The Tale of Si He
思合传
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 800k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 1y ago
- English
- Request a translation
Synopsis
Other names
- Dusk Falls over Warm Jiangnan, a Scenery I Knew So Well江南暄色暮，风景旧曾谙Alternate title on Fanqie
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Gentle male leads are so rare 🤕 This is so frustrating 😔
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The male lead must not be pure, followed by an intense push-and-pull relationship with the female lead, and they eventually separate. The second male lead can end up with her. Ideally, make it hurt me to death.
High-Quality Ancient-Era Political Intrigue. I've Outgrown Ordinary Historical Romance
High-quality historical romance, with either a strong male or female lead. I want characters who seem genuinely smart. Most of what I've read lately has been pretty cerebral, either deeply philosophical or very logically consistent. No transmigration, golden fingers, or Systems. Pure historical romance.
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Looking for recommendations!
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Looking for Real Palace-Intrigue Dramas, No Need for Mutual First-Timers
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Proper Historical Romance: No Golden Fingers, Just High-Quality Stories with Sound Values
Looking for books similar to "Bound by Spring's Embrace".
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I want something with elegant, delicate writing. Not the kind that opens with someone getting disfigured or having their heart cut out. That's too melodramatic and clumsy. And no side characters like concubine-born daughters or female antagonists publicly attacking the heroine at banquets. People like that wouldn't survive three hours in ancient times unless they were faking their deaths. It's so unrealistic.
The Female Lead Has Two Men Who Both Love Her, and They Fight Over Her!!!
Novels I'll Keep Forever
So sweet it hurts, and both leads are each other's first and only.
Historical Romance, Historical Romance, Historical Romance!!! You Have No Idea How Long It's Been Since I Read One 😂
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#Exceptional Writing: High-Quality Novels You’ll Read from Start to Finish!!
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Every character has a backstory, their own soul, and everyone, whether villain or hero, strives to live. It reminds me of the chaotic online novel scene of the early 2000s, roughly like this: the first story was incredibly sweet with the female lead and Chi Xuan; the second was about incest and her brother; and the third featured Xiao Song as the male lead.
This is my first long review. I've truly discovered a gem! The author's writing is excellent, and it was precisely because of this writing that I didn't abandon the book when Chi Xuan died. Watching the female lead reminisce about the past, I felt incredibly sad for this character; it's become a source of deep regret for me. He's my favorite male lead.
This is my first time writing a review 😢😢😢 It's also the first time I've seen an author willing to write a biography for each character. The few extra chapters interspersed in the earlier chapters probably depict the happiest time of Xiao He's life, enjoying the beautiful scenery with her friends, carefree and unrestrained.
The female lead is very special; she's a complex character, and it's difficult to simply define her as good or evil. Looking forward to the rest of the story.
This is a very special novel. I really like the relationship between the female lead and Chi Xuan, and I also like Song Zi'an's unwavering devotion. But my favorite character is Sheng Yan, the sunny young general, loyal and kind. He's always been very good to Si He, and he's lucky to have married such a clingy girl 😆
I haven't finished reading Volume 4 yet, and it's leaving me with mixed feelings. But I really don't understand why the gentle, refined older brother, so young and so virtuous, would turn out like this. Wasn't he constantly being taught and guided by Qin's father until he was 16? At that age, he wasn't far from adulthood, and it seemed unlikely he'd go astray…
Chi Xuan is so good, can't we bring him back to life? I like him so much.
The novel is very well-written; it's rare to find such high-quality writing on Tomato's platform. I really like Chi Xuan and the female lead; all the characters in this novel are very well-developed. Unlike other novels where the male and female leads are super powerful from the start, the characters in this novel all have their own backstories.
Tomato should be thrilled to have an author like this on their platform. This story is fantastic, and the author's literary skill is exceptional. From logic to character development, it's among the best on Tomato. I hope it becomes a huge hit!
The writing is truly... The author's literary skill is evident... I couldn't help but comment after only reading a quarter of it. It's extremely rare to see such profound writing on this kind of novel app... Even on other platforms like JinJi, it's rare to see this level of writing. I'll definitely keep reading your books from now on. Keep it up, author! You are a great writer; reading a book with such profound writing is a truly blissful experience. I'm so happy!