
A Carp in the West Hills
西山有鲤
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 186k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Fantasy Romance
- Updated
- 8mo ago
- Source
- Fanqie
Synopsis
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Everyone's No. 1 Historical Romance, The Kind That's Absolutely Stunning
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.
Looking for Ancient-Style Political Intrigue with a Smart Protagonist Who Plots on a Grand Scale
The protagonist should have their own faction. No System!!!
Underrated Historical Romance with Excellent Writing: No Transmigration, No Cheats, No Brain-Dead Characters
Preferably Historical Romance with Political Intrigue and Two Strong Leads, Modern Romance Is Fine Too
Both leads should put their own interests first. Ideally, their factions start out somewhat hostile, and they're both rather cold-hearted. The female lead should be one person in public and another in private, with a ruthless streak and plenty of different sides to her. I want a romance between evenly matched rivals who refuse to back down and keep flirting with each other. 😃😍
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 🤗
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?
I Want Ancient-Era Fantasy Romance Novels!!!
Reader comments 17
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"There is a Carp in the Western Mountains" really unearthed a treasure! The setting of ancient fantasy + three hundred years of fateful entanglement is superb, with a plot that is both sweet and sad, with constant twists and turns. The heroine, Yao Yao, is cold and tough, and has spent three hundred years feeding carps with flesh and blood, and has spent three hundred years in sinking ponds to transform into enchantments. Her sense of fragmentation hides her stubbornness and sincerity; the male protagonist is a tolerant and restrained emperor. He seems to be majestic and mighty, but has clumsy affection in his emotions. When facing the heroine, he has an uncontrollable concern. Although the emperor cannot help himself, he always protects her in secret, and his character is real and unsuspicious. 💔"There is a Carp in the Western Mountains"|The power plot overthrows the country, the emperor's concubine is separated from life and death, and the carp pond guards the lovesickness for three hundred years Who would have thought that this three-hundred-year-old wait would start with a catastrophe that would lead to a bloodbath in the court! In the past, the emperors had thousands of miles of land, but they could not withstand the undercurrents of the imperial court, the strife among the clans, the treacherous people in the court, and the vassal towns in all directions. A well-planned power conspiracy finally shattered the mountains and rivers, and the emperor's soul was lost. She was a concubine who was favored by thousands of people. She was never involved in any disputes in the court, but she became a victim of the power game. When her country was ruined and her family was destroyed, she did not want to live in troubled times, so she sank into the Xishan Pond, raised twenty-four koi carps with flesh and blood, and turned into a charm to guard the pond. From then on, she wandered around the world for three hundred years, accompanying the blue waves of the pond. The water in the carp pond is half her lovesickness blood, and half is the overthrowing tears of Machiavellianism. What she guards is not just a pond of koi, but also the deep love that was torn apart by intrigues, the emperor who promised her a stable life, and the golden years that can never be returned.
It's good to watch. There are currently very few emotional lines between the male and female protagonists. I don't know what will happen in the future. I quite like this kind of plot where the protagonist runs through the plot and then has different short stories. I beg the author not to stop updating 😢
The story reads very smoothly and freshly. In addition to the male and female main lines, it also intersperses storylines from different dimensions to enrich the character and development. It has a faint feeling of telling a powerful story ~ What a good book [Blow Kiss]
An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action. Good book, recommended. Not the bad street kind, not the spelling kind, good story.
It's really beautiful and the plot is fascinating. I hope the author will update it soon.
I like it. It's so satisfying. I could use more. No, it's not enough. Asking for a big comeback
No noobs, no nonsense, a rare good book
A deep fantasy story The update is discontinued, the update is discontinued,
Beautiful and fascinating storyline
Let's take a blind guess. Emperor Qin and his concubine want the fourth child to take office. I finished reading it in four hours and it's not enough. Will there be more tomorrow? 🥰