Years After Faking My Death, I Discovered My Husband Was Living as a Widower

Yu Hong was born into an official's family in Xiandu Prefecture. She was supposed to follow the fate of a sheltered young lady and live out her life in comfort.

But she was born free-spirited and hated being confined to the inner chambers. While at home, she chanced upon an opportunity to learn martial arts, and often went out to enjoy herself. She was still doing well.

After obeying her parents' wishes and marrying her taciturn husband, however, she found herself confined by the deep courtyards and endless rules of her husband's household, with no freedom left.

She and her husband had known each other since childhood, but after their wedding they treated each other with polite respect. Their days were as bland as water, dull and uneventful.

A year into their marriage, they had spent so little time together that Yu Hong had not conceived. Her husband had yet to say a word, but her family had already sent over a doctor for women, ordering Yu Hong to take care of her health and bear a child as soon as possible.

Yu Hong listened to the reprimand, shut the door, and sat in silence in her room all night. The next day, she called for a carriage, planning to go out of town to pray at a temple.

Just after the carriage left the city, the horse was startled and plunged into the river. Yu Hong fell out and was carried downstream, disappearing without a trace.

Afterward, the martial world gained a heroine whose sword flashed like a rainbow, while the inner chambers lost a noblewoman who had managed the household.

Years later, the heroine Yu Hong returned to her old home and unexpectedly came across her former husband in a cemetery outside the city.

Her former husband was still handsome and refined, but there was a hint of illness between his brows as he prayed devoutly at someone's grave.

After he left, Yu Hong went to take a closer look and discovered her own name engraved on the gravestone.

She then made inquiries at the residence and was astonished to learn that all these years later, he had never remarried. He had spent his days keeping watch over his deceased wife's memorial tablet, refusing to listen to anyone who tried to persuade him otherwise.

Yu Hong stood there, stunned.

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After exhausting himself with worry and using every means at his disposal, Shan Zhuyue finally married the person he loved.

He knew she had always been forthright and would surely dislike a gloomy, petty man like him, so he carefully hid his true nature and dressed himself up as a noble gentleman.

He loved her and didn't want her husband to become a stain on her splendid life.

A jewel like her deserved to be set in the most dazzling crown.

Shan Zhuyue was willing to spend his whole life crafting that peerless crown.

Until one day, while he was away on business, a letter arrived at home--

She was dead.

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Theme: A beauty like jade, a sword like a rainbow.