Lord Shen, Stop Fooling Around

Jiang Chuyi had always felt that, as Shen Zhichou's wife, she spent less time with him than his friend did.

When the two of them played chess in the study, she would bring them tea and snacks, only to be asked to leave.

When they went to play polo, she wanted to come along, but Shen Zhichou spent the whole time frowning.

When the border was in danger, Shen Zhichou led troops to reinforce it and refused to let her accompany him before he left.

That night, Jiang Chuyi fell ill and had a long, vivid dream.

It turned out that her husband's friend and fellow student was a woman disguised as a man.

They had studied together and entered officialdom together. They had gone to the border together to repel foreign invaders and shared countless experiences.

That woman had saved Shen Zhichou. When she was on the brink of death, her identity was exposed. To help her escape punishment for deceiving the emperor, Shen Zhichou arranged for her to "die" and brought her to his household as a concubine...

Meanwhile, his pregnant wife knew nothing, unable to hold a candle to the deep bond between them.

At dawn, Jiang Chuyi caught up with Shen Zhichou and made him sign a divorce agreement before he left. He told her to stop making a scene, then rode away without looking back.

...If he didn't mind his beloved becoming a concubine, why should she be in such a hurry to make room for her?

Jiang Chuyi kept her pregnancy a secret, packed up all her dowry, and left for Shu.

A year later, the war ended. Shen Zhichou returned victorious with his army and went out of his way to Shu to bring Jiang Chuyi back to the capital. The woman, now transformed beyond recognition, accompanied him, and he proposed taking her as a concubine.

Jiang Chuyi laid the divorce agreement before him.

Shen Zhichou said she was too hot-tempered, and they parted on bad terms.

After returning to the capital in a huff, Shen Zhichou was promoted and ennobled. To outsiders, he seemed to have everything, but at home he lived alone in an empty room, with not a hint of life in the courtyard.

Unable to resist, he went to Shu again and confessed the truth about his friend. His proposal to take her as a concubine had been nothing but an act.

"Life really is a play," she said with a smile.

A few days later, Shen Zhichou caught Jiang Chuyi boating on the lake with a man, a baby in her arms!

When he confronted her, she told him to stop making a scene. This friend had saved her life several times and was her benefactor.

"He has no family or friends, so I want to help him, too."

A friend?

In that instant, Shen Zhichou was overcome by an indescribable pain and regret.

1. The male and female leads are each other's only romantic partners. The male lead has no romantic feelings for the other woman, and she never becomes his concubine.

2. The child will take the mother's surname.

Theme: Know who is close and who is distant, and treat the people around you well.