The crown prince of the empire has a beta fiancée.
Born a commoner with inferior genes, she saved the crown prince's life and then dared to use that debt to demand he get engaged to her.
The crown prince looks down on her, and the nobility treat her as a laughingstock. But what no one knows is that...
The beta is deeply in love with the crown prince,
but because she can't have him, she has found several substitutes.
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After forcing the crown prince into an engagement, Qiao Yixian is put under house arrest.
To her astonishment, she discovers that quite a few people around her bear a resemblance to the crown prince.
If she can't have the crown prince, then someone who's close enough will do.
A similar face will do, a similar voice will do, even a similar personality will do.
Qiao Yixian conceals her identity and tries out every man who resembles the crown prince. She treats every substitute with meticulous care and consideration.
Everyone thinks they're the only one for her. Even after she breaks up with them and vanishes without a trace, they assume she had no choice and search for her frantically.
Then one day, the crown prince finally honors their engagement.
The nobility gathers for the wedding banquet.
Qiao Yixian glances down and realizes these people are...
The crown prince's alpha cousin, beta stepbrother, omega uncle...
They're all powerful and related to the crown prince, but...
Aren't these the same people she had as substitutes before?!
Qiao Yixian: ?
At that moment,
a crowd of nobles turns to look at Qiao Yixian.
Their previously casual gazes grow equally heated.
Qiao Yixian: ...???
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The wedding isn't even over when the insectoid race suddenly invades, forcing the crown prince to head to the front lines.
Hearing that the battle is desperate, the nobles fan the flames and make sure the crown prince dies on the battlefield.
Qiao Yixian becomes a widow in record time.
But then...
The crown prince's alpha older brother sets aside his pride. "Now that the crown prince is gone, I'm the one who's most like him."
The crown prince's beta younger brother exudes the aura of a proper husband. "If you get together with me, sister-in-law, I'll ignore everyone else."
The crown prince's omega uncle slashes everyone's faces. "Now none of them look enough like him."
Later, the crown prince returns to the capital after narrowly escaping death, only to find Qiao Yixian entangled with everyone.
He demands in a frenzy, "Didn't you love me?"
Qiao Yixian replies helplessly and innocently:
"It's because they're so much like you that I can't bear to see them sad."
*Blurb written on 2024.06.01
*Blurb written on 2024.06.01
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