Marrying the Grand Secretary Again

Second Marriage to the Chief Minister:

The emperor died of illness, and a young emperor ascended the throne. Grand Tutor Pei Chenglin became the chief regent.

He was ruthless and calculating, but also graceful and strikingly handsome, like an immortal descended to earth.

All the noble young ladies in the capital admired him, and Qin Ruojin was no exception.

So when her cousin, the empress dowager, asked her to marry Pei Chenglin to win him over, she readily agreed.

But after their wedding, he was cold and distant, impossible to get close to.

She thought they would spend their lives treating each other with icy courtesy.

Unexpectedly, Pei Chenglin met with disaster while away on official business. His body was never found.

She cried for him, then returned to her family home with her dowry.

Less than half a year later, she remarried the newly crowned top scholar.

Her scholar husband was refined and considerate, just the sort of man she wanted.

Aside from being a little too formal with her, their life together was harmonious enough.

Who could have guessed that only a month into their marriage, her supposedly dead former husband, Pei Chenglin, would return to the capital alive and be reinstated to his old position?

When they met again, Qin Ruojin felt inexplicably guilty and pretended to show concern.

Pei Chenglin merely glanced at her coldly and turned away.

Qin Ruojin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But the life she thought was safe and happy began to hit one bump after another.

First, her scholar husband's childhood sweetheart, a younger cousin, came to stay and insisted on becoming his concubine.

Then, a pregnant mistress showed up at her door, begging her to let her live...

Raised as the cherished darling of her family, Qin Ruojin had never suffered such indignities. Without a second thought, she divorced him.

After two unhappy marriages, she was disillusioned and went traveling to clear her mind.

But on her first night at the estate where she was staying, a lecherous intruder sneaked in and sat beside her bed like a ghost, watching her.

Before she could cry for help, the intruder covered her mouth and pulled her into his arms.

Only then did she realize the intruder was Pei Chenglin, her former husband before her former husband...

* Neither the heroine nor the hero has had any previous partners | Reunited lovers | An aloof, untouchable man pursues his wife after marriage

* A demanding heroine with a strong sense of self-worth | The hero is so silent and aloof he might as well be mute

* The heroine is the most beautiful woman in the story | The hero is the most handsome man in the story

* Ten-year age gap | Size difference

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Theme: Express love through loving actions.