After Remarrying, the Stern Powerful Official Regretted It

The Ex-Wife-Chasing Crematorium

Yan Douxing is the only daughter of a wealthy Jiangnan merchant. In her previous life, a scumbag ruined her family and left them dead.

After being reborn, she puts her future husband's character above all else.

When Yan Douxing's father brings over portraits of potential husbands, she sees Si Yanhua and is so startled that her hand shakes, sending the papers scattering to the floor. "Father, you are being outrageous."

Her father glares at her, his mustache bristling. "You're the one being outrageous."

But Si Yanhua will become a powerful minister who can rule the realm with one hand. How could she ever dare to dream of marrying someone like him?

Still, once the thought takes root, it seems impossible to push away.

He is handsome, powerful, and wealthy, more than capable of protecting the Yan family.

He never married in his previous life, and didn't even have a concubine or a maidservant in his household. His inner quarters were peaceful. Marrying him and spending their lives treating each other with respect sounded pretty good.

For now, he is just a young gentleman from a common family. If she starts building a relationship with him now, even a god would not be beyond her reach.

After she tirelessly contrives to spend time with him, the proper and rule-abiding Si Yanhua finally promises himself to her.

Still worried he might change his mind, she suggests they exchange tokens of affection.

Si Yanhua refuses, saying it could damage her reputation, so she lets the matter drop.

Later, he passes the imperial examinations and becomes the top scholar, while the Yan family in Shangyang City falls into trouble.

Yan Douxing writes more than a dozen letters begging him for help, but gets no reply.

So she marries someone else without hesitation.

They say life has four great joys. Si Yanhua had never really experienced the first two, and as for passing the imperial examinations, he had been confident of success, so it wasn't much of a joy.

The only thing worth looking forward to was the wedding night.

After placing first in the imperial examinations before the throne and serving the emperor for two months, he returns to Shangyang City to take up his post as governor.

As soon as he arrives, he is invited to a wedding. Unable to decline, he goes.

Yan Douxing never dreamed she would see at her wedding the man who hadn't appeared when her father was imprisoned and she had begged for help.

What was worse, he publicly announced that they were already engaged.

"My lord, you shouldn't make such baseless claims."

Si Yanhua's gaze is so dark it sends a chill down her spine. "What do you mean, baseless? You said you would marry no one but me, then turned around and married someone else. Is that not a baseless claim?"

The groom steps in front of Yan Douxing and challenges Si Yanhua. "Then what proof do you have that you were engaged?"

Si Yanhua takes a handkerchief from his sleeve.

The more Yan Douxing looks at it, the more familiar it seems. Isn't this the handkerchief she lost? How did it end up in his hands, and how did it become their token of affection?

Theme: Strive for self-reliance without giving up