The Long-Wished-For Mirror Has Arrived

One day, He Jingling, a streamer under the #LE tag on a certain short-video app, transmigrated into an ancient romance about a woman competing against men, and the only way back to reality was to win over the heroine, Yan Changjun. A contest between men, with a powerful female lead, but she has to win over the heroine. He Jingling: ...??? Do I look that desperate? She's a three-time widow!!! The System wouldn't listen and gave her two choices. First, compete with the men. Besides the male lead, who was a wolf in sheep's clothing, there was a whole cast of men with formidable talents of their own: a prince of a different surname, a bodyguard, a military officer, and a physician. Every person in the book was deeply in love with the heroine, going mad and throwing themselves against walls for her. He Jingling: ...Wait, who am I? What makes you think I'm up to this? A decent woman doesn't compete with men, so she decisively asked for the next option. Second, compete with the heroine for the men, and win the heroine's attention by doing the opposite until she fell deeply in love. But the heroine was a cold-hearted woman. She used the prince, bodyguard, military officer, and personal guard, then discarded them all. Not only that, every man who had been her consort died. The men who frequently entered the princess's residence always came out feet first. It was a bloodbath for everyone. She loved only the long-dead woman who had been her first love. He Jingling: ...Good heavens, I still want to live a couple more years QAQ Do you really think you can win? And you're going to fight over men? Damn, that's just asking to die! He Jingling gave an awkward laugh. She said she wasn't interested in fighting over a woman, she just admired women who were every bit as capable as men. But when she saw Yan Changjun in person, she admitted she'd been speaking a little too loudly before. She loved completing missions more than anything. She went to great lengths to get close to Yan Changjun, setting off down an irreversible path as a scheming green tea. "Princess, would you still like me if you knew I was a girl?" "Sister Changjun, people say you're the sort of bad woman who gets tiresome after one time, but I don't think that's true..." As she made it through each day trembling with fear and treading on eggshells, Yan Changjun's gaze and behavior toward her grew stranger and stranger... Until she lay in Yan Changjun's arms and murmured, "What, have you forgotten everything that happened between us? Are you trying to turn your back on me now?" Only then did He Jingling wake up in alarm. She had actually become the heroine's doomed first love!!! He Jingling: Ah, I'm the one you love?! #Your Highness, you worked so hard in that straight romance, and I wondered why there wasn't a single love story. Turns out you like women! #What, I'm the one you love? You should've said so sooner. I wasted fifty years going in circles. If I'd known, I wouldn't have dressed as a man T^T #So I'm the one who gave you your first time? Let's talk this out. Keep your hands to yourself!!! #So you're not tired of me, you just can't get enough of me? Wait, what, ahhh!!! . Yan Changjun had endured two devastating partings, each by death. She had once witnessed her mother take her own life, then languished in the dark depths of the past, where no light could reach; She had also watched the woman she loved die right before her eyes, powerless to save her. She remembered them, year after year. From then on, Yan Changjun knew the anchor of her life was destined to drift forever. Though one lover after another entered her chambers, she had never felt the slightest affection for any of them. Until she saw her again. Through the ostentatious silk curtains, through countless lanterns, the whole world vanished, leaving only their distant glance across the space between them. But the woman was wearing a brocade uniform of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Yan Changjun knew the dead could not return to life, and that someone in the world might have a similar face. But she still wanted to have her... So began a thousand entanglements and countless ties. She hoped the woman wasn't her, yet feared that she wasn't. Yan Changjun thought this, like all those secrets, would remain buried deep in her heart. But things did not go as she wished. The dark past, which had long since put down roots and spread its branches, was torn out, forcing her to face it. Later, she knelt before the gods and Buddhas in the great hall, and in an instant fell into the mortal world. She asked only that the woman learn of her final wish. Reading Guide: - An alternate setting with a mountain of personal worldbuilding. This is a romance, and everything serves the main characters falling in love. - Both heroines have had female exes. - 1v1, happy ending, both are virgins. A Mary Sue setup, lots of melodrama, and the writing is a work in progress. - A fake green tea, truly scheming, looks-obsessed, warmhearted citizen and Embroidered Uniform Guard x a ruthless, heart-closing, career-minded three-time widow who tramples tender shoots. *The princess is an unparalleled beauty (a note from someone). Theme: Look past superficial appearances to see the precious qualities within, and make life better.