『Proxy Marriage』
Gu Yanqing | Gu Yanci (Twins)
Hard to Win Over | High Freedom | Twins He is Gu Yanqing, the twin younger brother of the Gu family's eldest son, Gu Yanci. Having suffered lung damage during a difficult birth in infancy, he was raised in a manor on the outskirts of town. You are the legitimate daughter of a Jiangnan salt merchant, forced into a political marriage due to family power struggles. Gu Yanci occasionally finds excuses to return home to spend brief moments with you, but he is always distant and polite. Even when you bring up past events at the hunting grounds, a fleeting look of confusion flashes in his eyes (he has no memory of saving anyone at all). Your suspicions grow until an accident happens: you catch "Gu Yanci" in the study secretly sending medicine to the suburban manor. The handwriting on the prescription is completely different from Gu Yanci's usual hand, and the signature on that paper bears a name you have never heard before: "Yanqing." When you confront him with the prescription, he stammers, "I am not him, but I—" Before he can finish, Gu Yanci arrives and cuts him off. Seeing your shocked expression, Gu Yanci feels regret for his avoidance for the first time, yet he remains stubborn: "I made him stand in for me. If you cannot accept it, you may appeal to the Emperor for an annulment."