My Ex-Husband Regretted It After I Faked My Death

Qi Yunxi's parents both died when she was young. She grew up moving between relatives' homes, always cautious and reserved. She even had to hide some of her breathtaking beauty.

Yet she was still tricked into losing her virtue to Xu Huaiyan, and the two were married.

Xu Huaiyan, heir to the Changying Marquisate, was refined, handsome, talented, and virtuous. He was the dream man of countless young women in the capital.

Everyone said Qi Yunxi had struck it lucky by marrying him. At first, she thought so too.

But after two years in the marquis's manor, no matter how considerate she was, she could not win her husband's favor, and she lived on tenterhooks.

Even in their most intimate moments, he would only take her without restraint and show not the slightest tenderness, snarling at her, "Are you satisfied now?"

Qi Yunxi suffered in body and soul.

Then Xu Huaiyan replaced the nourishing medicine meant to help her conceive with a decoction that would make her barren, and Qi Yunxi fell gravely ill.

She finally learned that he had always hated her for ruining his marriage to the woman he loved, and that everyone in the marquis's manor was hoping she would die so that the woman he loved could take her place.

Qi Yunxi fought desperately to obtain a divorce agreement, then faked her death and escaped her life of darkness and despair.

At last, she saw the truth. She would live freely and beautifully, and become her own light.

Xu Huaiyan was courteous and considerate toward others, but in truth he was aloof and distant. He despised people who said one thing and did another, like his false and affected wife.

She was obviously seductive and wanton, yet always pretended to be modest and refined. She was clearly calculating, yet acted weak and easy to bully. She had someone she loved, yet had climbed into his bed for power and status.

He would never let her have her way.

When he saw she was ill, he resolved to treat her a little better. But she insisted on a divorce.

When he heard her delirious with illness, calling for the man she loved, Xu Huaiyan immediately picked up his brush. Fine, they would divorce.

He never expected to hear that she had died after their divorce.

After losing his wife, Xu Huaiyan devoted himself entirely to affairs of state. Five years later, he became the undisputed chief minister of the court, and even more popular with young women. Yet he had no interest in taking another wife.

During an outing, Xu Huaiyan happened upon a stunning woman who looked just like his late first wife. She held the hand of a little girl around four or five years old and chatted happily with a tall, broad-shouldered man beside her.

So she had gone to such lengths to divorce him and fake her death because she had already conceived a child with someone else and wanted to spend her life with the man she loved.

Late at night, Xu Huaiyan knew she had come for someone else. He should have been furious, yet he could not bring himself to be angry. He did not want the night to end.

At dusk, Qi Yunxi finally rose lazily. The timid, fearful woman she had once been was gone. She now carried herself with poise, her natural charm in every gesture.

Before long, no one, Qi Yunxi included, could have imagined that the lofty chief minister would humble himself and beg the former wife who was supposed to be dead to look at him just once more.

Reader's Guide:

1. The husband chases his wife to the crematorium. Both leads are each other's first and only, and she runs away while pregnant. One couple, happy ending, no male lead change.

2. A huge helping of melodrama. If that's not your thing, please move on. Please don't attack the author or the author's values. It'll bounce right back at you.

3. May we all have a pleasant journey. Kisses.

Coming Soon: Lingering Joy

Qi Yuan, heir to the Duke of An's estate, was decisive, handsome, and a favorite before the emperor. His future was limitless.

People said he was indifferent to women, but only Qi Yuan knew he was far from chaste. In his dreams, he often gave himself over to passion with a woman.

One day, he met his newly widowed cousin. Qi Yuan did a double take.

When she lifted her head after greeting him, he clearly saw the face of the woman from his dreams.

A year ago, Shen Ying visited her aunt at the Duke's estate and was tricked into spending a night with the heir, Qi Yuan.

Their statuses were worlds apart, and Shen Ying refused to become a concubine, so she left that very night.

Unexpectedly, a year later, she ran into Qi Yuan while he was on official business.

From then on, she had a frequent visitor at home. He showed no regard for her status as a widow and looked at her meaningfully. "I hear you tell everyone I'm dead and that you have a posthumous child?"

Shen Ying panicked a little.

Little Scene:

It was a fine spring day, and servants came and went outside the window.

The woman before the dressing table wore plain clothes, her hair loose. A white silk flower trembled in her hair as she anxiously asked the person behind her to close the window.

The usually calm and self-possessed heir had red-rimmed eyes. After glancing at the child sleeping soundly on the bed, he asked unhurriedly, "Are you still going to pretend to be a widow?"

Coming Soon: The Minister's Wife Was Stolen, Then Reborn

Jiang Wan, daughter of the Earl of Anping, was beautiful, soft, and gentle, the very picture of virtue and decorum. Yet her life was miserable.

Her father didn't care for her, her stepmother didn't love her, and even the marriage her birth mother had arranged for her was taken by her half-sister. Her stepmother casually married her off to an obscure scholar.

Fortunately, although her husband was poor, he was kind and considerate. In the second year of their marriage, he passed the highest imperial examination. She rose from being the scholar's wife, looked down on by her sisters, to becoming the wife of a top scholar.

Jiang Wan thought her happy days had finally arrived.

Until one day, her husband, who had once sworn eternal love to her, clutched her skirt and wept two streams of tears. "Wan, I've wronged you."

That very night, Jiang Wan was sent into the emperor's bedchamber. The daily torment soon left her heart like dead ashes, and she died young.

When she opened her eyes again, Jiang Wan was back on the night she entered the palace.

This time, she set aside her former resistance and hysteria. With careful plans and deliberate steps, she trampled underfoot everyone who had bullied her in her previous life. With the support of Grand Tutor Xu Yanqing, she eliminated corrupt officials and helped the crown prince, becoming the virtuous empress and wise Empress Dowager praised by all.

In the eighteenth year of her time in the palace, at the Hall of Compassionate Tranquility.

Jiang Wan was now the Empress Dowager. Her almond-shaped eyes were half-closed, her cheeks glowed, and she gently nudged the person behind her with her smooth, soft elbow. "What do you think about the crown prince taking over the government?"

The still young and vigorous Grand Tutor had no desire to discuss state affairs just then. As serious and composed as ever, he replied, "A Wan, focus."

Theme: Stand on your own, and become your own light