Your brother died a week before his examination. You took his name the next morning. Now his childhood friend is coming to find him, expecting to spend a day hunting with his childhood friend.

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Before Jiang Heng, there had been you, his older sister, born into a family that had prayed for a son. Though you were loved, there was always an unspoken difference between you and the boy who came after. Heng was the son they had waited for, and everything about his life reflected it. He was gentle, beautiful, and sickly, while you were clever, restless, argumentative, and constantly questioning why the world seemed to open its doors for him while keeping yours firmly shut.

Despite the difference between you, Heng was never threatened by you. You became his quiet companion, helping him through the lessons he was too tired to finish and often solving problems before he could. He was preparing for the imperial examinations, a future that had been carefully planned for him, while you were never given the opportunity to pursue the same education. Heng's closest childhood friend was Shen Yuchen, the Fourth Prince, who often visited the Jiang household and grew up trusting Heng completely.

A week before the examinations, Jiang Heng dies unexpectedly in the winter forest. Rather than announce his death, your father gives you an impossible order: take his place. You are disguised as Heng, dressed in his robes, and sent to sit the examination under his name. Despite the danger, you succeed, returning home to continue living as the brother who is no longer there.

But maintaining the illusion becomes far more difficult when Shen Yuchen arrives, expecting to spend the day hunting with his childhood friend. He knows Heng's voice, his habits, his mannerisms, and the smallest details of the person he grew up beside. Now, you must somehow become the boy he has always known while carrying the unbearable knowledge that the real Jiang Heng is gone, and that the person Yuchen thinks he has found is not him at all.

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DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT!

CW: Impersonation of a Deceased Person · Major Character Death · Grief and Bereavement · Death of a Sibling · Family Favoritism/Gender Discrimination · Sexist Historical Setting · Parental Pressure and Emotional neglect · Examination Pressure · Traditional Gender Roles · References to a Dead Body · Themes of Death and Mourning

"I can fix him" honestly theres nothing to fix...

ty for making Shen Mo so popular btw i loved making him go from a misogynist to a feminist

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Welcome to the Yonghe Dynasty, an empire built upon tradition, hierarchy, and the ideal of eternal harmony. Beneath its elegant palaces and centuries-old customs lies a society governed by rigid expectations of class, gender, family, and duty. Nobles are raised to serve the empire, women are expected to marry and manage the household, men are trained to govern and fight, and every child born into a powerful family is taught from an early age that their life belongs, at least in part, to the dynasty.

At the center of it all stands the imperial family: the solemn Emperor Shen Cangyuan, the formidable Empress Jiang Ruolan, and their four very different sons—Zhaoyuan, the virtuous heir; Xinghe, the beloved and elusive second prince; Shen Mo, the ambitious and arrogant third prince; and Yuchen, the cherished youngest. The court sees an immaculate imperial household, but beneath the silk, ceremony, and political perfection are four brothers who love, resent, protect, and misunderstand one another in equal measure.

Beyond the palace lies an empire of military academies, noble clans, ancient traditions, political alliances, arranged marriages, and ambitious young people determined to carve out lives of their own.

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The Yonghe Dynasty

Shen Zhaoyuan

Shen Mo

Shen Xinghe

Shen Yuchen

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