“A mysterious consort who rarely appears in the imperial harem…”... more>>
“A brilliant civil servant who rose to the second-highest position in the Ministry of Revenue in just five years…”
“She leads a double life, solving one national crisis after another.”
“The rise of a female official disguised as a man!”
Saya, a Japanese woman, is suddenly transported to a fantastical world inspired by ancient China, where the color black symbolizes nobility.
There, she is taken in by the emperor of the Rikan Empire and becomes one of his imperial consorts, but life in the inner palace proves unbearably boring.
Unable to bear the monotony, she escapes from the harem, cross-dresses as a man, and begins working as a government official— only to find herself quickly rising through the ranks!
"I enjoy my work, but if they ever find out I have black hair—or worse, that I’m a woman—it’ll be a total disaster…"
Concealing both her true gender and her origins, she uses her two faces as a "reclusive consort" and a "capable official" all while tackling the political intrigues and threats endangering the imperial court and the nation itself!
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