Scheming for the Heir
谋嫡
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 403k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 5y ago
- English
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Please Share Your Number One Historical Romance! I’m Out of Books to Read!
Trade Books You’ve Read for Ages and Don’t Want to Delete
Looking for the Best of Historical Romance, the Kind You Can Read Over and Over
Male leads similar to those in "A Fine Brocade of Good Days" and "The Phoenix’s Grace Knows No Bounds".
Short Stories That Leave You Awestruck
Short but stunning novels, angsty, sweet, or historical in style. Around 10 to 80 chapters, or 20,000 to 100,000 words.
A True Heiress from a Prestigious Family: Smart, Dignified, Good-Natured, and Not a Saintly Doormat
The writing has to be good. I really can't read anything with immature writing.
I Need Novels That Hook You from the First Page! Modern and Historical, Both!
Highly Rated Novels with Smart Female Leads, Rated 9.5 or Higher. Please Don't Recommend Randomly, Thanks
Sweet Historical Romance, No Angst, Super Sweet
Looking for High-Quality Historical Romance, the Kind You Can't Skip a Single Chapter!!!
Highly Recommended, Top-Rated Gems Worth Staying Up All Night to Read!!!
Recommended by a reader who's been into web novels for over ten years. Every book is a keeper, and plenty are worth rereading two or three times. Even the punctuation has 99+ comments. Don't miss these great reads 🤗🤗🤗🤗
In a Reading Slump With High Standards, Preferably Ancient Romance, Thank You 😊
I have high standards and don't like melodramatic plots. I'm looking for an ancient-era romance. Please avoid the trope where the male lead chases his wife after losing her.
I’ve Recently Gotten into Historical Romance, and I’m Out of Books to Read
I like stories with equally strong male and female leads who help each other grow, with good supporting characters too. Something warm and loving, please recommend some.
The Best Novels I've Read on Fanqie, Absolutely Amazing
You won't be disappointed if you click in. Share your reading lists so we can recommend books to each other.
Are There Really No Empresses in the Palace Fics With Intelligent Characters?
I mean, even a wish-fulfillment story shouldn’t be mindless wish fulfillment. Can palace-intrigue stories give us a smart female lead for once? (And an author who knows what they're doing.) The female lead's plot armor makes everyone except the readers stupid 😅😅😅
Truly Stunning Historical Romance
Where Have All the Good Tomato Novels Gone!! Bring Them to Me at Once!
I haven't come across a good book where I haven't skipped a single chapter in a very long time...
Please Recommend Addictive Historical Romance, I'm Starving for Something Good
Looking for Historical Romance That Takes Your Breath Away to the Core!!!!!
Books That Help You Get Better at Scheming
Any books that can improve your ability to read between the lines?
Proper Historical Romance: No Golden Fingers, Just High-Quality Stories with Sound Values
Looking for books similar to "Bound by Spring's Embrace".
Political Intrigue, Historical Setting
Are there any grand-scale political intrigue novels like "Scheming for Love" and "The Prosperous Age's Strategist", with court politics and a turbulent martial world, but no domestic infighting?
I’ve Been Obsessed with Palace-Intrigue Stories Lately. Ladies, Hand Over Your Books!
I've Been Into Palace Intrigue Lately 😍 Hand Over Your Top Palace Intrigue Picks!
Looking for books like "The Empress's Consort Is Cunning, and the Emperor Can't Resist Her". The leads don't have to be each other's firsts!!! They don't have to be each other's firsts!!! But the female lead must be clear-headed and strong, not weak. Some angst is fine. I like stories set in fictionalized historical worlds, as long as the plot is well-crafted and detailed, hehe.
Seeking High-Quality Historical Romance, No Transmigration, Rebirth, or System
I like food, palace intrigue, the imperial examinations, political schemes, and crime-solving. On Tomato, I’ve read The Strongest Female Grand Secretary Rises Against the Odds; for palace intrigue, Zhaohua Weiyang, Palace Willows, and Deep Palace Strategy: The Tale of Qingzhi; for food, Chang’an Snack Shop (I can’t remember if it was on Tomato).
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Having read so many palace intrigue and domestic drama novels, this one felt very different to me. The female lead and her mother are both very capable women who remain calm in the face of danger. It was the first time I'd seen a concubine with her own power who had also raised her daughter so well. The female lead's personality is also very straightforward and easy to read. Overall, the novel was very enjoyable to read, except that the ending was too rushed (personal opinion).
It's good, but I want to see what happens between the female lead's mother, Mo Lian, and her father, Lin Zhiheng. (/≧ω\)
The intelligent female protagonist knows how to adapt to her environment and turn adversity into advantage. She is the illegitimate daughter of a prime minister, initially used by her elder sister as a tool for bearing children, a woman to be discarded and the child kept. She was initially seen by the princes as something to amuse themselves.
Although I've only read 14 chapters, I really couldn't resist giving it a good review first. I've been searching for books for so long, and they've all been about time travel or reincarnation. I've finally found a pure ancient Chinese novel! Thumbs up +N The writing is really good, I don't even know how to describe it, but it's definitely worth reading 😁 I'll finish it first, maybe I'll even read it again, hehe.
Ahhh! I'm absolutely in love with the female lead in this story! Aunt Lian is definitely the best female lead's birth mother I've ever read in a palace intrigue novel! Both mother and daughter are incredibly intelligent, definitely not overly naive, and certainly don't have the foolish "I won't offend others unless they offend me" mentality, nor are they so stupid as to form alliances everywhere…
This book is quite good; almost everyone is intelligent. 1. The female lead's mother is truly the biggest highlight of the story. The female lead has learned almost all of her mother's skills, gradually binding the male lead's heart and soul. 2. However, when the female lead's maid sacrifices herself for her later, I felt the female lead wasn't ruthless enough.
I think this book is very well written. It gives off a sense of positive values, a peaceful and serene atmosphere, and a feeling of tranquility that is more than just calm. Many people say the ending was bad, but I didn't feel that way. Writing this kind of story requires real skill; not everyone can create this feeling. I really like it.
The female lead and her mother are both incredibly intelligent and emotionally intelligent. It's great that there's no angst. I strongly hope the author will write about the female lead's mother's struggles. I wish Sister Lian would start a class on this topic.
The female lead is incredibly shrewd and has a very high level of skill. Mainly, she has a clever and wise aunt. Having read so many palace intrigue novels, it's rare to see a female lead with a mother who doesn't hold her back and is even more shrewd than her. Overall, it's quite good.
It's really good. The wise mother raised the intelligent female lead, and the male lead, the emperor, is also very nice. It's not a bad story, and I really like it.