The Eldest Princess's Search for a Husband (Everyone's Favorite)

(Everyone's favorite + rival suitors + a battlefield of love) [Scheming powerful official VS aloof top scholar VS mad younger brother]

The Wen dynasty had lasted for more than four hundred years. On the day the city fell and the palace was destroyed, the eldest princess, who had been traveling abroad, rushed back on horseback. From then on, Princess Wen Zheng had neither father nor mother, and was all alone.

Shao Jingze, the instigator, smiled as he waved his folding fan. "Wen Zheng, how could someone like you possibly deserve a place at court?"

Her younger brother, Wen Chaoshen, took her hand. "Sister, I really hate you so much. Why don't we go to the underworld together?"

A man stood some distance away, elegant and radiant, his voice sharp as a blade. "You certainly know how to pick your moment."

Wen Zheng stared up at the sky, her tears long since dried. "So even dying is this hard."

Two years later, the eldest princess returned. She wanted nothing else. She only wanted to take back what she had lost.

The new emperor was afraid of her and came up with a ruthless plan: arrange a marriage for Wen Zheng and bring her completely under control. The princess didn't care. Shao Jingze put on an act of affection toward her, Shen Qingci used her for his own ends, and Wen Chaoshen was simply dependent on her.

But one day, the eldest princess realized something was wrong.

Her sworn enemy, Lord Shao Jingze, the Situ official who had relentlessly opposed her at court, had kept portraits of her from childhood to adulthood in his private villa. There were even some utterly indecent paintings. "Did I paint well? I think about your body all the time."

The top scholar Shen Qingci went even further. He entered her chambers every night, held her as she slept, and bit her earlobe as he asked, "If the eldest princess won't choose me as her husband, how about making me your secret lover?"

Even Wen Chaoshen, the younger brother who had grown up with her, took down the notice seeking a match from outside and asked, "Who wants to be your brother? I want you to belong to me, inside and out!"

Wait, this seemed to be heading in a completely unexpected direction?

[Rekindled love after a breakup + a man desperately pursuing his wife + reversed forced pursuit + pseudo-incest] = a melodramatic mishmash

Reader's guide:

1. Both leads are sexually inexperienced; multiple men compete for the heroine.

2. The martial world versus the imperial court.

3. A scheming Situ official / an aloof top scholar / a mad younger brother.

4. The romance unfolds in separate stages; there are no multiple relationships happening at once.

5. The mad younger brother and the heroine are not related by blood.

6. The story is mostly told in reverse chronological order. Plot: romance = 1:1.

Theme: Morality is the face we show the world.