Lured to Nest

A Qi's older brother had just taken a new wife. His bride was tall, handsome, and dashing, with a cool gaze, yet she would patiently listen whenever her young sister-in-law chatted about girlish things.

When A Qi asked about other things, the beautiful bride always answered gently. But whenever they talked about the young men seeking A Qi's hand, she would say coldly, "They're not worthy of you."

"Then who is?"

"There's a young man in a neighboring kingdom, born to a noble family, brilliant and resourceful, with a thousand faces and magical hands. One day, he will save the kingdom from crisis, uphold the state, and usher in a golden age. Then he will offer you the realm as his bride price and ask for your favor. I think he would be the perfect match for you."

A Qi didn't take her seriously, until she later met the perfect match she had described.

The mysterious young man who had weathered hardships with her had become Lu Cheng, Regent of the Xuan Kingdom.

Tall and graceful, with a peerless face, his dark eyes had shed their gloom and held only the familiar tenderness she knew so well.

He smiled and took her hand. "A Qi."

I've come to marry you.

A Qi: "...Sister-in-law?!"

Lu Cheng gently pressed a long finger to her lips. "Shh. Call me husband."

This is the story of a cross-dressing Regent with a dark past, who seeks the one he loves across two lifetimes.

Alone on a bitterly cold night, she was the only warm light on his path.

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The male lead is reborn from the start. He cross-dresses to avoid trouble in the early chapters, then switches back to men's clothes midway through. He has two secret identities.

The heroine has only glimpsed fragments of her past life in dreams, and her memories gradually return.

Theme: Persevere and keep striving