The Beauty and the Powerful Minister

[This novel was completed on January 27, 2021. The full text has been revised. Please refer to the official version on Jinjiang.]

1.

Bai Yu is the star dancer at the Red Sleeve House, charming her audiences with song and dance and adored by countless nobles, officials, scholars, and literati.

When she first meets him, his hair is bound beneath a cap. Dressed in flowing robes and a broad sash, he stands tall on a painted bridge, speaking with a songstress.

He turns and smiles, warmth and tenderness in his dark eyes.

The man is powerful and riding high in the emperor's favor.

She falls for him at first sight and tries every way to seduce him, until at last she wins him over.

2.

Shen Mo is the senior grand secretary of the Hanlin Academy, a refined gentleman with impeccable manners. He is devoted to pursuing power and has little interest in women.

The woman tries every trick in the book, and eventually piques his interest.

But a man should marry a virtuous wife. That woman is alluring and beautiful, ingratiating and frivolous, a typical woman of the pleasure quarters, fit only for a casual fling.

So why does he burn with jealousy when he sees her getting close to other men?

A stunning, flirtatious, uneducated courtesan queen x a gentle, restrained, brilliant statesman.

Reader's guide:

* She pursues him in the beginning. Later, he pursues her. The heroine will build her career and is an exceptionally capable fighter.

* The hero carries childhood trauma and is frigid; the heroine will heal him.

* Romance-focused. Both are virgins. One-on-one pairing. Happy ending.

* Quoted from Source 1.

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The husband chases his wife after losing her / One-on-one pairing

She is captivating, graceful, and alluring, yet cruel and vicious, treating human lives like weeds.

He is a nobleman's son, gentle as jade, dressed in fine furs and flowing robes.

He tells her he loves her, and she believes him. She believes every sweet word and vow of devotion, giving him all her loyalty and love.

Until he climbs step by step to the heights of power, his influence dominating the court, and sends a betrothal offer to marry the Duke of Wei's daughter.

Only then does she realize his love was a lie. To him, she was nothing but a pawn.

From that moment on,

Let there be no more longing. I sever all ties with you.

That woman was a fool. She was only a pawn, and his devotion had been an act.

That was what he had always believed. Little did he know that after acting for so long, he had become a character in his own play.

Theme: Women must strive to be self-reliant to achieve a successful and fulfilling life.