The Grand Princess Sits High Above (GB)

[A work written to get back into classical literature. Blurb to be revised]

Princess Shengle was the most outrageous and willful woman in the Yin Dynasty.

One day, she seized the victorious young General Yutang right off the street and forced him to become the seventeenth concubine in her household.

When a disciple of the Qingjing Temple heard about it, outraged by her debauchery and depravity, he rode through the night and snuck into the princess's residence to assassinate her.

In the princess's bedroom, a long sword pierced the gauze curtains.

Under the bright moon and clear breeze, the curtains billowed open, revealing a beautiful face to the young Daoist Zhou Churan.

Shengle leaned against the headboard, looking languid and alluring.

"I never knew the Qingjing Temple had another beauty like you, besides the young General Yutang."

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl drew the long sword hidden beneath the bed and flicked its tip with a raised hand.

A drop of blood fell from the young Daoist's brow, like a tear shed by Guanyin.

Daoist Zhou Churan would never forget the girl's ruthless decisiveness.

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Late at night, in the Tianyin Pavilion.

Young men dressed in white streamed in from all sides like mist and bowed before Shengle, seated in the main hall.

In the blurred lamplight, the young men held severed heads in their hands.

The prefect of Xuzhou, who had abandoned his city without a fight; the former grand secretary, who had stolen public funds and traded on his reputation; the son of Prince Zhou, bloodthirsty and cruel... Every one of them had committed terrible crimes.

The watching Daoist Zhou Churan abruptly looked up, staring at the girl seated above them.

He had been at the princess's residence for a long time, but only tonight did he feel he was beginning to see Princess Shengle clearly.

Shengle smiled, her eyes clear.

"Are you afraid?"

"If you're not, then I'll tell you what I aspire to."

"I want to stand above all others, rule over countless people, and command the shifting tides of the world."

"I want a single word from me to become an imperial decree, carried throughout the land, with no empty promises from my lips."

"Even if I want so much, who has the right to call me greedy?"

Zhou Churan looked at the girl before him.

She truly was a complete enchantress.

Like fireworks bursting in the sky, his heart opened completely.

At that moment, Daoist Zhou Churan knew he had fallen for her.

Looking around, he saw he wasn't the only one captivated by her.

Senior brother General Yutang, the newly crowned top scholar, the young imperial tutor...

It didn't matter. He would defeat every one of her admirers.

1. There are multiple male leads, and they all get their moments.

2. "I want to stand above all others... who has the right to call me greedy?" is quoted from the song "Tang Hong Di Xue."

3. The heroine is an ambitious woman.

4. This blurb was posted on March 17, 2025, and a screenshot was saved on Weibo.

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