

while the Gao family still dreamed of joining forces with the Shen family, Gao Tanqing secretly led them to retreat before it was too late. She navigated the tangled relations between the imperial family and its relatives by marriage, was granted the title of Qinghe Commandery Princess, and ensured the Gao family's glory endured through the reigns of two emperors.

On the day the Shen family was arrested and stripped of their possessions, she personally brought Shen Chengyun a cup of poisoned wine. "Drink this, and I'll spare the rest of the Shen family."

Shen Chengyun still struggled like a trapped beast, kneeling on one knee before Gao Tanqing. "Did you ever love me?"

Gao Tanqing: "Never.

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On the day she was reborn, the Shen family's bridal sedan arrived.

Dressed in red, Gao Tanqing had yet to climb aboard when she twisted her ankle and fell into a man's arms. Before she could see his face, his unhurried voice reached her ears. "Make an alliance with me, and I'll ensure you live a worry-free life to a hundred."

Male lead's perspective:

Huo Cangwu was an accident born of the emperor's drunkenness. His mother was a lowly maid, and everyone in the palace treated him like a blade of grass.

In his previous life, he stayed away from court and never fought for anything. Only when Gao Tanqing married did he get drunk listening to the wedding music.

In this life, even if the road to the top was strewn with thorns, he would fear nothing, as long as the pearl in his heart could shine forever.

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Content warnings:

The ex-husband pursues his wife after the divorce, then gets utterly destroyed.

The female lead is reborn and personally kills her enemies.

The female lead has romantic scenes with the male lead while still married.

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Theme: Never give up hope