A Fragrant Illness, a Sickly Beauty, and Her Spoiled Husband Can’t Keep Up the Act
病骨生香，纨绔夫君他装不下去了
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- Completed
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- 1.1M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 2mo ago
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- Fragrance from Sickly Bones: The Dandy Husband Can’t Keep Up the ActEnglish name
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Share your 9.9-rated favorites, everyone! 🙏
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The type who wants to spoil his wife every day
High-Quality Historical Romance Novels!!!
Something like "The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus", "Attack Jade", or "How Is This Proper"? The author's writing has to be good, and the plot needs plenty of twists and turns. Key point: lots of reversals.
Historical Romance
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Highly rated and enjoyable.
Historical Novels Where the Male Lead Holds the Female Lead in His Arms, Comforts Her, and Spoils Her
The hero absolutely adores the heroine. No modern-day settings, please!!!
Looking for Pure Historical Settings: No Transmigration, Quick Transmigration, or Rebirth
Ahhh, almost every historical-style story I’ve found involves transmigration, rebirth, or quick transmigration. I want a pure historical setting, with a sweet and gentle female lead. Thanks 🙏🙏
Ancient Romance Novels with a Seemingly Carefree but Actually Cunning Young Lord as the Male Lead
The female lead transmigrates.
I'm a Thousand Mountains Tea Guest Fan. Begging for Top-Tier Historical Romance
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Historical Romance, Historical Romance, Historical Romance!!! You Have No Idea How Long It's Been Since I Read One 😂
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Legitimate and Illegitimate Children Can Live in Peace: A Family Is Built Through Everyone’s Efforts
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Ancient-era romance, with a super doting and super sweet prince and princess.
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Historical Romance Where Both the Hero and Heroine Have Extremely Noble Status
Historical romance, with both leads coming from very distinguished backgrounds. The male lead dotes on the female lead, and she loves him too. Ideally, she should be a general, a princess, or a legitimate-born young lady, while he should be a prince, the crown prince, or a regent.
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I didn't just read for ten minutes before commenting; I read slowly, so I didn't rush through it. On the contrary, I really enjoyed the main couple's storyline, especially the way the male lead only treats the female lead when he likes her—that's great! I'm not good with words, so I'm not good at sweet talk. I look forward to more updates from the author; I've already added it to my bookshelf. The side couple is also great to watch! 🥰🥰
The writing is excellent, and the characters are vividly portrayed 🤭 The male lead appears to be a playboy but is actually a wolf in sheep's clothing with formidable strength. The female lead has been sickly since childhood but is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting; she's resourceful, intelligent, and has very strong moral values 🥰🥰🥰 Xiao Jue is such a fun character 😳 So innocent 😏 Overall, this book is very good, the plot is engaging, and it's quite entertaining 🤤🤤🤤🤤
Author, keep up the good work! It's super, super, super good!! 😘🥰 The dashing, charming, cunning, and deeply affectionate Xie Linyuan X the gentle, intelligent, sickly, and perceptive Wen Qionghua 😘😳 I finished it in no time 😢 Please update more when you're not busy 😳 Please steal a moment to update when you're busy too~ 🤭 [Currently rushing to finish] Finally, I wish you peace, joy, all the best…
💖Not bad! The emotional scenes are quite delicate. Frail beauty vs. Female lead: Wen Qionghua; Xie Linyuan 🔥Xie Linyuan: "Naturally, it's because... It's where my heart leads." 🔥Xie Linyuan's voice was deep and firm. "I only wish to devote my heart to one person in my entire life." 🔥Xie Linyuan: "Wen Qionghua... Would you be willing to marry me?" 🔥Xie Linyuan: "Wen Qionghua, I want to marry you."
The author's writing is excellent, focusing on the relationship between the male and female protagonists. The female protagonist is by no means a helpless, dependent flower! She may cough and wheeze, appearing frail and pushed to the brink of despair by fate, but the glint in her lowered eyelashes is not resignation, but rather a dormant sharpness and clear-headed planning.
I almost gave up on this because of its low rating, but it's an incredibly high-quality novel. It's much better than some rambling, disjointed stories. The male and female leads are both well-developed, and it's a classic historical romance with political intrigue—perfect for my taste! It's just that it's still being serialized. Author, keep up the good work!
Wen Qionghua × Xie Linyuan I used to love writing long reviews, but I've gradually become too lazy to do so. It's been a long time since I've finished reading such a long historical romance novel. When I was about halfway through, I boasted to the author that if I could finish it, I would definitely add a long review. Overall, this novel is a lighthearted, humorous, and innocent read.
The beginning was very captivating, and the first half was truly excellent. However, I started to feel less satisfied in the middle, especially during the trips to the Northern Rong and Yong Kingdoms after the wedding. It felt like the male and female leads were constantly being manipulated by the villains.
Overall, it's quite good, but there's a bit too much focus on the supporting characters' feelings for the female lead. Also, Xie Linfeng's emotions are too erratic; I think a bit more dramatic build-up would have made his character more well-rounded.
It's so good! I wasn't planning on reading a long novel, but this genre is just so captivating!! It's sweet, the female lead is the darling of the group, the male lead is devoted and knows how to sweet-talk, and he's incredibly clever and resourceful. Most importantly, both the male and female leads are incredibly smart and capable, and the female lead has no flaws except for her frail health!!