
A Widow Becomes Empress
寡妇为后
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 626k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 1y ago
- Source
- Fanqie
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It's pretty good. It's not Shuang Jie. It's just that the heroine is a bit too tame. It's easy to mistake the book title for a cool novel with a scheming heroine. Of course, Tomato has this type of name [laughing and crying] [laughing and crying] Go away, you went to the palace to pay homage to your ex-husband. You are not afraid of being discovered by the emperor or other concubines who framed you. You have been slandered once by the queen and you don't have a long memory. No matter what the reason is, during those years when you were a widow, you didn't want to pay homage to your ex-husband, so you went to the palace to pay homage to him. It's such a far-fetched plot. After pursuing it for so long, I suddenly took poison.
No pee spots so far, I quite like it. It's not the kind of story about a spoiled wife disguised as a palace fight, nor is it the kind of differentiated treatment like an adopted daughter and a parent. Finally, I saw that not all female protagonists in the palace-fighting-house-fighting genre are male protagonists. To be non-shuangchae means to be truly non-shuangchae, not to say that the woman is clean and the man is unclean. Big cheers for the author.
After reading chapter by chapter, a beautiful and temperamental heroine appeared in front of me. She was gentle and generous, with poetry and books in her belly, which made people feel pity. The hero did not have the moodiness of ordinary emperors. This was the best compensation God gave to the heroine after she was neglected by her parents and relatives since she was a child. After she became a widow and was kicked out by her husband's family, God gave her the best compensation. This article is very interesting so far. The low score may be due to the second marriage of the heroine. I almost missed a good article because of this. I rarely read unfinished stories, this one is an exception, I really can't help it [face covering]
It looks good. I like the male and female protagonists very much. They get along well with each other. But there are too few to watch. I hope it will be updated more. Ning Ning is a sensible little baby. I also hope that everyone's life will become smoother in the future.
It looks good to break the routine. For both male and female protagonists, it doesn't matter if it's a little later, as long as it's the right person~ It doesn't matter if you have a past, as long as it's you and I can accept it~ I like it! As long as there is no big misunderstanding, I should be able to keep following updates [shy] Now I have begun to envy my friends who I only saw after the completion, how happy it would be😭
Giant Invincible is beautiful and the subject matter is novel! The female protagonist is growing up gradually, and the male protagonist is sultry and arrogant, but also super cute⚈₃⚈. Great support from the author! (It's just a little bit less [cover face] [send heart] [send heart] [send heart] [send heart] [send heart] [send heart] [send heart] [send heart])
It's very beautiful, with a compact plot, rich content, and a sense of warmth.
Without the foresight of rebirth, without the golden finger ability of time travel, a gentle scholarly woman's life is full of ups and downs due to her parents' favoritism and the contempt of her husband's family. It is precisely because of her indifference to be content with the situation, and because of her freedom and kindness in the face of injustice. Everything she says and does is different from others, and she has won the hearts of many people with her beauty and personality. Due to the inertia of being helpful to those who have gained the Tao, the Fifth Lord has loyal servants, close friends, and elders who can empathize with her and protect her in every possible way. In the favor of the emperor, he gradually grows into a kind and yet skillful master of the harem, and is lucky enough to give birth to the next successor to ensure a wonderful story of being favored for the rest of his life. The extra story is a story about putting order out of chaos and getting back on track. What should come will always come and what must die must die. Everyone is happy and celebrating.
Very nice! The plot is fascinating! I tied it in one breath, waiting eagerly for the update! No loss in investing!
It's a good-looking story. It's not a story about a big heroine, but the heroine is smart. For the sake of her daughter and herself, she gets stronger little by little and works hard. I look forward to the follow-up.