The Princess Wants a Divorce Right After the Wedding

[Marriage Before Love, face-slapping, jealous pursuit, chasing his wife to the crematorium]

The captivating Princess Yu He is married off to Pei Yuze, heir to the foremost of the four great clans, the Pei family. Pei Yuze is steady and dignified, with an extraordinary bearing, the perfect match whom even the most prestigious families wouldn't dare hope to marry into their own.

He is also the man Yu He has kept in her heart for nine years.

She has longed for this night, the night they would finally share a bridal chamber, and waited to give herself to Pei Yuze without reservation.

But instead, she hears a maid's voice: "Young Master, Miss Yuci is having another episode."

In the dim glow of the red wedding candles, Yu He realizes that he already has someone he loves.

The next day, she meets Yuci, a delicate beauty whose eyes well with tears before she even speaks. Yu He fails to catch the tea Yuci offers. The scalding liquid burns Yuci's hand and the back of Yu He's hand as well.

Pei Yuze's expression darkens. His gaze is full of disgust and displeasure.

Yu He bears one humiliation after another for him, lowering herself to cook for him, but in the end, all her efforts come to nothing.

She never meant to hurt Yuci, but that day she was so angry that she accidentally pushed her down a slope. Blood poured from her wounds.

Pei Yuze hurries over and looks up at Yu He, his brows drawn tight and his eyes dark.

Standing before the gathered clan members, he clasps his hands behind his back, his expression grim. "The princess is willful and spoiled. Send her to Guifeng Convent to reflect in seclusion."

For over a month, Pei Yuze never comes to see her. Yu He's heart turns cold, and she dies.

On the day Yu He returns, Pei Yuze is presiding over a joint trial by the Three Judicial Offices. He is seated in the center, but the moment he sees her, he loses his composure and leaves the courtroom.

When he rushes back to the residence, Yu He is standing there gracefully, luggage piled up in the courtyard. She says lightly, "Let's divorce."

Pei Yuze is stunned. It feels as if a hole has been smashed into the crown of his skull and molten iron poured inside. After a long pause, he manages to force out a single word: "Fine."

Later, at a palace banquet, he sees the little princess chatting and laughing with her cousin, her hairpin askew from laughing so hard, as her cousin reaches out to straighten it...

He hears her say, "In six months, once the divorce is final... I'll announce that I'm choosing a husband. I'll pick a consort who understands me and suits me!"

A sharp pang suddenly pierces his heart. The rose hidden in his sleeve snaps in two.

Before reading:

The male lead is 20, and the female lead is 16.

The second female lead is not the male lead's beloved.

The male and female leads are each other's only partners, emotionally and physically.

Author's setting: The four great clans, Pei, Duan, Jin, and Chai, are extremely prestigious, influential, and wealthy. They stand together, and emperors throughout the generations have only won the battle for the throne with their support.

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Yue Rongrong was sixteen when she married Shen Jichen. She thought they would love each other, grow old together, and stay by each other's side forever.

She never knew he had never planned to take her back to the capital. She didn't know his status was so exalted that even climbing a ladder of clouds could never bring her up to his level. And she never imagined that their marriage certificate was fake.

She tore up the certificate and collapsed under his cold gaze.

Yue Rongrong sees Shen Jichen again for the first time in the third year after their divorce. He has risen to the highest ranks of the court, while she is merely an embroiderer at a shop in the capital.

That day, he comes with his new love, while she is in a wretched state.

The shopkeeper hurries over, bows, and asks what he needs.

He takes the hand of the woman beside him and speaks in a cool voice: "Have a wedding dress made." His chilly gaze sweeps over Yue Rongrong. "Let her do it."

Yue Rongrong looks at the young lady who is so well matched with him and grits her teeth to herself: So they're finally getting married! Then she looks up with a sweet smile. "My work doesn't come cheap."

The shopkeeper turns pale with fright. Shen Jichen's face turns livid.

At a banquet, a friend probes him: "Don't tell me you still can't forget your delicate, lovely ex-wife?"

Shen Jichen sneers. "As if she were worthy."

A frivolous laugh comes from a young nobleman nearby. "There's an embroiderer at Jinxiu House named Yue Rongrong. She's incredibly alluring. Want me to call her over for some fun?"

Cold wine suddenly splashes over the young man's head. Everyone sucks in a sharp breath and freezes.

The nobleman jumps up in a rage, only to meet Shen Jichen's icy, bone-chilling gaze.

Shen Jichen never thought he would see her again. He holds his fiancée's hand and dotes on her openly, yet Yue Rongrong manages to infuriate him almost every time.

At a dinner banquet one night, he watches the young master of the Xue family profess his love and propose to her in front of everyone. He stands like an ice sculpture, watching coldly, while the wine cup hidden in his sleeve shatters and cuts his hand. He doesn't even notice.

In an empty courtyard, his injured hand fiercely grips her chin. Ignoring her struggles, he kisses her until the world spins, the taste of blood on his lips.

His breathing ragged, he bites her lip and says with pain and difficulty, "Come back, Rongrong."

Theme: Respect yourself and know your worth