After I Was Demoted from Wife to Concubine, the Princess Consort Took Me Home to Reclaim My Roots

[Angst Before the Payoff + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead]

Xiaoshan saves a gravely wounded man, and the two become husband and wife.

In the third year after she takes him in, people from the Dingxiang Marquis Household come looking for him.

Only then does Xiaoshan learn that her husband is actually Qin Zan, the legitimate son of the Dingxiang Marquis in the capital.

She is taken back to the Dingxiang Marquis Household.

An orphan of lowly birth, Xiaoshan is subjected to contempt and torment in the marquis's household.

She thinks Qin Zan will feel sorry for her.

But when others accuse her, Qin Zan refuses to believe her. Instead, in front of everyone, he strikes her hard across the face.

Heartbroken and disillusioned, Xiaoshan fakes her death and leaves.

They say the heir turns white-haired overnight and searches for her everywhere like a madman.

But Xiaoshan is at the Princess Royal's residence.

The Princess Royal Zhaoning, powerful enough to command the court and even make the emperor yield to her, strokes Xiaoshan's cheek and sobs uncontrollably.

"Xiaoshan, I'm your mother. Ever since you went missing when you were five, I've searched for you for so, so long..."

"How did you get so thin? And where did all these injuries come from?"

"Who hurt you? I'll kill them!"