Ryu No Kokyu (Shogakukan Bunko C Mi 3-4 Kyara Bun!)

[Machine Translation] The time of the "Selection of the Queen" has come once every ten years in the Dalong Empire, which is ruled by the Dragon Kings of blue, white, red, and black from east to west, north to south, and south to south under the rule of the Yellow Dragon King. This is an important ceremony in which one princess from each Dragon King family is brought up to the imperial palace to compete for the position of queen. However, Zhu Ei, who was a third-rate princess, had nothing to do with this. That is, until the Red Dragon King selected her as the "Chosen Lady. To begin with, Zhu Ying is an eccentric princess who has been experimenting daily to master the "Purgatory," the art of making the elixir of immortality, and she is not suited for the palace. However, Zhu Ei is favored by the emperor, Dong Tang, and is inevitably caught up in the whirlpool of destiny....

上帝・黄龍王のもと、東西南北を青白紅黒の各龍王が統べる大瓏帝国に、十年に一度の『選秀女』の時期がやってきた。これは各龍王家からひとりずつ姫を後宮へ上がらせ、妃の座を競わせる大切な儀式。とはいえ三流を自認する朱瑛には、一切無縁な話だった。そう、紅龍王が彼女を『選秀女』に投入するまでは。そもそもこの朱瑛、不老不死の霊薬・仙丹を作る『煉丹術』を極めるべく日々実験を繰り返す変わり者の姫で、とても後宮向きの性格ではない。しかし大方の予想を裏切って上帝・棣棠に気に入られた朱瑛は、否応もなく大きな運命の渦に巻き込まれていく...。