Pairing: Beautiful, strong, and tragic sickly emperor adored by all × aloof, cool, secretly scheming and smoldering Grand State Preceptor
To avenge the destruction of her sect, young Li Ge sets a trap in a remote town, assumes another identity, and impersonates the emperor, Li Fujin, as she returns to Chang’an.
The current emperor, Li Fujin, is a notoriously useless puppet ruler.
Worse still, her family and the Grand State Preceptor’s family have a blood feud that nearly wiped them both out.
Li Ge has also heard that the Grand State Preceptor is a master of the Dao, able to summon thunder with a single finger and vanquish every demon and supernatural menace in the world. She is the greatest genius among all the Grand State Preceptors in history.
If Li Ge wants to stay alive, she must keep her distance from the Preceptor.
On her first day back in the palace, the chief eunuch grows suspicious of her identity and arranges for her to stay in Jibei Palace, the Grand State Preceptor’s residence.
According to the old rules, the new emperor must receive the Preceptor’s blessing.
Li Ge thinks: Oh no. I’m done for.
That very night, with the Grand State Preceptor regarding her as the enemy who destroyed her family, Li Ge does exactly what you’d expect: she strikes the Preceptor, who is blind and unable to walk, and shatters her heart meridians.
Her lofty ambitions are still unfulfilled, and she nearly dies on the spot.
From that moment on, the two are enemies, and Li Ge can’t stand anything about the blind Preceptor.
But palace rules dictate that the newly enthroned “young emperor” must stay in Jibei Palace for three full months.
With a blade hanging over her neck every day, Li Ge is no quiet, obedient sort. Since she can’t beat the Preceptor, she tries every way she can to make her life miserable.
The eunuch faction in the palace urges the emperor to choose consorts and produce an heir. Li Ge thinks, I’m a woman. How exactly am I supposed to have a child with a consort?
She brazenly holds a consort selection in Jibei Palace, disturbing the Preceptor’s quiet cultivation.
Then she has the audacity to toss one of the golden osmanthus flowers used in the selection straight into the Preceptor’s arms.
From then on, strange signs fill the heavens: a phoenix arrives from the east, and a red thread binds them together, joining their fates.
A divine prophecy declares that she and the Preceptor are destined to share a tangled bond of dual cultivation.
Li Ge thinks she must be seeing things in broad daylight.
The Preceptor must have lost her mind to practice dual cultivation with the child of her enemy.
If that day ever comes, she’d rather be killed. It would be quicker.
Li Ge fears the Preceptor will try to defy the prophecy by cutting her down with another blow.
From then on, she keeps well away from the Preceptor, determined to avoid any needless entanglement.
Because Li Ge has taken a secret medicine since childhood, her first period comes later than most women’s.
It arrives during an attack of cold poison. Alone in the palace hall, she endures agony so intense she feels she might die.
As her consciousness drifts, something warm draws near and carries her into a spirit-infused hot spring.
Afraid of the water, Li Ge clings to that warmth and rubs against the person holding her like someone clinging to a piece of driftwood.
Through her haze, she hears a cool female voice above her say, “You’ve dirtied all my clothes.”
Li Ge has no idea what happened that night, but from then on, the Preceptor starts acting strangely.
Before, whenever she entered Li Ge’s palace, she would strike her as if trying to snuff out her life, insisting that no Li emperor could be allowed to live and that the dynasty was on the brink of collapse.
So why is she now sneaking into Li Ge’s palace to steal her cat and sleep in her bed, without getting angry or trying to kill her, and even giving her a bra?
Several months later, a female physician in the palace examines the Grand State Preceptor’s pulse, then offers the fake emperor her congratulations: “I respectfully congratulate Your Majesty. The Grand State Preceptor is carrying the imperial heir.”
The young emperor spits out her tea.
What on earth?
How could she have an imperial heir?
Does this make any sense?
How did she not know she could do that?
No, no, this is all wrong! Even if two women really could conceive, why would it be the Preceptor?
Her legs are still cramping right now!
(PS: The young emperor is a tsundere bottom, and the older Grand State Preceptor is a secretly passionate top. There will be a role reversal later. This is not a setting where same-sex marriage is legal, nor is there any same-sex childbirth system. Those are all tricks of the Preceptor’s magic, used to tease the young emperor.
