A Guide to Raising a Princess

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Since she was little, the emperor's younger sister, Dou Kou, had been raised by a palace dog in a desolate, overgrown Cold Palace, where the weeds grew so thick they blotted out the sky.

By the age of five, she still couldn't speak and crawled on all fours. With her unusual skills, she became a little monster everyone feared.

When everyone decided to get rid of the terrifying little monster, the young and ruthless Crown Prince Xie Yuanyou charged into the Cold Palace with his sword and carried her back to the Eastern Palace to raise her.

The disheveled little sprite grew more and more lovely under the Crown Prince's care.

Everyone said His Highness the Crown Prince was as cold as ice, kept his distance from women and even strangers, and spent his days fighting and killing.

Little did they know that one day, they would see the cold-faced Crown Prince sitting beneath the intertwined trees, holding the little girl on his lap and gently plucking the strings of a qin. Her tiny, radish-like fingers had deftly braided his hair, from beneath his jade crown all the way down to the hair at his waist, which was cinched with a cloud-patterned, dragon-embroidered belt.

One day, Dou Kou finally learned that she and her elder brother weren't related by blood.

To save him, she had no choice but to commit the unthinkable and seduce the brother who had raised her, acting as both father and mother since she was little.

What a sin! She swore that once she had saved him, she would make herself scarce at once.

Unfortunately, she hadn't gotten far before her brother, driven mad, dragged her back with bloodshot eyes.

"I gave you the chance to run away. You were the one who pulled me back from the brink when I was struggling in that empty doorway. Now you say it was all a misunderstanding. Do you think I can let you go?"

Someone tell her: where had her gentle, kind brother gone? QAQ

P.S. 1. They are not related by blood.

2. While they are in this relationship, neither of them has romantic feelings for the other. It's purely familial affection.

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"My Possessive Brother's Devotion"

In her previous life, Xie Er's true identity was revealed. She went from a phoenix to a chicken, and the once high-ranking county lady was reduced to a commoner.

Luckily, she still found a husband who loved her as much as she loved him, someone who cared about love, not status.

But on the way to their wedding, her half-brother Xie Jinxing, a powerful and corrupt eunuch whom she had once bullied mercilessly, abducted her and brought her to the palace to be his companion.

Xie Jinxing let his hair down, opened his collar, and leaned against a jade couch. With his black hair and red lips, he was so beautiful he seemed almost demonic. He smirked and beckoned to her. "Come here."

Xie Er was forced to serve him tea and grind ink every day. Sometimes he would grab her slender waist and lean close, his voice cold and menacing as he asked, "Didn't you always say you hated profit-seeking eunuchs like me most of all? How does it feel to stay by an eunuch's side as his companion?"

Later, Xie Er died of depression. After becoming a lonely ghost, she saw with her own eyes how her beloved betrayed her and shamelessly begged her half-brother to secure him an official position. In the end, her half-brother placed her body in a beautiful glass coffin, polished it day and night, and kept it beside his bed. He spoke to her intimately, as he had when they were children, and avenged her.

Reborn, she returned to the year she was six. Her mother once again put a whip in her hand and forced her to treat Xie Jinxing coldly, tormenting and beating him.

This time, Xie Er refused, no matter what.

The little girl's bright eyes filled with tears. She helped Xie Jinxing, whose eyes were swollen from being beaten, to his feet, then placed the whip in his hand instead.

"Brother, I'm sorry. If you're angry, you can hit me... once."

After saying this, Xie Er trembled all over with fear. She clenched her tiny fists and squeezed her eyes shut.

Though badly injured and barely able to walk, Xie Jinxing struggled to his feet and gently... kissed the top of her head, imitating the way she kissed flower petals.

Later, Xie Er was cherished and doted on by her brother as she grew up. Thinking his protection would help her find a reliable husband this time, she was sure things would go better.

Who knew that on her wedding day, the powerful Grand Secretary Xie Jinxing, who held life and death in his hands, would still forcibly seize her bridal sedan chair and take her back to his residence?

P.S. The male and female leads are not related by blood. They have no romance while they are in this relationship.

Theme: Be brave enough to change and embrace the challenges of growing up