(Warmhearted and kind but actually cold at heart, easygoing crown prince shou x gloomy pretender who acts weak but is actually a love-starved mad dog, the enemy nation's hostage prince gong)
Liu Weixian was framed as a treacherous rebel and a man who brought disaster to the kingdom. The person truly responsible was someone he had treated with all his heart.
His beloved fourth younger brother loathed him; his close friend, who loved the fourth brother, couldn't stand seeing the one he loved suffer humiliation, so he abandoned Liu Weixian and helped the fourth brother destroy him; the Imperial Preceptor, who once called him a blessing, suddenly told the emperor that his original divination had been wrong and that Liu Weixian should be executed.
He froze to death in a bitterly cold winter, with snow falling all around.
On the day the new emperor ascended the throne, Liu Weixian was convicted of treason. His corpse was hung at the city gate for months, and everyone cursed and denounced him.
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After waking up again following his death, he learned that he was nothing more than a cannon-fodder character in a storybook.
The once-kind crown prince shut himself away, wrapped himself in a hard shell, and stopped getting close to anyone.
Until their nation defeated the enemy and the enemy's neglected prince was sent over as a hostage. Liu Weixian used his connections to bring the prince into his residence.
He saved him, protected him, and gave him warmth and love. In his previous life, his homeland had lost the war and he had been sent to the enemy nation as a hostage. This was the person who had given him food so he wouldn't starve to death.
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But while Liu Weixian was caring for the enemy hostage prince, his fourth younger brother, who hated him deeply, burst in covered in blood and clung tightly to his hand, eyes swollen and red as he begged Liu Weixian to look at him.
The close friend who had betrayed him went through countless hardships to find a precious medicine that could cure heart sickness, visiting again and again just for a chance to see him.
The Imperial Preceptor, who had once stood above him and asked the emperor to execute him, approached him under the cover of his official position, eyes full of sorrow, and tried to make Liu Weixian accept his kindness.
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The three wanted to make Liu Weixian turn back and treat them tenderly. They would be happy if he gave them even a tiny fraction of the love he gave the enemy hostage prince.
For the first time since being reborn, Liu Weixian smiled at the three of them. His tone was gentle, but his words were utterly cruel: "How strange. What are you to me? Why should I treat you well?"
[Please note]
1. Reborn shou is adored by everyone. 1v1, gong is the enemy nation's hostage prince.
2. The shou will suffer some grievances early on. There will be three rounds of groveling and suffering as the scum are punished, but they will never get what they want.
3. The fourth younger brother and the shou are not related by blood.
(Screenshot taken on 2022.11.17. Plagiarism will be pursued.)
Theme: Live for yourself