I Untie My Imperial Brother's Robe

In his previous life, Ji Xueyao fought tooth and nail against the Crown Prince's faction to win the succession. He schemed and struggled, only to fail at the last moment, be ruined and disgraced, and die with bitter regret. When he opened his eyes again, he was back before the succession struggle began. Reborn, Ji Xueyao saw things differently. Since he was destined never to become emperor, he might as well withdraw early, stay out of the royal family's conflicts, and live as an idle prince. But to his surprise, the Crown Prince he had been avoiding took the initiative to befriend him. When assassins attacked, the Crown Prince, who could not fight, risked his life to take a sword for him. When Ji Xueyao angered the emperor, the Crown Prince took the blame, copied books for him, and accepted his punishment in his place. He even secretly eliminated the relatives who had betrayed Ji Xueyao in his previous life, and sent the old friends who had sold him out to prison to be executed. Even more shocking, on the very night the Crown Prince ascended the throne, he trapped Ji Xueyao in the palace as he was about to flee. Casting off his usual mild demeanor, he pinned him to the dragon bed and bound his hands with his sash, whispering in a low voice: “This time, does Xiaojiu want to leave me again?” “If you no longer want to be emperor, how about becoming my empress?” - Ji Xueyao did not know that after he died in his previous life, the Crown Prince, who had spent their entire lives battling him in the open and in secret, made his first act after ascending the throne to clear Ji Xueyao's name and avenge him. He buried Ji Xueyao's coffin in his own mausoleum, and wept as he posthumously named him emperor. Ruthless, scheming, calculating, devoted, and sly pursuer × A free-spirited, easygoing receiver who takes life and death in stride and prefers to lie around Reader's Guide: - One-on-one, receiver-focused, happy ending. Both are reborn. The receiver has maxed-out combat ability, while the pursuer has maxed-out intelligence. - The receiver is an adopted prince, and the two are cousins. - They loved and fought in their previous life, but join forces in this one. - No pairing swaps, no reverse pairings, no dream-self insertions, no obsessive fan behavior, and no other unusual fetishes. Theme: