Scraping By in Front of the Buddha's Son

[Coming soon: The Heavenly Emperor Is Sick, and He Doesn't Know I'm a Snake. Blurbs at the end, add them to your collection]

This novel's blurb (^し^)

A flirtatious, delicate drama queen of a cousin x a Buddha's disciple who looks as gentle as jade but is actually quite wicked

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Everyone says Kong Zhu is a prodigy in Buddhist cultivation, destined to attain enlightenment and become a Buddha.

But he has one weakness: Xie Qingsi.

Xie Qingsi is peerlessly beautiful, a noblewoman of the Xie clan with a distinguished status. It's a pity that she's blind.

And anyone who encounters Kong Zhu says the same thing: How strange.

A fine silver thread in his hand binds a woman.

Kong Zhu likes simplicity, yet he prepares delicate meals and fine clothes for a woman.

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Lately, rumors have spread throughout the cultivation world that the Buddha's disciple Kong Zhu has a daughter.

What's more, the girl looks a lot like Xie Qingsi.

But what truly astonishes people is that Kong Zhu is sometimes seen holding a tiny baby in his arms, and other times leading a five-year-old girl by the hand.

In a courtyard, a baby plays in a room covered with carpets.

The aloof Kong Zhu, as people know him, is in the kitchen steaming food.

"Qingsi, it's time to eat." He picks up the baby, his gaze gentle as he bows his head to blow on a spoonful of rice porridge.

In the blink of an eye, the baby in the Buddha's arms has become a bewitching, stunning beauty.

The woman's "Cousin" makes the monk's spoon fall to the ground. "Don't tease me," he says, his voice gentle and indulgent.

The woman gazes at him with eyes full of spring, every gesture charming and alluring as she smiles sweetly in his arms.

Blurb for The Heavenly Emperor Is Sick (^し^)

A selfish Heavenly Queen x the Heavenly Emperor, a severely ill and neurotic patient

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Zui Yan is the Heavenly Queen, who rules over all things. The only two supreme gods in the world are her father and her father-in-law.

But not everything is as it should be. Both supreme gods have fallen, and venerables from all corners of the world have risen up, threatening the imperial power of the heavenly court!

But the most helpless predicament for the Heavenly Queen is that her betrothed husband is psychologically unstable, displaying every sign of a sick mind!

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Today, the people of the divine realm saw the Heavenly Emperor have one of his episodes. Without warning, he moved to slaughter a venerable, and everyone cowered to the side, not daring to stop him.

A moment later, the Heavenly Queen came running over in nothing but her robes, barefoot.

But the Heavenly Emperor suddenly swung his sword at her, his voice hoarse as he asked, "Would you leave me?"

"Would you?"

But the woman only moved her lips, unable to give him the answer he wanted.

Seeing this, he laughed softly, his expression vicious and cold, and cut off her blue, frost-cloud hair with his sword.

But the Heavenly Queen gripped the sword with her bare hands and caressed the emperor's face, speaking gently: "Would you come home with me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the gods saw the Heavenly Emperor's phoenix eyes redden as he tremblingly laced his fingers with the Heavenly Queen's.

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Zui Yan was born a god, with boundless divine power.

However, she suddenly foresaw that a girl would appear in the future, captivating the hearts of everyone in the three realms, including her husband, Chong Shi!

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After Zui Yan faked her death and descended to the mortal realm, Chong Shi was the only one left in their bedchamber, sitting on the floor.

The once-arrogant emperor now had flesh stripped from his hands, his fingers clenched around her white robes.

In a sinister, low voice, he said, "My empress, even in death, you were still plotting against me."

Theme: Love means choosing each other.