Reborn as the One the Emperor Could Never Have

The Fourth Prince died on the northern frontier. Crown Prince Xie Zhuo personally escorted his coffin home, and there he met his newly widowed sister-in-law, Ye Minyu, for the first time.

The marriage agreement between the Fourth Prince and the Ye family had originally been meant for her elder legitimate sister. It should never have fallen to a lowly concubine-born daughter like her. Yet Ye Minyu made her case before the Emperor and Empress, declaring that she loved the Fourth Prince with all her heart and vowing to observe widowhood for him. Wearing mourning clothes and red embroidered shoes, she carried the Fourth Prince's memorial tablet as she married into the imperial family, becoming the Fourth Prince's widow in name and deed.

At the time, Xie Zhuo merely thought that she was beautiful, delicate as a willow in the breeze. Dressed in mourning white, she made one want to protect her. It was rare for her to be so devoted to his Fourth Brother, so the royal family should look after her a little more from now on.

But that very night, the upright and restrained Xie Zhuo dreamed that he and a woman lay entwined together in passionate embrace. The woman was none other than Ye Minyu, whom he had seen that day.

Xie Zhuo: I've gone mad!

Later, Xie Zhuo truly did go mad. He remembered that she had been his consort in a previous life, and that he had doted on her, giving her everything she wanted. He had never thought he had wronged her. Who could have guessed that after being reborn, she would rather marry the Fourth Prince's memorial tablet and become his sister-in-law in name?

At a palace banquet, she called him "Elder Brother." Xie Zhuo crushed his wine cup in his hand. In their previous life, in the red-curtained bedchamber, she had called him "dear brother" in a sweet, tender voice...

The crown prince's desperate pursuit, both leads reborn, happy ending.

Theme: Loving yourself is better than loving anyone else