Crown Prince Ji Huaijing went south to Jiangnan on an inspection tour and returned with a young woman who looked much like him, saying she was his long-lost biological younger sister.
Princess Huazhao, Qingxi, was bewildered. Then what did that make her?
Qingxi had been a princess for fifteen years before learning that she was the daughter of a condemned official. She had been switched at birth with the real princess.
When the truth came to light, they returned to their rightful places. She lived in constant fear and, in the end, died of anxiety and dread.
Before she died, she heard the crown prince, once her brother, say something by her ear: wrongful conviction, overturning the case...
So her family had been wronged?
When Qingxi opened her eyes again, she had returned to the time before her identity was exposed.
She decided to accompany the crown prince to Jiangnan, clear her family's name, and leave the palace, returning the glory and wealth she'd stolen.
Somewhat nervously, she asked the crown prince, "Jiangnan is beautiful, and Huazhao would like to see it too. Might I travel there with you, Brother?"
The handsome man before her looked at her. After a brief silence, he asked, "Why are you being so formal with me, Qing'er?"
She froze, then murmured, "...Brother."
"Please take me with you, Brother..."
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In her previous life, Ji Huaijing exposed the deception surrounding the real and fake princesses, but he had never wanted Qingxi dead.
Even though she wasn't his sister, he was still willing to be her brother and protect her.
Reborn, he had intended to preserve her status as a princess so she wouldn't have to live in fear as she had in her previous life.
But she had changed too, so he changed his mind. He would overturn the case against her family and restore her as the descendant of loyal martyrs.
But she actually wanted to leave?
Ji Huaijing held the young woman in his arms, gazing at her trembling almond-shaped eyes as he asked softly, "Why do you want to leave?"
"Wouldn't you rather stay by my side?"
You're a fake princess, a little sparrow by the roadside. I'll raise you up among the branches and make you a true phoenix, empress of the realm.
If they couldn't be brother and sister, then they would be husband and wife.
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·The leads are not biological siblings. Their romance begins after her identity is revealed, and both are reborn.
·The blurb was screenshotted on 2023/6/13.
Theme: Love never fades
