Betraying Beauty

Originally titled Silent Consort

The moon does not age with those who gaze upon it. No matter how frost blades strike it or how millennia wear it down, it remains as lovely as ever.

The night wind rises, and a faint fragrance drifts through the air.

A wisp slips into her arms, unsettling her soul and disturbing all her dusty dreams of the dying winter...

She is a woman who was enlightened by the gods and Buddha, then transmigrated here to settle the karma of a past relationship. It is all because she fell in love with the one person she should never have loved: her own elder brother.

A dagger, a white robe, a lock of black hair: she drifts into the imperial harem and becomes one of the many women belonging to the emperor.

But her elder brother in this life turns out to be Prince Gong.

One song of parting, one tear from a beauty, and tragedy is born.

But in the end, who will truly be her home?

She said: “Unless the mountains crumble, the rivers run dry, winter thunder rolls and summer snow falls, and heaven and earth unite, I will never part from you!”

Yet she vanished without a trace, her lovely shadow nowhere to be found.

She said: “Red beans grow in the southern lands. How many branches sprout when spring comes? I hope you gather many, for they are the thing most associated with longing.”

Yet she scattered the red beans across Lake Qianhe, ending her longing and bringing their fate to a close.

The fragrant breeze has swept away, and the flowers know it not.

Passion burned fiercely, yet love went unrecognized.

The greatest sorrow is to meet at the wrong time.

Devotion has become a thing of the past.

Is it true that we only understand how precious love is once it has passed us by...

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A different kind of transmigration, a different kind of love story, and a different kind of martial world.

He said: “No matter how heavily the clouds gather, they cannot hide the moon’s brilliance and beauty. If clouds so often cover the moon, why does she keep reaching for them, while chasing after the sun?”

She lowered her head indifferently, then turned to look back, offering no promise in reply.

He said: “Why do people always chase the clouds on the horizon, yet fail to see the person beside them...”

She gazed sadly at the clouds drifting across the sky and said, “Why must the sun always chase the moon? Why does the moon have to love the clouds...”

The imperial harem, the prince’s manor, the martial world: which of these can truly make room for her?

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Should the flowers not have a companion? How can I bear to watch you weep alone?

He said: “The sun will shine on the flowers tomorrow. You need not follow like a shadow...”

Character introductions:

Murong Ruoli: The heroine, known in rumors throughout the martial world as the “Moon Demon,” and called the “Six-Fingered Zither Demon” by its people.

Yun Xuan: The emperor, one of the martial world’s Six Supremes, known as “Rival to Zhuge Liang,” also called “Jade Flute.”

Ouyang Wuqing: The martial world’s divine physician, “Rival to Hua Tuo,” also known as Ouyang Mingri. He is the godlike man Yun Xuan envies most.

Young Master Nongyue: The princess’s husband. At times he is utterly sorrowful, at others as gentle as jade. Skilled at playing the zither and flute, he once made a name for himself throughout the martial world with the song “Parting.”

Yun Yan: Prince Gong, whose appearance is strikingly similar to the elder brother Ruoli had in her previous life.

Yun Mo: The only man in the martial world born under the pure yin sign. Eccentric and hard to fathom, he is neither wholly good nor wholly evil, and is Yun Xuan’s younger brother.

The empress: Du Zhen'er, daughter of Chancellor Du.

This is not a reverse-harem story. It is a struggle between the martial world and the imperial harem, bringing together extraordinary talents and beauties from across the land...

The heroine is no saint, either. She never lets anyone take advantage of her, and she is deeply calculating...

Xue Mo's two new works have moved to new addresses:

Slay the Emperor, Destroy the Beauty: http://read.xxsy.net/info/161084.html

Harem: Slave of Sin: http://read.xxsy.net/info/161094.html

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A note from the author:

I recommend my older works:

Seven-Year Mistress: http://read.xxsy.net/info/103400.html

The Masked Husband: http://read.xxsy.net/info/118012.html

The Childish Bride: http://read.xxsy.net/info/124023.html

New serial: Heartbroken by a Faithless Lover: http://read.xxsy.net/info/161515.html

Ugly Consort: Dusk Snow: http://read.xxsy.net/info/166909.html