[The upcoming novel "The Beautiful and Scatterbrained Ex-Wife" is now underway!]
The Qi dynasty has an old custom of marrying princesses to the southern tribes.
Huai Le was the daughter of a minor official. When she was young, the empress was taken with her looks, gave her the title of princess, brought her into the palace, and raised her herself. Everyone knew the emperor had no daughters, so Huai Le was destined to be sent to the far south to marry into the tribes.
The empress treated her like her own child and provided her with every luxury. Her whole clan benefited from her good fortune. It was a case of one person rising to prominence and lifting everyone around her with them. Huai Le accepted her fate and agreed to marry into the southern tribes.
There were two royal brothers in the palace, both exceptionally handsome. Though they were brothers, they were like fire and water. Caught between them, Huai Le felt awkward and could only try to make peace between them.
The eldest son was the heir. Crown Prince Chu Zijie was upright and composed, with a serene, noble bearing. The second prince, Chu Shiwei, had a dreadful temper. Perhaps he had grown used to doing as he pleased in the military, for he acted with brazen abandon, yet he was the emperor's favorite.
Huai Le was afraid of her second elder brother. Even when the emperor told him to take her to see the lantern festival, she didn't dare show how happy she was. She could only stand behind him and peek around curiously.
That is, until he drove back the southern tribes and broke off her engagement, while the empress allowed Huai Le to reclaim her family name and return home.
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Huai Le's palace residence was kept for her, and the empress often summoned her to the palace for company.
One night, after being drugged, she became intimate with the Crown Prince.
It was a scandalous affair, and the two tacitly agreed never to mention it.
When the truth came to light, the Crown Prince knelt in the rain and begged the emperor to approve their marriage.
But the emperor wanted to depose the Crown Prince and kill Huai Le.
On the eve of her execution, a fire broke out in the dungeon, and Huai Le vanished without a trace.
Outside the capital, in a lavish country estate, Huai Le's eyes were empty. Only when she saw her savior approach did she bow gracefully. "Thank you for saving me, Second Royal Brother."
Chu Shiwei smiled and asked her calmly, "That night you were drugged, could you tell us apart? Him and me."
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1. The female lead is not a virgin, but the male lead is.
2. The female lead's intelligence comes from all the things she was made to learn in the palace. At heart, she's innocent and slow to understand matters of the heart.
Upcoming novel, "The Beautiful and Scatterbrained Ex-Wife":
Three years ago, Yu Huiyu, the beloved only daughter of the Marquis's residence, married Shen Chaojue while still in the bloom of her youth.
The Shen family had a spotless reputation, and its descendants were all paragons of virtue.
Shen Chaojue's ancestors had once been high-ranking officials. His grandfather was too upright and was framed, leaving the family to fall into obscurity.
Everyone mocked Yu Huiyu for making such a foolish match beneath her station.
Yu Huiyu hadn't thought it through. She fell in love with Shen Chaojue at first sight at a palace banquet and wanted to pluck this noble, snow-covered jade from its mountain peak.
The feeling came quickly, and left just as quickly.
When she overheard Shen Chaojue discussing her with a colleague, Yu Huiyu decisively beat him to it and asked for a divorce.
His colleague lamented, "She used her family's power to tear you away from your cousin's daughter. That's outrageous."
Shen Chaojue neither agreed nor disagreed.
The colleague wasn't wrong. Yu Huiyu had used her power to force Shen Chaojue to marry her, and then used it again to force him to divorce her.
When they divorced, Yu Huiyu struck first. "Your rank is too low. You're simply not worthy of me."
Shen Chaojue was stunned. He could hardly believe those words had come from the wife who had once loved him with all her heart.
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After the divorce.
Yu Huiyu lived freely, with countless suitors asking for her hand, and occasionally ran into her irritating former husband.
In just three years, Shen Chaojue had risen to the highest ranks of government and gained immense power.
Others now mocked Yu Huiyu for foolishly divorcing him.
Shen Chaojue was extraordinarily handsome and talented, yet he still hadn't remarried.
A colleague asked him why.
Standing on a terrace, Shen Chaojue saw his beautiful ex-wife below, smiling at a man. His gaze turned dark and fierce.
The upcoming novel next door, "They Died the Year They Loved Her Most," is also available to check out.
Theme: Stay optimistic and keep moving forward
Although Chu Laojie went crazy in the end, it was so painful to watch. . After all, he was the one who grew up with Huai Le silently from childhood to adulthood. He should have had a share in the love the emperor gave to King Cheng. Fate is a fate. . I hope there will be no disputes in the IF line, and it will be great if he and Huaile can be together in the end! !
Final article "After the beginning of chaos and the end of abandonment, he became emperor"
You can click on the column to preview the article "The Beautiful and Confused Ex-Wife"~
How come these people are all brothers and sisters in love. . .
Chu Er, if you don't come back soon, your wife is gone.
Didn't I already write the second half of the previous chapter?
When will it be updated?
Hey, this is the ancient version of the story of twins.
Huai Le's stomach is sour. Is she having a baby? Want to add another pair of twins to the twin brothers?
Well, it should be easy for the twins to take turns working.
I think the heroine is pregnant
I feel like my recent updates have been a bit perfunctory.
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Although Chu Laojie went crazy in the end, it was so painful to watch. . After all, he was the one who grew up with Huai Le silently from childhood to adulthood. He should have had a share in the love the emperor gave to King Cheng. Fate is a fate. . I hope there will be no disputes in the IF line, and it will be great if he and Huaile can be together in the end! !
Final article "After the beginning of chaos and the end of abandonment, he became emperor" You can click on the column to preview the article "The Beautiful and Confused Ex-Wife"~
How come these people are all brothers and sisters in love. . .
Chu Er, if you don't come back soon, your wife is gone.
Didn't I already write the second half of the previous chapter?
When will it be updated?
Hey, this is the ancient version of the story of twins. Huai Le's stomach is sour. Is she having a baby? Want to add another pair of twins to the twin brothers?
Well, it should be easy for the twins to take turns working.
I think the heroine is pregnant
I feel like my recent updates have been a bit perfunctory.