Wild Geese over Hengyang: How a Female Chancellor Loved a Powerful Eunuch
衡阳雁：女相如何爱权宦
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 450k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Ancient-Style Life
- Updated
- 2y ago
- English
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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 Well-Written Political Intrigue Novels
I want a smart female lead with a high status who knows when to keep a low profile or conceal her abilities 🙈 No scummy fathers and stepmothers, or concubine half-sisters constantly causing petty trouble in the household. No sweet romance, just a pure historical power struggle 🤗
I Recently Read a Novel with a Truly Eunuch Male Lead and Loved It. Looking for More Like It!!
I recently read a novel where the male lead is a genuine eunuch, "The Young Madam of the Palace Eunuch's Household". I'm completely in love with the male lead. He's so humble, but his love runs deep, and he and the female lead are mutually devoted. I love this kind of genuine-eunuch male lead so much, I'm obsessed. Sisters, please recommend novels with genuine eunuch male leads! No fake eunuchs!
Political Intrigue, Historical Setting
Are there any grand-scale political intrigue novels like "Scheming for Love" and "The Prosperous Age's Strategist", with court politics and a turbulent martial world, but no domestic infighting?
Political Intrigue and a Big-Picture Female Lead!!!
I want a female-led story with a grand scope. A male lead is fine, too. Please, I’ve run out of books to read. It needs to be well written!
Eunuch Protagonist Stories, Preferably a True Eunuch
I've really been loving this kind of novel lately. Please recommend some! I need new reads!
Looking for a Story with a Eunuch Male Lead
Lately I've suddenly gotten hooked on stories with eunuch male leads. The kind where someone is cold-hearted, vicious, and deeply disliked, yet people still love him and try to save him.
A Real Eunuch, a Ruthless Power Broker, Yet Still Loved
Begging for Historical Romance with Eunuchs, Chief Supervisors, or Nine-Thousand-Year-Olds
I love the fake eunuch character archetype so much! Are there any historical romance novels like that? Please! A real eunuch is fine too.
Pure Historical Romance: A Gentle, Composed, and Cunning Female Lead, and a Male Lead Who Isn’t Cold or Expressionless
The male lead shouldn't be the emperor, and the female lead shouldn't transmigrate or be reborn.
Looking for Strong Female Lead Stories. I’m Out of Books to Read!
I'm looking for a powerful red-robed goddess with red eyes who doesn't hide her identity and lives in seclusion in the mountains (ideally). Ever since I read Bai Huang and Yin Nian, I've become picky. I'd like a completed story. Please help me find one, everyone. I'm begging you. ᕦ༼༎ຶ_༎ຶ༽
Any Stories Where the Heroine Is Stronger Than the Hero and He Can’t Beat Her?
Are there any stories where the heroine is stronger than the hero, and he can’t beat her?
Super-Dominant Female Lead, Weak Male Lead
Any Stories About a Female Lead Entering Government and Bringing Peace to All Generations?
Something where the female lead goes through countless hardships to enter the imperial court as a female official, serving the people and bringing peace to the realm.
Looking for Historical Romance With a Eunuch Lead, Real or Pretend, Like Eunuch's Favor
A Powerful Female Lead Playing the World as Her Game Board and Its People as Her Pieces, or an Assassin With a Secret Identity
Looking for a Protagonist Who Is a Real Eunuch, Not a Fake One
The protagonist is a real eunuch, not a fake one, and remains loyal to the imperial family for life. He's extraordinarily cruel, with an alluring face.
A Cold, Obsessive Female Lead Who Dotes Exclusively on the Male Lead
A powerful female CEO, a strong heroine, and a frail male lead.
Looking for a Completed Historical Romance!
Even better if it's about palace or family intrigue!
Looking for Eunuch Stories. Pretend Eunuchs or Real Eunuchs, Either Is Fine
The male lead is a eunuch.
A Badass Eunuch Male Lead and an Equally Badass Female Lead
A strong female lead.
Looking for a Female Lead With Strategy and Complete Command of the Situation. I’m Out of Books to Read
I want something more brainy, where everything is under the protagonist’s control. That’s seriously so cool! I’d rather avoid rebirth stories, but I’ll make an exception if it’s truly amazing. I’m really out of books to read!
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The female lead is a genuinely strong woman; she doesn't disguise herself as a man and enters the officialdom as a woman. She's not a character who grows through experience; she jumps straight into action. The male lead is a genuine eunuch, a childhood sweetheart with a pseudo-incestuous relationship, deeply in love with the female lead but too ashamed to approach her.
Teacher Mingyue, my goddess... I give you my full support... Your writing is so amazing, I'm totally blown away! The plot is tight and gritty, leaving the viewer with a constant sense of unease, as if a weight is hanging over their head. While watching, it feels as if you are truly in the midst of a turbulent and protracted struggle—cruel, difficult, yet one that demands unwavering resolve, and…
This book is truly amazing. It's one of the few dramas that genuinely portrays a strong female lead. I also think the writing style is very mature and the ideas are profound. I believe it deserves a higher score. At the end, when I thought Liu Ding had died, I was so heartbroken. Xiao Jiu and Third Brother were separated by death in the end.
Though unable to confess, how could "you" not know that "my" love for you has been brewing for a long time? We both care about each other, yet we test each other's intentions. The romance between the male and female leads is so captivating! The author's character descriptions are incredibly delicate, fully conveying their emotions, and the writing is superb! 👍🏻 Keep up the good work, author!
Looking forward to a female-centric story, you won't be disappointed! Looking forward to a story where both the male and female leads are equally strong, you won't be disappointed! The romance evolves from a love-hate relationship (just kidding) to a partnership (the main focus). The female lead is strategic and determined, prioritizing her country and family.
I've finished watching it, and it's absolutely amazing! I love the strong female lead and relatively weak male lead dynamic; it's not simplistic at all. The way the male and female leads test each other in the early stages is brilliant. I love that the male lead remains a gentleman even when he's in trouble, and I love that the female lead loves people before loving the world.
The woman is stronger than the man; their mutual testing is real, but so is their mutual pursuit. Only true love leads to such testing, entanglement, and complex relationships. The author's writing is delicate, and the characters are well-developed. It's a pleasure to read. Keep it up, and I look forward to even more exciting stories in the future. If it looks good, you should look at it more.
This book is one of the "good books that aren't popular" series, and I've added it to my top list! I read this novel because it's a story about an unfinished eunuch. As such, it's remarkably clean. But why specifically an unfinished one? That's the novel's central theme: even in the mire, one can remain a dignified gentleman.
The writing is profound and refined. The author absolutely loves women, not just the female lead (this is now a crucial criterion for my book selection). The world is designed with slight elements of martial arts and fantasy. I love the character development of the female lead—calm but not indifferent, mad yet principled, politically idealistic yet resourceful, intelligent but not a cunning…
I finished reading it and it was so good! I didn't miss a single chapter. I really love how strong and calm the female lead is, and how she has everything under control. But behind her strength, there are many hardships. She truly loves the male lead; he is never her shame, but her dearest and most beloved. Looking forward to the author Hengyang Yan's series of books. "