The Heir Is Impotent, but His Wife Has Triplets

Jiang Li was born into a distinguished family. She spent her life working herself to the bone for her poor-born husband, helping him rise to the position of chief minister, only to end up haggard and disfigured, dying miserably in a dungeon.

Only as she closed her eyes did she learn that while she'd spent half her life worrying about his future, the scumbag had long been in bed with her legitimate younger sister!

Living a new life, her sister switches their marriage arrangements first, forcing Jiang Li to marry her short-lived brother-in-law, the heir to the dukedom.

Her sister sneers, "Jiang Li, the heir is impotent and won't live past thirty. This time, you can take my place and spend your life as a widow!"

Li Changqing: "Your sister was the one I chose first. Jiang Li, in this life and the last, I've never loved you."

The short-lived heir, cool and detached as a monk: "Jiang Li, I'll give you a divorce agreement in a month."

Jiang Li: "..."

Fine.

Once she leaves the duke's estate, she'll be free. In this life, she'll have nothing more to do with court politics, and she'll never be an official's wife again! This time, her life belongs to her alone!

But a whole year has gone by. My lord, where's my divorce agreement?

"No rush."

Jiang Li looks down at her increasingly large belly: "..." You think there's no rush?

Later, staring at the clear-eyed man before her, who strides along with such vigor that he looks nothing like someone about to die, Jiang Li grits her teeth. "Which quack said he was dying?!"

Later still, the man with the monk-like heart is no longer cold and distant. He presses close to her, cradling her face. "My A Li, instead of being an official's wife, how would you like to be my empress?"