Reborn, I Married My Ex-Husband's Older Brother (Both Reborn)

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A quirky, spoiled princess vs. a ruthless, devoted, scheming minister

Princess Ye Fuqing's life was cut short by the husband she'd shared three years with.

Reborn in this life, she blackmailed and bribed her former husband's older brother into marrying her so she could protect herself.

They had been enemies ever since their first meeting. Ye Fuqing had it all planned out: once she had her revenge, she would divorce him and live freely.

But it's easy to invite someone in, and hard to send them away.

She never imagined that the husband who had disliked her at every turn would end up begging her for sex day after day, never getting enough.

What Ye Fuqing didn't know was that in her previous life, Xie Zhuo had gathered her remains. This cold, heartless man had drowned himself in drink every night after her death and spent the rest of his life alone, keeping vigil by her memorial tablet.

Xie Zhuo had risen to the pinnacle of power. Those hoping to curry favor with him offered up concubines and songstresses one after another, but he turned them all down.

His advisers urged him, too: "The Duke's legitimate daughter is well-mannered and sensible. If you marry her, Lord Hou, you'll be even more powerful."

Xie Zhuo said nothing. His gaze rested only on the young woman in the courtyard, laughing and playing with his younger brother.

He ought to call her his sister-in-law. As her elder brother-in-law, he shouldn't look at her that way.

The thing Xie Zhuo regretted most in his life was not realizing sooner that he had fallen in love with Ye Fuqing.

After she died, Xie Zhuo's life withered away, too. With no name or claim to her, he spent his life guarding his younger brother's wife's memorial tablet, giving the whole city plenty to gossip about.

When he woke again, he stared wide-eyed at the young, vibrant Ye Fuqing lying beside him and asked, stunned, "Why are you in my bed?"

Ye Fuqing glared at him. "What a silly question. Newlyweds are supposed to share a bed. Don't tell me you already want separate rooms?"

#We agreed to be a fake couple, but you crossed the line

#I was your sister-in-law in my previous life. Did you forget?

#But I love you, in this life and the next, no matter what our relationship is

Please check out my upcoming novel next door, too. Here's the blurb for The Stepson Won't Leave Me Alone After I Marry into His Family:

Jiang Zhou was never wanted. His birth mother was a maid who had crawled into his father's bed, and she died as soon as he was born. His life in the Marquis's household was miserable, and he was treated like a heap of mud.

He'd given up on life, until one day he locked eyes with the concubine his father had just married.

She was beautiful but timid and weak, like a little sparrow caged in his father's back courtyard.

Just like him, she was a puppet who couldn't control her own fate.

But this young concubine was terribly easy to fool. A few words about how miserable he was were enough to make her take pity on him and protect him as he grew up in the household.

To Jiang Zhou, she was nothing more than a pawn he could use.

Then, one day, during a hunting trip, the woman he hated most in the world stepped in front of him and pleaded for his life.

After that, he never saw her again. He had already learned to manipulate people, and went on to become the Grand Secretary, reviled as a villain for the ages.

One day, he was ambushed. He thought the thing he would miss most in life was the day he seized power. But when he truly realized he was about to die, he understood: all these years, he had been searching for her likeness, begging her to give him just a little more warmth.

[Reader's Note]

1. Both leads are reborn. The heroine is reborn at the start, while the hero gradually regains his memories.

Theme: Know yourself, and recognize your true feelings.