My cousin and I married the twin sons of a marquis’s household, a story celebrated as a beautiful tale in the capital.
Two months later, the devastating news of my husband’s death in battle arrived. Before he died, he supposedly entrusted his twin brother with inheriting both family lines to take care of me and father a child with me. Even my mother-in-law urged me to agree.
When my sister-in-law found out, she slapped me on the spot and accused me of being unchaste.
I sternly refused this arrangement, but I accidentally overheard an argument between my mother-in-law and my younger brother-in-law: “It was clearly your younger brother who died. Why do you insist it was you?” “Mother, Xi Yue and I were already in love. On the wedding day, my brother and I swapped places for the ceremony. I originally planned to reveal the swap the next day, but I was unexpectedly sent straight to the battlefield.”
“Then what about Qing Wan? She was devastated to hear of your ‘death’ and is now forcing herself to manage the entire marquis’s household!” “Qing Wan has always been sensible and strong. I might as well just inherit both family lines and give her a child as well. That would be a way to honor our bond.”
“Now that your brother is dead, let’s just go along with this mistake. Don’t tell Qing Wan the truth…”
I had intended to seek a divorce, but at that very moment, I discovered I was pregnant.
Even more unexpectedly, my husband, who had supposedly died in battle, returned with military honors…
