After She Divorced Him, the Ascetic Tyrant Went Wild with Jealousy

On their wedding night, he told her that defending the realm mattered more than romance, leaving her alone in their bridal chamber. She waited there for three years. When he finally returned to the capital, he made excuse after excuse to avoid consummating the marriage. One night, he climbed into her bed, only to ask her to let his mistress move into the household. She was done with that worthless man! She flung a divorce letter at his face and took every last bit of her dowry. When her ungrateful mother-in-law saw that the household treasury had been emptied and money was running short, she came to her door in the middle of the night, tugged at her skirt, and tried to guilt-trip her. As an elder, she even knelt and said that if her daughter-in-law didn't turn back, Heaven would punish her. She rolled her eyes. “I'm afraid I'm not worthy of your regard. I've won several battles, and His Majesty has exceptionally bestowed upon me the hereditary title of Marquis of Pingnan. You're an untitled old woman. How dare you not kneel before me?” When her faithless scumbag of an ex saw the gifts from the powerful piled outside the Marquis's residence, he shoved through the crowd like a mad dog, grabbed her wrist, and stared at her with bloodshot eyes. “We knew each other as children. Ten years of affection, and you can really be this heartless?” She kicked him away. “What kind of lowlife dares disturb my peace? Are your Imperial Guards useless, too?” The scumbag asked, “Whose Imperial Guards?” The tyrant replied, “Who do you think?” She smiled. “Looks like I'll have to train your Imperial Guards myself, Marquis.” The tyrant said, “If need be, I can train them too.” The scumbag stammered, “You two...” She said, “Addressing the emperor and empress as ‘you two’ is a grave offense, punishable by the execution of your entire family. Oh, right, the child doesn't have to die. Just send him into exile. After all, he's a bastard who doesn't bear the Gao surname.”