Great Tang: The Noblewoman’s Rise Begins with Climbing Out of a Coffin

In the twenty-second year of the Kaiyuan era, Lin Bai, a folk healer, is poisoned, buried alive, and left for dead by her beloved Zhao Suo, who hopes to curry favor with the powerful! Her immense resentment as she lies dying in the coffin awakens the remnant soul of an ancient Scarlet Ant Queen, and the two form a blood pact to live as one.

Reborn as Yang Guo, daughter of a reclusive Wudang practitioner, she returns to Chang’an with three extraordinary abilities: superhuman senses, immunity to all poisons, and a life link. She intends to use an edict from Consort Wu Hui to marry the Prince of Shou and take her revenge. But the gentle Prince of Shou is only using her as a pawn in his bid for the throne, and beneath his loving facade lies nothing but cold calculation.

Just as she loses all hope, Emperor Li Longji’s genuine affection lights her way. From Princess of Shou to the emperor’s sole-favored consort, she uses her abilities and intelligence to help him reform officialdom, take control of commerce, and repel the forces of witchcraft. He gives her the ultimate favor of “a single ride through the red dust to make his consort smile,” along with real authority and trust as the “Lady in Charge of Commerce.”

In the fourteenth year of the Tianbao era, An Lushan raises an army under the pretext of “cleansing the emperor’s court.” At Mawei Slope, the imperial guards surround the palace and demand her death. She fakes her death and escapes, reinventing herself as “Madam Lin,” a wealthy merchant in Jiangnan, and secretly uses her trade network to support the campaign to suppress the rebellion.

When the rebellion is over and Xuanzong is left isolated and helpless, she returns to Chang’an with her own power, helping him stabilize the situation and reclaim his dignity. In the end, the two escape the whirlpool of power and withdraw to the mountains and rivers of Jiangnan.

This is no tragedy from the history books. It is a thrilling tale of a reborn woman taking revenge and turning the tables through her own strength, winning an emperor’s heart, wielding the power of a prosperous age, and making a name for herself!