Why Is the Great Demon Emperor Pretending to Be a Cat?

Shan, a tree spirit from the Celestial Realm, gets caught up in a murder case involving a stolen divine artifact. Following the clues to the Demon Realm, she uncovers news that leaves her devastated.

The suspect is none other than the Demon Realm's First Prince, infamous for his vicious, bloodthirsty nature. Even passing mice are terrified when they hear his name.

Shan is at her wit's end, but duty forces her to grit her teeth and keep investigating.

Though she'd never been to the Demon Realm before, it feels strangely familiar.

The fox clan's elder, who never meddles in other people's affairs, goes out of his way to look after her, an outsider.

The arrogant, unruly young master of the snake clan follows her around, sweetly calling her “Big Sister Tree Spirit.”

The little foxes of the Demon Realm wag their fluffy tails, making her heart itch to pet them. And the immortal cultivator Ning, whom she just met, is gentle and kind, always helping her solve her problems. This assignment might actually be fun!

But as her investigation deepens, she makes a shocking discovery: Ning, who has been investigating alongside her, is a demon who infiltrated the immortal sect! And a great demon whose cultivation is unfathomable!

She becomes wary, but Ning admits it outright. “You figured it out, didn't you? I'm from the cat clan.”

Dressed in purple with a jade hairpin in his high crown, he looks every bit the refined immortal. Yet a pair of fluffy white cat ears suddenly appears on his head.

Shan: ?

Her mind goes blank, and she reaches out to rub them.

“I've never done anything bad. Would you keep my secret, Immortal Maiden?” His lowered eyes make him look so pitiful.

Her heart melts.

Everyone in the Demon Realm knows that the First Prince has a beloved, his white moonlight, who died unjustly in the great upheaval a thousand years ago. In a fit of rage, he slaughtered all the rebels, then kept vigil for a thousand years at the place where she died, body and soul destroyed.

But a thousand years later, she has returned and forgotten him completely.

One day, some demon soldiers are horrified to catch sight of their revered, taciturn, aloof White Tiger First Prince disguised as an immortal cultivator, his cat ears on display as a young woman casually rubs them.

The prince endures the strange discomfort as she rubs his ears again and again. At last, he wraps an arm around her waist and looks down at her. “Are you happy now?”

His cat ears are fluffy, and they even twitch when you touch them. Shan refuses to let go. “Not yet.”

“Your Highness...” one of the soldiers begins. The prince, who had just been speaking so tenderly, suddenly shoots him a fierce glare. They are too frightened to come any closer.

·Warm, sunny tree spirit x demon prince who seems gentle but is dark inside

·The male lead has a double identity. After being reborn, the female lead loses her memories, likes the immortal cultivator, and hates the First Prince

·The First Prince has no choice but to pursue her under a secret identity

·The story begins a thousand years later, with flashbacks to the past as Shan regains her memories

·A substantial plot-focused story

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After a sudden disaster strikes the Marquis's household, Gu Yan narrowly escapes. Hiding her identity, she heads north to seek out her relatives, but by a twist of fate becomes a maid in the Prince Ying's manor, serving as his copyist and writing plays for him.

Wei Bai, Prince Ying, holds power over the court. Some call him a divine young gentleman; others denounce him as a thief who usurped the throne. Yet one thing about him surprises everyone: he is particularly fond of plays.

To seek clues, Gu Yan carefully plays her part, tempting and deceiving him.

“Your poems have such a lonely soul, Your Highness. I can't help wanting to get closer to you.”

Wei Bai's voice turns icy. “Who taught you to say that?”

“Every word I say is sincere.” Her eyes fill with a plaintive look as she leans against his stiff shoulder, inwardly grinding her teeth. He always suspects her of having ulterior motives. Fine, then. She'll make him a useful weapon and put him to work for her.

The treacherous Wei is suspicious by nature, and every encounter with him is like walking along a blade's edge. Fortunately, she finally finds her imprisoned relatives, and together they flee far away.

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Five years later, Gu Yan has settled in the south and married her childhood sweetheart. One day, an army arrives at the city walls, and the King of Nan Kui leads the local clans in opening the gates and surrendering the imperial seal.

As she follows the people out of the city, she catches sight of Prince Ying in the distance, elegant and handsome, sitting astride his horse at the front of the army. His gaze passes over the crowd and fixes on her, dark and brooding. Suddenly, he spurs his horse forward, ignoring the uproar around them, lifts her onto his horse, and rides away.

That night, candlelight flickers in Prince Ying's tent, and the ground is strewn with a torn divorce agreement.

Gu Yan retreats step by step until he blocks her at the door. “I'm a married woman. Please show some restraint!”

She tries to break free, but his hand grips her waist, and his fingers lock around hers. A refined, low voice sounds beside her ear. “Didn't you get the divorce papers?”

His deep, dark eyes are filled with an obsession that makes her heart tremble.

“A Yan's play isn't finished yet.”

“You said you'd only let me see it in this lifetime.”

1. Coercive pursuit

2. Fictional setting, no historical fact-checking

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