My Rogue Disciple Confessed Before Dying (Both Reborn)

[My new novel, After Her Divorce, She Became a Thorn in the Side of the Buddhist Order, is now out! Come bookmark it, ladies! The proper blurb is below!]

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In her previous life, her father bought a foxlike young woman named Qian Che out of a brothel. Through her skill at flirting and making merry, the girl's standing in the family rose sky-high, and she even became Wen Daidai's master.

She taught Wen Daidai sword dances for attracting admirers and absurd, ridiculous seven-character poems, while treating her with contempt and cruel words.

Wen Daidai endured the double torment of mind and body every day. She once thought that this was the worst hardship life had to offer, and that she only had to put up with it until it passed.

Little did she know that on her seventeenth birthday, Qian Che would repay her kindness by slaughtering her entire family, then rise to the throne as emperor. Only then did the horrified Wen Daidai truly understand what an abyss and a swamp were, what a land of bones and hell were!

To her surprise, she was reborn after being scared to death.

Despairing, she discovered that every tragedy from her previous life was repeating itself beyond her control.

After calculating when she would die in the future, Wen Daidai made a bucket list and decided to start at the source: she had to kill Qian Che.

But after fifteen years of life-and-death rivalry,

Wen Daidai couldn't beat him, outargue him, outshine him, or even outwild him.

Defeated, desperate, and utterly frustrated, she was horrified to discover that Qian Che was a man disguised as a woman??????

As her time ran out, she decided to take a dangerous gamble.

She'd make him kneel and bow, betray him and sell out the country, then take treachery against her master and rebellion to their absolute limits, in a performance worthy of applause.

Unexpectedly,

The tragedies that had always played out without a single change began to go awry when Wen Daidai was involved.

Her time had come. She'd done every terrible thing possible and was frantically waiting to die, but to her utter despair, she made it through the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...

Wen Daidai: "...?"

Inside the prison.

"Master, I've been in love with you for fifteen years!"

Yuchi Qian Che poked the insincere Wen Daidai with the tip of his knife. "Are you sure you haven't spent fifteen years trying to kill me?"

Looking back, it was laughable. Yuchi Qian Che had also been reborn. To defy the tragedies of his previous life and change fate, he had saved just one person's life: hers. It had cost him everything, and he had survived by the narrowest margin.

Yet this rare, carefully spared affection was utterly ruined by his treacherous disciple.

Sometimes, when you can use a sword, don't let your heart get involved!

[Popular, good-tempered, cold-blooded master who thinks everyone is an idiot x invisible, obedient enough, passionate traitor who wants to betray her master every day]

[Reason for entering the Growth and Comeback Contest, "Rise Again, Strike Back from the Brink":] A rebirth, a conspiracy, and a misunderstanding push the male lead, a fallen crown prince who was supposed to shoulder the mission of restoring his kingdom and endure humiliation while biding his time, into a complex trap that he failed to notice when he attempted to restore the kingdom in his previous life. To save the female lead, whom he raised himself only to see her die unjustly, he throws himself into the game, cuts through every obstacle, and tears open the darkness to win her a chance to fight fate and sinister conspiracies. At the same time, as he gets to the root of the problem, he reclaims his homeland and begins his journey back to the pinnacle of power. This fits the growth theme.

Content guide (not a pure romance):

1. The male lead hides his identity and endures humiliation by disguising himself as a woman to restore his kingdom. He's not effeminate, he's manly as can be.

2. The leads have a ten-year age gap. The male lead raises the heroine, with a slightly fatherly dynamic.

3. The plot has many twists and keeps the thrills coming all the way through. Happy ending.

4. Every plot thread gets resolved. No abandoned plotlines or dropped series. The author is extremely motivated to stay alive!

5. A heartfelt welcome to all the ladies who enjoy and bookmark this story. Kisses, mwah!

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A mishmash of angsty, over-the-top tropes: [Divorce + Forced Love + Both Sides Tear Into the White Moonlight + Untouchable Beauty Falls from Her Pedestal...]

Proper blurb:

The country is torn by civil war and divided among rival powers.

The once-mighty general's family, the Qi clan, has fallen. The crimes committed by the entire family are enough to wipe out the whole clan nine times over, three times over.

