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From birth, Jiang Li had a striking red mole between her brows. She was gentle and beautiful, with a soft, kind nature. Everyone who had worked with her remembered her fondly.
Xuan Yan was the son of the Grand Princess and a celestial god. Born with heterochromia beneath strange celestial signs, he was revered as a deity by the people from the moment he was born. As he grew up, he gained the power to determine life and death and the fate of the nation. At fifteen, he was appointed Imperial Preceptor.
He carried a jade whisk over his arm, and the tear mole at the corner of his eye was red as blood. Yet he was aloof and detached.
At first, she was Xuan Yan's maid and the Imperial Preceptor's most devoted believer.
But after making a mistake, she was sent to serve at Prince Chen's palace. Prince Chen was lustful and especially fond of tormenting women.
Jiang Li ran out of the palace with her clothes in disarray and fell to the ground. The Imperial Preceptor was right in front of her. She reached out, grabbed his robe, and begged him:
"Please, save me!"
The Imperial Preceptor was a god. Surely he could do something.
But she heard her god bend down and say, "If you die, you won't suffer anymore."
Xuan Yan's expression was detached and earnest, as if this were the greatest mercy he could offer the world.
·
That night, she returned to Prince Chen's palace of her own accord, while Xuan Yan turned and left as though he had never been there.
She did everything she could to please Prince Chen. Later, he gave her to the Emperor, and she became the favored seductress of the imperial court.
At the Lushan Shrine, the Emperor and the others paid their respects before the solemn statue of the god. Behind it, within the soft red curtains, a very different scene unfolded.
She leaned close to Xuan Yan's ear and affectionately called him by his childhood name, saying, "They all say gods have no mortal desires. Chang Ci, why don't you show them whether that's true?"
·
After spending every day gazing at the refined, otherworldly Imperial Preceptor, Jiang Li had long since begun to harbor a despicable thought. She wanted to defile the god. If she couldn't climb up to him, then she would make him fall.
The devoted believer knelt before the statue, praying sincerely again and again.
"Your believer, Jiang Li, is willing to trade a lifetime of good fortune for Xuan Yan's fall from the high altar!"
My god,
you must fall.
You must be shattered to pieces...
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is not a virgin, while the male lead is not normal, inside or out.
2. Everyone is evil! (Important!) The female lead is a seasoned wolf in sheep's clothing, so don't worry about her getting the short end of the stick.
3. A lofty, desireless, world-weary god of an Imperial Preceptor x a lowly, humble believer who will use every scheme to survive.
4. The female lead is a wolf in sheep's clothing, a self-deluded "good person" who forcibly "saves" the male lead.
Theme: Food and sex are human nature.
