The Eldest Young Master Is Always Lurking in the Shadows

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[Fake and real heiresses, mystical Mary Sue, a whole cast of people facing their comeuppance]

[Bright, resilient young princess x gentle, obsessive eldest son]

Blurb:

Yang Mingzhu died.

She was the real heiress of the Duke of the State's household, the Princess Zhaohua. She went missing when she was five, and after finally reuniting with her family, discovered that they had a fake heiress who had taken her place for years.

They didn't love her and forced her to marry the neglected heir of the Xiao family. On their wedding night, her husband rode to the front lines in armor, and she stayed behind to serve her parents-in-law and manage the household. A year later, he returned victorious and asked to marry the fake heiress in return for his military service.

She refused to share her husband with the fake heiress as his secondary wife, only to suddenly perish in a fire.

Fortunately, Heaven had mercy on her and let her be reborn on the day after her husband returned victorious.

Yang Mingzhu smiled brightly at her self-righteous husband and the fake heiress, so dignified and kind.

This time, she'll make everyone pay with their lives.

Once the truth comes out, everyone who mistook a fish's eye for a pearl regrets it and tries to make amends.

Yang Mingzhu: Stay out of my business!

Pei Songyue is the eldest legitimate son of the Pei family of Jiangdong, a man of grace and refinement.

As the next head of the Pei family, he's already over twenty-five and still unmarried. Everyone thinks he's an aloof, unattainable beauty with no interest in love, until he sees a woman with a red mole between her brows at his cousin's home: his cousin's wife, Yang Mingzhu.

Only then does he realize that the woman he once wanted to break off his engagement with was the very person who had saved his life, the woman he'd longed for for more than ten years. He had personally pushed her into someone else's arms.

Unaware of this, Yang Mingzhu bows to him. "Greetings, Cousin."

Pei Songyue gives a slight nod, his expression unruffled, while the hand hidden in his sleeve clenches into a fist.

No one knows what kind of obsessive heart lies beneath his gentle, jade-like exterior.

[Bonus Scene]

*At the Marquis's residence

Pei Songyue: Cousin-in-law, what a coincidence.

Yang Mingzhu ignores him.

*At the Duke of the State's residence

Pei Songyue: Princess, what a coincidence.

Yang Mingzhu nods.

*At the Pei residence

Pei Songyue: ... (Too nervous to speak)

Yang Mingzhu: Eldest Young Master, is this one not a coincidence?

Pei Songyue: Every coincidence was carefully arranged by me.

And then Pei Songyue says: My lady, it's late. We should consummate our marriage...

Reader's Guide:

1. One-on-one, both leads are virgins, happy ending.

2. In her previous life, everyone hated the heroine. After she's reborn, everyone adores her (for a reason).

3. Everyone faces their comeuppance except the male lead, Pei Songyue.

4. At first, the heroine is focused on revenge and has no interest in love. She only gradually falls for the male lead after her divorce, while he is lovesick for her the whole time.

5. Thanks to the artist Zui Jiu Yue Xia Xi Hong from Xiaohongshu for drawing the character designs.

2024.11.7 (The blurb may still change.)

My next book will be Strong Bro, Have You Faced Your Comeuppance Today? If you like this, please bookmark it. The blurb is below:

Frail beauty x aloof, unattainable man

Also titled: The Wrong Marriage

[Marriage first, love later + rekindled romance + husband chases his wife to the point of ruin]

Zhu Yaoguang, the youngest daughter of the Chief Councilor, is so beautiful that even before she comes of age, the threshold of the Zhu family home is worn down by suitors.

No one knows that Zhu Yaoguang is sickly. When she was young, a Taoist fortune-teller told her, "The Zhu family's daughter has little fortune, except with a man of the Wei family."

In the capital, the only prominent family with the surname Wei is the Northern Pacification Marquis's household. Its heir, Wei Changfeng, is about the same age as Zhu Yaoguang.

At the Chief Councilor's arrangement, the two become engaged.

After their wedding, Zhu Yaoguang's health improves day by day. Thinking it must be because she married the right man, she grows ever more affectionate toward Wei Changfeng.

Wei Changfeng is a principled gentleman, refined and courteous.

Among the noble young ladies of the capital, he dislikes his fiancee Zhu Yaoguang the most. After all, the Northern Pacification Marquis's household is in decline and depends entirely on the Chief Councilor's support.

But he has to admit that he still falls into the warmth of Zhu Yaoguang's affections.

He thinks they'll live together in harmony and love each other until old age, until one day her father arrives with an old Taoist and the eldest son of the Wei family.

"Yaoyao, you married the wrong man!"

Reader's Guide:

1. The male lead acts strong early on, then gets hit with face-slapping and realizes how good he has it. After being forced into a divorce, he struts around like a peacock and becomes a devoted errand boy for love.

2. The heroine takes the initiative early on to stay alive.

2025.9.12

Theme: Loving yourself is what truly matters.