Blurb One:
Lin Luosheng was born with a fate that drove Taoist priests mad, because no one could divine it.
She was born without a known father. Her mother died when she was four, and her aunt took her own life when she was nine.
So she decided to jump into a lake and end her life.
Unfortunately, Lu Shize rescued her.
From then on, she could never escape him.
She served him as a maid for six years, was thoroughly taken by him, then walked away without a backward glance at sixteen.
They met again when she was nineteen. Lin Luosheng was now the head of a powerful organization and wanted to work with him, but he seized the chance to take revenge and demanded an outrageous price.
Lin Luosheng asked helplessly, "What else do you want as a bargaining chip, Tenth Master?"
Seeing her exasperated expression, Lu Shize kindly reminded her, "My Ji Manor is still missing a mistress."
Blurb Two:
They say that a hundred years ago, Emperor Qicang, for the sake of Empress Qianli, who had died in her prime, granted Qingcheng to the Daoist priest Yin Tongjun at his request, in exchange for a composition that could bring her soul back. The world called it "The Ode of Qingcheng."
After Emperor Qicang's death, The Ode of Qingcheng was buried with him in the imperial mausoleum, whose key was the Twin Brocade Secrets.
For a hundred years, people have flocked to seek The Ode of Qingcheng. Lin Luosheng is one of them.
She set out to uncover the truth, but gradually discovered that she herself was the most crucial piece holding this legend together.
The story moves at a brisk pace and is packed with foreshadowing. In any case, it's not particularly angsty. The leads have fairly normal values, and there are no hysterical, malicious female rivals or endless contrived misunderstandings, because the author doesn't like those.
It's perfectly normal if you don't understand everything on the first read. That's on the author's poor writing skills (shrugs helplessly).
