Renting a Future Prime Minister as My Live-In Son-in-Law

On her wedding night, Su Yutang dreamed that her husband would treat her terribly and even take everything she owned after she was left without an heir.

A married couple shouldn't stay angry overnight, right? That very night, Su Yutang slapped a divorce letter onto his face.

She became famous in the capital for divorcing her husband on her wedding night.

"So what if her dowry is huge? Who would dare marry such a shrew now?" someone sneered, eyeing her dowry procession.

Su Yutang nodded. They had a point.

So less than three days after divorcing her husband, she took in a live-in son-in-law.

The son-in-law was spineless. He often carried her in and out of carriages, and was also good at composing poems and singing her praises, so Su Yutang provided him with fine clothes and accessories.

This poor, ill-fated man with no parents was transformed into a refined young nobleman of striking elegance.

Rumor had it she chose him for his looks. Though no one had seen his real face, no one doubted it. If he weren't handsome, why would Su Yutang make him wear a mask every day, afraid someone might steal him away?

Two children in three years, a boy and a girl. Su Yutang was very satisfied.

As agreed, once the deal was done, she saw him off without hesitation.

The three top graduates rode through the streets on horseback. Su Yutang watched the spectacle with a cup of fragrant tea in hand. Her live-in son-in-law, Shen Zhuo, would be the next year's third-place graduate, and she wanted to see how handsome this year's third-place graduate was and compare him with Shen Zhuo.

The air was filled with flowers, the drums and gongs rang out, and Su Yutang craned her neck to look. The young man on the red horse, dressed in a green robe with a golden flower, was truly handsome and refined!

He glanced her way, and Su Yutang came to her senses.

Wasn't that Shen Zhuo?!

Her former live-in son-in-law rose to the highest ranks at an astonishing speed, while Su Yutang's business flourished. A chancellor who kept his distance from women, and a beautiful widow who had divorced her husband and then "killed" her live-in son-in-law: nobody could imagine the two of them having anything to do with each other. They were as innocent as could be.

One day, they ran into each other in broad daylight. A malicious onlooker spotted them and deliberately tried to make her look bad.

Just as the crowd approached, they heard the young chancellor, known for his iron-fisted methods, pleading in a low voice behind the tightly shut door: "Now that we've been caught, please take pity on me, my dear, and give me a title."

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Shen Yining, the young lady of the Earl's estate, married the young master of the Marquis's estate. The wedding candles bore witness as they shared the ceremonial cup, and she was very pleased with her husband.

At dawn, she awoke to learn that the man who had shared her bed the night before was not the man she was meant to marry, but Xie Xiao, the young prince of the Prince of Nan'an's estate!

Clutching the red wedding quilt, she turned deathly pale. Only three words remained in her mind.

The sky had fallen.

The day before his wedding, Xie Xiao happened to catch his fiancée meeting her lover in secret. The other man was the young master of the Marquis's estate.

The two had even conspired to set their weddings for the same day, cause a mix-up, and switch sedan chairs. That way, they could be together openly, then bring Shen Yining in as a concubine.

They were sure that if Xie Xiao realized he'd married the wrong woman, he wouldn't consummate the marriage.

His friend patted Xie Xiao on the shoulder and sighed. "I can't tell whether I should feel worse for you or Miss Shen. You should call off this marriage as soon as possible. We can't let that pair of scoundrels get their way."

"What a shame to turn down such an interesting marriage." Xie Xiao smiled with carefree confidence. "Not only am I going through with it, I'm going to make it a grand affair."

Theme: Love yourself with conviction.