[The heroine is a scheming beauty with great acting skills. Her sweet, delicate manner is an act.]
Tang Zhiyue is the second daughter of the Director of the Office of Transmission. She is delicate, beautiful as a flower, and known as the capital's number one beauty.
When she was fifteen and had just begun considering marriage proposals, the Fourth Prince took an interest in her.
But then her full sister, Tang Zhiyun, was reborn. She did everything she could to ruin her own reputation and steal Tang Zhiyue's marriage match.
Tang Zhiyun: "You don't know? He's going to be emperor one day, which means I'll be empress."
But there were plenty of eligible young men in the capital. If she lost the Fourth Prince, there was still the Fifth Prince.
Before long, though, Zhou Jinyu, the daughter of the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, transmigrated into a book. Relying on her father's influence, she stole the Fifth Prince for herself.
Zhou Jinyu: "You don't know? He's going to be emperor one day, which means I'll be empress."
After that, Tang Zhiyue considered the son of the Commander of the Five-City Garrison, the second son of Marquis Changning, the eldest son of the General of the Chariots and Cavalry, and the eldest son of the Minister of Personnel. Each one was stolen from her before she could secure the match.
Her younger and older female cousins: "You don't know? He's going to be emperor one day, which means I'll be empress."
With her marriage prospects going nowhere, Tang Zhiyue went to a temple to clear her head and met Jie, a holy monk who was the late emperor's youngest son. He had become a monk to avoid trouble because of his poor health.
The holy monk had red lips, white teeth, and a vermilion mole between his brows. "This poor monk is Jie. Jie, as in 'inescapable fate.'"
Tang Zhiyue suddenly found herself interested again. Since the holy monk was in poor health and had to leave the clergy to marry, no one stole him away this time.
Who could have guessed that three years later, the monk who had returned to secular life would become emperor, and Tang Zhiyue would become empress?
Tang Zhiyun, Zhou Jinyu, and all their cousins: "Why is she still the one who becomes empress?!"
The reborn supporting characters each come from a different world, making this a series of parallel universes.
[2020.10.18]
Message: Be self-reliant and independent. Don't lose yourself chasing the throne.