A General Can't Compare to an Emperor: Remarry and Rise to Power

[Cool and Aloof Daughter of a Military Family vs. Childhood Sweetheart Husband Who Faked His Death to Marry into Both Branches of His Family vs. Powerful Regent Who Takes What He Wants and Never Backs Down]

The year her childhood sweetheart died in battle, Xie Wenxu defied everyone's objections and married into the Huo family, carrying his memorial tablet with her.

For five years, she lived as a widow, caring for her deceased husband's mother and managing the household. She had loved him deeply since they were young, and she never regretted it.

Then disaster struck her birth family. Her entire family was imprisoned, and grief filled the household.

When her husband's elder brother refused to help, she had no choice but to seek out the Regent, once her rejected suitor and sworn enemy, now a man with power over the entire court.

One night of passion, spring robes damp with sweat.

But when she returned in disarray, she discovered...

Her husband, who was supposed to have died on the battlefield, had taken his elder brother's identity and abandoned her. He had calculated every detail of her deep love, turning her five years of widowhood into a complete and utter joke.

They say Xie Wenxu is an oddity among the legitimate daughters of military families.

She is gentle, kind, and dignified, with neither ambition nor sharp edges.

Indeed, she never seeks revenge in the heat of the moment. She simply believes that even when it means shedding tears and blood, every debt must be repaid a thousandfold.

Later, the young master of the Huo family gazed at the dazzling woman who had risen to a high position and regretted everything. He knelt in the snow for an entire night, begging her to marry him again.

"I faked my death because I was blinded by foolishness, Wenxu... I love you. Otherwise, why would I have wanted to share a marriage with my elder brother, just to spend a night with you?"

Xie Wenxu lifted the tip of her foot and tilted her former husband's chin up, looking down at him with a sneer. "So what if you love me? How dare you speak of forgiveness with that wretched little bit of love?"

The Regent wrapped an arm around her waist and stole his minister's wife, kissing her until her cheeks flushed. "Second Lady Xie, what a way with men. You have me now, so you can't go flirting with anyone else."