A Video Call with the Buddhist Monk

The main story is complete, and the full novel is very affordable to subscribe to. Please support the official version~

[My fantasy novel next door, Is Governing a Nation Through Literature Viable?, is open for follows.]

[My ongoing historical romance, A Thousand Gold as a Prisoner, is also worth checking out~]

[Recommending my friend's modern romance, Silk in the Curls, a sweet age-gap story. Complete and ready to binge.]

#The Male Leads I Bullied All Turned Evil Later#

#Everyone Wanted to Reform Me, But In the End I Reformed Them All#

[A coming-of-age story about a princess with a rather bad temper]

[A sophisticated, self-serving, spoiled princess x a gentle Buddhist monk from a Western Regions Buddhist kingdom]

Blurb:

As the beloved pearl of the Great Qi emperor, Jiang Zhao fully embraced the bearing of a grand princess.

Arrogant and domineering, extravagant and pleasure-seeking, outrageous and debauched, forcing innocent women into prostitution: she was the very picture of unbridled tyranny.

Until one day, she heard a voice.

From a lotus throne, across a distance of thousands of miles, the Buddhist monk said to her, "Your Highness is the daughter of a sage and a role model for the women of the realm. You should not give in to greed or anger, nor treat the people as if they were grass."

Jiang Zhao angrily smashed her cup and spat with contempt. Then she went right back to embracing her handsome male and female lovers, riding out to admire the sights and feasting day and night.

Later, the Buddhist monk traveled all the way to Luoyang.

He personally taught her to let go of anger and resentment, and to bring blessings to the people.

*

Jiang Zhao: Once, all the world's splendor existed for my sake, and every hall's gold and jade belonged to me. Who could have known that one day, the handsome young man I had humiliated would rise above imperial power?

He wanted me to bow and scrape, to bend my neck and obey.

How could a lowly wretch like him deserve me?

Then I met someone who indulged my extravagance and my desires, and gave me once more a life of lasting peace and splendor.

*

The Buddhist monk: I once dwelled in the desolate Buddhist temple, surrounded by endless solitude. Fortunately, the Buddha granted me a fateful encounter, teaching me to embrace the myriad aspects of the world.

#To Win Her a Love That Blossomed into a Perfect Union, I Abandoned My Country and My Faith#

[Reading Guide and Content Warnings]

1. The princess marries for the second time. Readers who require a chaste heroine, stay away.

2. The heroine is not kind. She really is arrogant and domineering, and truly believes imperial power reigns supreme.

3. The male lead appears fairly late. They have an online relationship early on (sort of), and meet in person later.

4. The heroine can have voice calls with the male lead, and he can also video-call her remotely.

5. An alternate world inspired by the Han and Tang dynasties, where noblewomen hold relatively high status.

6. There are plenty of chapters in the stockpile. Feel free to jump in.

Blurb for Is Governing a Nation Through Literature Viable?

#The Emperor Sits in His Hall, While I Am the Top Scholar#

#I Thought I Was Saving the Nation, But I Ended Up Exorcising Demons#

On the day Kong Xi achieved top honors in all three imperial examinations, phoenixes sang in the heavens, and the sun and moon shone with radiant light.

The people of Shuntian Prefecture spread the news: "That person is the Star of Literature descended to earth!"

The emperor was overjoyed, telling everyone he met, "The Star of Literature has descended! Heaven wants my dynasty to last for thousands of generations! Hahahaha!"

Ten years of hard study to ascend to the palace in a single day: that was a good thing.

Ten years among men, showing cleavage and legs without anyone realizing she was a woman: that... meant the world was generally blind.

Then, on the night before the top scholar's procession, Kong Xi dreamed she was in the celestial capital of the Ninth Heaven, where all the gods had gathered to welcome her.

The Star of Fate said to her, "The Lord Wenchang is above. The Great Ming dynasty will fall in ten years. You must extend its life by fifteen years, no more and no less. Exactly fifteen."

After waking, Kong Xi first thought: So I'm a god who descended to earth. Did anyone ask my opinion before blurring my gender?

Then Kong Xi thought: I have the talent to govern the world. Surely I'm a capable minister for this age. I'm supposed to extend the dynasty by fifteen years, and you don't think I can do better?

Until she saw the emperor of the mortal world taking a fox demon as his consort, the chief eunuch with a green face and fangs, the court full of corrupt officials, and demonic energy filling Shuntian Prefecture.

Demons and monsters are everywhere in this world, and she's a god who can write but can't fight. Did they send her down here to be monster food?

At last, Kong Xi gazed up at the heavens, tears streaming down her face. "I was wrong, I was wrong! Zhong Kui should have been the one sent down here!"

-

[Blurb from the Male Lead's Perspective]

The prosperous Shuntian Prefecture became a wasteland in the blink of an eye. Demonic infestations and disasters caused by men left the land in ruins. Blazing flames swept across the world, turning countless people into charred silhouettes wreathed in cries of anguish. The gods of the Ninth Heaven watched coldly from beyond the clouds, all saying it was fate.

The crown prince of a world whose dragon energy was fading fell ill from exhaustion after countless days and nights of toil. When the last of his lifeblood was spilled into the annals of history, the dynasty changed and the realm passed into new hands. The bloody pages of history sealed its fate.

With his last breath, he smiled and asked the Lord Wenchang who had come down to the mortal world, "You say this is Heaven's will, but does fate lie with the people or the gods?"

[Reading Guide]

1. There are both gods and demons.

2. The male lead is the crown prince, and the heroine is the Lord Wenchang. (Fun fact: The Lord Wenchang, formally known as the Lord Zitong of Wenchang, is also called the Lord Zitong or Lord Wenchang. He is the deity who protects literary pursuits and examinations.)

3. In four words: Defy fate and change it.

Theme: Take control of your own destiny. Leave the greenhouse for a wider world, and learn to cherish love.