The Grand Empress Dowager Just Wants to Watch the Show
太皇太后她只想看戏
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- Completed
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- 236k Words
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- Ancient Romance
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- Palace & Household Intrigue
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- 4y ago
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Any Proper Palace-Intrigue Historical Stories? 😭 The Kind Where Everyone's Scheming Eight Steps Ahead
Light and Enjoyable Palace-Intrigue Novels Worth Rereading
Looking for books similar to The Empress. This book isn't as full of dramatic twists and turns as Empresses in the Palace, but it has the same gently unfolding everyday life as The Story of Minglan. It isn't as sorrowful and bittersweet as Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, but it shares The Story of Minglan's wisdom about women. Although it takes place in the imperial harem,
Qing-Dynasty Time-Travel Stories Rated 9 or Higher
I’m Tired of Female Leads Traveling to the Qing Dynasty. Are There Any Set in the Tang, Qin, Han, Song, or Ming Dynasties?
It can be palace intrigue, household intrigue, or a female-led story. The female lead shouldn't be too clueless.
New Novels: Romance, Household and Palace Intrigue, Political Scheming, Suspense, and Twists
Looking for stories similar to The Female Consort: A Phoenix Crown and Red Robe, My Love Remains True. My new book, The Female Consort: A Phoenix Crown and Red Robe, My Love Remains True, is about donning a red wedding dress beneath an official’s robe, a marriage bound by life and death, and feuds between country and family. Follow it so you don’t miss out~~~
Laid-Back, Completely Go-With-the-Flow Protagonist
Any Stories About Someone Transmigrating as an Old Lady Who Doesn’t Date? No CP, No CP.
I read stories about transmigrating into an old lady because I want to see someone finally break free of the misery of being oppressed in the name of filial piety. No romance for the protagonist: let her focus on farming or building a career. Could we please stop having people transmigrate into old ladies with sons and grandchildren, only to use all kinds of miraculous pills after transmigrating and then fall in love?
Books Where the Heroine Transmigrates into an Old Lady with Five Couples
I’m looking for books like "Transmigrated as the Empress Dowager, All I Want Is to Take It Easy", with a clever protagonist like Liu Yun who can dish out a sharp comeback.
Any Books with an Empress Dowager as the Female Lead?
I really love novels where the female lead is the empress dowager 😍😍😍
Empress Dowager Stories: If I Can Put You on the Throne, I Can Pull You Down Again
A power-struggle story about an empress dowager: If I have the power to put you on the throne, I have the power to bring you down too.
The Female Lead Is a Powerful Empress Dowager
The female lead is the empress dowager, and her son is the emperor. There's a deep rift between them.
Novels Where the Heroine Is the Empress Dowager and the Hero Is the Emperor, but They Aren't Mother and Son
The female lead is the empress of an ailing old emperor. Soon after she becomes empress, the emperor dies and the male lead takes the throne.
Desperately Seeking Stories About the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, Chancellor, Imperial Preceptor, Guards, Powerful Eunuchs...
Looking for Historical Fiction: A Palace Auntie, No Romance
Does anyone have any recommendations? I am seriously out of books. I suddenly want to read this kind of story, but I could not find one myself.
Looking for Harem and Household-Intrigue Stories
Looking for books like Years of Springtime and Joy. Any palace-harem or inner-court-struggle novels that aren't cliché or melodramatic? I'm out of things to read!
Any No-Romance Novels? I’m Sick of It and Can Barely Find Any
Books with no romantic partners!! Stories where the protagonist shines on their own.
The Ancestor of an Ancient Marquis's Household
The heroine is clever and strategic. She’s the matriarch of a marquis’s household who wakes after years of sleep, looking just as she did before. Everyone holds her in awe.
Looking for Stories Where the Heroine Is the Empress, Not the Emperor’s Only Favorite, and Focuses on Her Career Before Becoming Empress Dowager
Looking for books similar to "The Imperial Noble Consort". This kind of story, but the female lead doesn’t need to climb the ranks through palace intrigue.
Any Stories Where the Heroine Becomes the Empress Dowager and Enjoys Gossip and Palace Drama?
