My Late Brother Became My Husband

Main Blurb: As the only daughter of the Marquis of Yongjia, Commandery Princess Shang Yingxi should have had a life of smooth sailing. But ever since the year she turned sixteen, when her adoptive elder brother died, everything had gone wrong for her. The worst of it was when her father suffered a defeat on the battlefield and vanished without a trace. To find him, she took her cousin’s place in a political marriage abroad and wed the obscure Prince Yan, Shang Qu. She thought he was simply a stranger who happened to share her brother’s name. But the moment she saw Prince Yan’s true face in the bridal chamber, she finally understood: her own family had deceived her for five years. Her brother was still alive! At the time, Shang Yingxi was overjoyed that he was alive, but resentful that he had lied to her. So she told him she hated him, hoping to force him to confess of his own accord. All she got in return was his cold indifference as he disavowed any connection: “Has Princess Zhennning mistaken me for someone else’s shadow?” * Shang Qu had always known that, in Shang Yingxi’s eyes, he was the noble and upright gentleman of years past. Now, consumed by hatred and scheming at every turn, he was nothing like the man he used to be. So when they met again in Tianyin, he could not bring himself to expose his shameful past and acknowledge her as his sister, admitting that he was the brother she had lost. Nor could he bear to watch her hurt herself and push him farther and farther away. The night she awoke after taking poison, she mocked him with icy words. He threw caution to the wind, gathered her in his arms, and held her tighter and tighter, murmuring in her ear, “Yingying… Your brother was wrong.” * In the end, Shang Qu dropped his disguise, and Shang Yingxi got her wish: she had her brother, and him alone, back in her life. But it was only after she was kidnapped that she felt she truly came to know Shang Qu. The room was dark, with no candlelight, yet the obsession in his eyes was unmistakable. He gripped her hand and guided it over the spot he had deliberately arranged for her to touch at the corner of his lips. “Even if you don’t love me, that’s all right. I’ll do my best to make you love me from now on.” [Reading Tips] 1. One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced, and the male lead loves only the female lead. 2. The siblings are not related by blood. 3. The dynasty is fictional; no need to research historical accuracy. 4. Shang Qu has another name, which is connected to his background. Theme: Live toward the light