Demoted from Wife to Concubine? The Cast-Off Wife Rises to the Top and Turns the World Upside Down

I'm Xin Yuanyuan, a concubine-born daughter of the Xin family in the western part of the capital.

I married at sixteen, taking as my husband Song Rusong, whom my legitimate sister didn't want.

I never expected him to be so promising. He kept taking the imperial exams and eventually became the top scholar.

Before I could even settle into my seat as the top scholar's wife, my legitimate sister came out to make a scene. "Everything before was wrong. Let's start over!"

A pampered young princess had set her sights on my talented and handsome husband and wanted to marry him.

My gentle, tea-scented cousin also wanted to join the family.

One after another, they all came onto the stage, a whole den of monsters and demons.

Everyone wanted me to step aside.

Even the husband who had once promised never to betray me changed his tune.

With a hypocritical air, he said, "Yuanniang, you're my first wife, and you've raised my two daughters. From now on, stay by my side as a concubine. I'll make sure you have food and clothes, and that your life is comfortable."

When the story got out, everyone praised Song Rusong for being loyal and kind. No one cared how I felt or what my daughters had been through.

The drama kept unfolding, one act after another. I sneered, my eyes revealing three parts coldness, three parts mockery, and four parts indifference.

If life was never going to go my way, and all I met were ungrateful people, then I'd make a scene, wreck things, and kill if I had to...

Everyone waited to laugh at the abandoned wife. No one expected that years later, the person they mocked would become a legend beyond their reach...