Childhood Sweethearts Won't Let Me Remain a Widow for My Deceased Husband

Lu Lingyi was once a noble lady famed throughout the capital, childhood sweethearts with the young duke of the Cheng'en Duke's household, the two of them deeply in love. She promised to marry Pei Siwu when he returned from the frontier, yet at the very last moment, she married another. Later, her husband's family was convicted of a crime, and the entire household was ruined. She fell from being the daughter of a marquis's household to a palace official, treading carefully, walking on thin ice. When she met Pei Siwu again, he had already become a close aide to the emperor, dignified and haughty. He looked at her and said in a mocking tone: "Lu Lingyi, so you've finally come to this day?" ...