Marrying the Powerful Minister

Zhuo Heng was peerlessly handsome, unmatched in the world. He was the eldest legitimate son of the military governor of Fanyang, a new top scholar who had passed all three imperial examinations with the highest honors, and the unattainable love of many women. Yet no one could have imagined that he would eventually marry a country girl so far beneath him.

The woman used her past favor to claim a marriage contract his father had casually promised years ago, and came knocking at the Lu family estate.

Though unwilling, he ultimately couldn't defy his father's orders and married her.

After their wedding, he brought her to the capital and settled her in a villa south of the city. For two years, he paid her no mind, as if he'd forgotten he even had a wife.

Later, when his grandmother came to the capital, he had no choice but to bring her back to the family residence.

She was dutiful and discreet, paying her respects morning and evening. She never made trouble or put a foot wrong, as obedient as an old possession that was useful but not dear to him.

He thought she had gone to such lengths to secure this marriage and would never let it go. So when she presented him with a divorce agreement after his grandmother left, he was somewhat surprised.

At first, he didn't take her seriously. But when he returned from court the next day, the courtyard was empty...

For the first time in his life, Zhuo Heng felt a hollow ache in his heart...

Jiang Sese had once loved someone. For his sake, she defied her mother's wishes, personally delivered the marriage contract, and made up words her parents had never said to bring about their marriage. Back then, she was young and naive, believing love could overcome any obstacle, bridge the gulf between their backgrounds, and warm a cold heart. Only after spending seven hundred days and nights alone in the villa, having done everything she could, did she finally understand that some roads were wrong from the very beginning.

So when they met again later, and he absurdly tried to start over, she simply rejected him calmly.

She thought she'd walked that road once already. That was enough...

Theme: Love and peace