Breaking Spring's Shadow

[The aloof beauty goes crazy for love + split personality + coercive romance + brotherly affection] Complete, with chapter comments now open! My new novel, Who Says I'm Sick?, is currently being serialized. Xie Mingting, heir to the Marquis of Chenliu, excelled in both civil and military affairs and possessed the grace of a fine jade. By the time he was twenty, he had already earned the empress's deep trust. He promoted new laws and carried out reforms, with a brilliant future ahead of him. Yet he made one mistake in his life: his younger brother died in the south before his bride had even entered the household. Their mother asked him to marry his brother's bride in his place and give his brother an heir. He thought that, as the man in charge of the laws of the realm, he was impartial and immune to love. Once he got through his mother's demands, everything could return to normal. But on his wedding night, flower shadows covered the ground and phoenix candles glowed. In the shimmering red candlelight, his bride bashfully raised her eyes. "My lord." Her bright eyes were clear as autumn water, like a lotus blooming in a pond. Xie Mingting's hand paused as he lifted her veil. It was as if that lotus had fallen into his heart, sending ripples through it. The Wei Code: Anyone who has relations with his brother's wife shall be exiled two thousand li. * Shiyin felt that her husband had changed. Before the wedding, he had been sincere and cheerful, and had disregarded their difference in status. After an encounter during the Shangyuan Festival, he had sent the traditional betrothal gifts and asked for her hand. Knowing that he had little time left to live, she had still married him without hesitation. But after the wedding, her husband's disposition changed completely. He became cold and distant. It took a great deal of effort before they finally consummated the marriage, and their relationship was fairly sweet. Then one day, her real husband returned to the capital to visit his family and was about to see his newlywed wife She was framed as having faked her death and locked in a secret room in the mansion. The person responsible was none other than her good "husband," the man in charge of the justice system of the realm, who shared her bed every night: Xie Mingting, the eldest son of the Xie family. Back then, believing that her husband had died in battle, her mother-in-law had ordered her husband's elder brother to marry her in his place and continue the family line. She had thought their marriage was full of love and harmony, but it had all been a lie... In the chilly secret chamber, a cold hand brushed her cheek. "Yinyin... I was the one who met you first. I was the one who married you. Why should you choose him?" Content warnings: ※ A delicate, scheming beauty vs. a refined scoundrel, the supposedly aloof elder brother, and a lively, beautiful, clingy puppy of a younger brother. A story about twins. The male lead is the elder brother, and both leads are sexually inexperienced. ※ Coercive romance and brothers competing for her. The heroine marries the elder brother and is married to him throughout the story. The elder brother deceives her into marriage and is eventually punished by law. ※ The cover has versions featuring both the male and female leads, and the blurb has versions from both perspectives. This version was revised on June 20. The female-lead-perspective version is archived on Weibo. ※ The conflict between the parents' generation is especially melodramatic and explosive. Read with caution. My next novel, Who Says I'm Sick? (also known as Misdiagnosis), is currently being serialized. Zhiheng recently came across a truly bizarre storybook. The sickly heroine is poisoned, and only by cuddling with the hero can she be cured. The whole treatment process is extremely... Zhiheng blushed as she read to the end, then threw the book aside and exclaimed, "Storybooks these days really have no shame!" But the very next day, she was told, "Miss, there's no cure for your illness. You have at most one year left." Soon after, she met someone. Whenever she got close to him, she felt full of energy, completely revitalized. By an incredible coincidence, he was the person she hated most at the moment: Xie Huaichen, heir to the future headship of the Yingchuan Xie family. Zhiheng: "I'd rather die than be humiliated. I'd never get together with him!" But the temptation of this miracle cure was simply too great. After several brushes with death, she finally approached him, following the storybook's advice so she could stay alive. When her best friend questioned her, Zhiheng said, "You don't understand. I have my own plan. Once I'm cured, I'll dump him!" But she kept waiting and waiting, until everyone caught them clinging to each other at a palace banquet, until the imperial family arranged their marriage, and until she had done everything the book described after the wedding, only to be told that it had all been one enormous misunderstanding from beginning to end?? At night, she looked at the man beside the bed, his eyes teasing, his expression somewhere between a smile and a smirk... Zhiheng: "..." So, can we still get a divorce? Xie Huaichen was born into a prestigious family and was handsome and refined, but he was cold by nature and had no interest in romance. After an accident at a palace banquet, he was forced to marry the young woman whose mischievous nature made her his sworn enemy. He thought they would be politely distant after marriage, but she changed completely. Instead of arguing with him as she had before, she clung to him and hugged him, acting all affectionate. At first, Xie Huaichen didn't understand, but he didn't refuse to spend time with her. Until one day, he saw the storybook his wife had carefully hidden... One-line summary: To stay alive, I married the person I hated, only to find out that my illness was fake and he was real. ※ A free-spirited sweetheart x a cool, gentle, aloof beauty. Both leads are sexually inexperienced. A sweet, exclusive romance: bickering rivals + marriage before love + healing each other. ※ An alternate history inspired by the Eastern Han dynasty. No need to fact-check. The idea that getting close to the male lead could extend the heroine's life is just a misunderstanding on her part. Don't try this at home. Content warning: The heroine has an unusual way of thinking. Her family kept her under strict control from childhood, so she lets loose after her misdiagnosis. She's not a proper young lady, has no sense of social class, and is very close with her maid. Please don't read if that's not for you. Theme: Though spring winds may turn me to snow, that's far better than being crushed into dust along the southern road