The Substitute Princess Is a Seductive, Beautiful Tragic Heroine

*Complete* Available to read legally only on Jinjiang Literature City The Great Liang Empire had twin princesses, both as beautiful as peach blossoms and stunning enough to topple kingdoms. They were the objects of such longing that the young noblemen who adored them would rather give up their careers than let them go. Unfortunately, the elder princess was married off to a foreign land for the sake of the country. The noblemen who had once crowded around her to curry favor now flocked to the second princess, Jiang Chengxue. As soon as Jiang Chengxue transmigrated into the book, she found herself in a scene of romantic rivalry, with four noblemen all holding out flowers they'd picked for her. She gave them all a radiant smile and accepted every flower. With a suggestive air, she placed one in each man's hair. Her phoenix eyes flickered. "Four gentlemen wearing flowers, don't disappoint me." Having read the original story, Jiang Chengxue knew these shallow fools only saw her as a substitute for her sister. They'd try every way they could to make the original Jiang Chengxue imitate her sister's mannerisms. Later, they'd trick her into going to the Xiongnu and leave her in the bedchamber of the elderly Chanyu, trading her for her sister. Jiang Chengxue sneered. So they all liked playing with substitutes? Then let's see who ends up replacing whom... The flirtatious young heir thought he'd won Jiang Chengxue's heart, only to discover she had started asking about the preferences of his cousin, the prime minister, whose appearance resembled his by thirty percent. The cold-hearted prime minister thought his plan was flawless, only to realize that Jiang Chengxue had told the regent, whose temperament resembled his by thirty percent, about the arrangements he'd made at court. The scheming regent thought his powerful army would let him get everything he wanted, only to find that Jiang Chengxue seemed to like a young general, his sworn enemy, whose voice resembled his by thirty percent. The straightforward young general laid his whole heart before Jiang Chengxue, only to discover that the princess smiled brightly at everyone else but was coldest of all toward him. #The men get their bones ground to dust and end up in the doghouse. Turns out I'm the substitute! #The teasing princess toys with the men, ruthlessly humiliating them and racking up points! ★Reading Guide: 1. Transmigrate-into-a-book story in an alternate setting. The fictional elements are extensive, so don't scrutinize the history. 2. There will be scumbag-men redemption arcs and romantic rivalry, but no scumbag man will end up with the heroine. The male lead is the young general mentioned last in the blurb. The one and only official pairing: a beautiful, teasing princess who manipulates scumbag men with ease, and a spirited, sincere young general with puppy-like charm. 3. Important: The sisters are deeply devoted to each other! The elder sister is a strong woman with a hidden golden finger. She chooses to marry into a foreign land and has been planning to meddle in the enemy nation's politics from the very beginning. She will build her career there. The elder sister has always protected the younger one, and the younger sister is also working to make sure her sister has no worries at home. 4. Content warning: If you can't stand men being tormented in all sorts of ways, or you have a misogynistic aversion to a heroine manipulating people and humiliating scumbags, please leave by clicking the top-left corner. Comments about how wonderful the scumbag male supporting characters are, or how the heroine doesn't deserve their sincere love, will be deleted. You may say you don't think the heroine is good enough, but I won't accept praising scumbag men while using them to put the heroine down. 5. About the story: Face-slapping and humiliating scumbags, and the romance between the leads, make up roughly a 3:2 share of the story. Both plotlines move forward together. All the apparent coincidences in the story are planned, not genuine coincidences. So please don't criticize the story when you see a coincidence. It's simply my writing habit to explain the reasons afterward. Theme: Women should be self-reliant.