[One Shou to Four Gongs, Deeply Scheming Viper Beauty Shou]
Shen Qing has been reborn.
In his previous life, he was a refined young master of a prominent family. He supported the faction of the crown prince favored by his father, but they lost the battle for the throne. He was thrown into a dungeon, where he saw the new emperor for the last time. It was none other than a worthless prince who had grown up in the Cold Palace. No one had expected him to ascend the throne; everyone was sure he would be a puppet.
The new emperor personally ordered his execution. Shen Qing had seemed gentle as jade, but was ruthless beneath the surface and had offended many people. Even his childhood friend, whom he thought loved him in return, betrayed him. The only person who pleaded for him was his own half-brother, whom he had never spared a second glance.
When he gets another chance at life, Shen Qing returns to many years earlier.
1. He treats the future emperor, who is still a boy in the Cold Palace, like a gentle beauty, only to find himself thoroughly clung to, unable to shake him off.
2. When it comes to the half-brother in his household, Shen Qing realizes for the first time that the quiet, taciturn young man has been watching him all along. His gaze is cloying and sinister, and give him the slightest bit of sweetness and he’ll pounce like a dog.
3. As for the unsuccessful crown prince he once supported, Shen Qing quietly distances himself. When the prince notices, he grabs Shen Qing by the throat and demands, “What have I done wrong that you would abandon me?”
4. Finally, there is the childhood friend who betrayed him in his previous life. Shen Qing withdraws the rare devotion he once gave him, and the other man’s gentle, affectionate eyes no longer stir anything in him. That is, until the other man’s eyes redden and he asks, “I always knew you were in love with me. Have you fallen for someone else now?”
*The half-brother and Shen Qing have different parents and are not blood-related; a pseudo-incest pairing.
*This blurb is not final. Just jotting down the premise.
*The title is giving me such a headache. Let me think about it some more.
(Blurb screenshotted on 2025.10.10)
Theme: One look at Shen Qing, and you’re lovesick for life
