Why Did My Sickly Beauty of a Brother Fake His Death to Deceive Me?

False siblings | Older top | Handsome and beautiful | Devoted to one another In the second year of Mingxian's reign in Northern Zhou, Su Jingnuo, the late emperor's adopted son, died on the eve of his eighteenth birthday, leaving no body behind. Some said he had committed the grave crime of plotting against the late emperor and was executed by the prime minister. Others said he refused to cooperate with the rebels' plot to frame his elder brother, who had only just ascended the throne, and therefore drank poison and killed himself. There were many rumors, but the truth surprised everyone. Ten days later, Su Jingnuo “came back from the dead” and returned to his homeland, transformed into Mu Rongyi, the new ruler of Southern Xia. Pretending to die was merely a ruse. Returning to his homeland in a perfectly natural manner was the real plan. The subjects of the two kingdoms had very different things to say about it. The old ministers of Northern Zhou, in a fury: Hey, you lot over there! If you wanted to bring the kid home, couldn't you have found another way?! Why resort to faking his death? My kid thought his little brother was really gone and searched everywhere for him, worried sick enough to cough up blood. He's only twenty, but half his hair has already turned white, and he looks like a widower! The people of Southern Xia, gnashing their teeth: Hey, hey, hey! Can you people be reasonable for once? Ask yourselves: wasn't it your old emperor who used a contract to trick the boy away from us? And now your young emperor wants to sweet-talk his way into stealing the boy's heart? Of course he ran! No chance! Everyone thought a great war was about to break out, but unexpectedly, three years later, a marriage contract arrived, and the whole situation took a turn... The old ministers of Northern Zhou: Your young prince wouldn't listen to his elders, eloped with someone, and threw himself at him! The old subjects of Southern Xia: Your emperor offered himself up as a bedmate, practically begged to be married, and even paid a dowry! Meanwhile, the two protagonists had this to say... Nuo: Brother, our new dynasty has barely been established, and everyone's already able to speak so freely with each other? Chen: Perhaps. It seems like they're debating which of us loves the other more... Come on, let's go announce the date of our wedding. Nuo: Oh! All right, Brother. *Originally titled “A Promise to the Realm” Gentle older emperor top × resilient, sickly beauty bottom 1. The opening, where one fakes his death, is angsty, but things get better after that, haha. 2. One-on-one romance, devoted to each other in body and soul. Theme: Put the people first, then the family.