[Main story complete. The novel unfolds as a slow-burn historical drama. The melodramatic, fast-paced events in the blurb appear in the protagonist's memories of the past and are gradually revealed as the story progresses. The plot and romance are equally important, so please read with that in mind.]
[Upcoming historical romance: My Father and Brother Are Powerful Ministers. One-line summary: His beloved has become the apple of his sworn enemy's eye. Now updating. Please add it to your favorites~]
Blurb:
I'm a spoiled rich playboy, the kind everyone hates. I spend my days teasing cats and walking dogs, roaming the streets, throwing my weight around and doing whatever I please. I have a terrible reputation.
One day, a few of us obnoxious playboys made a bet and went to watch the capital's famous young nobleman bathe. We were splashing around in the water when we were caught in no time. I looked up, only to find that not one of my so-called brothers in misfortune was anywhere to be seen. I was left to take several heavy strokes of the cane all by myself.
But never mind. I don't hold grudges, because I fell for his looks at first sight. I had my eye on that aloof, proud young nobleman, as cool as a pine and pure as snow.
I courted him day after day, bringing flowers and gifts, only to be thrown out time and again, leaving me covered in dust.
Standing several steps above me, the young nobleman watched coldly as I was beaten to the ground like a dog. He said he could never like me in this lifetime, that a toad like me was dreaming of eating swan meat.
Lying battered and bruised in the snow in the middle of winter, I wondered why I had to cling to this swan meat. Even my father, who was so frustrated with me he could hardly bear it, sighed every day.
Then my stubborn streak kicked in. I refused to leave. I joined the army and trained hard every day until I finally became something of a man.
But when I saw that nobleman again, he had already fallen for a refined young lady. His love was returned.
After waiting for so many years, I turned dark.
When he fell on hard times, I announced to the world that I would marry him, and forced him into it. Then I used a secret drug from the Southern Border to bear him a child.
I knew he hated me. Everyone in the world knew it, too. I didn't care. I wanted only him.
Nothing good in this world lasts. Perhaps Heaven thought I was too wicked, because my whole family was caught up in a rebellion and executed to the last member.
Badly wounded, I was escorted from the border back to the capital.
At the very end, the only thing I could do was trade my military achievements for his life.
In the depths of the dungeon, the last news I heard before I died was that he had divorced me and married his beloved. After all those years, things had finally returned to where they started.
How wonderful.
But I didn't die.
Five years later, I came back.
This time, I don't want him anymore.
[Reading Guide]
1. The blurb is written in first person; the novel itself is written in third person.
2. The story starts five years later.
3. The shou: Xu Fangjin/Jiang Fuzhou, courtesy name Jiyu, faked his death and was not reborn. The gong: Feng Yan.
4. The novel unfolds as a slow-burn historical drama. The melodramatic, fast-paced events in the blurb appear in the shou's memories of the past and are gradually revealed as the story progresses. The plot and romance are equally important, so please read with that in mind.
5. The first twenty chapters are free. If at any point you feel the novel isn't to your taste, please stop reading.
6. If you can, please don't tell me when you drop the novel. Thank you very much.
My Father and Brother Are Powerful Ministers [Now updating]
[Couple: Xie Cisui x Cen Yunjian]
[Previous life]
Xie Cisui was born in the deep wilderness, growing up among wolves, tigers, leopards, venomous snakes, and wild beasts. By chance, the Sixth Prince, Cen Yunjian, found him and brought him back to the Yanzi Secret Guard Camp.
When he first arrived at the camp, he was fierce and unruly, unable to get along with anyone. He was far too wary, deeply distrustful of anyone who came near, and quick to fight at the slightest provocation. No one wanted anything to do with him.
But later, when danger struck, he was the one who took five knives meant for Yan Hui, then rode through a rain of blood to save him from the enemy. All because Yan Hui had casually bought him some candy.
Yan Nan was stubborn and made a mistake, so His Highness punished him. Only Cisui dared to plead for him while the Sixth Prince was furious, taking all twenty lashes in his place.
