Daily Life at the Duke's Estate

Marriage first, love later / Twin brothers / Winning back one's wife after marriage

Gu Lanruo found herself a husband and sent him off to war on their wedding day.

Long after the army's triumphant return, she heard from a neighbor back from Chang'an that her husband had ridden past, spirited and triumphant.

So her husband wasn't a refugee at all. He was Pei Zhen, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, a nobleman who had won military honors and was to marry a princess.

The Pei family was wealthy and prestigious, and its descendants were known for their upright character and praised by scholars.

Only the marriage of the heir, Pei Zhen, drew criticism.

The Sage's favorite, the Fifth Princess, invited him on an outing, only for a commoner woman to block his way and demand to know why he'd changed his heart.

Noblemen's flirtations were never meant to be taken seriously, but with everyone watching, Pei Zhen, heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, said nothing. Instead, he took her home and remarried her soon after.

Gu Lanruo had once naively thought her husband still loved her, but only after marrying into a powerful family did she learn what it meant to be unequally matched.

A Wu had only her, but the heir had many more accomplished women to choose from.

Surrounded by splendid, passionate beauty, her heart slowly grew cold.

Her A Wu would never come back.

Pei Zhen had married her at first to escape the princess's persistent pursuit.

If he divorced her someday, he could simply give her plenty of money and find her a good husband.

But later, when a man who looked nine-tenths like him rode back and embraced his wife, weeping with joy, Pei Zhen's expression suddenly changed.

"Little brother, she is the wife I married properly."

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