The Duke's Pampered Daughter-in-Law

Xu Ruoyun knew that the way she had tricked Lu Yueqin into marrying her was shameless. At a family banquet, someone set her up and slipped her an aphrodisiac. As her cousin approached, her heart filled with despair and she gagged repeatedly. Her cousin grabbed her by the hair in disgust and demanded to know who she had conspired with, since she was already pregnant. In a moment of panic, she blurted out, “It’s the heir apparent, Lu Yueqin’s.” Lu Yueqin came from a noble family and held great power. The Xu family did not dare offend him and had always dreamed of currying favor with his family. The very next day, they spread the news of her pregnancy and forced Lu Yueqin to marry her. After their wedding, Lu Yueqin’s attitude surprised Xu Ruoyun. He did not seem to hate her as she had expected. He was taciturn and aloof, and the two of them treated each other with respect. Then one day, Xu Ruoyun learned from a servant that Lu Yueqin had once been very close to a cousin who was his childhood sweetheart. If she had not come between them, the two of them would have had a happy marriage. Feeling guilty, she dared not act like his wife. She planned to ask for a divorce once his childhood sweetheart had finished mourning and returned. - Lu Yueqin had settled his distant cousin, for whom he felt little affection, in the outer courtyard. When he returned, he found his wife sitting nervously by the bed, looking timid and delicate, her hands behind her back as if she wanted to say something but could not. He knew she liked power and had married him for his family background. She had schemed to become his wife, but she was so shallow and naive that he could read her intentions at a glance. When he saw her staring at the hand undoing his buttons, he understood. If she wanted a child to secure her place in the Lu household, he could consider it. He undid his buttons unhurriedly. “Do you want a child?” To his surprise, the woman on the bed jumped at his words, her watery eyes widening as the letter in her hand slipped to the floor with a soft thud. His gaze swept over it, and the words “divorce papers” caught his eye. Lu Yueqin: “…” Well, aren’t you something? He had only been away for three days, and she already had a new target? Reader advisory: One-on-one romance, both leads have only been with each other, marriage before love, sweet romance, imperfect leads, eight-year age gap. Theme: Dare to break through, dare to innovate.