If someone showed him the slightest kindness, he repaid them ten or a hundred times over, with all his heart and unwavering sincerity.
He was the youngest in the secret guard camp, and the last disciple personally accepted by its leader. His senior brothers, Yan Bei and the others, all doted on him. Whenever their monthly stipend came in, they would first buy Cisui the pastries he loved.
For years, Xie Cisui helped Cen Yunjian endure hardship and bide his time. Resolute and unflinching, through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, among blades and spears, he swore to stand before Cen Yunjian and protect him with absolute loyalty.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, Xie Cisui naturally became one of his closest ministers, a man of great power and influence.
[Present life]
It wasn't until the Xie family was massacred in retaliation for backing the wrong side in the struggle for the throne that Xie Xuezhao learned he had taken Xie Cisui's place. For years, he had enjoyed the Xie family's love, while Xie Cisui had grown up wandering from place to place, fighting tigers and wolves for food.
When he woke again, Xie Xuezhao had somehow returned to years earlier. Ignoring his fever and weakness, he clutched his father's hand and revealed the truth in front of his brothers, begging them to bring Xie Cisui home as soon as possible. The boy was suffering out there.
After many twists and turns, the Xie family finally found Xie Cisui, covered in scars. No one could have guessed that this would be the beginning of chaos for the Xie family.
The boy, dressed in ragged furs, stood alone on a high tree branch, wary and unwilling to come down. Below him stood several Xie young masters, all frantic with worry.
He broke ten bowls, chewed through more than ten pairs of chopsticks, beat up noblemen at a banquet, and would only sleep in a dog's kennel. As soon as Xie Cisui arrived, the head of the Xie household and all the young masters took leave from the authorities together.
Before long, rumors were running wild in the capital that the Xie family's fifth young master, Xie Cisui, was a savage who could not be tamed.
Ever since Xie Cisui returned to the Xie family, the mere mention of his name had the capital's noble families turning pale with fear and sighing in dismay. They thought the Xie family spoiled their lawless youngest son far too much.
The moment he entered human society, he took a liking to bright and beautiful things, so the Xie family scoured the land for precious gold, silver, and jade, piling them into chests. What extravagance!
Beating up the sons of eighteen noble houses at a banquet in the Cao residence, burning pleasure boats on the lake, setting fire to the Xie ancestral hall, causing a ruckus at the Imperial Academy... Every single thing was an outrage!
But in the eyes of the Xie family head and his sons, Xie Cisui, who had wandered and suffered since childhood, was the most well-behaved child imaginable.
The second brother sipped his tea calmly. "At the Cao residence banquet, others bullied and insulted him. So what if he beat them? Tiger Slave did nothing wrong. I'll protect him and take responsibility."
The third brother frowned irritably. "He set fire to the ancestral hall? Tiger Slave was desperate to save someone, and he hurt his own hand. Why didn't you notice that? You people are far too nosy."
The fourth brother adjusted his crane-cloak. "Even if Tiger Slave brought the heavens crashing down, I'd clean up after him. It's not your place to judge him."
When Xie Cisui was in trouble and imprisoned, the head of the household, Xie Guanfu, charged without hesitation into the Ministry of Justice's prison, sword in hand, and carried his youngest son out himself.
When others tried to stop him in terror, he said only, "Everyone says I'm a powerful minister. So what if I break in today?"
New to the human world and still bewildered, Xie Cisui asked, "My father and brothers are powerful ministers?"
The dukes and nobles: "That's utterly unbelievable! Appalling!"
Later, the Crown Prince fell from power, and the Sixth Prince, Cen Yunjian, rose to prominence. As the Crown Prince's strongest supporters, the Xie family was destined for disaster. The capital's noble families all waited to laugh at them and kick them while they were down.
But instead of hearing that the Xie family had been executed, they received an imperial decree from the new emperor, appointing Xie Cisui Marquis of Jianning.
The noble lords: "???"
Xie Cisui: "His Highness is a good person."
