short series

The Tough Husband's Counterattack Starts from the Broken Engagement

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Ye Zhao, a poor scholar, was betrothed to Su Wantang, the young lady of the Su family since childhood. But on his coming-of-age day, Su Wantang came to break off the engagement with the betrothal gifts—she stepped on his exam papers and sneered: "A worm from the mud dares to marry me?" Heartbroken, Ye Zhao accidentally broke into an abandoned temple on the outskirts and obtained the "Divine Military Book" and a dark guard token left by the late emperor! It turns out he is the late emperor's long-lost son! Since then, Ye Zhao started his counterattack: he led dark guards to suppress bandits and save the people, used military strategies to help the court repel the northern Di tribe, and became a marquis and prime minister in just three years, holding immense power. At this time, the Su family was raided for colluding with rebels, and Su Wantang, in plain clothes, knelt before Ye Zhao begging for mercy. Ye Zhao took out the old engagement token: "Now, it's your turn to beg me to marry you?" But deep down, he knew what he wanted was never revenge—it was the Wantang who used to secretly give him osmanthus cakes...

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