Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King

Biodata

Background / History

Han Lingxuan was the wife of the Southern Pacifying King of the Tang Kingdom. Despite her prestigious position, she regarded herself as an ornamental figure in his residence. Following his death, household intrigue and ostracism made her life increasingly difficult 3 14 43.

Three years before Fang Yang’s transmigration, the original Demon Venerable abducted her while she was visiting a temple to pray for blessings. Her maid, Ling’er, and her White Snow Lion Cat were taken with her. Han Lingxuan was confined to a palace, forbidden to leave or contact outsiders 3 10.

Initially fearing sexual abuse, she prepared to hang herself with white silk. However, the original Demon Venerable never touched her during those three years. She discovered his psychological impotence and learned that the sexual exploits recorded in his diaries were fantasies rather than reliable accounts. He spared her because she possessed an unspecified secret useful to him 3.

Appearance

• Face and complexion: An elegant oval face, pale jade-like skin, and rosy lips 3 11 42.
• Hair and eyes: Long, dark tresses and phoenix-shaped eyes 25 32 46.
• Figure: Voluptuous, with a slender waist; repeatedly described as “rounded as a pearl” and “lustrous as jade” 3 13.
• Bearing: Dignified and accustomed to high station, though marked by the sorrow of captivity 3.
• Clothing: Initially wears an elaborate gown; later adopts gauze dresses and translucent silk undergarments for her assassination schemes 3 10 19.
• Reputation: Ranked first on the Tang Kingdom’s Rouge Ranking. Even the jealous Huang Fuling acknowledges her exceptional looks and figure 3 47.

Personality

Han Lingxuan is proud of her rank and deeply concerned with dignity, reputation, and the responsibilities of being a princess consort. She initially condemns revealing clothing and erotic books as things fit only for “vixens,” yet uses both when she believes they will help her kill Fang Yang. Giving up revenge would, in her eyes, make her sacrifices meaningless and confirm the scandal surrounding her captivity 10 11 43.

Her determination is accompanied by considerable overconfidence. She repeatedly declares her plans foolproof, interprets setbacks as failures of information rather than judgment, and continues despite severe exhaustion. Her hatred also becomes entangled with feelings she refuses to acknowledge: she panics when Fang Yang is threatened, while Ling’er believes she has fallen for him. Han Lingxuan insists that he must survive only because she intends to kill him herself 14 15 25 32 33 34.

Abilities & Skills

Bridal Robe Divine Body

Fang Yang’s system identifies Han Lingxuan as possessing the Bridal Robe Divine Body, despite having no cultivation realm 15.

• After dual cultivation, the cultivation power she has accumulated is transferred in equal measure to her partner, aiding that partner’s cultivation 15.
• The supplied chapters document no cultivation breakthrough or combat technique of her own 5 15.

Deception and Seduction

Han Lingxuan attempts to conceal murderous intent beneath affectionate behavior 3 19.

• Feigns tenderness and compliance to encourage Fang Yang to lower his guard 3 13 19.
• Studies the Fox Enchantress Booklet and practices its poses as part of her assassination preparations 18 32.
• Initially believes seduction can exploit the Demon Venerable’s impotence and provoke cultivation deviation 10 11.
• Cannot sense Fang Yang’s cultivation changes because she is an uncultivated mortal 5.
• Eventually becomes so accustomed to acting affectionate that she automatically smiles seductively at him despite her anger 42.

Domestic and Recreational Skills

The matchmaking system can produce skill cards based on activities a Silk Binder considers herself proficient in and performs frequently 9.

• Advanced underwear washing: Drawn by Fang Yang as one of her skills 9.
• Advanced rubber-band jumping: Described by its card as expertise developed over years 28.
• Bathing and blowing bubbles: Appears as a system-generated skill card 28.
• Sandbag tossing: Also appears as a skill card, surprising Fang Yang and overturning his image of her exclusively solemn life in captivity 28.

