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"After Rebirth, I Married the Male Lead's Father" is a derivative novel set in ancient times. The original plot is a sweet romance novel set in ancient times, in which the male lead, Qi Muchen, falls in love with the female lead, Yu Qingwan, at first sight. The novel mainly revolves around Qi Muchen's married life after he proposes to Yu Qingwan.

Originally a sweet romance novel, Yu Qingwan's cousin Liu Ruyan was reborn. In order to live better than Yu Qingwan, the first thing Liu Ruyan did after her rebirth was to try to marry the male lead's father and become Qi Muchen's stepmother.

The original owner of this body was the father whom Liu Ruyan married.

The original owner was a prince of Qi Kingdom, the current emperor's younger brother from the same mother. He held military power and was not feared by the emperor. He could be said to be a powerful figure who was second only to the emperor.

The princess was the original owner's childhood sweetheart. After she suddenly passed away from an illness, she has never married. In the original story, she never married at all.

Liu Ruyan's mother and Yu Qingwan's mother were sisters. Liu Ruyan's mother looked down on the Yu family and insisted on a marriage exchange with her sister, which is how she ended up marrying into the Liu family.

However, the Liu family was only superficially prosperous. In addition, Liu Ruyan's father was a lecherous and unambitious man who took in concubines one after another, making Liu Ruyan's mother's life increasingly difficult.

The Yu family was different. Although Yu's father came from a poor family, he was very ambitious and devoted to Yu's mother. He didn't have any concubines or even a maidservant. He spent all his time taking care of Yu's mother.

Compared to her sister, Liu's mother became even more jealous and resentful. She completely forgot that she had looked down on the Yu family for being poor. She only remembered that her sister had stolen her good husband. When Liu Ruyan was young, she instigated Liu Ruyan to compete with Yu Qingwan. If Liu Ruyan could not compete with Yu Qingwan, endless insults would await her.

Growing up in such an environment, Liu Ruyan also became as competitive as her mother, only wanting to surpass Yu Qingwan. She wanted to take anything that Yu Qingwan had, including Qi Muchen, who fell in love with Yu Qingwan at first sight.

In her first life, Liu Ruyan wasn't the female lead, so she couldn't disrupt the relationship between the male and female leads. Liu Ruyan's scheme against Qi Muchen failed, and instead, she ended up with a playboy.

Having had physical intimacy, Liu Ruyan could only marry a playboy. Not long after the marriage, she fell ill and died. Before she died, she overheard her maid talking about the love story of Yu Qingwan and Qi Muchen. Filled with envy, jealousy and hatred for Yu Qingwan, Liu Ruyan breathed her last.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ruyan was reborn at the age of fourteen after her death. At this time, Qi Muchen was still a fourteen-year-old kid, and Yu Wanqing was only twelve years old.

Unable to simply and cleanly kill Yu Wanqing, and with her attempts to seduce Qi Muchen proving fruitless, Liu Ruyan finally turned her attention to the original owner of this body.

The rescue scene may be late, but it's here nonetheless. Whether the trick is old or not, it works.

Because Liu Ruyan was held in the arms of the original owner in public, the original owner had no choice but to marry Liu Ruyan as his second wife in order to protect Liu Ruyan's reputation.

Although the original owner was unaware of the truth, she vaguely felt that it was all Liu Ruyan's scheme. Therefore, she married Liu Ruyan merely as a figurehead and did not consummate the marriage. Liu Ruyan did not marry the original owner to be a mere decoration. After a series of maneuvers, the original owner finally consummated the marriage with Liu Ruyan, and it was the only time they conceived their second son, Qi Mujing.

The original owner disliked Liu Ruyan, and therefore was not very close to Qi Mujing. However, Qi Muchen and Qi Mujing were very close. So much so that after the original owner passed away, when Liu Ruyan suppressed Qi Muchen, it was Qi Mujing who protected Qi Muchen. But despite all the precautions, Qi Muchen still died young.

She helps the male and female protagonists fulfill their love and gives birth to their youngest son.

Because Liu Ruyan married the original owner of the body, the possibility of Qi Muchen marrying Qingwan was completely cut off. One of them would not marry anyone but Qingwan and lived a lonely life; the other became a second wife and lived a miserable life.

