A Record of the Chief Minister's Ashes-to-Ashes Romance

Dual rebirth + marriage first, love later + winning back his wife after a painful breakup

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Many people advised Ling Xi, saying that Sun Jue had nothing going for him but his good looks. His background was awkward, and he was a spoiled, eccentric wastrel, hardly a good match. Now that she was the princess's daughter, she could easily break off the engagement.

But Ling Xi always remembered how, back when she was a lowly horse trainer bullied by noble sons and daughters, Sun Jue had stood up for her.

No matter what anyone else said, in Ling Xi's eyes Sun Jue had always been a noble, virtuous god. So she married him without hesitation.

On their wedding day, ten miles of wedding gifts stretched before them. As her veil was slowly lifted, Ling Xi looked up, shy and nervous, only to meet a cold gaze.

The handsome groom let out a sarcastic snort and turned to leave. He didn't come back all night.

Ling Xi was heartbroken, but she tried even harder to learn etiquette, honor her parents-in-law, and care for her husband. She thought that, given enough time, she would eventually move Sun Jue.

But three years passed, and Sun Jue never once set foot in her room. His family fell from favor at court, and her mother-in-law followed the changing winds, driving her out of the Sun residence on the grounds that she had borne no children.

That night, snow fell heavily. Gravely ill, Ling Xi sat outside the residence with her luggage, never seeing Sun Jue again before she died.

When she woke, she had returned to the day after their wedding.

The red candles had burned down, and the room was utterly silent. Ling Xi's heart was as still as water.

She picked up her brush and wrote a divorce agreement.

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Sun Jue had been exceptionally talented and handsome since childhood. The director of the Imperial Academy once said, "This boy is clever. He'll surely achieve great things one day." But within a few years, his outlook changed completely. First he left the Imperial Academy, then he spent his days fighting crickets, drinking, gambling, and brawling, becoming the capital's number one wastrel.

The daughter recently found by the princess was engaged to him. Less than six months after marrying him, she left a divorce letter and returned to her family.

Not long afterward, the court was thrown into turmoil. The ninth prince, who had a bad leg and had no chance of inheriting the throne, unexpectedly rose to power. Standing beside him as his chief contributor was none other than Sun Jue.

Everyone suddenly understood, and they all mocked Ling Xi: "Of course a horse trainer who can't read would be so short-sighted. She made such a scene when she divorced him, and now that he's a powerful chief minister, she'd better get ready for trouble!"

No one knew that one winter, with snow sealing the doors, Chief Minister Sun knelt outside the princess's residence until he was frozen like a statue, just to beg for one more chance to see Ling Xi.

Horse trainer * fake wastrel

1v1, happy ending

1. Updates every other day, after midnight.

2. The male lead loved only the female lead in both lives. He never loved anyone else.

3. The male lead will gradually regain his memories.

Theme: Love yourself, be independent, and be strong