
Dressed in Red: The Maid's Rise to Power
照红妆:通房丫鬟上位记
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.1M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 4mo ago
- Source
- Fanqie
Synopsis
Other names
- You Want to Force Me to Be Your Concubine? I’ll Take Your Place as Mistress of the Household逼我当通房?我夺了你的主母之位Former title · until Oct 2026
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It's great to watch, the plot is exciting, I look forward to the heroine's counterattack!
It's really good to watch 😢😢 It's a real tie-in. Now I click on the update every day. The relationship between the heroine and the hero is very gradual, and there is no cliché sleeping together at the beginning!!!! I hate this setting 😢😢. The heroine was sober throughout the whole process and did not fall into the gentleness of the prince. She thinks about love and love every day. She works hard for the prince every day. She has feelings for the prince but is also very dedicated. I love this kind of heroine. The relationship between the prince and the heroine is really delicate and friendly. There is no bloody scene. She is not the kind of person who writes about feelings and just sleeps and sleeps over and over again. She loves the mundane things so much 😢
It's so beautiful. Both the male and female protagonists are well portrayed. The male protagonist is dedicated and narcissistic about his beauty 🤭, but his character is quite humorous. The female protagonist is wise and smart. She learns to manage the shop under the guidance of the male protagonist. I guess she is trained in the direction of the mistress to pave the way for the future. Anyway, the logic is perfect. The only shortcoming is that I didn't see clearly that the article is not finished. Two updates a day are too few.
It's rare to see a Tomato house fighting novel with good writing style and good plot. With such a low rating, I have to suspect that someone deliberately left a bad review. Don't trust the ratings. It's not a cookie-cutter story. The heroine is very good at speaking and behaving. The emotional development of the male and female protagonists is also quite reasonable and the rhythm is very good. Push hard push
The details are exquisite and the language is concise without being dramatic. The food part makes people salivate (I am really greedy), and the plot is fast-paced. The only fly in the ointment is that the Crown Princess appears to be too unreasonable and uneducated, which is somewhat unsuitable for the daughter of a minister. (Of course, it is understandable because of the contrast with the image of the heroine.) I look forward to the interaction between the male and female protagonists in the later period, and also hope that after the relationship between the two develops further, Haitang can escape from the shadow of the years and just be herself.
It's really good. I've been reading books on Tomato for five or six years. The relationship between the male and female protagonists has gradually accumulated. The female protagonist is very smart and understands her own situation. The male protagonist is the kind of polite and reserved noble man. I like to watch the male protagonist fall for the female protagonist bit by bit 🥰 The author can't get enough of it 😢
Comment after seeing Chapter 163 I quite like the part between Zhao Manxiang and Lin Yuelou. The author writes in great detail the process from acquaintance to mutual affection to adultery. It feels like eating a melon, which is very interesting. I have never seen someone write the emotions of a supporting character (the bad one) so clearly. The author is really great.
The story line is clear, the characters are fleshed-out, and a lot of foreshadowing is laid. Although Sui Sui's true identity has not been revealed, it gradually becomes fuller as the chapters are updated, just like Chun Yuan in The Legend of Zhen Huan. Although she does not really appear in the play, she is present throughout the whole play. Of course, in the novel, the male protagonist and the female protagonist have many conflicts. There is no mention of love in every word, but the love for the female protagonist is written everywhere. The female protagonist is also very sober, not the kind of love-minded!!!!! While getting along with the male protagonist, I learned a lot of new knowledge, such as playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and managing the family property store. In short, it was very interesting!!!!! To be specific, you still have to read this novel yourself, there will definitely be points that will touch you!!!!!!!!! 😘😘😘
I like this kind of relationship between the male and female protagonists that is not so overt but easy to enjoy. I also like the way the female protagonist deals with the male protagonist's wife.
It's super good-looking. The heroine is scheming, ambitious and smart. Although the hero has Bai Yueguang, he treats the heroine with great care and guides the heroine step by step. I hope that the hero can pamper the heroine alone and live up to the heroine's intentions.