The heroine has high status and doesn't need to take part in palace intrigue. No romance, though I wouldn't mind if she kept male lovers.
Looking for Palace Intrigue or Household Struggle Novels with Strong Practical Value
Court Intrigue and Political Schemes, No Romance Is Fine, With Excellent Writing and High Ratings
Looking for stories similar to "Which Family Has the Most Spoiled Brat? The Northern Commandery Princess Is the Wildest". Post your number one pick from your bookshelf! Come on, post it!
Looking for a Laid-Back Palace-Intrigue Story About Someone Who Just Wants to Lie Flat
Looking for books like The Harem's Laid-Back Daily Life.
Looking for Good Palace-Intrigue Novels with an Emotionless Heroine
No need for both leads to be chaste. What kind of serious palace-intrigue story would that be? The children can be fathered by someone other than the emperor, for all I care. And please don't make the heroine everyone's darling later on. Can you really not write a story without turning it into sweet pampering romance?
A Noble Heroine Who Even the Emperor and Empress Dowager Can't Afford to Offend
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Forced to Raise a Child: The Empress Dowager Turns Around and Marries the Regent
Reborn as the Empress Dowager: I Kick the Foreign Powers and Punch the Ugly Japanese
Reborn as a Sixty-Year-Old Woman, the Villains Beg Me to Redeem Them
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Crossing Swords with the Wicked Empress Dowager
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Quick Transmigration: I'm the Empress Dowager, So What?
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The Empress Dowager’s Ghostwriter: The Phoenix’s Right to Rule
The Cold, Beautiful Empress Dowager: Mother, Do You Know How Filial I Am?
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The Spoiled Wife's Decree: Don't Run Away with My Empress Dowager
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I absolutely love this kind of story. The female lead is an Empress Dowager from the start, holding a high position and still able to participate in gossip—it's a really novel concept. I hope the author keeps up the good work; it's absolutely, absolutely amazing!
I've also had the idea of writing down my own story, but I've always hesitated, feeling incapable of doing it well, afraid of not being able to. So I think you're amazing for being able to persevere in doing what you want to do. 👍👍🌹 And this book is actually quite good! (๑╹ヮ╹๑)ﾉ Seriously, you have to trust us book lovers!
It's a good watch, fast-paced and not too long. The only annoying thing is that Wei Ruoxue was forced to enter the palace because of the scoundrel emperor, and her lover was torn apart.
I clicked on this book purely to find a lighthearted and enjoyable story to cheer myself up. Unexpectedly, I found a group portrait of people in the inner palace: A cold-hearted emperor, an empress dowager with differing intentions, and empresses and concubines who are either ruthless, short-lived, or have no choice in their own lives.
Such a good novel only has a 6.9 rating, shocking! I'm looking for novels with a female protagonist who observes the palace from an outsider's perspective, whether it's a concubine or an empress dowager. I previously read a novel where the female protagonist transmigrated into the body of the young Emperor Qianlong's mother, and if she just survived for ten or twenty years, she could enjoy…
It's been a year since the series ended, and suddenly there are so many comments. I've taken a look at them, and I feel like I should say something 😂. Please take a look before reading. 1. The "emperor" in this article is an extremely, extremely, extremely despicable person. I set it up this way because I'm a bit of a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) 🤦.
The female lead is very clear-headed, and the book is quite good. However, the emperor in the story might not be what you initially imagined. For example, in the first few chapters, he seemed intelligent and wise, a promising emperor despite his young age, possessing his own shrewdness and ideas. But as you read on, you learn that he was actually reborn.
It's so good! Please update! I've read so many romance novels, but I really like this kind of empress dowager story where the female lead doesn't have a romantic partner. It's very interesting to read. Keep up the good work, author! (ง •̀_•́)ง
The book has a good premise, but I dislike the young emperor's ingratitude. He caused Qian Chen and Ruoxue to be separated in this life.
It was quite good; I finished watching it without stopping. It was heartbreaking to see so many people die so young. The protagonist, a transmigrator, only had the advantage of an average lifespan, which was a bit surprising. Then, seeing the ending of Zhang Shi and her eldest prince was also quite sad.