A scrappy little fox who knows when to yield and values her life × a cool, chaste, scheming big bad wolf
Pseudo-sibling taboo romance / both leads are morally gray / amnesia / aloof beauty / mutual seduction / from reluctant involvement to possessive coercion
As the orphaned daughter of a general killed in battle, Jiang Youning survives in the imperial palace on the empty title of “princess,” always walking on thin ice.
When news arrives that she is to be married off for a political alliance, she is terrified.
By chance, Crown Prince Jiang Chengyun is badly injured and loses his memory. The prince, who once despised her, becomes her only lifeline.
She enters the Eastern Palace, softens her voice, and puts on her most timid smile. “Crown Prince Brother, I heard you were injured?”
The dignified, aloof man unexpectedly raises his eyes. There is not a trace of disgust in them. “It's nothing.”
Jiang Youning is delighted. His amnesia has taken his dislike of her along with it...
So,
In the name of “deep sibling affection,” she steadily closes in on him.
Under the pretext of being “a helpless orphan,” she does everything she can to tease him.
From being unable to refuse to becoming hooked.
Jiang Chengyun is tormented day after day.
He stares at the stretch of snowy-white neck below his “imperial sister's” collar and finds himself wanting to measure it with his lips and teeth.
...Beast! He must be going mad.
So when Jiang Youning finally reveals the truth: that she is the orphan of a general, he is overcome with such joy that he loses control.
What gentlemanly restraint? What self-discipline and propriety?
In a reckless drunken haze, he tears away every disguise with his own hands and plunges beyond the line.
She uses his power to throw the marriage alliance into chaos; he takes from her without restraint, insatiable and addicted.
With the situation nearly settled, Jiang Youning rubs her hands together, ready to dump “Crown Prince Brother” and ask the empress to find her a suitable husband.
She is just one step away...
Then news comes from the Eastern Palace: His Highness the Crown Prince has regained his memories!
Jiang Youning feels as if she has fallen into an icy abyss...
She deceived him and took his heart first, then almost cheated on him. Won't he grind her bones to dust?
Her legs trembling, she enters the Eastern Palace again, her voice shaking. “I-Imperial Brother...”
The peerlessly handsome man raises his eyes. His smile is tender, but edged with ice. “Why not call me 'Crown Prince Brother'?”
Reader's guide:
1. First and only partners, happy ending, very clean, pseudo-incest.
2. He has to win her back. The male lead goes from ignoring her to getting thoroughly humiliated later.
3. The female lead loves herself, has plenty of personality, and knows how to stir up trouble!
4. The male lead puts on an act (and is good at pretending).
(Archived 2025.6.24)
Theme: Love yourself