Divorce First, Cut Ties Later: The Second Wife Takes the Throne

Her husband had been away at war for three years. Su Qingruo served her mother-in-law dutifully, greeting her every morning and evening without the slightest disrespect.

Yet her mother-in-law still made trouble for her at every turn, nitpicking and finding fault.

Just as Shen Nian was about to return, Su Qingruo learned that he had taken a mistress. To bring the woman into the household, her mother-in-law planned to find an excuse to divorce her.

Enraged, Su Qingruo seized control of the household and sent her mother-in-law to a convent.

Every day, she was busy managing the household and disciplining Shen Nian and his presumptuous mistress.

She also had to deal with the new emperor climbing into her bed at night. Su Qingruo patiently waited for him to lose interest, but he had gotten a taste of her and refused to let go.

At her wits' end, Su Qingruo snapped, "Can't His Majesty even afford to keep a single concubine?"