[Timid, Corrupted, Sickly Prince Born of a Concubine Bottom x Gentle, Falsely Deceased, Returned and Now Obsessively Vengeful Top]
Xie Jinglan, the only son of the General's Manor, is a peerless beauty with astounding talent and countless admirers.
Meng Lucheng, a son born of a concubine in the Duke's household, is one of those countless admirers.
But Young General Xie and Meng Lucheng's elder brother are sworn friends. Both are companions to the Crown Prince, and everyone knows their trio is inseparable.
The way Xie Jinglan gazes at his brother is just like the way Meng Lucheng gazes at him.
Meng Lucheng treasures the few things he owns that are connected to Xie Jinglan as if they were precious gems:
A brocade handkerchief, a memory of when he fell as a child and hid behind a screen to cry, and Xie Jinglan wiped away his tears;
A fragment of a musical score that Xie Jinglan discarded because he wasn't satisfied with it, which Meng Lucheng secretly retrieved and pieced back together;
A silver cup that still bears the mark of Xie Jinglan's lips...
When he heard that Xie Jinglan was coming to the manor for a riding and archery lesson, Meng Lucheng hurried out to greet him, only to see the two men riding side by side, both as elegant as orchids and jade. Xie Jinglan casually reached out to wipe the sweat from his brother's brow.
In the end, Meng Lucheng only touched the scar on his own face and silently hid in a corner. He understood bitterly that Xie Jinglan had never truly seen him.
Then, one night, flames blazed inside and outside the palace. The capital was transformed overnight: the Crown Prince died, the entire Xie family was brought down, and Xie Jinglan died in an accident while being escorted back to the capital. His body fell into an icy river and vanished without a trace.
Yet his brother was promoted afterward.
Meng Lucheng broke into a cold sweat. Just days before the tragedy, he himself had delivered a crucial letter to his brother on Xie Jinglan's behalf.
Realizing he had played a part in Xie Jinglan's brutal death, Meng Lucheng fell gravely ill.
When he woke, Meng Lucheng was astonished to find himself in the palace, the "Seventh Prince" whom the Empress had searched so long to find.
And at the Imperial Academy, the slender young man standing beside the Grand Tutor looked remarkably like Xie Jinglan...
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