The Tenth Year After My Wife’s Death

Synopsis: Song Shanzhi did not like her fiancé. It did not matter that Li Wei had earned one military merit after another at a young age, becoming a brilliant young talent whom the entire imperial court praised as a man with limitless prospects and a pillar of the nation. Every time Song Shanzhi met Li Wei, however, the way he looked at her made her skin crawl. At last, Song Shanzhi gathered up her courage and sent Li Wei a letter. She asked him to meet her tomorrow beneath the third old willow tree by the Xihe River. She had rehearsed every word she wanted to say and was determined to break off their engagement. But she died on the way to meet him. · When Song Shanzhi opened her eyes again, she stared blankly at the frost-covered city around her. Before she could even find her father, brothers, and the rest of her family, she encountered Li Wei first. Li Wei—ten years later. The man who had brought her there to offer her as a treasure continued to flatter him shamelessly, completely oblivious to how terrifying the Grand Minister of War’s increasingly icy expression had become. “Take your counterfeit and get out.” Song Shanzhi was still dazed when she was thrown outside. The man who had captured her to present her as an offering sighed and lamented, “Who would’ve thought the Grand Minister really is such a devoted lover!” A devoted lover? Li Wei? Song Shanzhi could not make sense of it no matter how hard she tried. The person he was devoted to… Couldn’t possibly be her, could it? · Li Wei had joined the military in his youth. After ten years of battle, surrounded by weapons and warhorses and drenched in blood, he eventually rose to the position of Grand Minister of War. Yet even now, he remained unmarried. Even an imperial marriage personally bestowed by the Emperor had been rejected by him. Those who knew a little of the truth could only sigh. The Grand Minister was still attached to his former fiancée, who had tragically died in an upheaval years ago. Li Wei had no way of letting her go. She had died on her way to meet him. That night… What had she intended to say to him? Li Wei thought that in this lifetime, he would never receive her answer. But Heaven both hated him and pitied him. He stroked the tiny crimson mole beneath the young woman’s earlobe and kissed her. “On the seventh day of the fourth month that year, what were you going to tell me?” Song Shanzhi trembled violently. He was this insane. How on earth was she supposed to tell him that she had originally intended to break off their engagement? — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Tenth Year After My Wife’s Death — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