The Ex-Husband I Abandoned Has Ascended the Throne

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Shen Mingyu had a hard life from the time she was little.

When she was sixteen, she ran away to escape being sold.

She had heard that in Baiyun Village, twenty li away, a young man wanted a wife and had offered the matchmaker thirty taels.

Thirty taels.

Shen Mingyu's eyes went wide. She packed her bundle and went straight to his door.

The young man was a pitiable soul, with no parents and no one to rely on since childhood. He was innocent and inexperienced, but honest, capable, and hardworking.

He was someone she could marry.

To win him over, Shen Mingyu would call him "Dear Pei" with a bright smile, care for him day and night, mend his clothes, and make flower-shaped cakes by hand.

Eventually, the two of them got married.

In the second year of their marriage, Shen Mingyu learned by chance that she was not a farmer's daughter at all, but the real daughter of a marquis's household, switched at birth.

She ran away, took all of Pei Shumin's money, and left behind an IOU apologizing for it. She would use the money to travel to the capital and find her family.

*

Pei Shumin had no parents from the time he was little and grew up alone in the village.

He learned to wash clothes and cook at five, went up the mountain to gather firewood at eight, and carried his game to town to sell at ten. Thanks to his clever mind, by the time he was seventeen he had saved up a considerable sum for a bride.

Like most ordinary men, the young Pei Shumin planned to use that money to marry and have children.

Then a young woman entered his impoverished life and gave him a warmth he had never known.

In his seventeen years of life, it was the first time he understood what home meant.

But later, Shen Mingyu disappeared, taking all his money with her.

At that moment, Pei Shumin stared at the empty house and let out a wretched laugh.

*

After the marquis's household acknowledged her, Shen Mingyu began living a life of luxury.

The first thing she did after returning home

was think of her former husband, far away in Baiyun Village.

Shen Mingyu wanted to bring him to live with her, but the marquis's household rules would not allow it.

So she could only send him three thousand taels through someone else as compensation for Pei Shumin. She also hoped he would forget their marriage and find another woman.

Half a month later, the money came back untouched, without a single word from him.

She had done all she could. Since he wouldn't accept it, there was nothing Shen Mingyu could do.

She went on living her own luxurious life.

Until, months later, the emperor died and the crown prince ascended the throne.

People said the crown prince had gone missing as a child and had lived among the common folk for more than ten years before he was found. He was well-read, skilled at riding and archery, young and handsome, and excellent in every way. His only flaw was that he had no interest in women and did not want to choose a consort, leaving a group of old ministers frantic with worry.

Lived among the common folk?

Shen Mingyu thought that with such similar experiences, they might have a lot to talk about. If the new emperor liked her, she could rise to great heights.

Shen Mingyu eagerly went to the banquet, certain of success, until she suddenly saw a face identical to her former husband's, staring at her darkly across the imperial feast.

*

After all, they had been married for a year. Shen Mingyu knew Pei Shumin was steady and capable, but also the sort of man who always repaid a grudge.

Having done something wrong, she was afraid he would take revenge.

She no longer wanted to marry into the imperial family. Instead, she turned her attention to a general who had just returned to court, and hurriedly asked her family to arrange the match.

A marquis's daughter marrying a general, a beauty matched with a hero.

On her wedding day, gongs and drums filled the streets, and a procession of lavish wedding gifts stretched for ten li. The celebration was a great commotion, and people all praised the match as a perfect union.

Yet on the very night of the wedding, the bride mysteriously disappeared.

[Little bonus scene]

The despair of being deceived, the fury of being abandoned, and the utter renunciation of love after taking the throne.

Pei Shumin thought he hated her with all his heart.

Later, the emperor visited the marquis's residence. By chance, in the bright spring sunshine, he saw a little baby. The child was only two years old, sitting beneath the eaves with a book in his hands. He clearly couldn't read, yet pretended to do so, bobbing his head from side to side.

A servant said the little young master was a child the eldest son of the household had found and brought home.

Pei Shumin gave a quiet "Oh" and was about to leave when he caught sight of the little face, identical to his own.

His gaze changed abruptly, and he fell into deep thought...

[Reading guide]

1. The heroine really is a good person. She has her own little schemes, but she is kind at heart. Both of them had their difficulties when she ran away back then, and there were other reasons too. It wasn't just what the blurb suggests from the male lead's point of view.

