[Ancient-Style Transmigration]+ [Two Powerful Leads]+ [Political Intrigue]+ [Artist]+ [A Mix of Sweetness and Heartbreak]
Lin Qingmo was a gifted student at an art academy, but on the night before her graduation exhibition, she died suddenly in front of her proudest ancient-style portrait. When she woke, she had become a timid illegitimate daughter in the Minister of Revenue’s household in the Great Zhou Dynasty, holding a mysterious paintbrush that could bring paintings to life.
The original owner had been selected for the imperial painting academy because of a breathtaking work, only to be framed and left drowning on the brink of death. Taking over this body and its mess, Lin Qingmo decides to wield her brush as a blade and fight her way to survival in this unfamiliar age.
Then, on the night of the palace banquet, she is ordered to paint the Prince of Jing, rumored to be sickly and disabled. Behind the screen, a man reclines lazily on his side, his ink-black hair loose and his robe open at the collar. His image is identical to the one she had drawn countless times in the modern world
He is the very subject of the unfinished painting, Portrait of the Reclining Cloud Gentleman, in front of which she died.
“Miss Painter, your brush is shaking.” His eyes remain closed, his voice as cool as a mountain spring.
Only later does Lin Qingmo learn that this seemingly harmless Prince of Jing is the mastermind stirring up turmoil at court. Her brush, which can breathe life into paintings, also holds the secret behind her transmigration and the dynasty’s hidden truths.
As the truth about the original owner’s near-drowning gradually comes to light, and every faction begins coveting her paintbrush
“Qingmo,” says the Prince of Jing, taking the hand that holds her brush and drawing intertwined lines across the rice paper. “Let the world be our canvas, and let us paint it together. What do you say?”
