Scheming with Wind and Moon, Plotting with Those Eyes (Both Reborn)

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Heaven above and earth below | A sea of hatred and a sky of love | Both reborn | Redemption

[Ambitious, sharp, scheming and dark-hearted thorny rose heroine x sensitive, overthinking, love-struck fallen prince]

Heroine's perspective:

In the winter of the thirteenth year of the Chongli era, Cheng Zhiyu died in a raging fire.

In her previous life, she had made the wrong connection for the Cheng family, reaching too high. She died consumed by hatred in the fire, clutching an imperial edict sentencing her entire clan to death.

Reborn, she returned to the Lu family's trade gathering ten years earlier. She slipped away from the banquet and headed straight for the attic, only to discover by chance that the place where she had died without a grave was home to a blind, discarded son whom anyone could humiliate at will.

And this blind, discarded son was none other than the future new emperor, who in her previous life had held the secret imperial edict and killed his brother and father.

Heaven had not forsaken her... She took his slender wrist, as if grasping a sharp sword that would decide the victory.

*

Hero's perspective:

Everyone said the Cheng family's young lady had raised a docile dog. Only Lu Ming knew that she had killed the half-brother who bullied him, and traveled a thousand miles to find medicine to heal his eyes.

"A-Yu, it hurts so much." The pale young man bowed his head and coughed up blood. The chain around his throat jingled softly with every movement.

Cheng Zhiyu scooped up some rice porridge and forced him to swallow. "Bear it. If your eyes can't be cured, tomorrow I'll send you back to that filthy den."

But as his memories gradually returned, he saw the fire in the attic from his previous life. A-Yu's skirt fluttered like a butterfly amid the flames, while he stood before the palace gates, clutching the emperor's final edict.

"How many bones did Your Highness climb over to reach this position?" Cheng Zhiyu stood in the corridor, icicles under the eaves reflecting the frost between her brows. "Four years in Dongjing, three in Yingzhou. I taught you to read and write, and to set tigers against wolves..."

Every word cut into his flesh like a rusty knife. She suddenly gave a cold laugh. "So I taught a vicious dog to bite its master."

"Of course. After leaving that attic and escaping to this man-eating imperial palace, where you were abused by everyone, what else could you think of besides hating me?"

Snow covered his dark cloak. Her accusations passed over him like wind; all he saw were the snowflakes on her brow. His Adam's apple bobbed. He held an umbrella over her and replied with three words.

"I want to see you."

I don't hate you. I only want to see you.

*

When the truth was exposed, Lu Ming watched helplessly as she drove a cold dagger into his chest. He did not care about the pain; he only wanted to get closer to her, closer still.

He lowered his head and, contentedly, licked the blood from the corner of her lips, then traced her cheek inch by inch with his fingertips.

"A-Yu, after years of snow, I didn't break my promise."

"I only died."

*Draw near to you, and I draw near to pain. Stay away from you, and I leave happiness behind as well.

Reader's guide:

1. Yingzhou is an ancient name for northeastern China. The heroine is from the Northeast, so she has that protective, sunny disposition, but she's clever, brave, and strategic. The hero, having been saved, isn't as gloomy as he was in his previous life. He's a patient, restrained, sensitive, overthinking, pitiful puppy ( ).

2. A paradox of dual rebirth and redemption: she comes to love him carrying hatred, while he offers his whole heart to atone. Two reborn people, rushing toward each other out of step, in a tragic romance. Both are sexually inexperienced; tragic ending; one-on-one. The heroine is reborn with her memories, while the hero gradually recovers his (a happy-ending bonus chapter will be added).

3. The story leans toward putting the hero through the wringer. From taming to a battle of wits, from plotting to true feelings, the sweetness comes wrapped in poisoned glass.

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Next story:

I Won't Hold Back After My Younger Brother Steals My Man, one woman and two men

[Playboy reforming, alluring heroine x gentle, refined scholar older brother / wicked, roguish, loyal, obsessive younger brother] Original title: Twin Moons

[Brothers competing for her / twins / shared sensations / mutual stand-ins / teacher and student / one woman and two men]

Everyone in Bianjing knew that Zhong Xiyue loved handsome men, especially stunning ones.

The one dearest to her was her mentor, Xie Qian.

Xie Qian was almost too handsome, with a refined face like a landscape painting and the gentle grace of a scholar. Yet he was a block of ice that no warmth could melt. No matter how she pressed closer or flirted with him day after day, he remained cold and unmoved.

Zhong Xiyue sighed up at the sky. She had thought she would never find another man as beautiful as him, until she met Xie Xi.

The man looked almost exactly like Xie Qian, except for a small mole to the right of his nose, lending him a touch of rakish charm. If Xie Qian was a clear mountain spring, then Xie Xi was a wildfire that ensnared the soul.

Though he knew how his older brother felt, Xie Xi still fell helplessly in love with her.

"Whether you love this face or take me for my brother, I only want you here and now, Meimei." The love in Xie Xi's eyes seemed ready to devour her. He pulled her hand against his heart and spoke each word deliberately. "Please, love me."

Twins, born of the same womb, with identical faces.

One was a self-disciplined, principled loyal minister, noble and unblemished. The other had been struck from the family records long ago and was notorious as a "treacherous courtier."

Zhong Xiyue gazed at the face identical to Xie Qian's, her eyes gradually darkening.

*

As her teacher, Xie Qian had lived his entire life by the rules. Though he loved her to the depths of his soul, he still chose to bury his feelings deep within.

Until the twins' shared sensations struck. It was as if Xie Qian's soul had been pierced in an instant. The soft touch of lips and scorching desire completely burned away the reason he had always been proud of.

Xie Qian could no longer keep up the act. The only thing he ever did out of line was pretend to be Xie Xi.

The mentor who was usually aloof and dignified shed his cool reserve that night and drew her into his arms of his own accord. His fingertips trembled with a heat he had never known before as he whispered a plea by her ear. "Meimei, hold me..."

He did not dare let Zhong Xiyue kiss the bridge of his nose. He feared the brown ink would smear and expose him, making him lose her forever.

At the height of their passion, the door behind them opened. His younger brother stood behind him, and Xie Xi was consumed by a towering rage. He gritted his teeth.

"Brother, why are you wearing my clothes?"

Xie Qian stiffened, panic flashing across his face. But Zhong Xiyue, nestled in his arms, did not pull away. Instead, she grabbed Xie Qian by the collar and drew him back to her.

With eyes soft and alluring, Zhong Xiyue breathed against his neck, then curled her lips and said just four words.

"Xie Qian, go on."

Reader's guide: 1. The younger brother thinks he is his older brother's stand-in, and the older brother thinks he is his younger brother's stand-in, but the heroine can tell them apart from beginning to end.

2. There are three protagonists, and the heroine's wishes come first. The story has few moral qualms about romance, and there is no confirmed "marital relationship" before the ending. No sharing a bed with multiple partners (important). The three end up living together in friendly harmony.

3. The heroine is the only one who is sexually inexperienced; the men are not. This is a wish-fulfillment story for the heroine, with a niche pain-play kink (important).

4. Alternate-history setting. Women may have multiple husbands, but this is not a matriarchy. The worldbuilding is extensive, with clothing and institutions modeled on the Song dynasty.

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