Marrying the Treacherous Minister

[Coldhearted Noblewoman vs. Mad Minister]

Yun Ji is dignified and self-possessed. All she wants in this life is to marry into a respectable, noble family and become a virtuous wife.

But the late emperor's decree of marriage betroths her to Cui Zeming, a mad minister.

After the wedding, their chambers grow cold. They resent each other, and when their family is struck down, they lose all their wealth and end up despised and cursed by everyone.

Reborn, she defies his wishes and wants only to leave his household through divorce.

When he amasses wealth outside the court, she gives out congee at Xiangguo Temple to feed the hungry.

When he purges his rivals in court and frames great scholars for crimes, she goes to the prison and frees the old ministers from their shackles.

On the battlefield, he is drunk on blood and orders a massacre. Amid the roaring flames, she emerges from the remnants of the army camp and presses her neck against his bloodthirsty blade.

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Cui Zeming often hears people say that Gu Rujia, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Gu family, is a paragon of virtue and the most celebrated noblewoman in the capital.

A man should marry a virtuous woman.

Someone as pure and noble as her ought to be buried with a corrupt minister like him, rotting together in the mud after death.

He planned for everything, but never expected that after falling for her, he would become so hopelessly obsessed that he nearly lost his mind.