What to Do When You Have Too Many Brothers

My mother was a peerless beauty, a bewitching woman adored by everyone. Unfortunately, she was born in a time of chaos, with no control over her own fate, and married several times.

I had nothing, except for lots of older brothers. Sons of noble clans, sons of generals...

Now she had secured the favor of the most powerful man in the land, the current prime minister.

I followed her into the prime minister's residence and became his adopted son. I had so many older brothers I couldn't keep count. The prime minister's most outstanding eldest son, Jiang Xun, was always picking on me. But I was living under someone else's roof, so I had no choice but to put up with it.

One day, my mother said to me, "A woman's life is cheap, and a beautiful woman's life is even cheaper. If you want to live like a person, you can only attach yourself to the most powerful man around. I think that old geezer's eldest son, Jiang Xun, is a good choice. He'll inherit the prime minister's position and rule the world. Go seduce him."

I was in a difficult position. Never mind that Jiang Xun couldn't stand me; he liked men, and although I looked like a man, I was actually a woman.

My mother said, "It's fine. You're my own child, so you'll definitely be able to win him over. Think about how you have no control over your fate. Think about how people will treat you like merchandise in the future. You have to find someone powerful to depend on."

I had no choice but to steel myself and go for it...

Jiang Xun's father was obsessed with married women. One day, he brought home another concubine, along with a little child. The kid was dark and scrawny, nothing like his mother. There was no way they looked related.

Then one day, he caught the little child bathing and learned what it meant to be a beauty capable of toppling a kingdom.

Jiang Xun fell hopelessly in love.

One-on-one romance, not first-person narration, a woman disguised as a man, all kinds of melodrama

Theme: If you look at everything with an open and tolerant heart, you can find love and happiness