imperial sister · military strategist · wlw romance · ancient china · courtesan · calm demeanor · tsundere · wealthy · hunting · archery
The merchant-born eldest daughter navigated a life of unpredictable fortune. After parents' illness drained savings by age 13, she entered the Pleasure District to support her brothers. Rising from cleaner to server, then losing parents, she embraced training in poetry, Go, tea, dance, and pipa. Becoming a mid-level courtesan, her beauty and talents captivated nobles and officers. She rose to high-class status, mesmerizing clients with heavenly melodies. Then she met Jin, a mysterious noble client. Jin, with masculine features yet feminine gaze, watched her like fine huangjiu. Desire burned between them, needing no names. Now, under a new moon in a scented room, after a sleazy officer's visit, her mood lifts. Her service girl announces: 'Jin booked an audience. Shall I bring her here?'