[There are differences between the male lead's perspective and the truth.] [The specific reasons involve spoilers, so I won't go into detail.]

2. To be clear! The heroine is resilient and kind. The blurb is written from the male lead's perspective, not an all-knowing one. At heart, she is a resilient, down-to-earth, adorable young woman. She may be a little worldly, but she also quietly fell in love.

3. I recommend buying one chapter at a time and stopping if you don't like it. This is important. I don't think I deserve a full subscription. If you choose to subscribe to the whole story, that's good luck for me and my little one, QAQ.

4. You can scroll to the lower left to see the character designs. Aren't they adorable!

2025.10.23 (date the blurb was first written)

Next book

After a Night of Passion with the Demon Lord. Feel free to check it out if you're interested!

The demon lord who could destroy heaven and earth was pursuing the heroine when he accidentally fell into her trap and became pregnant with her child.

Blurb:

Pei Xuan was the demon lord who could destroy heaven and earth. His name struck fear across the Six Realms.

During a war between immortals and demons, Pei Xuan pursued the last goddess into a cliffside cave to kill her.

But that goddess was so devious that he accidentally fell into her trap. When he woke up, he felt that something was wrong with his body.

Something really was wrong.

His stomach was growing bigger by the day.

Pei Xuan was furious and incredulous, but even after consulting every renowned physician, there was no result. Two months later, amid a cramping pain in his abdomen, he actually laid an egg!

Pei Xuan stared strangely at the plump white egg.

The veins on the back of his hand bulged red and taut.

When asked what to do with it, even his subordinates were at a loss. They racked their brains, then finally stammered, "My lord, since it's already out, why not... hatch it and see what it is?"

Qi Yao was a gifted young woman, born with exceptional talent. While still young, she joined a sect, the Hehuan Sect, to cultivate immortality.

To cure her senior sister's illness, she went up the mountain to gather herbs. Somehow, a demon chased her to the edge of a cliff.

With nowhere left to run, she used the Hehuan Sect's secret art to trap the monster in an illusion.

To make him sleep more deeply, she worked hard to weave a beautiful dream for him, including but not limited to a loving marriage, the union of yin and yang, and passionate lovemaking... She only had to wait until he was fast asleep, then make her escape as quickly as possible.

But there were too many chores and dangers in the mountains. Qi Yao didn't take it to heart and soon forgot all about it.

Four months later.

Qi Yao and her senior sisters were practicing spells when dark clouds suddenly gathered and tore through the sect's protective barrier. Someone shouted in terror, "The Demon Lord Pei Xuan is here!"

The female cultivators scattered in panic. A fierce wind swept over them, cutting off every escape route for Qi Yao.

In the midst of thick fog, she saw the monster that had once hunted her. So that was the Demon Lord!

The enormous shadow in black robes drew closer, step by step.

The Demon Lord Pei Xuan had come with ill intentions, his brow furrowed in a heavy scowl. Qi Yao was so frightened she didn't dare make a sound.

But the closer he came, the more the egg in Pei Xuan's arms started to move. "Mom! Mom! I'm right here!"

The senior sisters fleeing in every direction were stunned.

Qi Yao was stunned too.

Only Pei Xuan stared at her without expression. "I hatched this egg for two months, and it wouldn't stop making a racket. When are you going to come and take it?"

[Little bonus scene]

The fiftieth day of the Demon Lord's egg-hatching.

Pei Xuan closed his eyes to meditate. Just as he was about to settle his energy in his dantian, he suddenly heard a childish little voice: "Daddy, I want Mommy! I want Mommy!"

Pei Xuan opened his eyes at once and looked at the fat egg in the luxurious nest beside him. "Be quiet. I don't know who your mother is."

The little egg (feeling wronged): Daddy...

Pei Xuan's gaze suddenly lowered, falling into a solemn silence. He remembered the dream of torrential rain, the warm red bridal curtains, and the young woman who had nestled against him...

But later, she forgot every last thing that had happened.

[Reading guide]

1. The heroine is of the divine race, the last divine fire phoenix, and an egg-layer. But she has divine power that can make the man lay an egg.

Blurb dated 2026.4.11

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