[Soft, alluring beauty with a cold heart × impeccably dressed chief councilor who hides his true nature]
With spring in the air, she schemes to get close to him, tempting the chief councilor into losing his composure before a hall full of Buddhas.
She presses forward step by step, then backs away just as he catches her. He wants all the more to know what she is really after.
So he invents an identity and brings the bewitching little vixen from the Buddhist temple into his household.
By day, she is the pampered young cousin in the chief councilor’s residence.
By night, she is the tender, enchanting flower in his arms.
Later…
With her revenge complete and her identity revealed, she sits high on her throne and looks down at him like a man might. “Cousin, you shouldn’t.”
The usually dignified, self-controlled chief councilor’s eyes turn red.
He kneels on three thousand steps, day and night,
just to win a smile from her.
“This time, let me beg for your mercy.”
Among the three thousand gods and Buddhas in the world, only the young woman in the lofty tower is his one and only salvation.
It's pretty good. It's okay for those who are short on books👀
The characterizations are vivid.