Stop Pretending, Heir. Your Wife Has Married a Cold-Blooded Power Broker

[Gentle yet headstrong wife] VS [Cold, immortal-like powerful official] Three years ago, Jiang Zhixiao defied her “Master’s” advice and married her childhood sweetheart, the heir to a noble title. Her birth mother died tragically, her stepmother feigned kindness, and her stepsister took everything from her. She thought the heir would be her salvation. But over the three years of their marriage, her stepsister, whose face was as serene as Guanyin’s but whose heart was as poisonous as a snake’s, remained wedged between them. She had argued and fought with him until their love was gone. Now all he looked at her with was coldness and contempt. She had escaped one mire only to fall into another abyss. It was only when she finally came to her senses that she turned away coldly and reclaimed everything that belonged to her with her medical skills. She dumps her scumbag husband, takes on her stepsister, severs ties with her father, restores her mother’s good name, builds alliances with the powerful, and rises to the top. She tears away her hypocritical stepmother’s disguise for good. Only later did she realize that the powerful official she had broken the heart of, her “Master,” had always stayed by her side, protecting her and clearing every obstacle in her path. And the heir she had kicked aside still wanted to beg her to reconcile. She gave a cold laugh and turned back toward the residence. Her Master, a man with power over the entire court, held her and pleaded humbly. “You promised to marry me. You can’t go back on your word!”