[Blurb 1]
Three days after their wedding, Xie Kong left his new bride, the Grand Princess, behind and set off to battle at the emperor's command. But every man in his family died in battle, leaving only him alive, barely.
At the time, he thought he would never make it out of the thousand-mile road along the border, and would die far from home.
In the end, it was his newlywed "ex-wife," who had insisted on a divorce, that shielded the women of his family behind her and pulled him out of the mire.
[Blurb 2]
In her previous life, Li Jingyue was implicated by the Xie family. The dignified Grand Princess was reduced to a prisoner, and only learned that her husband Xie Kong was still alive and had defected to the enemy when she was beheaded at the Meridian Gate.
After returning to the day the Xie family was arrested and their home confiscated, Li Jingyue still chose to protect them. This time, however, she would divorce him.
She knew the Xie family had been loyal ministers for generations and would never sell out their country for glory. She arranged to save the Xie women and found Xie Kong, who had faked his death. "Although we are divorced, I am willing to provide you with a new identity and help you rise again."
She could not bear to see a loyal minister wrongly accused, but she also had a selfish reason for wanting Xie Kong to serve her.
Xie Kong knew her intentions, yet agreed anyway.
Months later, Li Jingyue looked on with satisfaction as the people she had trained infiltrated the court and gradually became capable of standing on their own.
She had intended to wait until her revenge was complete, help her younger sister ascend the throne, and then live freely. But she never expected someone to climb into her bed every night.
His voice was plaintive, his expression aggrieved, as if he were a pitiful victim of abuse.
"Everyone in the world knows I'm yours. When are you going to give me a title?"
Theme: Help others and yourself, break through despair, and find a way to live.
