Tao Yaoyao was once an esteemed cultivator in the cultivation world, blessed with astonishing talent but lacking ambition. She spent every day engrossed in storybooks. Then she forgot the day of her tribulation. Just as she was absorbed in a palace-intrigue story, a bolt of heavenly lightning struck her and hurled her into the book, where she became its ugly empress, Tao Yaoyao.
Tao Yaoyao is the legitimate daughter of the Great General Who Guards the Nation. On the day she was born, the Imperial Astrologer declared that she was destined to be the mother of the realm. The late emperor therefore ordered her betrothal to the Crown Prince, Xuanyuan Ze. This made the concubines in her household jealous, and they secretly poisoned her over time. Not only did she become stupid, she was also left disfigured.
The late emperor valued loyalty, so he still made the Crown Prince honor the marriage. The Imperial Astrologer had told him that Tao Yaoyao was blessed with good fortune and would bring prosperity to the nation, but that she was destined to face a tribulation which she would overcome once she married the Crown Prince.
The late emperor was delighted and abdicated early, leaving the Crown Prince to take the exhausting burden of the throne. He himself retired from public life and enjoyed a carefree existence.
On the night Tao Yaoyao was crowned empress, the emperor was disgusted by her looks and refused to consummate their marriage.
The foolish girl listened to the palace attendants' instigation and threatened to hang herself to force the emperor to sleep with her.
But she accidentally missed her footing and really did hang herself.
That left the esteemed cultivator Tao Yaoyao free to take over her body. What she never expected was that the emperor's family could hear her thoughts.
Since she's here, she'll make the best of it. Watch as she thrives, face-slaps the white lotus, strikes back at the concubines, and even finds herself a romance. Three birds with one stone!
There are so few people watching! There are so many people coming, it's quite nice
It's beautiful and quite interesting! I quite like the heroine's character. The emperor's arrogant man is slowly sinking.