Bound by Golden Branches

The emperor died. The young crown prince was no threat, and rebellious ministers marched aggressively on the palace.

Prince Qi, stationed far away at the border, came to the emperor's rescue, saving the empress and crown prince from danger.

With blood dripping from his blade, he came before Empress Gu Nanjia. Looking at the face he had long yearned to see, he asked, "I came to the emperor's aid. What would Your Majesty wish to reward your younger brother with?"

"What do you want?"

"You." Prince Qi looked down at her. "On our grasslands, when a man's father and elder brother have both died, his younger brother can inherit everything they left behind, including their wives."

Prince Qi's birth mother was a peerless beauty sent from the grasslands to marry into the imperial family. He had inherited her beauty, and his temperament was just like hers: proud and untamed.

Prince Qi had fallen for Gu Nanjia long before she was betrothed, but in the end, she became his sister-in-law.

Only Prince Qi knew that he coveted someone he had no right to desire.

Watching Gu Nanjia and his imperial brother in love made him so jealous he was nearly driven mad. He kept his dark thoughts suppressed.

Gu Nanjia was his.

P.S. The female lead has had previous partners, while the male lead has not.

Inspiration: 2023.12.20, blurb: 2024.4.1

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