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Your Highness, Your Wife Wants a Divorce

Facing peril during a mission, special agent Stella Jensen is transported through time to become the princess of Daprein, where she is commanded by the emperor to marry the War Duke, Cedric Shaw. At that time, Cedric is engaged in a fierce battle against Xosa. Stella aids in treating the general’s poisoning, designs weapons, and creates explosives to safeguard the people of Daprein and its borders.

Story Recap

Episode 1

A special agent's life flips in a heartbeat: Stella Jensen wakes up as the princess of Daprein, dressed in silk she never chose, inside a marriage she never wanted. The emperor has ordered her to marry Cedric Shaw, the War Duke, a man who makes no secret of his contempt for her. He accuses her of drugging him to trap him into wedlock, and she fires right back, refusing to play the meek bride. She insists that since he married her, he should treat her as his wife — but he coldly reminds her of the border's danger and her place. She storms out, and he lets her go.

Your Highness, Your Wife Wants a Divorce - Episode 1

Episode 2

Stella remembers exactly who she was: a top agent with five years and no failed missions, sent to steal secrets from an enemy capital. Then the world shifts, and she's standing in a body that isn't hers, wearing clothes that aren't hers. The emperor's decree is read aloud — the princess will wed the War Duke, and the Duke, already in love with someone else, protests that he has given his heart away. The emperor's answer is cold: the wedding comes first, and only then may he keep commanding troops at the border. Stella realizes she's landed in a forced-marriage story she never auditioned for.

Your Highness, Your Wife Wants a Divorce - Episode 2

Episode 3

Stella wants nothing to do with a plot that tears lovers apart, but Cedric's patience is already gone. He orders her confined, and she demands to know by what right. Something about her face nags at him — he asks whether they've met before, though he insists his heart belongs to another. She brushes it off, then tries to talk, to negotiate. When she stumbles and grabs him for balance, he shoves her away. The moment curdles fast: Yuni appears in the doorway and catches them like this, and the air turns to ice. Whatever truce Stella hoped for just died.

Episode 4

Yuni doesn't waste a second. She announces that the drugging scandal has spread through the army, and that the princess's "coercion" of the Duke has stirred the soldiers' fury — only military punishment will calm them. Stella doesn't flinch. She turns the accusation around: the spiced incense that caused all this came from Yuni herself. Yuni sneers that Stella was seen in the capital's disreputable quarters, that she's the type for such tricks. Stella's answer is a slap, sharp and public. Yuni reels, and the whole hall watches.

Episode 5

The slap echoes, and Yuni plays the martyr, offering to die to prove the Duke's innocence. Cedric orders her taken away to be treated, and Stella follows to see it done. Alone with him, she doesn't beg — she proposes a clean break: sign the divorce paper, and they never cross paths again. Cedric refuses flatly. She is his wife, and he intends to keep her exactly where she is, to make her taste the consequences of what she's done. Stella, unshaken, offers him a mocking dare instead. If he's so reluctant to let her go, why not finish what last night started?

Episode 6

Cedric's answer is a decree, not a conversation. The princess is unruly and shameless, he declares, and she'll be sent to the desolate wilds to reflect — no leaving without his order. Stella's maid is horrified that a beloved imperial niece could be dumped in such a place, but Stella is already calculating. Out here, far from the capital, even the emperor's reach is thin. She tells the maid not to cry: no one will harm them while she's breathing. First she'll rebuild her strength — then she'll make Cedric kneel and call her father. A small trinket she carried through time catches her eye. Could it be a clue?

Episode 7

Back at the estate, Cedric's subordinate reports that the princess has entered the wilds, and warns that the emperor may not forgive such treatment. Cedric is unmoved — as long as she bears the title of his wife, her fate is his to decide. Then he asks a quieter question: has the woman who took his jade pendant a year ago been found? Not yet. He swears he'll marry her, the one who saved him at the ruined temple. Meanwhile Yuni presses close, hinting she'd settle for being a concubine. Cedric cuts her off — he sees her only as a sister, bound by her father's sacrifice.

