After Being Reborn, I Married My Late Husband’s Older Brother

When Yingshi was sixteen, her childhood sweetheart and betrothed died in battle. She dried her tears and married into the Liang family, carrying his memorial tablet with her. In the prime of her youth, she dressed in mourning and willingly resigned herself to widowhood while waiting for a husband who would never return. Who could have imagined that six years later, her husband, supposedly killed in battle, would return alive and well? Behind him was the wife he had married while stranded and suffering from amnesia. He had returned with a wife and child, making everyone around them green with envy. Her devotion had been misplaced, and she had made herself the laughingstock of the world. When Yingshi opened her eyes again, she had returned to several years earlier, the day after she married Liang Ji’s memorial tablet! The Liang family was the foremost clan in the realm, with strict rules of propriety. There was no way she could leave the Liang household unless she died. In this life, after much deliberation, Yingshi turned her gaze toward the man who would one day wield power over the court · That night, the Buddhist hall was dimly lit. The young woman was soft and delicate, her limpid eyes brimming with tears as she fainted into the arms of her late husband’s elder brother, the head of the Liang family, just as he passed by. “Elder Brother, will Third Brother really never come back? What about me... What am I supposed to do from now on...?” [Male Lead’s Perspective] Liang Yun was like snow atop a lofty mountain, noble in character, disciplined and scrupulous in his conduct. He was a respected gentleman of high birth, revered by all and beyond the reach of countless women. The Old Madam had only asked him as a test whether he would agree to marry into the third branch as well, so his younger brother could have an heir. She had never expected her usually stiff and proper eldest grandson to accept. But after a brief silence, Liang Yun actually agreed to this outrageous arrangement. · At first, he only wanted to protect her and give her a peaceful life on his younger brother’s behalf. He was willing to be a man kept in the shadows, giving her only a child and something to remember him by. (Not really.) But before long, he fell harder and deeper. Through countless hot, breathless nights, he kissed her lips again and again, asking, “Between me and my younger brother, whom do you love more?” Note: The heroine and the second male lead were never actually married. Her pairing is with the older brother. Here’s a preview of my upcoming novel. If you like it, please add it to your favorites The Husband’s Lies A Zhen, a frail woman from a commoner family who had been sick for years, married the powerful Prince of Yan. Even after four years of marriage, she still couldn’t understand what had made His Highness the Prince take a liking to her. Her husband was gentle and courteous, and the concubines in his household were there in name only. The couple seemed perfectly devoted to each other, making everyone envious. Yet the noblewomen at court always looked at her strangely. Then, by chance, A Zhen saw the face of a woman in one of her husband’s treasured paintings. The woman looked almost exactly like her... When he was young, Prince Zhao Xun had a romantic affair that was the talk of the entire court. He had loved a woman dearly, and for her sake, he repeatedly gave up his title and wealth, willing to live as a poor couple with her. Of course, in the end, their relationship came to nothing. Perhaps she had abandoned him, or perhaps he had grown tired of hardship and come to his senses. In any case, after many twists and turns, he ended up marrying A Zhen. Fortunately, A Zhen soon came to terms with it. She had once known what it was to live in poverty, and she was very content with her current life, where she never had to lift a finger and her husband never chased after other women. [Male Lead’s Perspective] Zhao Xun did whatever it took and schemed at every turn to win his wife. At last, he got four years of sharing a bed with her. But there comes a day when the truth can no longer be kept hidden. His wife seemed to remember. She remembered her past, the time she had spent with another man. She actually said she hated him. She hated him, the liar who could never tell the truth. She hated that she had let a wolf into her home and saved him all those years ago. But, my dear Zhen, how many days were you really that man’s wife? He’s been dead for ages. You and I are the ones who have shared a bed for five years. [Content Warnings] Outrageous melodrama, coercive possessiveness, and a dark, obsessive male lead. The male lead is sexually inexperienced. The heroine has a former husband, but that marriage ended before she got together with the male lead. Theme: Face life bravely.