[Two female leads + devoted romance + sweet love + ensemble cast + light mystery + supernatural powers]
Everyone says that Commandery Princess Ciyou is frail and sickly, a born bringer of misfortune who was sent away by the emperor to recuperate at a mountain villa when she was little.
Everyone also says that Shen, the top courtesan of Wutong Pavilion, is a stunning beauty, soft and delicate, with a naturally seductive charm.
Until one night, the courtesan nearly dropped her pot of tea when she came face-to-face with someone lounging on the couch with a carefree air.
“Frail and sickly?” Shen Yanzhi raised an eyebrow and pushed at the princess who had her trapped in her arms.
“Naturally seductive?” Gu Jiuyuan lowered her eyes to the other woman’s reddening earlobes and chuckled softly.
So they’re both quite good at putting on an act.
Formal blurb: On the ninth day of the seventh month in the ninth year of Jingzhao, a white rainbow crossed the sun, an omen of ill fortune. It was also the birthday of Commandery Princess Ciyou.
At the advice of a diviner, her father, Prince Nanyang, sent the young girl to Biquan Mountain Villa to recuperate.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jingzhao, on the Empress Dowager’s sixtieth birthday, an amnesty was declared throughout the land. Ciyou, now fifteen, was summoned back to the capital to attend the celebration.
The bustle of the capital swept over her, yet could not compare to the beauty in red whose face she glimpsed when a curtain was gently lifted.
By then, the imperial city was already rife with divided loyalties. Factions conspired in secret, and a struggle was about to begin.
Ciyou’s return to the capital would draw her into the turmoil as well.
Yet what no one expected was that this frail and delicate princess was not quite as simple as she seemed…
P.S. Many details are author inventions. Not every character is gay. There are clear BL and BG side-couple storylines, so please read with care if that bothers you.
It's quite good-looking, with two female protagonists, a crime-solving plot, interesting characters, and an above-average IQ.
Like this. Teacher, please come more, we can't see enough
Really good-looking, I like this type
Is the novel still serialized?
It's so beautiful, I like it very much, it suits my taste very well. Don't stop updating, absolutely don't!!!!! The heroine role is my favorite type. The overall length of the article should be quite large. I hope the author will work harder and keep working harder 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Ah, serialization, I hate you
Beautiful, this is the only book that really interested me