After Faking My Death as a Substitute Bride, the Powerful Chancellor's Regret Came Too Late

Before the wedding, the legitimate daughter of the Ruan family, Ruan Qingmin, ran away.

To avoid angering the powerful minister Wen Yu, the concubine-born Ruan Songxue, whose profile resembled the legitimate daughter's, was forced to take her place as the bride.

During their first year of marriage, Wen Yu treated her so well that she came to believe he loved her too.

Then the legitimate daughter who had run away suddenly returned, and the truth about the substitution was exposed.

Furious, Wen Yu divorced Ruan Songxue.

The divorced and abandoned Ruan Songxue was captured by the rebels.

They captured her and demanded that Wen Yu choose between letting them escape and killing her.

Ruan Songxue looked at Wen Yu hopefully.

But Wen Yu said coldly, "Loose the arrows."

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Back when he was still a poor scholar, Wen Yu fell in love with a young woman.

She was quick-witted, kind, and gentle. Though he'd never met her in person and had only read her letters, he fell deeply in love with her.

So when he learned that his wife had deceived him, he flew into a rage, divorced her, and even turned a blind eye to her death.

But he never imagined that his wife was the real woman who had exchanged letters with him all those years ago.

The woman who had already died was the one he'd truly loved.

Everyone says that Minister Wen has gone mad.

Every day, he searches the battlefield for Miss Ruan's body. But she's been dead for so long, and there are so many bodies on the battlefield. How could he possibly find her?

One couple, happy ending, both leads are each other's one and only.

The heroine isn't dead, she only faked her death. The hero has always loved the heroine. No replacement male lead. The hero will suffer horribly, physically and emotionally.

The blurb premise was screenshotted on April 16, 2022.

The cover character designs were commissioned exclusively. No substitutes or derivative designs allowed.

Theme: There is no greater virtue than admitting your mistakes and correcting them.