[Middle-Aged Romance * Married First, Love Later * The Husband's Redemption]
On the twentieth anniversary of her marriage to Wang Chongzhi, Xie Weishu resolved to divorce him.
Xie Weishu had thought that this was all there would ever be between her and Wang Chongzhi.
They might never be inseparable or perfectly in harmony, but at least they could treat each other with courtesy in public and grow old together. That would be enough to see out their lives.
Then, on the eve of their eldest son's wedding, he brought home the man who had killed their son and told the servants, "This is my honored guest. Treat him with the courtesy due to the lady of the house."
Xie Weishu froze outside the study.
A moment later, she turned and walked away. The servant carrying a food box lowered his head and followed her.
*
For a woman born into a humble family to marry a duke of the realm, bear him three sons, enjoy peace in the inner household, and be granted a noble title, with even the new top scholar as her eldest son and a princess bestowed as her daughter-in-law, was surely a stroke of incredible luck.
Outsiders thought she had endless riches and more fine silks than she could ever wear, but no one knew how hard her life was in the depths of that grand estate.
She came from a lowly family, and her modest household could not compare to the illustrious clan that had helped found the dynasty.
The Wang family had only one son in each generation. Back then, if the Old Duke hadn't favored her family because its women bore many children, he would never have turned down the highborn girl his mother had chosen.
With her looks and humble background, she would never otherwise have come close to the Duke's residence.
Xie Weishu knew her place.
For twenty years, she had never forgotten her duties. She ran the household, served her parents-in-law, and raised three sons. She might not have earned any great merit, but she had done nothing wrong.
She never expected that, in middle age, she would set her heart on one thing:
Divorce.
[Reader's Guide]
1. The husband must win her back + married first, love later
2. A bittersweet middle-aged romance (This is exactly my thing, so please don't scold the author.)
Theme: Be independent and strong
