[A level-headed ray of sunshine, a mute woman x a noble, fatherly, handsome and tragic general]
Also known as The Dance That Delights the Gods
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For research materials for her thesis, Xiang Wanling visits a remote village to watch a Nuo ritual drama.
Then, clutching her thesis topic, she transmigrates.
Other people transmigrate as princesses or daughters of officials. She is not only a mute charlatan, but dirt poor, living in an empty house with only her grandmother for company.
"Ding! Host bound to the Nuo Dance System. Complete a Nuo dance ritual to receive an item."
"Ding! Host's first dance. Dance completion: 20%. Rank: F. Received [Mosquito-Repelling Talisman]!"
Xiang Wanling: ...
Though I study Nuo opera, that doesn't mean I know how to dance!
Just as she starts practicing every day, doing calisthenics and making masks by hand, and finally manages to dance a little after starting from scratch, bandits burn her village to the ground.
Xiang Wanling turns to look at the young general she just rescued beside her, thinking:
Forget repaying me with your hand in marriage. Save our village first!
·
On the battlefield, Lu Chengyuan is the cold-faced Asura, a figure whose very name inspires dread. He is icy and noble, but never hesitates to strike without mercy. His fearsome reputation is so infamous that he can stop children crying at night.
Yet no one knows that in private, he lashes himself every day and cannot sleep at night, all to keep from forgetting the sea of blood and vengeance he carries.
After following Lu Chengyuan to the general's residence, she finally understands why he is so intent on destroying himself, as if suffering from severe PTSD:
His birth parents are both dead. His stepmother watches him like a hawk, his stepsister is ruthless, and the Lu family is surrounded by a whole pack of bizarre relatives.
Xiang Wanling sighs: When a child has psychological problems, it's usually because of an unhappy family of origin.
But Xiang Wanling happens to be an expert at not letting things get to her.
When someone gives her a hard time, she sneers:
"It looks like Madam has been possessed. This is right up my alley. Let me exorcise you."
With a slap,
she throws out a [Shut-Up Talisman].
·
However, the capital's great families are tangled in a web of power, and old affairs from the previous dynasty are stirring up trouble.
When she is at a loss, surveying the whole board and unable to find a place to make her move, she hears Lu Chengyuan say:
"Miss Xiang, would you do me a favor?"
A contract marriage? She gets it~
He wants a reputation, she wants money. A perfect match for putting on a big show!
Xiang Wanling agrees to marry into the general's residence and enter the game herself.
From then on, everyone in the land knows that the general refused a princess and instead married a mute charlatan.
·
Plague, famine, drought, war...
The world falls into chaos, the court is treacherous, and the battlefield is a matter of life and death.
Xiang Wanling dances again and again, saving the people of this otherworld from disaster.
She navigates the various powers, gradually becoming the great priestess people seek out, with crowds at her door just to beg for a talisman.
And amid the struggle for power, she and Lu Chengyuan go from using each other to finding redemption side by side. In the end, they join hands to bring peace to the land.
· Happy ending, one-on-one romance, both leads have only ever been with each other.
· The female lead will regain her voice midway through the story.
· A lighthearted, funny, sweet story. Not too angsty, and the female lead is no pushover.
· The supernatural, household drama, political intrigue, business management, and marriage before love.
Theme: The leads grow together amid the chaos of a troubled age and promote traditional intangible cultural heritage.
