She Refuses to Be a Concubine

[The Pursued Husband Begs for Her Back] [The Powerful Man Bows His Head] [Secret Crush] [Rivalry for Her Affections] Cheng Wanning married into the Shen family with the status of a proper wife, never imagining that one remark from the Marchioness, "A daughter of a condemned traitor cannot be a wife," would reduce her to the lowest-ranking concubine at Shen Jie’s side. Fortunately, her husband treated her tenderly and promised to restore her status as his proper wife one day. For four years of marriage, she fulfilled her duties as a wife, going to prison for him, enduring poison, and nearly losing her life. She believed theirs was a love forged through life and death. Even when someone poisoned her and left her with a ruined voice and chronic pain, she had no regrets. That was, until her husband rose two ranks, basked in glory, and married into a powerful family, forcing her to accept her status as a concubine. Only then did she come to her senses: her husband had never truly cared for her. Though her family offered no support and she had no one to rely on, she decided to divorce him and return to her family. She watched coldly as he entertained guests, then married another woman. Shen Jie didn't know she had already obtained the document that freed her from concubinage. He knew even less that she would soon marry someone else. When a man of immense power cherished her beyond measure, word spread that Shen Jie had staked everything, kneeling on three thousand steps just to beg for one glance from her.