Ex Left for Gold, She Married the Throne

Abandoned to shoulder crippling household obligations after her spouse staged a fatal accident to chase aristocratic status elsewhere, a resilient noblewoman refused to allow her clan to fall. She took the family's brilliant foster protégé as her lawful partner, dedicating decades of labor and resourcefulness to guiding his ascent.

Now the supreme prime minister commanding unmatched imperial power, her devoted new husband shares an unshakeable partnership with her. When the cowardly former husband returns with a demanding mistress to reclaim his ancestral title, he discovers that the modest home he abandoned is now guarded by the crown.