Reborn as the Crybaby Crown Princess

An Linmu is a renowned stunt double in the entertainment industry. He excels at music, chess, calligraphy, painting, strategy, and martial arts. Everyone in the business feels it's a shame that someone born to star in leading roles insists on playing supporting characters.

In reality, he just wants the free time to read novels and doesn't want to take on too much work.

One day, however, he suddenly transmigrates into an ancient-era danmei novel, becoming a weepy crown princess who is mistaken for a stand-in.

The crown princess is exquisite-looking but a complete airhead beauty. Relying on her father, the great general who protects the nation, and her brother, a great general who guards the realm, she throws her weight around in the capital. She is also deeply in love with the Crown Prince and insists on marrying him.

Everyone expects the Crown Prince to reject her outright, but an imperial edict arranging their marriage leaves them all stunned.

The crown princess gets her wish, but she makes a scene at every turn, throwing the entire palace into chaos. Everyone despises her, and the Crown Prince grows to loathe her, until she meets a tragic end.

An Linmu: She had a winning hand and still managed to play it terribly. What a talent.

The Empress Dowager holds a flower-viewing party. The noble young ladies all look forward to seeing the crown princess embarrass herself, only to be captivated when she performs "Phoenix Seeks Its Mate."

An Linmu gazes tenderly at the Crown Prince. "My feelings for Your Highness are like a song, sung from the heart."

The Crown Prince watches the faint tears glimmering in those peach-blossom eyes and rubs his suddenly warm ears.

At the imperial hunt, the princes compete against one another, only for an arrow to fly straight at them and kill the very prey they were fighting over.

An Linmu seeks praise from the Crown Prince, his eyes brimming with tears. "Your Highness, the game is too heavy for me to carry, and I hurt my hand, too."

The Crown Prince gazes at the red mark on that pale wrist and scratches his suddenly itchy throat.

The crown princess is talented, delicate, and sweet. Every day, he leaves the Crown Prince weak in the knees.

The food is too hot, so the Crown Prince has to blow on it for him!

The water is too cold, so the Crown Prince has to coax him into drinking!

The bed is too chilly, so the Crown Prince has to hold him!

The Crown Prince initially treats An Linmu as that person's stand-in, never expecting to fall deeper and deeper into the crown princess's tender affection.

Later, an envoy from the enemy nation arrives to sue for peace, bringing along a princess and a prince as prospective marriage partners.

Everyone sees the former Crown Prince's study companion, who was supposed to have died in an accident, now living as a prince of the enemy nation.

While everyone wonders who is whose stand-in, the crown princess, An Linmu, suddenly disappears.

The food has no taste.

The water is ice-cold.

The bed is freezing.

The Crown Prince thinks about the crown princess all day, and finally goes mad.

One day, at the border, the Crown Prince encounters a man who looks just like the crown princess. The man wears battle gear and wields a long spear, routing the enemy forces.

Before the Crown Prince can celebrate, he sees another man who looks just like himself beside the warrior. The two men walk home happily, holding the hand of a little toddler.

The Crown Prince is struck as if by a bolt from the blue, frozen in place.

An Linmu: A stand-in? Not a chance. Ever heard of the wife-chasing crematorium trope?

A weepy actor on the surface but a master performer underneath, receiving, paired with a cold and aloof seme who becomes an obsessive, scheming green tea later on.

[Recorded on April 9, 2022]

Premise: Feel love with all your heart.