After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Villainous Imperial Brother Set His Sights on Me

[Synopsis]

Shen Rao is a renowned melodrama writer on A Jin Literature City.

One day, a friend messaged her and told her to read a story. After finishing it, melodrama queen Shen Rao declared, "Who reads this kind of serious drama anymore?"

So Shen Rao rewrote the story in one fell swoop. The original male lead, the ethereal crown prince, became a short-lived man who died young, while the original female lead, the marquis's legitimate daughter, became a fake heiress doomed to be cannon fodder...

But who could have guessed that she would transmigrate into the story as the original heroine, whose fate was miserable? Forced to follow the plot, she reached the point where she lost the household struggle and was confined. All that remained was to wait for death.

But waiting to die was out of the question. Shen Rao decided to seize the spotlight. She set her sights on the role of the villainous princess, who appeared later in the story, and planned to recruit an ally to fight alongside her.

As the saying goes, "As long as this palace lives, you will remain concubines for the rest of your lives." As long as the crown prince was alive, the male and female leads would never get the chance to cause trouble.

Shen Rao decided to protect the crown prince. When he ascended the throne, she would be the emperor's sister, with merit for helping him claim the throne. Then she could open her own princess's residence and keep a few handsome men. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

So when the crown prince was in danger, she sent word. When he was attacked, she took the blade for him...

Shen Rao: Crown Prince Brother, don't let me down!

*

Qi Jinchen was born the noble crown prince of Nanlin, but his father had no expectations of him, and his mother doted on him.

His brothers all saw him as a thorn in their sides, constantly plotting to strip him of his position as crown prince.

His mother's family only used him for power, and showed him no affection at all.

Qi Jinchen had thought there was nothing left in all of Qi worth holding on to.

He never imagined that one day someone would force her way into his life, take blow after blow of open attacks and hidden schemes for him, shield him from the wind and snow, and give him a glimmer of starlight in the dark of night.

Qi Jinchen thought, You were the one who came close to me first. Now that I've got you, you can't run away.

Would you be my younger sister?

No. Who wants to be only your brother?

I want you as my empress.

*

War broke out among the three kingdoms. The crown prince of Qi was trapped in danger on the front lines, surrounded by enemy forces. The emperor of Chu ordered someone to shout from the city tower: "If the Eldest Princess of Qi marries into Chu as a consort, we will release the crown prince of Qi."

Shen Rao: "I accept... not! Just wait until I smash your damn head in."

But before Shen Rao could finish, an arrow pierced the herald and embedded itself in the city wall. Then, a cavalry force appeared like a divine host, its ranks as ominous as storm clouds pressing down on the city.

It was the hundred thousand Black Wind Cavalry of Qin, the greatest power among the kingdoms, which had not taken part in the war. Wherever the Black Wind went, it had never been defeated. At its head was the emperor of Qin.

But Shen Rao saw her Crown Prince Brother sitting in the emperor of Qin's carriage, saying with a sinister look, "How dare you covet my empress?"

Shen Rao: "???"

It turned out that her ethereal Crown Prince Brother was also the unpredictable, cruel, bloodthirsty villainous boss from the original story: the tyrant of Qin who had taken on all three kingdoms and nearly turned the original male lead into a ruler of a conquered nation.

Time to run!

---Extra Scene---

Shen Rao carried the contents of her princess's residence and tried to flee in the middle of the night, but a certain tyrant stopped her before she even made it out of the palace.

The tyrant: "Ah Rao, you protected me so fiercely back then. Doesn't that mean you love me?"

"Will you be my empress?"

Shen Rao looked at the golden chain in the tyrant's hand and the golden cage being carried in nearby. Did she dare say no?

Waaah!

P.S. No actual imprisonment. Strong leads, one-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first.