The Scumbag’s Climbing the Social Ladder? The Coolheaded Powerful Official Has My Back, and I Won’t Forgive Him!

【Thorny Rose Physician vs. Coolheaded, Scheming Court Official】 Shen Qingtang had neither parents nor family, so she regarded her fiancé’s family as her own. She worked herself to the bone to support Zhou Yanzhi and his family for six years. Who could have known that once Zhou Yanzhi passed the imperial exams, he would curry favor with the powerful, while his mother seized the chance to sell her off? Desperate to protect herself, Shen Qingtang accidentally killed someone and was locked away in a dark, lightless cell, where she endured endless torment. She finally managed to escape, only to die at the hands of the Zhou family. Reborn, Shen Qingtang happens upon Pei Heng, Minister of Rites, and clings to him for protection. The man who forced her into marriage has his crimes exposed. The man who discarded her like rubbish watches himself lose his position, while even the powerful patron he clung to is toppled and cast into the dirt. In the end, he discovers that Shen Qingtang was the true powerful figure all along, and regrets everything. Meanwhile, a certain coolheaded court official’s eyes redden as his heart stirs. He loses control and pulls her tightly into his arms, saying only, “I’ve finally found you...”