Anyone with eyes could see it, and they were dumbfounded. Hanging around his neck was the white-jade Guanyin pendant given to him by Cen Yunjian.
Is there no law left in this world?
[Reading Guide]
Couple: Xie Cisui x Cen Yunjian
1. As a child, the shou endured wilderness survival and was kept by others. After returning to the Xie family, he retains certain animal habits as he grows up, and has a simple, unpretentious outlook on life, as well as his own complete career arc.
2. In his previous life, the gong raised his beloved himself. In this life, the shou grows up surrounded by family and friends.
3. One-line summary: His beloved has become the apple of his sworn enemy's eye.
Theme: Establish a moral compass for the world and a path to life for the people.
Oh my god, why are you treating us Jiyu like this? The emperor said he liked Jiyu, but he didn't feel soft even when he actually killed him. And that Jiang Huaijin, did the relationship that lasted for decades die just because they were not biological? Moreover, Jiyu himself didn't know that he was not his biological child. I was really convinced. Is it possible that no one in the entire Jiang family, except for her sister and the younger brother she met, hopes that Jiyu will be well? My parents are not biological, my mother doesn't want to see me, my father was okay before he didn't know about it, but once he found out, he became extremely jealous, and his brother was jealous of me again. What kind of evil did he really do to be brought to Jiang's house? [Rolling eyes] [Rolling eyes] [Rolling eyes] (I'm personally very emotional, I'm angry, I apologize for disturbing you 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏)
Can the extra story be written from Xing Mian's perspective? [Let me be healthy]
I want to see the extra story after Ji Yu's "resurrection" [Panda Head][Panda Head]
Is Prince Xuanmin really dead? The current emperor's throne is really full of bones and injustice. I wonder if Jiyu regrets bringing him back. Just because of the emperor's favor and years of mispayment, is Jiang Huaijin so cruel? He even harmed all the siblings Jiyu brought with him. His eldest brother also killed his mother, abandoned his wife, and was jealous of his younger brother. And why did the emperor chase after Jiang Huaijin to kill? The whole family was killed as cannon fodder in the struggle for power. The high school decided to kill Jiang Huaijin. After finally welcoming a parent and child, he was exchanged [transformed]. If you want me, I will also be torn apart. How can the emperor be sad after killing the jade dog?
Maybe it's because I skipped watching. Now in my eyes, this father and that father are the pure culprits[666]
He actually became the emperor. I feel like there will be big problems in the future. Why don't you become the emperor yourself? It's not like he doesn't have a son, and he is the child of the previous emperor, so it's only natural for him to change his name. It is very strange that when the last emperor died, he did not pass the throne to his son, but to the son of the previous emperor. And what was the reason why the two of them saved this child? When this child died in name, he was still the only son of a serious emperor. How could he change the situation? Why can this child be left to the Duanwang family to raise?
Gu Dan's next book preview: "The True Young Master of the Villain and Traitor's Family" One-sentence summary: My wife has become the darling of the enemy's family. [Cp: Xie Songsui x Pei Yunjian, the text is written from the perspective of the fake young master Xie Xuezhao] At the end of the 32nd year of Taihe, snow fell all over the sky, and the sound of horse hooves trampled the golden sword. The Xie family, who was on the wrong side of the battle for the throne, suffered a bloody revenge. The long sword rustled like a shooting star, and the edge of the sword was cold and sharp. The fourth young master of the Xie family, Xie Xuezhao, whose hands were shaking uncontrollably and holding the blood on his neck, recognized the person—Ying Songsui. He has been following the new emperor for many years, and he has risen through the ranks by virtue of his power as a dragon, reaching the sky in one step. But few people know that he is the fourth young master of the Xie family who was lost when he was young. For more than ten years, it is Xie Xuezhao, the fake, who has been favored by the Xie family. The cold and proud upstart had a straight back, wiping the bright red blood on his sword with his slender knuckles, and said softly: "Ying Mou has repaid the Xie family's life grace today. From now on, we will owe nothing to