Since I Met a Gentleman (Reborn)

[Reborn, marriage first, love later] Mu Yuexia was a princess of high rank, titled Mingzhu. She was willful and carefree, yet her marriage could never go the way she wanted. She and Song Jin were worlds apart. One was unrivaled among the noblewomen of the capital, lofty and surrounded by attendants. The other led a blue-gray mule and carried cold, hard rations into the capital's splendid bustle, walking with his head bowed among a crowd of wealthy young men. If Yuexia didn't want a marriage, then she didn't want it. She and the crown prince had been childhood sweethearts, in love with each other. Even if it meant defying her father and the empress dowager, she would divorce. Even as a twice-married woman, she would still ascend to the empress's throne and become the mother of the nation, high above all others. Yuexia ought to have been content. Until she set fire to the curtains with her own hands, burning down Kunning Palace. No one knew that, at the end of her life, Yuexia was still smiling even as she grieved. Her greatest regret in this life was not being pushed by the man she had once loved into a battle over the great rites where the only way to win was to burn herself alive. It was Song Jin, I have wronged you all my life. If there is another life As she fell in the blaze, Yuexia thought hazily: Could I... Could I protect you, and help you stand against the powerful? Would that be all right? The wind and rain were bleak, the cocks crowed without end. Having seen you, my lord, how could I not rejoice? , The last time Yuexia and Song Jin met before she was reborn: autumn, at the imperial hunting grounds. The empress stood high above all, dazzling and imposing. The minister, rejected by His Majesty, had blood at the corner of his mouth. "I'm sorry." The empress's voice was low. The man across from her gave a faint smile. "What for?" He raised a hand to wipe the blood from his mouth. "For His Majesty? Favor and wrath are both the emperor's grace. This subject wouldn't dare." ", For the divorce?" The usually proud empress flinched. Song Jin smiled. They had known each other for nine years and been married for half a year. It was the first time he had called her by name: "Mu Yuexia, you are selfish, vain, extravagant, and arrogant. You are no suitable match for this subject." "You have done nothing to wrong me." [Reading Notes] 1. The tag devoted love refers to the male lead's feelings. 2. The dispute over the great rites concerns whom the emperor should honor as his father after being adopted into the imperial line. It draws inspiration from the Ming Great Rites Controversy, but there are no direct historical counterparts, and many details are fictional. Everything is shaped to serve the characters' emotions and the story, so please don't nitpick the history. Theme: Join hands with the right person and spend a hundred years in happiness