It would be easy to help them get together, but it would be difficult for Qi Yuan to give birth to his youngest son, Qi Mujing. Qi Yuan didn't want anything to happen between him and Liu Ruyan. Oh well, he'd just have to take it one step at a time. If he couldn't have the baby, she couldn't blame him, could she?

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

When Qi Yuan arrived, Liu Ruyan had not yet been reborn. After a moment's thought, Qi Yuan headed straight for the palace.

"Brother, I've taken a liking to that girl from the Yu family." The first words upon meeting were not greetings or pleasantries, but a direct statement of his purpose.

"The Yu family? Which Yu family?" The emperor was taken aback by the surname. In his memory, the Yu family seemed to only have... but his daughter was only ten years old.

The Emperor glanced at Eunuch Zhou, who nodded with a complicated expression. The Emperor immediately looked at Qi Yuan, his expression indescribable, mixed with disappointment. After hesitating for a long time, he finally said, "Isn't this inappropriate?"

"What's inappropriate about it? I just think that little girl from the Yu family is wonderful. She's not only beautiful and lovely, but also clever. She'll definitely be able to uphold the honor of the Prince's Mansion in the future..." Qi Yuan continued to ramble on, completely unaware that his elder brother was looking at him as if he were a pervert.

The emperor tried to restrain himself, repeatedly chanting, "This is my own brother, I can't kill him, I can't kill him..." but he still couldn't hold back and threw a memorial at him.

Qi Yuan dodged in time; the memorial grazed past his outer robe without causing him any harm.

"Royal brother?" Qi Yuan looked puzzled. Could it be that the original owner's memories were faulty? Did the emperor actually dislike the original owner all along? Or was it a case of brothers fighting each other? ... In an instant, Qi Yuan thought of many things, even how to kill his brother and seize the throne.

"How could our royal family produce such a person as you..." The Emperor thought for a long time but couldn't find the right words. Finally, he slammed his hand on the dragon desk and said with great distress, "What a disaster! How can I face Minister Yu now!"

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"Royal brother? All I wanted to do was arrange a marriage for Mu Chen as a consort. Why are you looking at me like that? Could it be that you, royal brother, are..." Qi Yuan realized that his royal brother had no regrets, but he did not think it was his fault.

On the contrary, Qi Yuan believed that her elder brother's heart was dirty, so he saw everything as dirty.

"Mu Chen? That's good, that's good..." The Emperor breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it wasn't Qi Yuan choosing a concubine for him. But when he heard Qi Yuan's last words, he was instantly furious, his face turning red. He stammered at Qi Yuan for a long time before slamming down another memorial.

"If you keep acting so recklessly, I'll let you taste the pain of the rod!" Seeing Qi Yuan dodging left and right like a monkey, the emperor was no longer angry.

"Then what do you think, Your Majesty?" Qi Yuan saw that the Emperor was smiling, and seized the opportunity to push forward, meaning that he wanted the Emperor to issue an edict right now.

The Emperor rolled his eyes at Qi Yuan, then, seeing that Eunuch Zhou had laid out the imperial edict, he wisely stepped forward to grind the ink.

"Your Majesty, please." The Emperor rolled his eyes at Qi Yuan, who was holding a calligraphy brush in both hands, and said, "You only show this kind of insight when you need something from me."

Half an hour later, Qi Yuan left happily with the imperial decree bestowing the marriage upon him. The Emperor watched Qi Yuan's departing figure, the curve of his lips widening further.

The Yu family accepted the imperial decree with trepidation. Lord Yu then slipped a purse into Eunuch Zhou's arms. Upon touching the purse, Eunuch Zhou quickly declined, saying, "Lord Yu, no, no! This imperial decree of marriage was personally requested by our Prince Qi from the Emperor. Please don't make this servant feel too embarrassed."

Upon hearing this, Lord Yu knew that the silver note would not be delivered today. He then took out another purse from his sleeve and stuffed it into Eunuch Zhou's hand. Eunuch Zhou touched it and then put it into his pocket. Before leaving, he said, "Our Prince Qi has spoken highly of Miss Yu."

After leaving the Yu residence, Eunuch Zhou boarded a carriage.

"Your Highness, I have said everything I need to say. This is a reward from Lord Yu." Before leaving, the Emperor had given him a look, signaling him to listen to Prince Qi.

"Take it if you want it. Do you think I, the king, would steal it from you?" Qi Yuan said, tossing another purse over.

