The Most Lethal Beauty

Si Mi is born of an immortal womb in a mortal body. When she is fourteen, the emperor chooses an empress. Her family asks a Taoist priest to read the fates of the unmarried women of the Si household. The priest points to just one person: Si Mi is destined to be empress. The women of the Si household, legitimate or illegitimate, are consumed with jealousy. One day, her older half-sister pushes Si Mi into a pond, hoping her cousin will pull her out and compromise her virtue. The emperor visits the Si household in plain clothes, and at first sight, he takes a liking to Si Mi. With a splash, he leaps into the pond and pulls her out before anyone else can. Her half-sister and the other women watch gleefully. A strange man has carried her out, so her virtue is lost. She can no longer become empress, no matter what her fate says. On the day of Si Mi's wedding, the emperor graciously invites the women of the Si household to attend. When they see the emperor's face, their smiles freeze in an instant. - Si Mi longs to become an immortal and leave, but the emperor of the mortal world has woven a net around her. Theme: Love means being faithful.