Reborn: To Hell with My Second Wife

Su Luo never understood, even on her deathbed: if she didn't love that man, how had she ended up spending her whole life with him?

Back then, Marquis Yong'an Zhao Qin had come to ask for Su Luo's hand as his second wife. But he didn't love her, or even respect her. She was just someone to show off. His heart belonged to his first wife, his one true love, and their son...

After Zhao Qin disappointed her time and again, Su Luo chose to divorce him. But after she left the marquis's residence, Zhao Qin said he regretted it and promised to treat her well from then on. Just like that, Su Luo and he “rekindled their relationship” and had several children.

But beneath the appearance of having “forgiven” him, Su Luo was deeply resistant. She wanted to refuse, to leave, even to curse him out, but she was like a puppet on strings, unable to make her own choices. She still couldn't understand it when she died.

Only after Su Luo died did she discover that she was the protagonist of a “rekindled love” story. She could only “accept” Zhao Qin and spend a “happy life” with him according to the author's wishes.

When she opened her eyes again, Su Luo was back at the time when she had just married Zhao Qin. Gradually, she realized that this time she could live outside the script. This time, she would make her own choices...

The heroine has a love interest, one-on-one, but it isn't Zhao Qin.

P.S. There is a supporting character who transmigrates into a book.

Also updating: Jing Xi, with blurb

Fu Jingxi's father, Marquis Chengping, died saving the then Third Prince Zhao Zhang before she was born. Her mother remarried after giving birth to her.

Fu Jingxi lost both parents from birth and could only be raised by her grandmother.

When Fu Jingxi was three, the Third Prince ascended the throne. Grateful that Marquis Chengping had given his life to save him, he bestowed the title of Lady Zhaoning on the marquis's daughter.

But her father's half-brother, blinded by greed, had his own daughter take Fu Jingxi's place and accept the emperor's favor, becoming a county lady. For a time, the Marquis Chengping household basked in glory.

As for Fu Jingxi, her grandmother died, leaving the three-year-old with no support. She became a thorn in her uncle's family's side and was sent alone to Suzhou, going from the legitimate daughter of a marquis to an orphan.

Thirteen years later, Fu Jingxi, still living far away in Suzhou, met Emperor Zhao Zhang while he was traveling incognito. By a twist of fate, the young woman captured the emperor's heart.

Zhao Zhang ascended the throne at twenty-one. He had always been calm and self-controlled, never one to fall in love, until he met a young girl in Suzhou.

The girl had no family and no one to rely on, and was quite pitiful, yet she was as warm as a flame and melted his heart. At first, he felt only some affection for her. In the end, he wanted to care for and protect her for the rest of her life.

Theme: Make your own choices