The Empress Is Flirting Again Today

My new novel, Reborn: The Bright Moon in My Arms, is now underway. Its sequel, The Empress Uses Her Allure to Seduce, is complete.

Coming soon: The Wife of a Convicted Official, Spring at the Imperial Terrace, and After Returning, I Married the Tyrant Again.

According to rumor, Wen Jiashu, Luoyang's greatest beauty, is lonely and aloof, devoted to the Dao.

But on her very first night at the imperial retreat, she sneaks into Yunlu Hall to tease the king, who is cultivating the Dao.

Looking at the Daoist ruler, who seems untouched by worldly concerns, she thinks she must have lost her mind. In her previous life, she became a Daoist nun out of spite, just to compete with the Grand Princess for a husband.

On a rainy spring night, the beauty lifts a peach blossom to the Daoist's chin, her voice flirtatious.

“I see your brows are slightly furrowed, Daoist. You seem to be afflicted by a peach-blossom calamity. Would you care to let me resolve it?”

The Daoist keeps his eyes shut and murmurs sutras, letting her brush the peach blossoms from his robes. He never tells her to leave.

Later, on their wedding day, her bright eyes sparkle with sweetness. Smiling, she takes a lychee between her lips and passes it into his mouth. Their soft lips meet, and he does not pull away.

“Your Majesty, do you know what day it is?”

“The fifteenth day of the third month. It is an auspicious day for weddings, and for sharing a pillow with Ashu.”

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His Majesty ascended the throne at twenty-one, then became a Daoist priest, avoiding women and devoting himself to cultivation.

Until one day, he met the goddess from his dreams of Mount Wu.

The first time he saw her, he thought she was a little naive.

The second time, he admitted that he felt somewhat drawn to her.

Later, he made the woman in his heart his empress, hoping only to win her smile.

Whether Ashu is cool and dignified or flirtatious and beguiling, I love her all the same.

After half a lifetime of battles, he finally fell into this gentle snare.

Content warnings:

The heroine is reborn, and the setting blends dynasties, with the early Tang as its main reference. Please do not nitpick the historical details!!! (Important)

A slow-paced, everyday-life romance with lots of sweetness. If that's not your thing, lovely readers, feel free to drop it.

The main couple are devoted to each other in body and heart, one-on-one. The author does not recommend asking whether the characters are virgins.

The Empress Uses Her Allure to Seduce

Asheng has known since childhood that one of the Su family's daughters would eventually enter the palace.

Her eldest aunt was the late emperor's consort, her half-sister was the most favored concubine in the Eastern Palace, and Asheng herself was to become the crown prince's consort.

Unexpectedly, the crown prince rebelled at his eldest son's first-birthday banquet and was imprisoned. All the noblewomen at court were placed under house arrest by His Majesty, and the entire Su clan was exiled.

Only Su Sheng, the crown prince's intended consort, was kept in Qiuxia Hall and treated well, temporarily escaping the disaster.

The emperor kept Su Sheng like a beauty in a golden house. Day after day, she wore plain clothes and light makeup, cut off a lock of hair, and offered it up. She was willing to become a nun and pray for His Majesty, asking only that he spare the Su family.

But after seven days, the edict allowing her to leave the world never came. Instead, the slightly tipsy emperor arrived, still holding the lock of hair she had cut off.

“What the crown prince could give you, I can give you as well.”

From the male lead's perspective:

After the Eastern Palace held the one-month celebration for the crown prince's eldest son, His Majesty happened to be strolling beside Taiye Pool, admiring the peonies in full bloom. Beyond the flowers, he saw a beauty lying drunk on the ground. Her shawl slipped away, and though the garden was filled with splendid blossoms, none could rival her graceful, alluring bearing or the fragrance of her jade-like skin.

She lifted her lovely face, her eyes hazy with drink. Mistaking the man in a white robe and jade belt for someone else, she smiled at him. “My lord, come here.”

As if under a spell, he took a step toward her. From then on, one wrong step led to another.

He went to great lengths, wanting only to keep her by his side with honor and spend a lifetime in tender bliss.

A little scene

The ruler above the nine heavens gently wipes away the tears rolling down the beauty's cheeks. His voice is cool. “Asheng, are you afraid of me?”

The woman bites her lower lip, seeming deeply ashamed, yet her fingers hook around the jade belt at the emperor's waist. “As the wife of a traitor, I don't know what I can do to earn Your Majesty's forgiveness.”

He leans close and speaks in a low voice, already certain of his victory. “Asheng, you aren't the one begging me. I'm the one who wants to beg you.”

He wants her to willingly cast off her disguise and become the most carefree, happy woman at his side.

The Graceful Beauty (Reborn)

Yun Ying is a famous beauty at the Jiaofang Bureau. Her palm dance at the Qianqiu Palace banquet dazzles the entire court, leaving the empress's elder brother so lovesick that he insists on bringing her into his household as a favored concubine.

All the women at the bureau envy her, but Yun Ying is terrified.

In her previous life, the man who sought her out gave her fine clothes and delicious food, but had no idea how to cherish a beauty. He especially loved tormenting delicate beauties like her.

After thinking it over, Yun Ying decides to disfigure herself in front of the empress to prove her resolve. She would rather become a nun than leave the palace.

She has spent a long time laying the groundwork at Jiaofang Hall and is just about to pull a silver hairpin from her sleeve when suddenly someone outside cries, “Long live the emperor!”

At the Qianqiu Festival, the emperor took a fancy to a beauty with a graceful figure and natural allure. But early the next morning, the eunuchs reported that the empress had bestowed her upon the emperor's maternal uncle.

Now that she thinks about it, the beauty doesn't seem willing, does she?

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Theme: Promoting freedom of marriage and opposing arranged marriages.