#Two identities falling in love with the same person#
The Battle on the Dalu Border.
General Sheng Jingyu defected to the enemy and betrayed his country. His father, the Grand General Huaihua, died for his country.
The emperor showed mercy, letting merit cancel out guilt and sparing the rest of the Sheng family. Even the imperial decree betrothing a daughter of the Sheng family to the Crown Prince was not revoked.
With less than half a year until the wedding, the Sheng family daughter came to the capital from the border.
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Upon entering Xingling City, Sheng Xuan had no one to rely on, so she stayed at the Duke of Wei's residence.
Everyone knew that the duke's heir, Wei Yan, was eccentric, sinister, and reckless.
Yet at the welcome banquet, in full view of everyone, he bent down to pick up the hairpin she had dropped, smiling as he did.
She gracefully curtsied to him and said softly, "Thank you, Young Master."
Wei Yan's smile deepened, but his eyes darkened. She actually dared to forget him.
Sheng Xuan took the hairpin and saw Wei Yan smile at her. He looked like an immortal, gentle and refined as jade.
She felt relieved: Thank goodness, he doesn't remember her.
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When Wei Yan saw Sheng Xuan again, she was no longer the willful little girl from the borderlands.
She was even betrothed to the Crown Prince.
Sheng Xuan was determined to marry the Crown Prince and clear her brother's name.
Wei Yan scoffed, tearing away the Crown Prince's benevolent facade and forcing her to see that he was not the right man for her.
With nowhere else to turn, Sheng Xuan hid beneath a pear tree and wept.
Wei Yan arrived with effortless grace and offered to show her a way forward.
The Emperor's fourteenth son, Prince Duan, was exceptionally gifted and deeply favored by the emperor, yet rarely appeared in public because of a chronic illness.
Under Wei Yan's careful instruction, Sheng Xuan worked hard to win Prince Duan over.
Before long, the Crown Prince disgraced himself and offended the emperor, so he was deposed. The emperor then made Prince Duan the new Crown Prince.
Afterward, the deposed Crown Prince rebelled.
Sheng Xuan was abducted and imprisoned in a dark chamber.
In the endless darkness, the door to the chamber suddenly burst open.
Wei Yan, clad in black armor, strode in through the light.
Sheng Xuan's eyes reddened. She sobbed softly, "Elder Brother, Young Master..."
Wei Yan gazed at her, his eyes like a bottomless abyss, an almost feverish tenderness spreading through them inch by inch.
In a hoarse voice, he called her, "Yanyan, I will take you home."
Sheng Xuan had never imagined that her gentle, moonlit Young Master Wei and the brooding, aloof Prince Duan were the same person.
At first, he only wanted to tempt her into sinking with him.
Later, he bowed his head, wishing only to be her servant.
Both leads are virgins; happy ending.
A friendly note: This is not a groveling-after-the-breakup story. The identity is revealed near the end.
Completed and ready to read: After I Picked Up the Crown Prince
Ruan Like had spent eighteen years as a proper young lady, following the rules and minding her words and actions. Then, in a single day, she was framed and disgraced.
Her beloved broke off their engagement and discarded her like trash, only to become her half-sister's betrothed.
If he abandoned her, she would let him go. Ruan Like thought this was the greatest pain she could suffer, but her relatives disappointed her even more. In the name of protecting the family's reputation, they wanted to send her to a Taoist temple to spend the rest of her life in religious retreat.
Heartbroken, Ruan Like regretted only that she had spent all eighteen years being too proper and virtuous.
On the day she left the city, rain poured down and her carriage got stuck in the mud. The former legitimate daughter of a noble family had no choice but to get down and push it with her maid.
"Help me..." A faint voice suddenly came from the muddy roadside.
Ruan Like parted the grass and found a young man covered in wounds, barely clinging to life.
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Ruan Like had taken pity on the young man and saved him.
She had planned to let him leave once he recovered, but before she could find the chance to say so, he grabbed her sleeve with a pitiful look.
"Sister A-Li, are you going to make me leave too?"
The young man's name was A-Jing. He had an exceptionally beautiful pair of eyes, gazing at her, dewy and damp. Ruan Like simply couldn't bring herself to be cruel.
Ruan Like took A-Jing in and treated him like a younger brother, but this brother was ignorant of the ways of the world and far too dependent on her.
"Sister, there are so many people outside. I want to hold your hand."
"Sister, this medicine is so bitter. Will you feed it to me?"
"Sister, that thunder was so loud. I want to sleep with you."
Every time Ruan Like tried to refuse, she gave in to the young man's sincere, innocent eyes.
Later, just as her life seemed to have reached a dead end, a new path suddenly opened before her.
Her luck turned, as if she had divine help.
Only after Ruan Like finally regained everything she had lost did she discover that A-Jing, so obedient and clingy, so innocent and harmless in front of her, was actually the Crown Prince Xiao Huaijing, rumored to be cold, taciturn, ruthless, and merciless.
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As soon as Xiao Huaijing became Crown Prince, several vicious elder brothers tried to assassinate him one after another. He escaped by sheer luck, but suffered severe injuries and collapsed by the roadside.
A torrential rain woke him. When he opened his eyes, he saw a delicate young woman pushing a carriage.
The rain came down in sheets. The young woman bent over to look at him, shielding herself from the rain, her clear eyes shining with light.
At first, Xiao Huaijing pretended to be an innocent young man and wiped away her tears. "Sister A-Li, don't cry. A-Jing will always be with you."
Later, he pinned her beneath him and coaxed her gently in a hoarse voice: "A-Li, I won't deceive you again. Marry me and become my empress, all right?"
Theme: It is better to make peace with an adversary than to make an enemy of them
I was scared to death. When I saw the title of the book, I thought it was about a prince who abdicates and marries his brother. I thought it was some kind of brotherly novel. When I looked at the introduction, I thought, um, the heroine, okay, I was wrong, hahahahaha.
Thanks for the limited fee. It's very interesting. I recommend everyone to take a look. It's so well written and emotionally sensitive.
It's rare to see such a refreshing and non-greasy male protagonist, it's great not to abuse the female protagonist, the female goose is so cute!
Awesome baby ~ Happy New Year! Is there any extra story (Star Eyes)
Don't let the dog emperor die so beautifully!!! Very hot 2333 hahaha a little excited
I started reading my wife's novels when Jiang Shan Hire You. I never thought that my wife actually signed the contract. At that time, when I read Jiang Shan Hire You, my wife had not signed the contract. Now I have been accompanying my wife to this book, and I still like my wife very much (does my wife look familiar to me [clasp hands]
Hahahaha, so funny
Hahahahahaha teach others how to conquer themselves
La la la, thanks for the limited fee.
Is this fox really a spirit?