After Marrying the Crown Prince in My Sister’s Place

[Main story complete] Please add my new novel, The General's Concubine Is Reborn, to your reading list.

***Story blurb***

Lin Ling'er dreamed that in her previous life, her elder sister was confined to the palace by the new emperor. Unable to betray the childhood sweetheart she loved, her sister died for him.

In this life, to make her sister's dream come true, Lin Ling'er secretly put on a wedding dress and married the future emperor, who was still an obscure nobody.

After they drank the nuptial wine and entered the bridal chamber, the groom discovered that his bride wasn't the woman he'd intended to marry. The young man in red wedding robes said coldly, "A letter of repudiation or a divorce. Which do you choose?"

Lin Ling'er looked at him with teary, bright eyes. "Let me stay and be by your side, Young Master."

His warm fingertips gently brushed the first knotted button on her crimson wedding robe. The proud young man asked, "You want to serve me that badly?"

One day, Lu Jianli awoke from a dream and remembered his previous life.

Back then, he had been shackled by the hatred of his family, growing sinister and ruthless. To take revenge, he had massacred the palace and ascended the throne.

And she had fallen in the struggle for imperial power while protecting him.

Consumed by longing, he had imprisoned her elder sister in the palace because she resembled her in the slightest.

Reborn, he tore the letter of repudiation to shreds.

Holding her soft, fragrant face in his hands, his eyes filled with longing from both lifetimes. He said gently, "In this life, I won't fight for the throne. Let's go back to Jiangnan together and live as a wealthy, carefree couple. What do you say?"

Reader's guide:

1. One couple, both virgins

2. Both are reborn. The heroine is reborn at the start of the story, but only has some of her memories. The hero is reborn later.

3. In their previous life, nothing happened between the hero and the elder sister. There was no romance.

4. A sweet romance, no groveling arc.

-- Blurb for The General's Concubine Is Reborn --

In her previous life, Xiang Tao was the concubine of Xia Yuan, the great general who guarded the nation. Xia Yuan had been appointed a general as a young man and won countless battles. He was the dream man of every noble young lady in the capital.

But just after she was brought into his household, Xia Yuan had to lead his army into battle. She caught only a distant glimpse of him, sitting atop his horse, handsome and imposing, with a commanding air that drew every eye.

She waited year after year for his return. Little did she know she would wait six years.

During those six years, she turned her longing into letter after letter, piece after piece of needlework, and one unusual gift after another, sending them all the way to the frontier.

At last, she waited long enough for him to return to the capital and report to the throne.

On the day he returned, she cautiously approached him. Before she could speak, he said, "Just take care of Mother. Don't entertain any other ideas." His words chilled her to the bone.

She became a laughingstock in the household and no longer dared to see him.

Later, when her father and brothers were imprisoned, she went to beg him for help. On a cold winter's day, she knelt outside his tent until her knees bled, but he remained unmoved. She swallowed her pride and begged anyway, only for his adjutant to smash her head in, leaving her with a damaged mind.

With no family left and her mind gone, she drifted through life for five years before dying while still a young woman.

Perhaps her resentment was too deep, for her soul did not depart after death. It was trapped in an incense pavilion at Baima Temple. The temple was always busy with people praying to the gods. She spent decades among them, seeing into people's hearts, becoming keen of hearing and sight, and taking on the scent of incense.

Then she was reborn, just before Xia Yuan's return to the capital to report to the throne.

#The General's Groveling Arc#

Reader's guide:

1. One couple, both virgins, happy ending

2. The setting is entirely fictional.

Theme: Treasure the people around you. Don't wait until they're gone to regret it