Equipment / Items

• Jade-inlaid hairpin — Her concealed assassination weapon. She plans to stab Fang Yang in the throat and repeatedly keeps it ready during his visits 3 14 25.
• Fox Enchantress Booklet — An illustrated erotic manual she studies as a guide to seduction, treating its contents almost like a martial arts technique 11 18 40.
• Gauze dresses and translucent undergarments — Used to support her schemes. Her clothing, jewelry, and necessities during captivity are supplied by tailors captured by the Demon Venerable 10 19.

Relationships

• Southern Pacifying King — Deceased husband. Han Lingxuan remains attached to the responsibilities of her title despite the unhappy life she experienced in his household 3 14 43.
• Original Blood Rain Demon Venerable — Abductor and jailer. She knows his hidden impotence and the falsity of his sexual diary entries; he keeps her alive for an undisclosed secret 3.
• Fang Yang — The transmigrator inhabiting her captor’s body, whom she continues to regard as the same fiend. She repeatedly tries to assassinate him, while he seeks to increase her affection for matchmaking rewards. His system records her affection as −25, “hatred to the bone,” after a five-point increase 12 15 19.
• Ling’er — Maid and closest confidante, who has served her since childhood. Ling’er repeatedly urges her to stop endangering herself and promises to remain beside her regardless of her decision 10 25 43.
• White Snow Lion Cat / Little Snow — Pet acquired while she lived at the royal residence and abducted alongside her. The cat accompanies her while she reads and bathes; Han Lingxuan frequently feels guilty under its reproachful gaze 3 11 14 21.
• Huang Fuling — Jealous rival for Fang Yang’s attention. The two exchange polite smiles while privately resenting each other; Huang Fuling later seeks to displace her 35 47 49.
• Ye Qinghong — Fang Yang’s eldest disciple. Ye Qinghong involuntarily witnesses visions of her intimate encounters with Fang Yang, then gives her a gaze she finds strangely embarrassed and unsettling 20 36.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Failed Assassination Attempts

• First approach: Rumors that the Demon Venerable is dying after a month of sealed seclusion prompt Han Lingxuan to attempt a murder-suicide. Fang Yang instead embraces and forcibly kisses her, disrupting her plan 3 4.
• First night: Convinced that seduction will trigger his hidden ailment, she prepares another hairpin attack. The attempt fails, and Fang Yang sexually assaults her. She concludes that his impotence has been cured and renews her determination to take revenge 10 13 14.
• Repeated attempts: She changes tactics, hoping intimacy will leave him unguarded. Several nightly attempts produce no opening to strike, while her condition deteriorates until she needs a walking stick. She eventually sends Ling’er to say she is ill and asks him to leave 15 19 25 26.

The Demon Cult’s Uprising

• When the Bell of All Life summons the cult, Han Lingxuan panics at news that Fang Yang may be killed. She goes to the pavilion, insisting that only she has the right to kill him 32 34 35.
• Zhang Sheng and other attackers openly covet her alongside Fang Yang’s treasures, making her a prospective target of the uprising 30 36.
• Fang Yang’s overwhelming display of power exposes the flaw in her schemes: they depended on him being gravely injured. Ling’er points this out, leaving Han Lingxuan to question what her sacrifices have accomplished 40.

Duty, Reputation, and Rivalry

• After the uprising, Ling’er suggests abandoning revenge. Han Lingxuan refuses, citing public humiliation, her lost chastity, and her obligations as princess consort—even if returning to her former life means becoming “a fish in stagnant water again” 43.
• Huang Fuling’s jealousy intensifies after observing her at the hot spring. Later, Fang Yang mistakes Huang Fuling for Han Lingxuan in his darkened bedchamber, inadvertently revealing whom his tenderness was intended for and strengthening Huang Fuling’s determination to replace her 47 49 50.

Notable Quotes

“Of course I want him dead. He has to die. But... he can only die by my hand.” 34

“One day, I’ll kill you. So... Will you stay alive until that day?” 35

“I am the Princess Consort of the Southern Pacifying King. Naturally, I will shoulder my responsibilities. I’ll live as I did before. At worst... I’ll become a fish in stagnant water again, won’t I?” 43