My Ex-Husband's Older Brother Is Fighting for Me Again

Pei Yao is the most radiant princess of the Ye Dynasty in centuries, but the royal family is in decline, and the powerful clans are watching like hawks.

But Pei Yao is carefree and loves to smile. When she does, her eyes shine like the moon, and the young men of the great clans flock around her like bees and butterflies.

Her latest favorite is Wei Erlang, but their meetings are often interrupted by his elder brother, Wei Chong, a man who holds great power.

When she and Erlang plan to play music together, she discovers that the strings of her zither have been cut.

When she and Erlang plan to play polo, Wei Chong, who is said never to smile, competes fiercely and insists on being on her team.

When she arranges to go to the countryside with Erlang to paint landscapes, Wei Chong comes in person. He lifts her chin with a scroll and looks down at her with a sarcastic sneer. "If Your Highness keeps playing these little tricks, you'll be sent to guard the imperial mausoleum with the Dowager Consort. The scenery there is the best."

Pei Yao is so angry she laughs. "..."

What tricks is she playing? Wei Chong is the one with ulterior motives, and she can see right through him.

Look at the way he competes for her at every turn. Doesn't he just like her and want to break up the couple so he can take her for himself?

And he's the head of the Wei family? He's laughably childish!

*

As the youngest clan leader of his era, Wei Chong commands the court and the frontiers with ease, leaving nothing to chance.

Until one day, he hears a rumor that the Wei family's second son and the princess are in love and about to get engaged.

Wei Chong: ???

He has devoted all his energy to the Wei family, and now this little princess dares to marry into the Wei household and ruin his plans?

When she sends his younger brother a handkerchief, he secretly takes it away, afraid it will distract his brother from his studies.

He rushes to meet the princess before his brother can and warns her to her face.

As head of the family, Wei Chong does his duty and swears never to marry into the royal family.

*

Long after their wedding, Pei Yao learns that Wei Chong never liked her at all.

It was all a misunderstanding. The truth was that he feared she would marry into the Wei family.

She leaves him a farewell letter and departs the capital.

*

Wei Chong's personal attendant thinks his master married only for political reasons. But after the wedding, he watches the master dote on the princess more and more, until she is cherished above all else.

The master rarely shows his feelings.

The princess snaps, "You're always wearing a long face. Just looking at you makes people unhappy."

The master raises the corners of his mouth at the mirror and carefully examines his smile.

The master is taciturn.

The princess snaps, "I say ten words for every three you say. Fine, from now on I won't say a single word."

The master brings his wife tea, massages her legs, and removes her hairpins, waiting for her to calm down.

The master commands the court, and everyone knows his ambitions.

The princess clings to his arm and coaxes him. "When my younger brother becomes emperor, let's travel the world together. I want to go somewhere lush and green, where I can eat lychees. The capital is so hot."

The master silently nods. Beside the map, several lush, green places are clearly marked, along with the routes for transporting lychees.

He thinks the master will indulge his wife forever.

Until one day, she leaves behind a note and disappears without a word.

The master stands on the steps, dispatching soldiers to search for her. The light in his eyes, half-bright and half-dark, is terrifying to behold.

Theme: True love above all