Winning Back My Ex-Wife Is Hard

Zhang Huilan was the daughter of a low-ranking official. When the emperor grew suspicious of her family, he arranged her marriage to the immensely powerful Marquis of Jiading, making her the envy of all as the marquis's wife.

She managed his household and took care of its affairs, always treading carefully and working diligently. Anyone who met her would praise her as virtuous and capable.

But after two years of a marriage that existed in name only, with a cold bed and lonely pillow, Zhang Huilan realized that she shouldn't force herself to hold on to someone who had never belonged to her.

If you have no feelings for me, then I'll let you go.

One divorce agreement, and the world was hers to roam.

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Gu Huaichu didn't like Zhang Huilan. He had no choice but to put up with her because their marriage had been decreed by the emperor.

Until one day, Zhang Huilan finally did what he wanted and asked for a divorce. Gu Huaichu was relieved.

But then...

Gu Huaichu gave Zhang Huilan a generous divorce settlement, and she immediately used the money to invite her childhood friend, a talented young gentleman, to drink at the most expensive restaurant in town.

Gu Huaichu had finally managed to keep Zhang Huilan in the capital, only to discover that his close friends had begun waiting on her hand and foot and showering her with attention every day.

Then Zhang Huilan took up her ceremonial staff and set off for a foreign land. Gu Huaichu's longtime enemy, whom he had faced on the battlefield for years, actually sought her hand in marriage using the power of his entire nation. He couldn't take it anymore.

"I beg you, don't marry him."

"My lord, didn't you always pretend not to see me?"

Gu Huaichu had spent his life on horseback, bloodied his hands in battle without fear, and calmly walked across fields of corpses. But all his pride and steel finally crumbled before Zhang Huilan.

Theme: Cherish the person you have