The Concubine Who Shook the Realm

On her wedding day, the bridegroom never came. Instead, she received a letter of divorce. Feng Hongluan, the most beautiful woman in the Dongli Kingdom, became the first woman in its history to be divorced before she was even married. A laughingstock throughout the kingdom, she could no longer bear the humiliation and leapt into a lotus pond. When she opened her eyes again, her former timidity was gone. Her gaze was cold and radiant. She was no longer the same person. At the wedding banquet, the bridegroom never came. Instead, a carefully planned assassination awaited her. Bai Qianqian, a beloved genius of the twenty-first century, had let her guard down and died at the hands of her new husband. When she opened her eyes again, her soul had entered the body of Feng Hongluan, the Dongli Kingdom's most beautiful woman, a useless fool in name only. And the body's owner was a daughter her father did not love, whose mother had died young, and who had suffered at the hands of her father's concubines and their daughters. So what if she's a concubine-born daughter? Does that mean she isn't a person? Does that mean anyone can walk all over her? How could anyone discard such a beautiful woman like trash and cruelly ruin her? Was that man blind? And not only was he blind, but he planned to marry her younger sister right after divorcing her? Damn it! Bai Qianqian swore that she would settle the scores from both her past and present lives, and make sure that despicable man wouldn't even know what killed him. A concubine-born daughter? But that wasn't how it had started. She had been the legitimate daughter. Her father demoted her mother's status from principal wife to concubine, turning her from a legitimate daughter into a concubine-born one. The most beautiful woman in the Dongli Kingdom was no useless fool. She was a cultured woman whose inner grace shone through. Being a good-for-nothing was just a facade. As layer after layer of pretense fell away, the brilliant young woman dazzled the capital. Then heaven and earth turned upside down, and a worthless stone became a pearl. Those who had once mocked and looked down on her were left dumbstruck. [A sneak peek] “By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Feng Hongluan is gentle and dignified, well-read and sensible. Prince Li is refined and courteous, humble and polite. They are a match made in heaven. I hereby bestow Feng Hongluan as Prince Li's principal wife. Prince Li may never divorce her. So it is decreed!” Holding the imperial edict, Feng Hongluan stood at the entrance to Prince Li's residence, looking down at the handsome man in brocade robes and a jade belt as he knelt on the ground. She read the edict without expression, then said, “Prince Li, accept the decree.” “Your subject accepts the decree!” The handsome man glared at Feng Hongluan, his face livid, and took the edict. “Thank you for your imperial favor!” “Your Highness, don't thank His Majesty just yet. The Emperor has a second decree!” Feng Hongluan gazed at the handsome man with a faintly amused smile, then calmly took out another imperial edict and read it aloud. “By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Feng Hongluan has rendered meritorious service in saving the Emperor, and I am greatly pleased. I hereby confer upon her the title of Imperial Sister. As she dislikes Prince Li and has someone else in her heart, I cannot bear to separate a destined couple. I hereby permit her to divorce her husband and choose another. So it is decreed!” After she read both edicts, the man glared at the woman, furious and grim. She smiled at him like a flower in bloom. “Your Highness, congratulations! The feeling is mutual!” This is a one-to-one romance. Dear readers, if you like the story, please add it to your bookshelf and leave a comment. Your support gives Qing the motivation to write. Hugs and kisses! O(∩_∩)O~ Recommended completed novels by Qing http://read.xxsy.net/info/295233.html "A Busy Wife Is No Mistake" [Just completed] http://read.xxsy.net/info/252298.html "Whose Fault Is It That My Husband Is So Terrible?" [Completed] http://read.xxsy.net/info/221641.html "Drunk in the Mortal World, I Embrace Tender Affection" [Completed] Recommended new novel by my dear friend Hongzhuang: http://read.xxsy.net/info/368539.html "The Allure of the Bones" by Jian Hongzhuang Recommended novel by my dear friend Beiteng: http://read.xxsy.net/info/349059.html "Genius Son and Black-Bellied Mother" by Beiteng More great reads: http://read.xxsy.net/info/314680.html "The Vixen Concubine" by Jian Hongzhuang http://read.xxsy.net/info/333627.html "The Peerless Eunuch" by Yi Ye Xinxiang http://read.xxsy.net/info/351086.html "Reborn as the Legitimate Daughter of a Concubine" by Huang Yan'er http://read.xxsy.net/info/323947.html "Reborn as a Legitimate or Concubine-Born Daughter"