The Sickly Fake Prince Was Reborn

Hidden, scheming crown prince top x frail, beautiful false prince bottom

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Rong Qianlong, the fourth prince of Da Qi, was not only of noble birth but also strikingly beautiful. His only weakness was his frail constitution, so he was deeply doted on and grew up willful and capricious. The only person before whom he couldn't act haughty was his elder brother, Rong Jing. His brother never indulged his bad habits and would really punish him.

No matter how much he begged and pleaded, Rong Jing had only one answer: "You can cry all you want, but today you still have to choose between ten strokes of the paddle and standing facing the wall."

He thought he would live a worry-free life, but a sudden fire broke out in the empress's palace, and his mother died in the smoke. A former friend framed him for killing her. Then came another thunderbolt: the Grand Madam of the Duke of Wei's household entered the palace to meet the emperor and exposed the truth that he was not really a prince.

Sent back to the Duke of Wei's residence under a cloud of suspicion, he found himself overshadowed by the adopted son and treated coldly by his birth mother. He suffered from an illness similar to his blood brother's, yet the medicine was sent only to his brother's room. Such blatant favoritism left him bitterly disappointed.

Rong Qianlong was utterly disheartened. The only person willing to visit him was the elder brother who had always been strict with him, Rong Jing. When they parted, they promised to meet again. But as the appointed day approached, he heard that Rong Jing had been imprisoned.

His mother was dead, his father had cast him aside, Rong Jing's life or death was unknown, his blood parents despised him, and his former friends mocked him without mercy.

Rong Qianlong, once treated like royalty, had fallen lower than a beaten dog.

In the end, he was tricked into dying while trying to save his brother.

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When Rong Qianlong opened his eyes again, he finally saw the mother and brother he had longed for day and night.

Content warnings:

1. In his previous life, the bottom was a pampered, mischievous troublemaker. After being reborn, he becomes clever and well-behaved.

2. After being reborn, the bottom has a bit of a universally adored quality. In his second life, the real prince who was switched with him falls in love with him.

3. As always, this author is terrible at writing content warnings.

Note:

1. The top and bottom are not related by blood. Their romance begins after they learn they are not biological brothers.

My next historical romance, a story of taking someone by force: Palace Secrets of a Beautiful Male Favorite

Cool, aloof beauty bottom x ruthless, domineering top

Shen Yanyi is the least noticeable of the four young masters of the Shen family. He has loved studying since childhood, is exceptionally intelligent, studies tirelessly, and is the most outstanding student at the academy, admired by all his teachers.

He thought he would pass the imperial examinations and enter government service, with a brilliant future ahead. But the Shen family's patron fell from power, and their political enemies turned against them. Seeking a new patron's protection, Shen's father set his sights on him and sent him to Prince Ning's residence.

Prince Ning, Mu Jing'an, is a young general with a string of great victories. He is the only prince of the current dynasty to have been granted a princely title and his own residence. He detests those who curry favor with the powerful and looks down on the Shen family's groveling. But the son they sent over was just too beautiful, so beautiful that he couldn't resist taking him for himself.

He had meant to show him a little mercy, but although the Shen family had no dignity, Shen Yanyi did. He couldn't sweet-talk anyone, much less attend to another person. Mu Jing'an claimed he wanted to tame him, but in truth, he liked watching the beauty beg for mercy. He wanted to bully him, yet couldn't bear to be too cruel; he wanted to cherish him, yet the other man wanted nothing to do with him.

Shen Yanyi would rather break than bend, and Mu Jing'an's patience ran out. He had used the wrong approach from the very beginning. By the time he could no longer put things right, it was too late for regret.

Shen Yanyi said to him, his heart dead: "Jing'an, I had a bright future ahead of me. From the moment I met you, you destroyed it all."

A little scene

When Shen Yanyi first arrives at the prince's residence: Mu Jing'an enters the room where Shen Yanyi is staying, adopting the air of its master. He plans to warn him to either behave himself or go back to the Shen family, but when he sees that face, as beautiful as a jade immortal descended to earth, he falters. He stands there for a while, preparing himself, then is about to ask whether the beauty is hungry when the beauty's eyes turn red and he pleads, almost desperately: "Get out."

Proud and haughty, Mu Jing'an thinks, Fine, I'll leave. Starve, then. He gives a cold snort and walks out.

A few days later: Mu Jing'an carries a meal to the door with light steps, then asks softly, "Yanyi, may I come in?"

A celadon teacup is thrown at the door, shattering into pieces across the floor. Shen Yanyi answers coldly, "Get out."

Mu Jing'an lingers outside and coaxes him warmly: "Just have a little..."

Content warning:

1. Taking someone by force

Theme: Admitting and correcting your mistakes is the greatest virtue.