1. Shen Ying married Crown Prince Song Wang at sixteen and devoted herself to managing his Eastern Palace, pouring her heart and soul into it.
Two years later, Song Wang ascended the throne, made Cui Mingyi of the Qinghe Cui clan his empress, and personally divorced his first wife.
He thought he would never regret it.
The realm or Shen Ying.
He knew which mattered more.
Until the day he saw Shen Ying walking with Xie Du, her gaze gentle as she looked at another man.
Those eyes, which had once held only him, now reflected someone else's image.
A piece of his heart suddenly went empty.
Which matters more, Song Wang? Are you really sure you can tell?
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2. Xie Du was the eldest legitimate son of the Xie clan of Chen Commandery, the most outstanding young gentleman among the great clans. Handsome as jade and graceful as an orchid, he was peerless in his time, clad in moonlight and suffused with a gentle breeze. He had countless admirers.
No one had ever imagined that this universally admired gentleman of the great clans, the Xie family's treasured scion who stood aloof from the sordid world, would ask Shen Ying to be his wife.
Who was Shen Ying? A daughter of a lesser clan, the emperor's discarded wife. Though as beautiful as a celestial maiden, her status was low, her reputation ruined, and trouble followed her everywhere.
How could such a woman be worthy of the most outstanding gentleman of the great clans?
Only Xie Du knew.
The first time he saw her, she had already become the lovely dream he yearned for.
On countless sleepless nights, he regretted having missed his chance back then, watching helplessly as she married another man.
When he learned that she had divorced, Xie Du could no longer sit still.
If he had known she'd entrusted herself to the wrong man, he should have taken her for himself long ago. Why wait until now?
Since she feared trouble, he would simply conquer this vast realm and offer it to her as his bride price.
3.
Shen Ying was no kind soul, nor was she someone who dawdled or hesitated.
Before their divorce, Song Wang clutched her arm. "Ah Ying, three years. I swear I won't let you down."
With tears in her eyes and tender affection, Shen Ying replied, "The rushes are as tough as silk, and the rock will never shift."
Not long afterward, the Xie clan of Chen Commandery came to propose marriage.
Her parents hesitated, mindful of the emperor's power and afraid to accept.
Shen Ying came walking gracefully in red, stroking a snow-white cat. Standing beneath the corridor, she said gently, "Xie Mingxuan is exceptionally talented. Father, Mother, you may accept the proposal."
Song Wang's eyes reddened as he demanded to know why she'd broken her promise and married another man.
A tear glistened in Shen Ying's eyes. "The great clans wield immense power, and Xie Mingxuan is determined to have me. How could the Shen clan possibly resist? I'm merely trading my own life for my family's peace. Why can't you understand, my lord?"
Song Wang staggered back in anguish and fled in panic.
Shen Ying watched him go, a trace of coldness in her eyes, not a tear to be seen.
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The male lead is Xie Du
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She is the moon I can never reach
Wen Yang was the legitimate daughter of the powerful Marquis Anle, with a noble and distinguished status. She was also stunningly beautiful, unquestionably the most beautiful woman in Yandu.
At fifteen, to avoid the misfortune of being married to a doomed prince, she became involved with the head disciple of a monastery's eminent monk. They were discovered, ruining her reputation.
Then, when the monk came to see her, she mocked him without hesitation and drove him away.
In the first year of Chengping, the new emperor ascended the throne.
Wen Yang entered the palace for a banquet with her family. The moment she saw the ruler on the throne, she stared at him in shock.
Th-this, this, this isn't the monk she abandoned?
The woman Xie Changhuai loved was a delicate young lady from a marquis's household, born to wealth and privilege, too precious to be plucked.
He had never dreamed of picking this wealthy blossom from the mortal world.
But then, that day, she let her long black hair fall before him and placed the tip of her foot on his knee...
She lured him into the mortal world, then abandoned him.
When he had endured a hundred strokes of punishment at the monastery, crossed a thorny mountain path, and crawled to the Marquis Anle's residence covered in blood,
She had stepped on his fingers from her lofty perch, her eyes full of disdain. "You? You think you're worthy?"
At the palace banquet, the front hall was filled with toasts and clinking wine cups.
In the rear hall, the candlelight was dim.
Wen Yang took a step back and bowed to him, trembling. "Your Majesty, this subject will take her leave."
As she passed him, Xie Changhuai gripped her wrist and rubbed the red mole there, his gaze cold and distant.
"Wen Yang, am I worthy of you now?"
Devoted emperor x scheming beauty
A battle between equals.
Theme: When the mountains rise and the waters run dry, a new path appears beyond the willows and flowers.
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Moreover, the father of the heroine is really fake. Now he is pretending to bear the humiliation. At the beginning of the article, he hated the heroine and wanted to beat her and force her to marry into the Xiao family. Now it is too late to pretend to be innocent.
But men are really good at separating chicken heads. Although it sounds like they hate each other very much, they can still give birth to a son and a daughter through hatred. It's really amazing [Gotou] and they can have so many children with other people. It's so affectionate [Gotou]
Can you update it? We didn't spend money just to see you stop updating it. If you can't write it out, why don't you just put up a leave request note?
Again, the father of the heroine was forcibly whitewashed, as if the heroine's previous sufferings were not caused by him. As long as he tried hard, the stepmother would not be able to do this.
But I think no matter what the reasons are, the heroine's mother is dead after all, and the heroine's father is still married to her enemy and has children. If the heroine doesn't fight for her own strength, I don't know when the heroine's mother's revenge will be avenged.
Damn you deserve it! Not enough! How much has the heroine suffered because of this doggy man?
It is not logical for the heroine's mother to commit suicide. How could she kill her beloved first wife to get married? The father's approach is also inconsistent and his personality is inconsistent.
The author is really inconsistent about the heroine's father. I guess the author has forgotten what a heartless, heartless and scumbag father he created.
Alas, although evil will be punished, it was all bought with the heroine's blood and tears along the way. If the heroine was unknown, her father would not avenge his original wife. I still feel that the couple died too happily. The heroine should really find someone to replace them and hide them and torture them slowly.
Sofa??? What should I do in this life so that in the next life I can get a person like A'Du who has a background, is excellent in person, has no bad habits, and will not neglect the people around him no matter how busy he is, and who is single-minded?