each other." The sound of footsteps on the snow sounded, and Xie Xuezhao suddenly raised his eyes and saw the powerful new emperor personally lifting him up and bending down to salute. He was a handsome man with gentle features in his eyes. When Xie Xuezhao woke up again, he suddenly returned to many years ago. He had been frail and sick since childhood and could not leave the house. After his rebirth, he ignored his feverish and weak body. He held Xie's father's hand tightly and told the truth in front of his three brothers, praying that they would take back Ying Songsui who was suffering outside as soon as possible. The next day, the Xie family picked up Xie Songsui, who was covered with scars, from a remote village, but no one expected that this was the beginning of the Xie family's war. Xie Xuezhao, who was dragging his sick body and couldn't wait to see anyone, was frightened the moment he stepped into the courtyard. The dark-skinned young man wearing tattered furs was wary and refused to come down from the top of a high tree. Below, stood several young masters of the Xie family with anxious faces. The young man who smashed ten bowls, bit into more than ten pairs of chopsticks in one bite, picked up the rice with his hands, tore up his fine clothes and quilts, and was only willing to sleep in the doghouse when he first arrived, asked the head of the Xie family and the young master to report to the government office for a seven-day leave. There was a rumor in Kyoto that Xie Songsui, the fifth young master of the Xie family, was a wild and untamed barbarian. 1 Xie Xuezhao, who had finally managed to establish a good relationship with Xie Songsui, secretly started his own plan - hugging his thigh! It's a pity that he couldn't get out of the predicament. At this time, King Chu and King Yong were the popular candidates for the future emperor in the court. The Xie family is related by marriage to the King of Chu, and they are like grasshoppers tied to a boat. The future new emperor, Pei Yunjian, was born as a palace maid and was of humble origin. Now he is just a minion under the powerful Yongth Throne. For this reason, Xie Xuezhao encouraged Xie Songsui to burn the cold stove in advance, but things gradually went wrong. ——The first time they met, Xie Songsui blew up the newly built courtyard of Prince Duan Pei Yunjian's mansion and bit him severely, solidifying his reputation as a savage. ——The second time they met, Xie Songsui ate the koi carp worth thousands of gold from Pei Yunjian's suburban villa until he was exhausted. ——On the third meeting, Xie Songsui failed to catch a single prey on the hunting ground, and Pei Yunjian, who was always famous for his mounted shooting, made King Duan the laughing stock of Kyoto. On this side, the Xie family spared no effort to suppress Yongwang's party in the court. Pei Yunjian was the first to bear the brunt, and Yanguan's memorial came like snowflakes. Xie Xuezhao: "..." 2 Xie Xuezhao, who was not determined to give up, felt that he could still save him a little more. He continued to instill positive signals of future success to his good brother Xie Songsui beside him! At this time, Xie Songsui was studying in the Imperial College, and once he made a sacrifice in the Confucius Temple, he caught the emperor's attention with his agility and entered the Jinyi Guard. Unexpectedly, the first thing Xie Songsui did when he took office was to confront Pei Yunjian and directly gave him a gift package of three months of confinement and a year's salary. Xie Xuezhao: Take a breath! Why is it getting worse? Did he turn the future emperor's confidant into a serious nuisance? Xie Xuezhao, who had run out of moves, decided to give up and wait for everyone to be executed, then start again. In the winter of the 32nd year of Taihe, Xie Xuezhao looked away and did not see the officers and soldiers who ransacked his house. Instead, he waited for the imperial decree to confer Xie Songsui as his queen. Reading Guide cp: Xie Songsui x Pei Yunjian 1. There will be both emotional lines and plot lines. The proportion of emotional lines will be a little larger, but there will also be plot lines. 2. The subject has experience of surviving in the wild and being kept in captivity when he was a child. He will be accompanied by certain animal habits during his growth. He has simple values and has his own complete career line. He is not a vassal of Gong. 3. In the last life, he supported his wife by himself, but in this life, he has his family to accompany him.
Wish Xingmian baby safety and success
I'll go, each one ends badly, what a tragic ending
Unlucky fate, fate plays tricks on people