At first, the Preceptor is grievously injured and disabled, blind and unable to walk, and spends a long time in a wheelchair. She is healed in the middle of the story. This is a long novel with an ensemble cast and a plot-driven narrative. It was originally projected to run to one million words.
But as the detailed outline expands, it may reach 1.5 million words. Both female leads are exclusively devoted to each other, and the story is full of foreshadowing. Some supporting-character pairings will have tragic endings.
The young emperor is adored by all, and she’ll have plenty of brainless fans, career-focused fans, and fiercely devoted fans. The main plot has a mix of elements: court intrigue, as well as episodic stories where the emperor and the Preceptor team up to catch demons and solve the strange cases haunting Chang’an. I hope you enjoy the story.)
Theme: Watching the predetermined ending from the beginning of the story
A Typhoon Blows Tonight
Dream of You a Little Longer
The Rich Ex-Wife O Keeps Trying to Seduce Me
Sick
After Accidentally Marking a Top-Tier Omega
Taking the Cool-Hearted Heroine Back Home to Raise Crabs [Farming]
Do You Really Have to Love Me Like Your Life Depends on It?
Your Majesty, I Would Never Dare
The Princess Consort Always Thinks She's a Stand-In
After Kissing My Cool, Elegant Love Rival
21+
The Young Lady Insists on Coming Back to My Village
Four Love Interests Come Knocking
I Haven't Even Tried to Turn You Straight, So Why Are You Gay?
Alpha, She's a Little Annoyed Today
Forced to Tell a Disabled, Deaf Beauty I Love You
Teacher, Please Behave Yourself
21+
The Top Alpha True Heiress Is Not Right
My Aloof Wife Is Actually a Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside GL
Paranoia
21+
After Going Bankrupt, an Omega Servant Took Me Home
Who said Luo Shi's divination was inaccurate? This divination is incredibly accurate! I think you, Gu Gu, are destined to have three true soulmates. You're blessed! Gu Gu just hasn't opened up your potential yet. 😏 Su Wen suggests that to atone for your sins, you should really get your master into bed with the Imperial Advisor later.
Anyone want to see a kitten retaliate against the Grand Tutor? [Glasses][glasses] If so, raise your paw and I'll prepare a fresh meal for you! [Glasses][glasses]
As Ling Zixu was typing on the computer, someone gently held her hand, and a soft body pressed against her from behind, the sweet fragrance lingering around her nose enticing her. The woman's gentle voice rang in her ear. The two were very close, even though they were separated by a chair. Some of her slightly curly long hair fell onto Ling Zixu's shoulders, causing a slight itch. "
Longlao, you still love it too much. Perhaps this is one of the Grand Preceptor's backup plans? Zilan didn't understand before, but now she understands Senior Sister's position in Longlao's heart 😏 Maybe it was the kitten who came up with the idea behind the scenes, after all, Longlao is such a powerful fighter 😏
Sun seems too stubborn. She's blinded by gratitude; she's not really concerned with the title of Young Palace Master's wife, but rather bound by the life-saving grace she received as a child—it's more like repaying a debt of gratitude. But this Young Palace Master doesn't even know his own worth, still eyeing the Imperial Advisor and Little Cat [laughing and crying emoji].
I bet the other two will be furious when they get back. Luo Yue has such a great advantage! 😂
So Luo Yue is a masochist? No, all three of you sisters aren't masochists, are you? [Laughing and crying with face covered] But Gu Gu doesn't seem to have that hobby 😂 Putting aside Su Wen's tendency to spout off all sorts of amazing information, she always manages to blurt out some explosive information at unexpected times, without even realizing it herself 😏
At first, seeing the female cultivator's description of being rather poor, even stingy with vegetables, I wondered if she was the legendary beacon of righteousness 😏 Turns out, she really is! Your Water Moon Sect is truly poor, especially since the eldest sister's most valuable token was swindled away by Little Cat 😂 But that token seems to have another meaning; are we about to see another…
The person behind this seems terrifyingly twisted, and their methods are inhuman. Song Xuanji is truly pitiful; her life was essentially tortured to death. Even after persevering for a long time, she couldn't avoid becoming a weakness in Zilu's Dao Heart. This couple is so tragic 😭. This person's true identity must be someone who seemed the least likely before, and they possess secret techniques.
Please, Auntie, just flip the table already! We straightforward women should be this carefree and unrestrained.