[The next book after "A Tangled Romance." Please add it to your reading list!]
[The blurb is provisional and may be revised.]
○ Fake siblings / possessive pursuit / heroine disguised as a man
Blurb:
The Book of the Imperial Examinations tells the story of Song Yu, who rises from a penniless youth to become a powerful court official through the imperial examinations. Qin Yunning wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the body of the cannon-fodder younger brother who is at odds with the protagonist.
The good news: The protagonist was adopted by the Qin family, and she's only his younger brother in name.
In view of their past kindness, as long as she stops making trouble for herself, she should be safe.
The bad news: She's an impostor.
After giving birth to two daughters in a row, her mother had no choice but to do this to shore up the family's position. It was a desperate struggle as their branch of the family fell into decline.
And her nominal elder brother, Song Yu, is a peerless prodigy with a handsome, refined face. The two of them are worlds apart.
Qin Yunning knows when to stay out of trouble, so she decides to avoid these tangled complications and carve out a place for herself in the officialdom.
That way, she can repay her parents for raising her and give herself another layer of protection for the future.
She never imagined that one day, she would drag Song Yu, that cloud in the sky, down into the mud with her.
Where he would sprout, and blossom.
Tangling them together until neither could speak.
Ever since Song Yu was adopted by the Qin family, he had been the household's favorite target.
When they needed him, he was the boy registered under the second branch of the family, a young prodigy who earned top honors in the imperial examinations before turning twenty.
When they didn't, he was just the lowborn bastard he had always been, with only a little luck to thank for his connection to the Qin family.
Song Yu had known resentment, and he had fought back. Then he really did climb his way up.
He rose higher, faster, and more decisively than anyone in the Qin family, until he became someone who could decide whether the family lived or died.
Like a sharp blade suspended overhead, ready to take a life at any moment.
But later, someone took that blade down and clasped it tightly in her hand.
She gave it a scabbard, turning its sharp edge gentle.
And the one holding the blade was his nominal younger sister.
Reader's Guide:
1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first, happy ending.
2. They are fake siblings. The male lead is the heroine's brother in name only, with no blood relation.
3. Imperial examinations and a heroine disguised as a man. The leads are enemies at first.
4. This is a fictional setting, so please don't overanalyze the details. Happy reading!
[Blurb captured on 2023.12.29]
Theme: Be the protagonist of your own life
