The Green Tea Beauty Enters a Chaotic World

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The green tea beauty Lian Yue transmigrates to the final years of a dynasty.

It is a time of chaos, with war raging everywhere.

Just after arriving, she is abducted by the feudal lord Lu Xun and becomes his concubine.

He spends every night with her and dotes on her excessively, which earns her plenty of enemies.

But not long after, Lu Xun is assassinated. As soon as news of his death arrives, the wives in his household join forces to have Lian Yue beaten to death.

Lian Yue thinks she is going to die.

But Gu Quan arrives in time to stop them and save her life.

Gu Quan is nineteen, handsome and generous, and already has many followers at his young age. He is now the head of the Gu clan, with ambitions to conquer the realm.

Lian Yue has only met him a few times.

He says, "Before Lord Lu died, he was worried you would be mistreated, so he asked me to take care of you."

Thank goodness, she does not have to die.

Lian Yue breathes a sigh of relief. "Thank you."

She takes him for a good man who is simply keeping his promise. But when she lowers her head, she misses the lust in his eyes.

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As Gu Quan is about to attack Xiangcheng, he temporarily sends her to the Yuan clan, a family of generations of high officials, and asks his close friend and peer Yuan Jing to look after her.

Yuan Jing seems gentle, but is actually quite coldhearted.

Out of consideration for Gu Quan, he treats Lian Yue with great courtesy, and her frightened heart finally settles.

One day at a banquet, she accidentally takes a certain drug and ends up sleeping with Yuan Jing.

Lian Yue regrets it terribly and wants to pretend she has amnesia.

He seems to have the same idea.

Without a word, they agree to keep quiet about it. When they meet, he remains as cool as ever, as if nothing happened.

Lian Yue fears that their next meeting will be awkward and decides she should not stay here. When she hears that Gu Quan has captured the city, she prepares to say goodbye and join him in Xiangcheng.

When Yuan Jing finds out, he laughs in anger and stops her in the pavilion, blocking her way with his tall frame. Gritting his teeth, he asks, "Are you planning to seduce me and then abandon me, Madam?"

She is speechless.

Just when she thinks having to deal with Yuan Jing night after night is already more than enough to worry about,

Lian Yue discovers that Gu Quan is not as kind as she thought. He saved her because he also...

That day, Lian Yue has just finished dealing with Yuan Jing when she runs into Gu Quan at the door.

He pinches her cheek, his eyes narrowing. "Ah Jing really is my close friend. We even have the same taste in women. He did get to you first, but it doesn't matter. I don't mind your relationship with him."

Lian Yue replies meekly, "...But I mind."

What good men? They're all beasts.

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The feudal lord Gu Quan captured several cities with just a thousand elite soldiers at a young age, and won the allegiance of Yuan Jing, the greatest strategist in the realm.

After years of victories, he has gained the confidence to vie for the throne.

But rumors are spreading that these two brilliant young men are at odds behind closed doors because of a woman, supposedly a beautiful concubine.

People sigh, "What a femme fatale."

Those involved can only smile bitterly. "What femme fatale? Serving one man wasn't enough, now she has to serve two. Anyone would say she's got it rough."

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Reader's guide: An alternate-history age of chaos, transmigration, a universally adored heroine and competing suitors. Not a strong female lead, not 1v1, and no sharing a bed. All the men she gets involved with are virgins. Romance-focused, with little plot.

Please add my upcoming novel about competing suitors, Transmigrating into the Calamity-Bearing Demon Empress!

Blurb:

Yu Yin transmigrates to an unfamiliar dynasty. She cannot speak the language or read a single character, making her effectively blind in this world, and unable to survive here.

Fortunately, a hunter finds her and takes her home.

He gives her food and clothes, teaches her to speak and write, and helps her adapt to this era.

He says, "Marry me, and I'll protect you."

Yu Yin has no choice. He seems like a decent man, so she nods and agrees.

She plans to stay by his side and live a quiet life farming and hunting.

Not long after, the north falls into chaos, and the hunter is forced to join the army. The two are separated.

Later, the hunter dies on the battlefield, and his body is never found. Just like that, she becomes a widow.

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Yu Yin has a pretty face and a graceful figure, and plenty of gossip about her spreads through the village.

A widow's life is especially hard, and she can no longer stay in the village.

Just as she is wondering where to go, the imperial court's great general sends people to find her. The hunter died saving his commander, and the general wants to treat his benefactor's widow well and bring her over to live in comfort.

Yu Yin thinks it is a reasonable place to go, so she packs her things and follows them.

To her surprise, the iron-blooded general of the rumors is a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boy, and her courtyard is arranged right next door to his.

The young general is kind and takes excellent care of her. Gradually, she lets down her guard around him.

Then one night, he squeezes into her room and wraps his arms around her slender waist, pleading humbly, "Madam, I've desired you for a long time. Will you marry me?"

The young general is tall and strong, and good in bed. Besides, Yu Yin has no power to resist, so she can only agree.

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After they marry, they get along well enough.

Until one day, the young general takes her to the capital to report to the emperor. The new emperor keeps her in the imperial city on the pretext that she is the general's family, while her husband is sent to fight in the northern deserts.

Not long after, another piece of bad news arrives from the front: the young general has died of illness on the march.

At that point, an imperial decree summons Yu Yin to the palace. When the new emperor sees her, he forcefully pulls her into his arms and says with great delight, "Your husband is dead. Now you're mine."

The emperor makes her empress and grants her supreme power.

Though she is unwilling, she can only pretend to obey.

Countless people call her a calamity-bearing demon empress. Petitions demanding that the new emperor execute her pour into the palace, and the furious emperor has every official who speaks against her dragged out and beheaded.

After that, no one dares say another word.

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Yu Yin rises from a common woman to empress, and thinks there will be no more trouble. But not long after, an army from the south appears, claiming to purge the emperor's corrupt ministers. It marches straight into the imperial city.

The emperor dies in battle. Just as Yu Yin is about to take her own life, her white silk is cut, and the young general, alive and mad with rage, grips her chin tightly. "Madam, you really do have a heart of iron."

The dead young general has fought his way back alive.

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Yu Yin was never from this world in the first place. She has no sense of belonging here, nor does she particularly love anyone. Every choice she makes is simply to stay alive.

She doesn't care what people call her: wanton or calamity-bearing demon empress.

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Romance-focused, competing suitors, all characters are consenting adults. Three men: a rugged man, a lunatic, and a lovesick obsessive. No sharing a bed.

Theme: Say no to fate