After Falling for My Ex-Husband's Younger Brother

[What to do when you provoke a yandere? Enemies in the past, lovers in this life.]

[One-on-one, happy ending, male lead is chaste, heroine is chaste after being reborn]

[The second male lead is reborn and pursues his love, but they don't get back together]

As the illegitimate daughter of the prime minister, Yuan Dongyue refused to be oppressed by her legitimate older sister. She played on the crown prince's desires and looked down upon the world.

She was brilliant and knew how to use people's hearts. She helped him quell rebellions, discussed palace affairs with him, and outmaneuvered the court officials. Along the way, she brought down the factions of Prince Qin and Prince Jin, ultimately claiming the throne.

By day, they risked their lives together. By night, they lay cheek to cheek.

But on the eve of the new emperor's enthronement, a sudden imperial decree made her understand that she was nothing more than a beautiful, sharp blade. Now that she was no longer useful, she was worth less than a blade of grass.

Her legitimate older sister became a phoenix perched on a branch, while Yuan Dongyue was crushed into the dirt, exiled to Xizhou and imprisoned for the rest of her life.

Reborn, Yuan Dongyue no longer wanted to follow the crown prince around like a shadow. There was just one thing she had never figured out.

One night in her previous life, she used false information to trick a secret out of Prince Qin. They each had their own schemes and laughed in satisfaction. But in the darkness, as Yuan Dongyue lay dying, she realized that he had been crying the whole time.

So Yuan Dongyue began paying closer attention to Prince Qin, Qi Han.

But the more she learned about him, the more terrified she became.

This man was completely insane.

[I only wanted to have fun and die.]

As the second prince of the Great Sheng Dynasty, Prince Qin Qi Han was wealthy, powerful, and influential. He was eloquent, sociable, supremely confident, charming, mature beyond his years, and at ease in any setting. It was easy for him to win the affection of every young woman in the city.

But no one knew about his strange habits, especially his fondness for listening to donkeys bray, which he often accompanied by playing the flute. No one knew that the world's deceit and its vulgar conventions had drained all the life out of him, leaving him constantly on the verge of breaking down and wishing he could give up on life.

[Who knew the gods would come to save me?]

Yuan Dongyue resolved to win over the scheming prince, but failed again and again.

Qi Han: Don't fall for me. It won't end well.

Unexpectedly, the crown prince pursued her and took her by force.

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Snow buried the city. Two lonely lines of carriage tracks slowly marked the ground. In the world of white, all that could be heard was the driver's calls to his horses and the thunder of their hooves. Wrapped in a thick fox-fur cloak, Qi Han went alone to the Eastern Palace.

"Elder Brother, I'm taking Dongyue with me today."

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Qi Han grabbed her wrist and squeezed so hard it turned red. His eyes bloodshot, he said coldly, "Weren't you the one who provoked me first?"

"Do you still think you can run away?"

Tips:

1. After being reborn, the heroine's memories are confused. She has forgotten parts of what happened with the male lead, but she'll remember them later.

Theme: Life is unpredictable. Go with the flow and accept what comes.