My Husband's Wife Is Impossible to Coax

They had been married for years and treated each other with mutual respect. An imperial decree shattered their outward harmony. The emperor, who had never wanted the throne, pressed her at every turn, insisting she divorce her husband because she was a minister's wife. Xu Qianyan gave a bitter smile. After all their twists and turns, they had ended up right back where they started. She couldn't bear to see her “husband” hurt again. She willingly took their daughter's hand and returned to the smoke-filled imperial harem. But little by little, she realized that this ruthless tyrant only pretended to be heartless, and that the two of them had been trapped in layers of misunderstanding. At last, the fog cleared. Only then did she learn how humbly the emperor had been acting.