Eunuch Fuquan is one of the old hands in the palace. In his youth, he was the sharpest and most capable of them all, but in his old age he took to drink. When he gets drunk and starts babbling, the palace attendants love to tease and mock him.
“Eunuch Fuquan, I heard you used to be the chief eunuch serving before the emperor?”
“That was many years ago.”
“I heard Noble Consort Li was the most powerful woman in the palace. How did she end up hanging herself?”
“Just an abandoned child of her clan, a pitiful soul who knelt before her mother, begging for love.”
“What about Commandery Princess Mingzhu? I heard she died avenging the former crown prince.”
“The princess must have had a secret sorrow she couldn't share.”
“They say our new empress looks seven or eight parts like the late empress?”
“She ended up living in the late empress's shadow, too.”
“Consort Ji must be the one who takes things easiest in the palace, right?”
“She eats well and sleeps soundly. Only someone like that would have the strength to escape the Forbidden City.”
“Then... what about the emperor?”
“The emperor... the emperor... Hahaha! Haven't those at the very summit of power always been all alone?”
I slaughtered a city in my previous life. I met this kind of person.
The novel is very short, a brief summary of the lives of two tragic women, but it is worth reading. The novel is written from two perspectives, one is innocent and innocent, the other is arrogant. The most unlucky thing they encountered was Xuantong, a poor and suspicious man. The author is good at using psychological description to portray the images of Lu Hanzhang and Zhao Yanyun vividly, as if he can perceive a real person. My favorite is the scene where Lu Hanzhang meets Xuantong for the first time. Their encounter is novel and interesting, as if they were destined. No wonder someone wrote a book review there: An Unfortunate Beginning. Lu Hanzhang's life was smooth. If he hadn't met Xuantong or if he hadn't felt sorry for Xuantong, he might not have encountered a bunch of bad things later... Just like a popular saying on the Internet: Sympathy for a man is the beginning of misfortune. Lu Hanzhang is too stupid, too innocent. The people around her have raised her too well, so that she does not know the dangers of the world. She thinks that you and Xuantong are different from other emperors and empresses. She thinks that you are different in his heart. This stupid woman spends her life miserable like this 😢 😢
A good book, but few people read it and there are no ratings. This book is divided into two parts, written from the perspectives of two women respectively. They have different perspectives and different ways of thinking, but they are both quite tragic. After reading it, I have a feeling that everything in life changes and everything is helpless. Moreover, the logic of the whole novel is very reasonable, and the psychological description of the characters is also delicate. As time changes, the characters' hearts, thoughts, and personalities also change. I really think it is well written. You can take a look. 💕
I burst into tears when I saw this. Sure enough, a man with a low status like this can never change his inferiority complex in his life.
It's pretty, so is Concubine Zhuang really just Concubine Zhuang?
I still want to believe that Concubine Zhuang is Hanzhang. The male protagonist is so cunning that it is impossible for him to destroy his most precious person by a beloved concubine.