On the day of my wedding to my husband, a female warrior barged in.
She lifted my bridal veil, pinched my cheek with a grin, and praised, “What a tender little bride!” Then she drifted away as lightly as she had come.
From that day on, a black ink stain appeared on my face. No matter what I tried, I could not wash it off.
My husband despised me and never once set foot in my room again.
My mother-in-law resented me for occupying the position of mistress of the household while failing to bear any children.
Even my sister-in-law sighed over her brother’s miserable fate, saying he had married an ugly woman.
I became the invisible mistress of the Marquis’s Mansion.
I worked without complaint and managed the household affairs.
I raised the son adopted into our branch and devoted myself wholeheartedly to planning for the Marquis’s Mansion.
Only when I accidentally saw my husband and the female warrior admiring flowers together on a spring outing did I finally learn the truth.
My husband and the female warrior had fallen in love at first sight long ago.
Unwilling to be bound by the rules of the Marquis’s Mansion, the female warrior had abandoned my husband and left. Yet she could not bear to hand the man she loved over to another woman, so she used a secret drug to ruin my face.
And my husband had found the female warrior long ago. He had obtained the antidote, but under the spell of her tears and tenderness, he threw it away and promised her that his heart would never waver.
For her, he kept himself pure in the Marquis’s Mansion. Outside the estate, he lived in perfect harmony with her, and they had a son and a daughter.
Their son was given to me to raise so he could inherit the Marquis’s Mansion’s estate.
Their daughter stayed by their side to bring them joy, and in the future, they would recruit a husband to marry into the family for her.
All these years, they had lived in bliss. I was the only one who suffered.
I secretly drugged the female warrior with Soft Tendon Powder, then set the villa on fire. After notifying my husband and son to come put out the flames, I had them bound up like thieves and thrown into the burning villa as well.
Knowing I had committed a capital crime, I wrote a petition in blood and struck the Dengwen Drum, accusing the Marquis’s Mansion of favoring an outside mistress and abusing the lawful wife.
The Marquis’s Mansion was stripped of its title and demoted. I was sentenced to death.
The Empress pitied me and granted me a divorce before I died.
From then on, I was no longer a wife of the Lu family. I was only a daughter of the Li Family.
After my death, I saw the masses spit curses at the Marquis’s Mansion. I also saw them call me a venomous woman.
Right and wrong, truth and blame-let others say what they pleased. But my life had indeed been wasted.
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day of my wedding.
The female warrior flew straight toward me with a cheerful grin.
I yanked my husband in front of me as fast as I could.
This time, it was my husband’s face that was stained with a large black mark.
