
Fish in the Mood
鱼色
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 447k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 4mo ago
- Source
- Fanqie
Synopsis
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Older Men!! Older Men!!! Older Men!!!!
Stories About an Older Man and His Young Wife
Any Stories Where the Male Lead Is About Twenty Years Older Than the Female Lead? Older Men Make the Best Leads
Even a ten-year age gap isn’t enough for me anymore.
A Big Age Gap: Feudal Patriarch Versus a Delicate Beauty 🔥
Share the Stories You’ve Read Over and Over but Still Find Absolutely Stunning
Emotionally Stable Older-Man/Younger-Woman Romance
He’ll gently catch the heroine when she’s emotionally falling apart. Whether she cries in his arms or bites him without thinking, he won’t get angry. He’ll just comfort her gently. Please don’t throw in clichéd stuff like a first love or a mistress who has her eye on the hero. Let love be beautiful and true.
Older-Man Romance with a Big Age Gap, Sweet and Angst-Free
Looking for an Unbelievably Beautiful Heroine, More Beautiful Than Anyone Else!
Please Recommend Truly Henpecked Husbands and Daddy-Type Partners (Any Gender)!!!
I've seen so many people post about this, but none of the books I've tried from those posts fit the bill. A strict husband who's also a fatherly type really pushes all my buttons, but I still haven't found a single book like that. I'm starving here! 😭😭😭
The Hero Is Older Than the Heroine, and His Long-Dormant Heart Is Finally Stirring
I want books like When the Old House Catches Fire: The Grand Tutor’s Sweet and Lovely Little Wife. A very good historical romance with a marriage-first, love-later plot and a devoted couple.
The Male Lead Is at Least Ten Years Older Than the Female Lead
Older Male Lead, Age Gap, and Restraint: Preferably Historical Romance
Any Stories About an Emperor and His Much Younger Favorite Consort?
Preferably completed.
Age Gap!! Powerful Older Lead! Fatherly Type!
I really love the father-figure type. I adore that feeling of someone powerful guiding you up the ladder.
The Heroine Isn’t the Legal Wife, but the Hero Spoils Her Rotten
Looking for books similar to The Delicate Noble Consort Has Her Ways (also known as: The Wise Don't Fall in Love, and the Noble Consort Won't Take Responsibility). The male lead should dote on and protect the heroine, but she shouldn't be a naive, airheaded sweetheart.
Novels About Older Husbands and Younger Wives
Ancient Romance Novels About Older Men and Younger Wives
Looking for Age-Gap Romance with an Older Male Lead and Younger Female Lead
Any Novels With a Big Age Gap Between the Leads?
Something like "The Old Hand and the Little Chili Pepper".
Any Historical Stories Where the Emperor Dotes on His Consort but Still Punishes Her When She Makes a Mistake? A Strictly Henpecked Husband
Looking for books similar to "Wah! The Mad Emperor Captured Me Nine Times and Got Me Pregnant".
Historical Romance with a Large Age Gap and an Older Hero
Older man-younger woman romance with an age gap.
Please Recommend Novels About Older Men with Younger Wives: I’ve Suddenly Become Really Into Them
Looking for Novels With a Large Age Gap Between the Female and Male Leads
The female lead should be cute and tiny, and the guy should soothe his sweet little wife to sleep.
Any Romance Novels With a Big Age Gap?!!!
Romance novels with a big age gap!!
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This is not aggrieved. This is a relatively beautiful real life in the harem. How can there be a real harem where the queen punches and kicks the emperor? What a sweet dream. This is not a cool article. It is more realistic. I think it is very interesting. After reading it again, I couldn't help but want to talk about my feelings again. I have always felt that being able to truly depict real people is an extremely valuable creation. Human nature is multi-faceted and emotions are always complex. They are never a simple splicing of dots and faces, nor are they falling in love with each other for no reason, nor are they really someone who can cover the sky with one hand in the world of the harem. In the real world, every step requires weighing the pros and cons, and relationships are elusive. Even love and emotion may not be easily equated. All real things are inevitably complex. Nowadays, stereotyped "heroines" and formulaic sweet and refreshing articles are everywhere, but artistic creation should be in full bloom. Only in this way can readers be left with a more profound and calm space for thinking. Looking forward to the author's next stories!
It looks good, but the heroine is still very aggrieved now, she is like a fire extinguisher to put out the fire for the queen and her son. I hope the heroine will have her own son in the future. For such an emperor who holds great power, is capable and lives a long life, the old prince is usually a grindstone, and it is difficult for him to hold on until he takes over the throne 🤦 🤦. Instead, the heroine gives birth to a child now, and the emperor just happens to raise him. When the heroine's son grows up, the emperor happens to be old too 🤭 🤭
When I first read the book reviews, everyone said that the heroine was suffocated, so I skipped it. Today, I read it again by mistake, so I read it out of boredom. I really thought it was okay. The heroine said that she felt suffocated, so she was cautious in the early stage, and gradually felt that both the male protagonist and the queen were okay with her. After all, she is a good queen and has not done anything evil. Why should she and her son give up the throne for the heroine? And I feel that the heroine is a person who likes the daily fireworks of "petty bourgeoisie" life. Currently, I think the perspective is quite novel. Let's take a look...
