Has the Taoist Priestess Blown Her Cover Today?

*New novel: I Become a Demon Consort in the Western Han, transmigrating as Zhao Hede. In My Previous Life, I Was the Eunuch's Beloved's Substitute: Yang Yuhuan is reborn.

*Please see the end for content warnings.

CP: Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review x Luoyang Taoist priestess

[Blurb]

According to rumor, there is a mysterious organization called Youyifang. It holds all the secrets in the land. Neither the Li Tang imperial family nor the common people can escape its web.

Its leader is the "Pretty Rakshasa," said to be able to stop children from crying at night. No one has ever seen their true face, and the great aristocratic families are especially guarded when speaking of this person.

Lu Xuanying, renowned as the "Divine Capital's Number One Taoist Priestess," is said to be stunning and seductive. She has countless lovers and is beloved by Empress Wu Zhao. Men pursuing her could form a line from Luoyang to Chang'an. Even Pei Chongdao, the Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, known as an aloof beauty, is no exception.

A match of beauty and talent, envied by all.

But Lu Xuanying knows the truth isn't like that.

Someone in this world doesn't love a beautiful woman, but has fallen for the Pretty Rakshasa instead.

As luck would have it, she's both of them.

So, Deputy Minister Pei, you won't escape the Taoist priestess's grasp.

She remembers very clearly how many times you turned her down!

Once you've seen the ocean, no other water will do; once you've seen the clouds of Mount Wu, no other clouds will compare.

[Blurb for the new novel, I Become a Demon Consort in the Western Han]

Just before finding out whether she would become the latest Best Actress to win all three major awards, Lin Zhao transmigrates.

She becomes one of the infamous Zhao sisters from history: Zhao Hede, the "gentle snare."

If that wasn't the heavens playing a joke on her,

then seeing her older sister Zhao Feiyan, who looks exactly like the modern woman the public always compares her to, nearly made her lose her dazzling smile.

Fortunately, after several tests, she confirms that this sister of hers really is an ancient person.

But that's not all. Can someone explain why the legendary sage-king Wang Mang looks exactly like her biggest fan?

Is transmigration being sold in bulk these days?

And why has her supposedly fervent fan suddenly become an enemy on the opposing side?

There isn't a single decent person in the Wang family!

Luckily, there are plenty of handsome men and beautiful women here:

a spendthrift emperor who's hopelessly in love, a dashing swordsman younger brother who puts her first, a ruthless and taciturn bodyguard, a heroic young general, and a winemaker who looks easy to bully...

She can only say, bring on more! The Western Han is a paradise for those who love beautiful faces!

She thought that being a demon consort only meant learning how to spend money.

But it turns out there's so much more to it.

Help, I want to run away! Give me a break!

She only wants to be an ordinary pretty face, preferably one who can avoid her fated death.

Alas, she is destined not to be a woman who can coast through life like her mother-in-law...

[Content warnings]

1. Neither the male nor female lead is a virgin. The heroine has more experience than the hero.

2. The male lead isn't a traditional aloof beauty.

3. This is a fictional Tang dynasty, with many invented and adapted elements. Please don't nitpick the historical details.

4. The characters' values do not represent the author's views.

5. My writing is limited. If you don't like it, there's no need to tell me.

Theme: Love life, cherish life, know yourself, and learn to let go.