Episode 8

In the wilds, Stella drills herself relentlessly, fists and knees, again and again. Yuni's maid arrives with a petty cruelty: the kitchen has been ordered to send only rotting scraps. Stella's people protest that they've been growing their own food, and the maid orders them to stop. Stella turns it into a demonstration — proving the scraps aren't even fit for pigs, then coolly asking who exactly is being called a pig. The maid sneers that Cedric now loathes Stella, and that Yuni's constant soothing is the only thing keeping him calm. Stella's reply lands like a blade: she wouldn't take a man like Cedric if he were free.

Episode 9

The maid demands an apology for Yuni; Stella refuses to bow to a servant. When the maid keeps pushing, Stella slaps her too — returning every insult in kind. But this time Cedric arrives. He's done tolerating her, he says, and orders the household law brought down on her. Stella doesn't back down; she points out she's still his wife, and that the steward provoked her first. Another voice speaks up for her, insisting Yuni started the trouble. Cedric ignores it. He's already decided the punishment, and he tells her she's earned every stroke of it.

Episode 10

Cedric's verdict is swift: Stella is arrogant, unrepentant, and will be deprived of food for three days — anyone who defies or pleads for her will face military law. Yuni gloats that Cedric will always protect her, and warns Stella to know her place next time. Stella, cornered and furious, sees the pattern clearly now: Yuni and her allies are snakes in one nest, and Cedric is the hand feeding them. Facing three days without food in the wilds, she makes up her mind — she's done waiting. She has to get that divorce, whatever it takes.

If you love a heroine who refuses to kneel, this is the binge you've been waiting for — hit play and watch Stella fight back.

Cast

  • Stella Jensen — special agent turned princess of Daprein
  • Cedric Shaw — War Duke
  • Yuni — Cedric's childhood friend
  • Emperor — ruler who orders the marriage

FAQ

What is "Your Highness, Your Wife Wants a Divorce" about?

The drama follows Stella Jensen, a special agent who wakes up in the body of the princess of Daprein, trapped in a forced marriage she never wanted. The emperor orders her to marry Cedric Shaw, the War Duke, who believes she drugged him to trap him into wedlock. Stella refuses to play the meek bride, demands a divorce, and after being sent to a desolate estate in the wilds, begins training and vows to fight back.

Who are the main characters in "Your Highness, Your Wife Wants a Divorce"?

The main characters are Stella Jensen, a special agent turned princess of Daprein; Cedric Shaw, the War Duke she is forced to marry; Yuni, Cedric's childhood friend who accuses Stella of scheming; and the Emperor, who orders the marriage.

What is the relationship between Stella Jensen and Cedric Shaw?

They are forced into marriage by the emperor's decree. Cedric resents the marriage and accuses Stella of drugging him to trap him into wedlock, while Stella insists that since he married her, he should treat her as his wife. She repeatedly asks for a divorce, but Cedric refuses and instead confines her and later sends her to a desolate estate in the wilds.

Who is Yuni and what is her role in the story?

Yuni is Cedric's childhood friend. She announces that the drugging scandal has spread through the army and accuses Stella of coercing the Duke, claiming only military punishment will calm the soldiers. Stella turns the accusation around, pointing out that the spiced incense at the center of the scandal came from Yuni herself. Yuni also sends her maid to deliver rotting scraps to Stella in the wilds and demands an apology, and Cedric later says he sees Yuni only as a sister, bound by her father's sacrifice.

Why does Stella Jensen want a divorce from Cedric Shaw?

Stella was forced into a marriage she never wanted, and Cedric makes no secret of his contempt for her, accusing her of drugging him to trap him into wedlock. After Yuni and her allies repeatedly provoke her and Cedric punishes her — including confining her, sending her to the desolate wilds, and depriving her of food for three days — Stella sees the pattern clearly and decides she has to get that divorce, whatever it takes.

Why does Cedric Shaw refuse to divorce Stella?

When Stella proposes a clean break and asks him to sign the divorce paper, Cedric refuses flatly. He says she is his wife and he intends to keep her exactly where she is, to make her taste the consequences of what she has done. Later, he states that as long as she bears the title of his wife, her fate is his to decide.

Is "Your Highness, Your Wife Wants a Divorce" worth watching?

If you love a heroine who refuses to kneel, the article describes this as the binge you have been waiting for. Stella never backs down — she slaps Yuni publicly, refuses to bow to a servant, and even after being sent to the wilds and deprived of food, she drills herself relentlessly and vows to make Cedric kneel and call her father.

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