It is a more daily-oriented palace novel, with no ups and downs in the plot. It is not a palace-fight type of enjoyable novel. It has the flavor of ancient Chinese proverbs and slowly tells a story. I always feel a little sad and regretful about the life of the heroine. She lost her father when she was young and lived with her mother for several years. Later, she was threatened by her fiancé and the prince, so she had no choice but to enter the palace. When she first slept with her, she was treated like a tool to vent her anger. After that, she was sandwiched between the emperor and the empress, and she lived carefully every step of the way. At that time, she was only a sixteen-year-old child, younger than the prince. Even if the emperor loved her more later, but so what, she had neither seen the emperor's high spirits when he was young, nor could he accompany him until his old age. How could such a beautiful and transparent woman not feel sad and regretful.
As a novice writing an article for the first time, it's pretty good. It is not a traditional palace battle, nor does it finally ascend to the throne (at present, the queen and the prince are okay). It's actually not bad to be a beloved concubine in the ending. Having children in the future, as well as security, and being able to enjoy your old age in peace is a very good ending. In the early stage, the heroine was forced to do it, but later on it was very sweet, and she and the emperor had a mutual dependence. Some people may think that this is always a "concubine", but the word "concubine" does not actually apply to ancient imperial power. Because in imperial power, whether the emperor has a relationship with his queen, concubines, or heirs, they are actually a monarch-minister relationship. I read an article later, and the ending was particularly good, describing the concerns of the imperial power. And why the emperor was suspicious of the prince. This layout is already very good. She is not a traditional heroine either. But the heroine will not be very aggrieved. It can be seen that women are the most difficult in any era.
The first book comes to an end today. To be honest, I felt a little excited. I have been reading novels for many years and have all kinds of thoughts in my mind. This is the first time I have told a complete story. I still have to give myself recognition. At the same time, I also know that I have many shortcomings. The origin of this story is actually a flash of inspiration one day. After working on and off for nearly six months, I finally finished talking about it. I am really grateful to some people for accompanying me along the way. I wanted to give up for a while, but seeing everyone's urging and encouragement, I persisted. To be honest, the data is really not that good (this is a euphemism. In fact, when I checked Little Sweet Potato, I was told to cut the book and save the jokes for the next one), but I think it is better to have a beginning and an end, so that they can complete the journey they should have had. Thanks again to the readers who keep leaving me comments, which is the motivation for me to persevere. When I first started laying out this book, I just wanted to tell a story. The characters and plot settings were actually vague. When I first got some traffic, comments about my abuse of women made me have some self-doubt, and also made me start to examine the words I wrote. Our current thoughts on women are constantly innovating and making progress. I was also afraid for a moment that I was the one who was caught on the shore by the trend without realizing it. Later, I thought that telling a story does not necessarily have to represent something. If I can express my feelings clearly or just present them at the moment, then I can only accept other people's evaluation and definition of it. Lai Jia, let me say one more thing, the character's three views do not represent the author's three views. Whether I can be called my beloved daughter, I am not sure. But to abuse women, I think I should not be one. Of course, this is my own evaluation, and those who disagree don't need to deliberately refute me. Before I started writing this book, I considered whether the ending would be to let Xie Ying kill Emperor Yuan Heng with his own hands. Because of this role, I gave her the background of freedom, the freedom to choose her own life and control her own life one day. It can be said that in the follow-up, Aying's softness, kindness and everyone's enthusiasm helped our male protagonist have a good death. During the course of the story, I really hoped that the male protagonist would die as soon as possible in order to free the female protagonist as soon as possible. When the anxiety of aging cannot be concealed by passionate dopamine, the next step must be to rob girls of their youthful vitality instead of nourishing it. Therefore, once the character setting is determined, the basic contradiction is determined. However, the emotions entangled with love, complaint, and dependence have long since reached the point where they are inseparable. And, I think love without logic is a castle in the air, and more terrifying than no love at all. Therefore, Emperor Yuan Heng had to go through something before he could fall in love with Xie Ying for a long time. He could not fall in love with Xie Ying all of a sudden. Regarding the fact that Xie Ying did not become the queen in the end, and her children did not inherit the throne, I always felt that I should give them what they really want. Xie Ying is a flying bird, a leaping fish in the rivers, lakes and seas, so molding her into a golden body and enshrining her in a temple has no meaning other than trapping a free heart. She is willing to stay because she has gone from being forced to falling in love, but love is not the only issue in her life, and the travel notes she can't let go of are the answer. Su Chiying is the fighting cock who is eager to be crowned king and become a phoenix flying in the sky, so her pursuit is to leap over the dragon gate, so why not let her cross? Her feathers will truly transform into phoenix feathers due to their splendor. I always want to let them find what is missing in the story and make up for it or let go. Their story is at this moment. It comes to an end on the screen, but continues to create countless possibilities in their world. Thank you all for accompanying me all the way. Thanks again for your support along the way. I would also like to thank my readers who continued to catch bugs and find loopholes for me during this process. I will spend some time correcting some errors next. Grateful! We are destined to meet again~
The writing is good, but the heroine is a bit distressing, and it feels like everyone around her is sucking her energy.
I was scared by the author's comments before and thought it was a story about female abuse, but after reading it, I felt better. If I read it as an emotional story, I would feel uncomfortable in the early stage. If I read it as a career story, I understand. When I read it as a microphone between the boss and other leaders, I always feel a little angry. After reading more than 80 chapters, the relationship between the heroine and the emperor is still a bit sweet. I will comment later if there is any content about female abuse.
It's really well written and fits me very well. I haven't encountered such an article in a long time.
Good looking. The first part was a bit frustrating. I couldn't read it until I read another article by the author. I felt very comfortable when I saw that it was sweet all the way to the end. The female protagonist is tough, open-minded, sincere and intelligent. The relationship between the male and female protagonists is natural and sincere, and it is very comfortable to watch. I also like the supporting cast. I'm very happy that the heroine has a lover and a good friend~