Song of the Azure Phoenix (Reborn Twice)

[Both leads are reborn and pursue their love interests / brothers compete for the same woman / multiple male love interests in a battle royale / happy ending / hidden secrets from their past lives]

When Su Su stumbled up onto the city tower, she felt neither joy nor sorrow.

She had meant to gaze out over the myriad lights of the city as she had before, but she realized she was already blind. She could no longer see a thing.

Looking back on the past, she gave a bitter smile and sighed. It was time to put an end to it all.

She slowly took off her ceremonial robes and removed the phoenix crown and hairpins from her head...

If she could live her life over, she would never marry Xiao Cheng'an again.

She had been empress all these years, but the scheming within the palace, the struggles at court, and the emperor's suspicions had long since left her unable to breathe.

She was tired. She didn't want to fight anymore.

Snow began to fall. Su Su heard the emperor running toward the tower below.

"Su Su, what are you doing? Come down, now!"

Su Su curved her lips into a smile. Her plain robes fluttered in the wind, as did the ribbons tied over her eyes, making her look like a broken butterfly.

"Xiao Cheng'an, I have nothing left. The only thing I can give to the Cui family is this position as empress."

"Su Su, I order you to come down!" The young emperor ran up the tower for all he was worth. His eyes were full of fear. His jade crown fell and shattered on the ground, his hair came loose, and his voice changed from a command to a plea. "Please, come down..."

But the woman did not do as he wished.

In the snowy night, she spread her arms and leaped from the tower before his eyes, saying:

"Xiao Cheng'an, protect my family."

*

When Su Su opened her eyes again, she had returned to the year she came of age.

The spring banquet in the third month was in full bloom, and the young gentlemen who came to catch a glimpse of her beauty had trampled the Duke's residence's threshold flat.

The most eye-catching people in the crowd were the twin princes:

Fourth Prince Xiao Cheng'an was as refined as jade, unparalleled in elegance, and possessed a brilliant mind and the talent to save the world. He could win a battle from a thousand miles away.

Fifth Prince Xiao Chengli was handsome and martial, full of youthful vigor, the bravest of all the troops and a match for thousands. He could decide the fate of the realm on horseback.

Both were influential at court and dearly loved by the emperor. Emperor Tai'an had once remarked:

"Cheng'an is the scholar, Chengli the warrior. Together, they can bring peace to the realm."

Snap! The kite string broke, and her thoughts abruptly came to a halt.

She looked up. Between the sparse trees and flower shadows, Xiao Cheng'an had picked up the kite. In his ink-wash robes, with their wide sleeves and flowing sash, he was immaculate. His warm, picturesque features were turned toward her in a smile.

It was as if everything were happening all over again in another life.

Su Su lifted her skirt and hurried forward, but when Xiao Cheng'an smiled at her, she walked right past him and stopped before Xiao Chengli, who stood behind him. She tilted her pale neck up to the tall young man and called softly:

"Brother Chengli."

Behind her, Xiao Cheng'an's smile froze on his lips, and his eyes grew dark and deep.

It was as if she had never even looked him in the eye.

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In the nineteenth year of the Tai Liang reign, two strange events caused a sensation in the capital.

First, the eldest princess, widowed for three years, suddenly became pregnant.

Second, her husband, the Great Liang's greatest war god, Huo Qiming, who had supposedly died in battle, returned to the capital unharmed and in glorious fashion.

The emperor was beside himself with worry. To preserve their dignity, he personally issued an edict granting the two of them a divorce, then posted an imperial notice declaring that any prospective consort who admitted to being the child's father would be pardoned.

But things didn't go as planned. The further the matter went, the more confusing it became.

Because more than one person claimed the child:

Zhang Yuanqing, junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review, was upright, stern, and indifferent to worldly desires. Who knew what had gotten into him? He was suddenly fighting tooth and nail to become the child's father.

Song Ling, the grand chancellor, had an otherworldly bearing and an exalted position. Though shrewd and perceptive, he too disregarded his status and came forward to claim the child.

Emperor Liang, who doted on his daughter without restraint, lost his temper with her for the first time. "Tell Father, whose child is this, exactly?"

Liang Ningyue shook her head in confusion. "I was drunk that day. I can't remember what the person looked like or how tall he was."

Emperor Liang threw his head back and howled, frustrated that she had failed to live up to his hopes.

Just then, the most shocking thing of all happened.

The war god Huo Qiming stormed into the palace in his battle armor and dropped to his knees before the throne, his gaze resolute.

"I refuse to divorce the princess. I will raise the child as my own. I beg Your Majesty to revoke the edict."

The synopsis was screenshotted on May 3, 2024. Do not plagiarize.

Theme: Those who love each other will be together in the end.