Hateful Lovers

He Lingyu knew that Jiang Huaice had always set his sights on her elder sister. But she lost her head and went to great lengths to steal the marriage for herself.

The price was more than a decade of hostility and resentment between them, until in the end, with nothing but their interests between them, they became a pair of bitter spouses.

Before becoming Crown Prince, Jiang Huaice cast her aside. He Lingyu, in turn, helped purge his closest associates.

For a married couple to reach this point, things had probably gone terribly wrong.

Even if the history books carefully embellished the love between the emperor and empress, every clue showed that the only thing they were suited for was ruthlessness.

So, after realizing she had been reborn, He Lingyu kept her distance.

The empress, she thought, would be better suited to her lovable elder sister.

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The He family's Miss Yu had changed, and Jiang Huaice couldn't understand why.

He only knew that he was so anxious he could barely stand it, and couldn't bear to see her turn away and get even a little closer to someone else.

But his elder brother only told him to wait. Wait a little longer.

What exactly was he supposed to wait for?

He had asked on his brother's behalf for the hand of Miss He, only to watch the woman he loved slip away, and all he got was another request to wait?

Whoever wanted to wait could wait!

Jiang Huaice made up his mind. Even if Miss Yu really had set her sights on someone new, that was fair enough. He was the one who had made her feel insecure in the first place.

This time, even if he had to be Miss Yu's lover on the side, he would stay by her.

But why, when he pushed open the door, did he see his elder brother, who looked exactly like him, holding his Miss Yu tightly and tenderly calling her "Yu'er" over and over...

So this was what you meant by "wait"!

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Jiang Huaijin and his twin younger brother Huaice looked and sounded exactly alike. That was their greatest trump card.

As the elder brother, Jiang Huaijin had to be levelheaded and put their shared interests above all else.

Who could have guessed that his younger brother would be so consumed by love that he broke their plans and married He Lingyu, only to die absurdly the day before revealing his identity?

Idiot.

Jiang Huaijin thought it was all over. How could he have known that He Lingyu would mistake him for Jiang Huaice and come after him, and that the two of them would spend more than a decade as husband and wife?

For all those years, mindful that she had been his younger brother's wife, he treated her with respect and courtesy.

Yet he had to admit that of all the women in the world, He Lingyu was the one most suited to him.

So suited that when he caught the faint fragrance of her again, he would have given her even his life.

"Yu'er... My empress..."

. Brothers sharing one wife, male lead's identity unknown to the female lead

. Three schemers

The sun and moon shine most brightly; spouses are at once the closest and most distant.

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Theme: See things for what they are and have the courage to pursue yourself.