So What If He's My Big Brother?

Jiang Qing died after her husband and his mistress plotted to poison her. She became a ghost, squatting by her own grave and idly watching to see who came to burn offerings.

The helpless, delicate mistress said, "Sister, you saved my life back then and even took me into your household. I didn't deliberately seduce your husband. I simply couldn't help falling for him..."

Jiang Qing: So you couldn't help poisoning me to death, either?

The mistress burst into tears, and her husband was heartbroken for her. The two of them got intimate by Jiang Qing's grave before leaving in disarray. No one else came to visit. Back then, she had insisted on marrying into the Minister's household and cut ties with her family and friends. Now even the grass around her grave was more overgrown than anyone else's.

Then, to her surprise, she saw her childhood sweetheart sitting before her grave in bloodstained armor, holding an armful of four o'clock flowers and burning them for her one by one.

"A Qing, Mother still won't agree to our marriage."

Jiang Qing: ...What marriage?

"So I rebelled." Her sworn elder brother's face was smeared with blood on one side. His expression was as calm as if he were saying he would take her out to eat later. "Tonight, I'll dig you up. From now on, you'll be the empress of Great Jing."

Jiang Qing: ...Wait, what?!

Her mad sworn brother did exactly as he said. The Daming Palace opened all thirty-three of its gates, and officials of both civil and military ranks stood in rows on either side. On a stormy night, the new emperor held his wedding and carried a coffin wrapped in red silk through the gates of the Taiji Hall.

The emperor personally slaughtered the entire Minister's household, then drank a wedding toast with an empty bridal gown. His blood-splattered eyes were especially gentle. "Qingqing, call me Big Brother once more, won't you?"

-- Reading Guide --

The male lead is the sworn son of the female lead's father. He is reborn at the start of the story. Romance is the main focus, with revenge and cathartic payback as a secondary element. I'm writing to indulge my own tastes, and started on a whim with no chapters banked. Before signing, updates are every other day; afterward, daily!

About 200,000 characters. I may not have chapters banked, but I absolutely won't abandon this story! Sisters, charge with me!

Theme: Love yourself first, then love others.