Blurb:
Before she died, Mu Rongqing, a modern woman who had transmigrated into the body of an ancient man, awkwardly lived an entire lifetime as a man. Her beauty captivated both men and women, throwing Chang'an into chaos and bloodshed. In the eyes of the world, she eventually got what she deserved: she died in a fire, leaving no body behind.
When she opened her eyes again, Mu Rongqing stared at the face in the mirror, still half as beautiful as before. She had only just regained her delicate female body when she was sent off to a powerful minister.
Mu Rongqing came to in a daze, only for someone to bind her around the waist and pull her into a broad embrace.
A handsome man sat her on his lap. Aristocratic and elegant, he gripped the back of her neck and forced her to kiss his Adam's apple.
Mu Rongqing's beautiful eyes widened. She had never seen Su Jilin, the upright and proper prime minister, act so brazenly.
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In Mu Rongqing's memory, she and Su Jilin had been mortal enemies. He despised her for abusing power and currying favor, for bringing ruin to the country, and had wanted to kill her as quickly as possible.
But the man before her searched everywhere for women who resembled her and treated them like precious treasures, showering them with affection.
And because she still looked half like the woman he loved, Mu Rongqing was unlucky enough to become one of them.
In the past, whenever they met on the imperial road, Su Jilin couldn't even be bothered to spare her a glance. He would always grumble, "Why do I keep running into you?"
Now, wearing the same gentlemanly face as ever, the man tied her to a chair when she failed to escape. His deep eyes fixed on her as he murmured ominously, "If you call me husband, I'll let you go."
Everyone said he was sick.
She thought so too.
Even when she tried to jog his memory about their bitter conflicts as teenagers,
all he could think about was confessing his love to her.
Mu Rongqing took gleeful pleasure in it for several days. But after he proposed that they sleep together, she began searching far and wide for a renowned physician to treat him...
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"She always said how lucky men were in this world. But when she told me she was actually a woman, her eyes turned red."
"I never trust anyone easily, but I believed her absurd story."
An enchanting beauty of ambiguous gender vs. a mad male lead who had just accepted that he was gay, only for the heroine to die
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Theme: If you can't forget, your feelings will be returned.
