The Empress Dowager's Retirement Life
太后的退休生活
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- Completed
- Length
- 1.1M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 1y ago
- English
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- After Retirement, the Empress Dowager Turns Out to Be the Empress Mother退休后，太后竟成了母后大bosAlternate title on Fanqie
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✨The female lead is the Empress Dowager, the previous champion of palace intrigue🏆 ✨The late emperor is dead, but he still appears in the female lead's dreams at night. I feel the male lead is the late emperor. Although most of the story revolves around the emperor's harem, the narrative of the male and female leads will gradually unfold.
The writing is quite good and it's worth reading. The author doesn't describe the female lead's abilities in too much detail, but only writes about them from the sidelines, casually recalling past events and mentioning the female lead's methods. After reading more than 50 chapters, I feel that the female lead is high and mighty, watching the performance below and occasionally pushing things along to achieve her own goals. She gives me the feeling that she has everything under control.
That was fantastic! The scenes between the female lead and Emperor Jinghe were especially captivating. The female protagonist and the late emperor met the right person at the wrong time. He was in love with her without realizing it. He taught her the art of being an emperor and how to use a "sharp blade" to protect herself without her knowing it. She only thought he was stirring up trouble.
Wow, this is so well-written! It's completely different from the previous ones. Although the male lead dies young, he still appears in the female lead's dreams and playfully interacts with her. During the reign of the previous emperor, although Emperor Tianhe was a madman, he didn't harm the people and consistently helped the female lead.
The female lead is truly amazing! She perfectly controls the harem. Everyone around the emperor is hers, even his tutor. The Imperial Household Department, the Censorate, and the Imperial Hospital are all under her control. The emperor even survives poisoning thanks to the imperial physicians. Everything is under her control—she's incredible!
I love it! Although there's no romantic pairing, I adore the intense rivalry between the late emperor and the empress dowager!
I can't get enough of it! It's been so long since I've read a story about two empress dowagers vying for power, with the protagonist being the empress dowager's mother!
Since finding an accessible link to this comment section, I've reviewed several novels I'd heard of before, as long as I remembered their titles, and I almost forgot about this one. The reason I forgot is that I initially thought this novel had two major flaws. Firstly, the female lead has court scenes later on. Logically, she should be behind the scenes.
The plot is engaging with few major flaws. The female lead is always shrewd and resourceful, maintaining her character consistently. She's always one step ahead of the villains, her intelligence always on the high side. It's a really great read. If this book ever ends, could you please make a prequel about the new emperor and the female lead?
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