After the Grand Princess Is Reborn, the Chief Grand Secretary Can No Longer Sit Still

Name: After the Grand Princess Is Reborn, the Chief Grand Secretary Can No Longer Sit Still
Author: Dong Chichi

长公主重生后，首辅大人坐不住了

by Dong Chichi (董迟迟)

Status: Completed
Length: 476k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
Updated: 2y ago
English: Preview: 281 chapters

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Synopsis

[Rebirth + Political Intrigue + Powerful Hero and Heroine + Plenty of Foreshadowing + Serious Ensemble Cast]

[Charming, Alluring, Sweet-Natured Yet Cunning Eldest Princess + Autocratic, Possessive Chief Grand Secretary]

[Important: This is NOT a wish-fulfillment novel!!!]

As a princess, Zhao Huiluan lived in luxury and honor, yet died in the prime of her life.

Reborn, she finally realized that all the countless honors and favors she had once been proud of were nothing but illusions.

Power is safest in your own hands.

By the time she reached the age at which she should have died, she had worked her way to becoming the most powerful woman in the land.

She secured the imperial authority, disciplined the inner court, and helped her young brother ascend the throne;

She took control of the Eastern Depot, purged political rivals, and stood on equal footing with the Grand Secretariat.

Everything she was supposed to do, and everything she wasn’t, she did.

The world believed the Eldest Princess was the person the Chief Grand Secretary hated most.

But no one knew that, among all the beauties in the world, the Chief Grand Secretary had eyes for the Eldest Princess alone.

At first, Rong An thought he must have lost his mind. Just because a young woman had said “I like you,” he had stayed in the imperial capital, a den of dragons and tigers.

Later, when she proposed joining forces and helping him enter the Grand Secretariat, the heart of power, he inexplicably agreed again.

Then he joined the Grand Secretariat and took power into his hands, only for the court officials to go kneel before the Eldest Princess and beg her to govern.

Rong An was furious. “What exactly are you trying to do?”

The young woman smiled sweetly, and he found himself thinking that perhaps this arrangement wasn’t so bad after all.

Much later, one day,

he and Zhao Huiluan had a terrible argument and parted on bad terms.

That night, he dreamed he had come first in all three imperial examinations, yet chose an assignment far from the capital. He also dreamed that Zhao Huiluan knelt before Heaven and Earth, begged gods and men alike, and finally slit her own throat.

When Zhao Huiluan opened her door early the next morning, she found someone who had stood there all night, frost clinging to his brows and his eyes bloodshot as he stared at her...

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It's truly well-written, a rare gem among political intrigue novels, yet concise and to the point. The biggest pitfall in ensemble dramas is using the ensemble cast as a pretext to serve the protagonist, but in this book, each character has their own life story. The text skillfully weaves together their backgrounds, psychology, and ultimate fates, without deviating from their established personas.
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Thank you Zhang Yunchi, and Brother Yanli (he still seems to have some lingering effects and wants to cry whenever he's mentioned). He was the most memorable and best young man in the book, and also the one I felt the most sorry for. He was like a hostage in Yandu, wanting to help his princess sister with her career through the imperial examinations, and he would prepare things for her whenever…
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