Cinnabar Substitute

Twin sisters × substitute conspiracy × identity mystery

[No cheating, read with confidence. No clichéd substitute drama, no loving the wrong person, and no angst!!!!!]

[P.S. Everyone is unapologetically carnivorous]

The Wolf King of Beidi is defeated, and the princess is offered to the sea…

She conceals her sea-totem tattoo and dons an empress’s splendid crown, advancing carefully through the palace:

“I’ll make the dragon throne of Dasheng run red with the blood of the Cangming Sea.”

Qing Shang, a pearl diver from a fishing village in Jiangnan, is swept into a maelstrom of political intrigue by a salt and iron case.

She thinks she is only a pawn, but forgets that the Wolf King’s bloodline has always been the one moving the pieces.

“Guess which of us carries the Wolf King’s blood, and which one stole another’s life to become an impostor?”

“Are you content to be my shadow, or do you want to take everything from me?”

Yu Li grips pearl diver Shen Qingshang by the throat, her fingertips tracing the features they share.

When the substitute scheme turns into a bloody game, the giant waves of the Cangming Sea will eventually swallow the land’s power and its lies.

“The cinnabar mole of the Cangming Sea has always been, the blood of a traitor.”