Marrying a Fierce Wife

In this life, I wanted to help you enjoy every luxury and honor, but who could have known fate would be so cruel? On one side are the common people, and on the other is the love I had in my previous life.

You were always a hopeless case. How could you possibly shoulder the empire?

Sigh! Fine, fine, fine! I’ll grit my teeth and bear the pain of letting you down one more time!

When they first married, whenever Li Jin thought of the shrew at home, he’d curse her even in front of all his brothers.

“Shrew!”

Later, after he’d made a name for himself, someone came forward with a suggestion.

“General, you’re a brilliant young talent, but unfortunately, a shrew rules your household. She follows neither the Three Obediences nor the Four Virtues. Why not divorce her and marry a refined young lady instead?”

Yan Qisheng flew into a rage at these words and jabbed the man in the ribs with the butt of his spear.

“Ugh...”

“Enough nonsense! Get out of here at once. If even a word of this reaches my wife’s ears, I’ll take your worthless life!”

If my wife hears this and happily uses it as an excuse to throw me out, wouldn’t I be terribly wronged?

“General, why are you so afraid of your wife?”

“Ridiculous! How am I afraid of my wife? As the saying goes, a man must never cast off the wife who stood by him through hardship. How could a man of my noble character abandon his first wife after making something of himself...?”

Yes! That must be it... I... I just... feel sorry for that shrew. She’s old and past her prime, and... and stubborn to boot. Who else would want her besides me?

The shrew, Mu Hongluan, sat upright at the head of the room. She lowered her head and gently skimmed the tea leaves from her cup. After one sip, she set it down and sighed in disappointment.

“Why won’t he listen to reason? It’d be so much better if he divorced me!”