Feudal-minded doting big brother x scheming, gloomy liar
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These days, when people speak of the noble ladies of Chang'an, the third young lady of the Founding Duke's household is the most renowned. She is the very model of a noblewoman, beautiful and graceful beyond compare.
Ever since she came of age, young gentlemen from prominent families have flocked to the household to vie for her hand.
Everyone knows that although Cui Mingxi is the adopted daughter of the Duke's household, she was born into a distinguished family and has every reason to be proud.
But who could have imagined that at night, this very young lady would don a sheer silk gown and enter her elder brother's private quarters?
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Xiao Xun, heir to the Founding Duke, has a prestigious status. Even in his youth, he was strikingly handsome, noble and pure as snow on a rooftop.
He has always been disciplined and prudent, a man of exceptional virtue who would never allow himself to take a single wrong step.
For all his uprightness and propriety, there have been two occasions in his life when he broke the rules:
First, in the thirty-seventh year of the Zhenyuan era, he brought back a woman of unknown identity from Liangzhou and acknowledged her as his younger sister.
Second, right now, that very sister is leaning across his lap, her hair and face exquisite, her limpid eyes rippling like water, each moment tugging at his heart:
“Elder Brother, you’ll be away for a whole month. Of course I’ll miss you.”
Xiao Xun’s gaze was sharp as a hawk’s. He watched her in silence, his fingers slowly brushing away the crimson fabric of her skirt.
Theme: Sincerity deserves sincerity
