The Scheming Beauty Is Both Innocent and Alluring

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Synopsis

She was a county princess personally enfeoffed by the Sage Emperor, praised by the world for her beauty. With an outstanding family background and looks, she should have lived a life of effortless splendor, yet she died young...?

Reborn for a second life, she cannot repeat the same mistakes.

But just as her comfortable days are beginning, one of the men under her skirts, who seemed harmless, reveals his wolfish ambition. It is not enough that he forces her to join the rebels; he even wants to use her to climb higher!

Liu Leyang sits on a jade mat, her face frosty.

Her open-chested dress cannot conceal her graceful curves, and the expanse of pale skin dazzles the eye.

Bright red clothes, snowy-white skin, red set against white.

Just like the first time they met, her beauty is captivating.

Xia Yunchuan narrows his eyes and says, "Leyang, Youzhou is not like either capital. You shouldn't wear a skirt like that outside the residence."

The man wears a silver brocade robe and is impeccably dressed, yet he sits with one leg curled up against a table, at ease and possessed of a scholar's elegant air.

Liu Leyang watches him and sneers inwardly: He's nothing but a beast in fine clothes.

She no longer wants to feign civility and says bluntly, "I want to return to Chang'an."

At the edge of a cliff, more than a hundred cavalry surround a woman in Hu attire.

Xia Yunchuan rides at the head of the group. Looking at the beautiful woman before his horse, he says, "Word has spread that your husband died in battle. Did you leave the city to return to the capital as a widow and remarry, or... did you come here to jump off the cliff and join me in death?"

Autumn is a season of slaughter. In the depths of autumn, a woman should know when to yield and when to stand firm. Liu Leyang values her life and says, "Since my husband has returned safely, I shall follow him back to the residence."

At first, he is a military governor and she is a county princess.

Xia Yunchuan: Leyang, you are my radiant sun, bringing me joy.

Liu Leyang: Yunchuan, a sea of clouds and mountains, an inescapable net.

Years later, they are emperor and empress.

Xia Yunchuan: With my beloved by my side and the realm at peace, may this golden age become all we wished for.

Liu Leyang: Sunlight breaks through the sea of clouds and shines over the mountains and earth. Perhaps then, we can enjoy peaceful years.

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[Synopsis]

Liu Danniang has a graceful figure and a slender waist that could be encircled with one hand. She is a true beauty.

The son of the governor of Beizhou is one of the men devoted to her.

But as the daughter of a schoolteacher in a small county town, she cannot marry into the governor's household, and she dies young.

Reborn for a second life, of course she will keep climbing.

It is the perfect time: a female emperor has ascended the throne and established the women's imperial examinations.

Her first step is to use the governor's son to secure a place in the provincial examinations and enter the capital.

After that, in Chang'an, the center of power, one influential man after another appears...

The most skilled hunters often appear as prey. When she puts on an innocent, pure-as-water facade and wins the pity of the most arrogant man, using his resources to finally stand at the empress's side, ready to proclaim that she herself is a member of the nobility...

Beneath the red palace walls, Li Yuqing grips Liu Xingxing's chin. Looking at her lovely oval face, capable of both anger and delight, he curls his thin lips and says, "Lady Liu, no, I should call you Attendant Liu now."

Liu Xingxing wears a brilliant red court robe, tightly bound beneath her chest.

Her already full figure rises and falls like a range of high mountains.

It towers between the two of them.

Even without looking down, he can glimpse the broad expanse of smooth, pale skin above her low-cut dress. Li Yuqing's phoenix eyes narrow as his gaze passes over the deep shadow against her snowy skin. He says, "You once said you disliked revealing court clothes. Then wear men's robes to court."

Years later, the empress dies of old age and returns power to her husband's family.

In the Golden Hall, Liu Xingxing stands tall in a crimson official's robe, looking down at the glossy black floor tiles.

On the imperial throne, Li Yuqing wears a dragon robe. Without looking at the person standing below him, he keeps his head down as he reviews memorials and says, "Go change into your court dress first, then come back."

In short, this is the story of a woman who uses her beauty and knowledge, climbing higher by stepping on men's shoulders. But what happens when the most powerful man finally realizes what she has been doing...?

Theme: To recognize a person, you must understand their heart. Only by seeing through people can you know what is truly precious.