Admiring the Golden Bough
慕金枝
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.1M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 4y ago
- English
- Request a translation
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Any Original Stories? I’m Sick of These Same Old Popular Plots
Recommend some fresh, original fantasy novels. No mainstream tropes, no lousy rebirth stories, no urban novels where the protagonist shows off and bumps into a beauty around the corner, and no apocalyptic stories with superpowers or a System. Are there any fantasy novels outside those categories? Ideally, something with a fresh premise and theme.
What's Your Number One Book? Just One!
The Male Lead Is Obsessive, Loving the Female Lead with Utter Madness and Coveting Her Endlessly
Are there any possessive male leads who love and desire the female lead to the point of madness, fear losing her, and do everything they can to keep her by their side?
Are There Any High-Quality Stories With Exceptional Writing, Unconventional Plots, and Endless Re-readability?
The Male Lead Has a Past, but He Truly Loves the Female Lead. She Is His Life!!!
Does anyone still remember Li Juefeng and Gu Xiaoai? 😭
Highly Rated Novels with Smart Female Leads, Rated 9.5 or Higher. Please Don't Recommend Randomly, Thanks
Stories About an Eastern Beauty Wandering into a Western World. Who's Got One? Bring It On ⌓‿⌓
Any genre is fine.
Who’s the Ultimate Forced-Love Hero?
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 🤗🤗🤗🤗
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.
High-Quality Stories That Will Amaze You to Your Very Bones
Beautifully written, with solid values, and so gripping you won't want to skip a single paragraph. Every book is absolutely phenomenal!!!!
Please Recommend Addictive Historical Romance, I'm Starving for Something Good
Proper Historical Romance: No Golden Fingers, Just High-Quality Stories with Sound Values
Looking for books similar to "Bound by Spring's Embrace".
Really Great Historical Romance!
Hey, cuties, do you know any really good historical romance novels with beautiful writing? I'm in a reading slump lately. Thanks for the recommendations, sweeties! OvO Sending love.
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).
Looking for High-Quality Historical Romance!
Lately I’ve been looking for an ancient-era romance with realistic, detailed descriptions of everyday life, but it’s so hard to find. I don’t need some grand epic. I just want to read about the daily lives of women in ancient times.
I’ve Hit a Reading Slump. Nothing Holds My Interest. Recommendations, Please
Underrated Romance: Engaging and Free of Tired Tropes
#Exceptional Writing: High-Quality Novels You’ll Read from Start to Finish!!
Books with writing like Mantou's.
A Crazy, Obsessive Male Lead and a Female Lead Who Absolutely Relishes His Love
The male lead goes crazy over the heroine, saying things like, “Tell me you love me.” The heroine really enjoys this twisted kind of love, too. She also dotes on him and thinks he's adorable.
Twist After Twist After Twist! An Unpredictable Ending!
I want twists! I want thrills!
Hey, Anyone Know Any Stories That Aren't Cliche?
I'm not asking for a particular style. I just want something fresh and unconventional, like "I Became the Mother of the Male Lead in a Tragic Romance", something that doesn't feel cliché and is easy to get into.
The Emperor Falls in Love With Her at First Sight, Seizes Her for the Palace, and Dotes on Her Alone
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This book is so good! There are so many foreshadowing elements in the beginning. At first, I thought it was a forced marriage, then I thought it was a substitute romance, then I thought it was a story of a seemingly weak character pretending to be strong, but it's actually about mutual unrequited love, and there are so many explicit scenes! It's amazing!
This book is set in an alternate Northern Wei Dynasty, and it's not a story about two virgins. It's melodramatic in the beginning and mind-bending in the middle and later stages. If you don't like that, you can skip it. Low ratings may distort the plot, while high ratings may praise the author's writing style.
The author's writing is fluent, the logic is excellent, and there are many foreshadowing elements. Initially, the female lead's regional accent bothered me, and I wasn't planning to continue. But I persevered and read on, and it got better and better. The male lead genuinely dotes on and loves the female lead, and the female lead also has her own cleverness.
This is the book I'm most upset about! It's so much better than many books that score in the 9s! It seems these ratings are completely unreliable! This book is the only one I've read that's quite different from all the historical romance novels I've read. It doesn't follow the usual tropes, and the female lead's personality is completely different! The story's background is also different!
Damn, why is no one reading this book? The foreshadowing is so well done, the beginning and end are captivating and suspenseful. Luckily, it was already finished when I read it, otherwise I would have been waiting to die like I am for the novel "Drunken Jade Fragrance" next door. I'm tired of saying "good-looking" already. The author's writing is truly amazing.
I really love the author's writing style. Actually, I was a little bothered by the male lead's alleged impurity at first, but after reading the later chapters, I realized that didn't matter. As the author said, if he were pure, it wouldn't fit the story, and it wouldn't be "The Golden Branch of Love." The story is very engaging, with each plot point carefully crafted, and it's very immersive. Thank you to the author for their dedication in allowing me to read such a wonderful novel. [Thumbs up]
I really enjoyed this book; the story was very original. But even though I love it, I have to say, author, the updates are a bit slow!
It's quite good, but there are a lot of foreshadowing elements. The emperor is the reincarnation of a supreme god or Buddha, and the imperial concubine (who eventually becomes empress) is the reincarnation of a supreme goddess. If you like explicit content, this book is for you; it's packed with it, and the language is so suggestive it'll make you blush! Haha.
I really like the author's structure. I usually only read novels with clean romances, but the author's concept has always attracted me. Setting it in the context of the Northern Wei Xianbei royal family, I can understand the male protagonist's actions. Giving the eldest prince to the female protagonist is the best thing to do. I haven't read it for a while, so why is the rating so low again?
This book deserves five stars; the author's writing is excellent. A major reason for the low score is the male lead's impurity, which also bothers me. While I don't advocate for clean couples, the fact that the male and female leads knew each other since childhood, were in a state of obsession, and then the male lead fathered a child with someone else, had countless concubines, and even had two women simultaneously… makes this relationship somewhat regrettable.