"Thank you for the reward, Your Highness!" Eunuch Zhou touched the purse, his face beaming with joy. He knew that Prince Qi had always been generous, and doing things for him would definitely bring him benefits. Moreover, anything bestowed by Prince Qi would not need to be confiscated.

After escorting Eunuch Zhou to the palace gate, Qi Yuan returned to the Prince's residence. As soon as he entered, he saw Qi Muchen looking at him hesitantly, which gave Qi Yuan a headache.

Is this the male lead, with his submissive, wife-like demeanor? No wonder Liu Ruyan managed to turn him into that.

"Father, why did Uncle Emperor suddenly bestow a marriage upon his son?" The original owner only had this one son, and ever since Qi Muchen could speak, the original owner had made him call him father. For so many years, whenever they were in the Prince's Mansion, Qi Muchen would call him father.

"I asked for it for you, so what?" Qi Yuan couldn't stand men acting like girls, all effeminate.

"Father? What did I do wrong to make you angry? Can't I change? Why make you so angry..." As he spoke, Qi Muchen's eyes reddened.

Qi Yuan: ...The original owner tricked me, but he didn't say that Qi Muchen was like this!

"Father isn't angry, he's just tired. Now that the imperial decree for the marriage has been issued, why don't you pack your things and hurry over to the Yu residence for a visit?"

Hearing Qi Yuan say that, Qi Muchen stopped being coy and, with a quick glance, told the servant to open the storeroom.

As expected, the attraction between the male and female leads was genuine; they fell in love at first sight after just one meeting.

After handing over the scheming and pretentious Qi Muchen to the female lead, Qi Yuan began a life of idleness, going back and forth between the Prince's Mansion and the Imperial Palace every day. It was quite amusing to tease his elder brother from time to time, and the Emperor would always be amused by Qi Yuan to the point of bulging veins.

"Imperial Physician, do you think I'll be driven to my death by Prince Qi if I continue like this?" The Emperor rubbed his temples as he lay on the bed.

The imperial physician had just finished taking the emperor's pulse when Qi Yuan and the crown prince stood by the bed watching the emperor put on his act.

"Pah! Pah! Pah! Your Majesty, you mustn't say such unlucky things! I'm counting on you for the rest of my life, after all, an elder brother is always better than a nephew, isn't he? What if my nephew, the Crown Prince, treats me badly in the future?"

"No, Imperial Uncle? What are you talking about? When have I ever treated you badly? Take when we were little, for example. Didn't I give you pastries every day? How could you have forgotten all of that?"

The uncle and nephew chattered away, making the imperial physician forget the emperor's earlier instructions. After they quieted down, the physician instinctively told the truth: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in good health today, perhaps because you have been in a cheerful mood every day..."

The emperor glared at the imperial physician, who felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively looked up to see two faces trying to suppress laughter.

Imperial Physician: Did I say anything? Why are Prince Qi and His Highness the Crown Prince holding it in so hard?

"Alright, you may leave!" The Emperor was speechless. No wonder everyone said that the Imperial Hospital staff were all blockheads, inflexible and unable to adapt. Even with the lyrics written out for him to memorize, he still forgot them.

"Your Majesty, what did I say? You're in good health! So from now on, I'll come and bother you every day, hoping you'll live to be a hundred or two hundred years old..."

"Eh? Imperial Uncle, if Father Emperor can live to be a hundred years old, does that mean I won't have to be Emperor anymore? Then I can just raise my son?" The Crown Prince's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to grasp the Emperor's hand.

"Father, rest assured, your son will make sure you live to be a hundred years old, so that your son can also live off your son like your uncle did..." The Crown Prince spoke sincerely, not as a test; he truly intended to do so.

The emperor felt his heart beating much faster, and he almost choked and passed out.

At the Yu residence, Lord Yu looked at Prince Qi, who was following his daughter, and felt a pang of sympathy.

"Qingwan, does your father-in-law dislike me? Why does he keep looking at me like that? I'm so scared. What if he hits me after we get married?" Qi Muchen hid behind Yu Qingwan, and Yu Qingwan subconsciously blocked her father's view as well.

"father!"

"What? You can't even look at him? Do you think your father would ruin the young master?" Father Yu's beard trembled with anger, and he looked at Qi Muchen as if he were a vixen.