After My Late Husband's Brother Read My Mind, I Took Over the Family Line and Had a Child

On the first day after Shen Lin died suddenly and transmigrated into a book, he was sent as a substitute bride to the heir of the Duke's estate to bring him good luck. The moment he stepped through the door, he sent the man straight to the afterlife.

From then on, not only was he branded a husband-killer, he was also condemned to spend his life in women's clothes, mourning as a widow in the Duke's estate. His fate was to waste away in the inner courtyards...

Shen Lin: Surrounded by silks, eating the finest food, and waited on by a horde of servants... That's wasting away?

Holy crap! This is amazing!

But after he'd been lying flat and happily eating and drinking for a couple of days, the emperor, worried that his only nephew would die without an heir, ordered the new heir to inherit both family lines and leave a descendant for his late nephew.

Shen Lin was stunned. ...Huh? They can just borrow a seed and force an heir into existence?

Wait, who's the real person from the feudal era here? Is it me???

Good heavens, he was a man! And the new heir was a decorated general with a brutal temper, the notorious cold-faced Yama of the capital. As for having a child... If anyone found out, he'd be done for!

Good news: He wasn't done for.

Bad news: The seed really did take and produce a child (?).

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Gu Mingyuan, eldest son of the Gu family, had once been a man of propriety who strictly observed the rules. Only after he accidentally "heard" the truth about his disreputable birth did he head to the frontier to seek death.

Yet despite earning countless battle honors, he couldn't die on the battlefield. Instead, the younger brother who had taken his place as heir died suddenly on his wedding night.

The Princess Royal, his adoptive mother in name, wanted him to inherit both family lines and leave an heir for his dead brother. But Gu Mingyuan "heard" her clearly: it was just another plot to poison him.

Even with the emperor's secret decree, he could find a way to refuse. He never expected that, at the Princess Royal's order, his younger brother's wife would come to plead with him herself after nightfall.

The visitor wore a flimsy dress and heavy makeup, enough powder to shake off two taels, and could barely get a coherent sentence out. Yet her inner thoughts came fast and thick:

[Holy crap! What a handsome Yama!]

[High, strong nose, a distinct philtrum and Adam's apple, broad shoulders, narrow waist, sturdy calves. Every bit of him is built for great things!]

[If I get to enjoy a feast like this before I die, then my transmigration was worth it!]

Gu Mingyuan: "…?"

Good news: She meant no harm.

Bad news: She was full of lust.

A king of dirty talk, a coward in practice, a greedy-for-beauty goofball bottom x Mind-reading, beautiful, strong, miserable, and very much ready-for-action top

*The top and bottom are each other's first love, body and soul, with no exceptions.

*This inspiration-fueled author tinkers with each idea through dozens of drafts, and things will probably change again before the story begins. So, please hold off on sending me votes and premium gifts for now, everyone~

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