Qi Zhuo, a dignified third-rank female general who was only recently divorced and has now become a wanted fugitive, is at the end of her rope when she discovers that the eminent monk Lan Shi, hidden away in a thousand-year-old temple, is the last hope for her entire clan.

The once-renowned heroine lowers her head, disguises herself as a man, and becomes a streetwise rogue in Lan Yin Temple whom no one can drive away.

Qi Zhuo puts her knack for forcing people into action to use, shamelessly pestering the eminent monk Lan Shi, sweet-talking him, and committing every imaginable transgression.

As the day when her entire clan is to be led to the executioner's block draws near, Lan Shi still shows no intention of entering the world to save anyone.

With her heart on fire, she arranges to meet Lan Shi on a cliff where a fall would mean certain death, and makes one last attempt at her nonsense.

"Lan Shi, I love you to the depths of my bones, but evil men forced themselves on me and took my innocence. This body is tainted now, and from this day on I am unworthy to stand before the Buddha and pollute your sight. If you still care for me... come down the mountain on the day of my funeral and personally chant a prayer for my soul. We can meet again in the next life."

She turned and jumped.

At that moment, the normally arrogant holy monk Lan Shi, who seemed capable of tormenting all creation, finally began to waver about descending into the mortal world.

Like wind blades carving out his heart.

"Then I shall keep these three thousand strands of earthly troubles... in exchange for one wisp of your soul."

Mei Zhengge, the only prince of the Chishui Kingdom to be treated kindly amid the struggle for the throne, became a monk.

His monastic name: Lan Shi.

He had planned to enjoy some peace, stay away from worldly dust, and elevate his spiritual state... No, actually, he just wanted to get away from the royal family's lunatics and spend the rest of his life quietly in the mountains.

He never expected a wildly unhinged, ferocious female swindler to show up.

She professed blind adoration and eternal love for him, using vulgar language and affected mannerisms to spin a perfect pack of lies that he actually believed?

In someone else's bridal chamber, among another couple's red candles, red curtains, and red quilts, Qi Zhuo, who had become another man's concubine, revealed a smile of triumph.

Lan Shi charged in with a blade and stared at Qi Zhuo, who had come back from the dead.

All that talk of her family being falsely accused, all that talk of the Qi clan being in trouble: at that moment, the last shred of trust crumbled into a joke.

"You deliberately approached me and lured me down the mountain just so I'd make your marriage to him possible?"

Qi Zhuo replied lightly, "What else?"

The next day.

After six years of turmoil, the long-vacant throne finally had an heir.

Avoiding mountains, waters, and clear breezes, renouncing fame and fortune and the mundane world, yet one person arrived bearing the world's splendor. She became his inner demon, his obsession, and the mortal tribulation he could never overcome.

This humble monk wants to see, and this emperor wants to see even more, who will end up in hell: this tribulation or this illusion!

"Your Majesty!" Qi Zhuo tugged at his sleeve in a rush. "Pretending to be his concubine was a ruse, so I could save...!"

The prayer beads halted. Mei Zhengge cut her off with a cold laugh. "When have you ever been sincere?"

Qi Zhuo threw her divorce papers and concubinage contract into the fire. "Tell me, what will it take for you to believe me?"

Mei Zhengge: "The latest military reports say the border is in turmoil. Go clear your mind."

Kill people to clear my mind?

Ha!

Three years later, at the desolate border.

Mei Zhengge personally held out a marriage contract. "I've summoned you many times. Why haven't you accepted the decree?"

Qi Zhuo calmly wiped her sword. "I've grown used to practicing austerities, keeping to myself. It's quite nice."

[Holy monk who wreaked havoc everywhere and now wants to lie flat for the rest of his life x swindling female general who has been a wife, a concubine, and a bloodthirsty force in the mortal world]

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Reader's Guide:

1. The leads are ahead of their time in how they think. They never waste time blaming themselves, the relationship moves fast, and the story is thrilling and intensely satisfying.

2. Romance first, career second. Relationship-focused, with many plot twists and nonstop excitement all the way through. Happy ending.

Theme: Live life to the fullest, and leave this world unbound!