A Vicious Beauty Pretends to Be the Chosen One

Yun Huan is the son of a landowner in a remote corner of Jiangnan.

For seventeen years, relying on his family’s status and his peerless beauty, he has been spoiled and arrogant at the private school, throwing his weight around. The other young masters fawn over him and treat him as their leader.

Until a poor scholar named Yan Xuqing arrives at the school.

He is a lowborn nobody with no status, yet he not only refuses to flatter Yun Huan, he does not even give him a proper look when Yun Huan tries to be friendly for the first time.

Yan Xuqing says coldly, “Who are you? Whatever you want has nothing to do with me.”

Humiliated and furious, Yun Huan starts making things difficult for Yan Xuqing.

Yet the other man continues to act as though he does not exist. Just as Yun Huan’s hatred begins to grow

He has a dream.

In the dream, Yan Xuqing is the protagonist of a storybook, a mighty chosen hero and all that. He is not a lowborn nobody, either, but a prince who has spent more than a decade living among commoners. Before long, the imperial palace will find him through a token and bring him home. From then on, he will rise all the way to the throne.

As for Yun Huan, he is apparently nothing but a vicious, stupid cannon-fodder character?

Yun Huan is furious: How is he stupid?!

After investigating, he finds that it is all true. Yun Huan is consumed with jealousy. He is better-looking and comes from a better family than Yan Xuqing, so why can’t he be the prince?

To steal the prince’s token, Yun Huan follows the methods in the storybook and schemes to seduce Yan Xuqing into sleeping with him.

Unexpectedly, the man who once treated him as though he were nothing now has bloodshot eyes. The way he swallows is almost feral, and his dangerous voice is nothing like his usual cold indifference.

“Yun Huan… you’ll regret this…”

After their passion has left him dazed, Yun Huan endures the pain, steals Yan Xuqing’s token, then heads straight for the imperial palace without hesitation. He successfully takes the other man’s place as the prince.

As a prince, Yun Huan is doted on by everyone: his emperor father, his crown prince brother, his general cousin… Each of them showers him with affection out of guilt. Though Yun Huan is terrified, he also thoroughly enjoys the wealth and prestige of being revered by all.

But the good times do not last. Yan Xuqing comes to the capital for the palace examinations, and, afraid that the truth will come out, Yun Huan once again uses sex to silence him.

Day after day, Yan Xuqing indeed keeps his mouth shut.

Until a palace coup takes place. The crown prince accuses Yun Huan of treason, his maternal family is sentenced to execution, and he himself is condemned to a cruel death.

With swollen eyes from crying and in a wretched state, Yun Huan goes to find Yan Xuqing. He wants the other man to explain things on his behalf for the sake of their intimacy. But when the palace gates open, he sees Yan Xuqing standing beside the crown prince.

Yan Xuqing stands tall and elegant, his gaze as cold and distant as ever. The people of the Eastern Palace address him as “the greatest strategist under heaven.”

It turns out Yan Xuqing was never a prince or a chosen hero. It was all part of his scheme.

On a moonless night, Yun Huan dies.

When he opens his eyes again, he has become a favored consort in the emperor’s harem, one who looks just like him in his previous life.

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Yan Xuqing is a vengeful ghost who clawed his way out of a mountain of corpses. Beneath the skin of a man, he is a proper gentleman who abides by etiquette and a master strategist who plans everything in advance.

From a lowborn scholar to the current prime minister, he watches the world’s ugliness with cold eyes and manipulates everyone in the palm of his hand.

Until

The foolish, spoiled son of a landowner, the one who could make him lose control of his emotions, dies.

After spending day and night beside the corpse, his mind clouded and all reason lost, Yan Xuqing looks up and sees a beautiful young man ruling from behind the curtain beside the dragon throne.

“Is that my… Yun Huan?”

“My lord, you’re confused. You should kneel. There is only one empress here, Tan Zhen.”

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1. Angsty, melodramatic love and a revenge arc with a very intense grovel, plus the blurb is not the truth.

2. A self-controlled gentleman who is rational at first, then becomes a gloomy, ghostlike widower, top x a pretty, silly, sweet, spoiled troublemaker who turns into a cold, ruthless political player, bottom.

[The leads are equally matched, one-on-one romance]

5. Blurb dated September 4, 2026

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Li You is reserved and not very clever, the least favored child in his family. He is thin and frail, yet was born with a face that gets him called a vixen.

But he is just a Beta with no pheromones, and no interest in Alphas or Omegas.

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Li You thought he would marry a similarly reserved Beta woman. But when his family forces him into an arranged marriage with a wealthy merchant who has many lovers

Not the sharpest man, Li You is tricked into doing the most outrageous thing of his life.

He disguises himself as an Omega and seduces Huo Chengxun, the son of a powerful official, into a one-night affair.

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Huo Chengxun comes from a strict, conservative political family and can make the whole world bow to him.

His family only allows Alpha-Omega marriages and never accepts Betas. Naturally, they would never tolerate a scandal, either. Fortunately, Li You only wants protection and would never dare hope for anything else.

Under the man’s intense stare, Li You wraps himself tightly in a blanket, trembling all over. He says in a small voice, “I-I’m sorry… I won’t ask you to take responsibility. I only need you to… help me end a marriage.”

The man’s expression darkens. “You’re married?”

“…Yes.”

The man sneers. “You’d better not have any other requests, because I won’t have an Omega who’s been married before.”

“…Yes.”

The man storms out, furious.

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From then on, Li You anxiously waits for his engagement to the merchant to be called off. But instead of the engagement ending, he receives news that he is pregnant.

…He still has to get married. How can he be pregnant?

Li You is thunderstruck.

Besides, he can barely manage on his own. How could he protect a child? And the child has no father.

Just as Li You painfully decides to give up the child in his womb, the hospital door bursts open. A swarm of black-clad bodyguards rushes in and swiftly clears the area.

And the man surrounded by bodyguards is none other than Huo Chengxun, looking grim and travel-worn. He strides over, then gently gathers the thin Beta, whose belly is only slightly rounded, into his arms.

Li You trembles in his embrace and hears him say, “Where is that useless husband of yours? Take me to him right now.”

“W-what are you going to do?” Li You stammers.

Huo Chengxun sneers as he holds him, his jaw clenched. “Tell him to get lost. I’ll be your man.”

After dealing with the merchant, Huo Chengxun looks at the Beta sitting on his lap, looking guilty and meek. He sets down the bowl of nourishing soup he has been feeding him and narrows his eyes.

“You’re not hiding anything else from me, are you?”

Li You clutches his rounded belly. His thin body has grown more voluptuous from being carefully nourished and cherished. He remembers that the Omega pheromones he used as a disguise are almost gone, and thinks of going far away to live an ordinary, peaceful life.

He lowers his head, unable to look the other man in the eye, and timidly shakes it.

“No… nothing else.”

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1. An all-powerful Alpha who talks tough but is already won over, and bullies an honest married Beta x an honest, reserved Beta who will bite when pushed too far.

2. ABO romance with a powerful, doting Alpha and lots of sweetness. The runaway gets caught and spanked.

Theme: Fate may be uncertain, but your life is in your own hands.