
I Was Once Your Beloved Minister
臣本卿卿
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 206k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Ancient-Style Life
- Updated
- 5mo ago
- Source
- Fanqie
Synopsis
In booklists 18
Ancient Romance, Absolutely Amazing, I’ve Reread Them Several Times
Begging for Angst-Ridden Romance
I've read too many sweet stories, and now they're starting to make me feel sick. I want an angsty story that's both sweet and heartbreaking, but not cloyingly sweet or relentlessly tragic. The leads should have reasons for both their sweet moments and their painful ones. I don't want angst for angst's sake or sweetness for sweetness's sake.
Good Historical Romance Novels
Absolutely incredible...
Sophisticated Angst with Smart Characters and a Logical Plot
Looking for books similar to Palace Wall Willow. It doesn’t have to be the kind where the male and female leads must fight to the death, with one of them inevitably dying. There can be national hatred and family feuds separating them, or a divide between righteousness and evil. The story should be logical and reflect the thinking of normal people.
Historical Romance
No imperial palace or princely residence settings. I want cozy stories about ordinary families.
Any Good Historical Romance Novels to Recommend?
Highly rated and enjoyable.
Pure Historical Romance
No transmigration, no being reborn, no System.
A Bad-Ending Journey With a Happy Ending!! I Really Love These!! Please Recommend Some!!
Any stories with lots of angst along the way!!! With misunderstandings!! But a happy ending. I really love reading those.
Pure Historical Fiction, No Rebirth or Transmigration
I want sweet, doting romance, no angst. I'm very sensitive and can't handle tragic stories.
Historical Romance: Marriage First, Love Later
Has anyone read any good ones they can recommend? Thank you ⊙∀⊙!
A Little Angst Is Good, Lots of Angst Is Fine Too, as Long as It Ends Happily
Something with a more original premise. Short stories are fine, too. Unrequited-love angst is fine as well. A little angst is fun, but too much is heartbreaking!
A Tragic Love of Hatred and Passion!!!
I want a love-hate story where neither the hatred nor the love is complete, where a hint of sincerity is mixed into feigned affection, and a hint of deceit into sincerity. I hate that the moon shines high above, but not on me alone. I hate that the moon shines high above, yet doesn't shine on me. I hate that the moon shines high above, and once shone on me. Are there any stories with this kind of setup?!
Looking for Bittersweet Stories, the Kind That Make You Cry
Looking for books similar to "Old Stories, New Beginnings."
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.
Looking for High-Quality Novels with Nuanced Emotions and Well-Developed Characters
I'm looking for high-quality novels with nuanced descriptions of emotions and well-developed characters.
Please Recommend Historical Romance!
I’ve been so bored lately. Any good historical Chinese-style novels to recommend?
Looking for a Bittersweet Marriage-First, Love-Later Novel
Novels With a Strong Sense of Fate!!! Beautiful Writing!
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I must give this book a full five stars! It is truly the most amazing book I have read in recent times. I read it all in one go and couldn't stop reading it! The author's writing style is amazing, the writing style is delicate and smooth, and the words and sentences are particularly atmospheric. With just a few strokes, the characters can be vivid and full of life. Each character has its own unique soul. The characters are not broken or clichéd, and the character portrayal is flesh-and-blood, making people instantly immersed in it. The rhythm of the plot is controlled just right, the foreshadowing is advanced layer by layer, the plot has ups and downs without dragging on, the twists are surprising and reasonable, there are no peeing spots in the whole process, and there is no redundant plot. The emotional description is heart-wrenching and touching, delicate and gentle reaching the bottom of my heart, and the laughter and tears are all well captured. The construction of the worldview is complete and rigorous, and the logic of the closed loop is perfect. It can be seen that the author has a profound writing skills and has carefully polished every detail. There is absolutely no loss in entering the trap. The more you read, the better you will get. It is a strong benefit for everyone. I will wait for the author's big update. I will always support it!
When I was writing this book, I thought I was writing about Machiavellianism, but after I finished writing, I realized that I was writing a love story between two idiots. Objectively speaking, this pair of CPs has a strong sense of fate. Eight years ago he hugged her in the sea of blood and corpses, and eight years later he carried the Yan national flag and planted it on the wall of her mother. They are each other's salvation and each other's disaster. I don't care about political schemes, family or country, or revenge, but I just ask: When will Meng Guiyuan take off that broken mask and let Gu Qingyan see who he really is? I can't wait to write it. How on earth did I write such a thing? I don't care. I want them to be together and no one can stop them.
Previous: Is the male protagonist a Bodhisattva or a mute? Later: Okay, the Bodhisattva has fallen into the devil. The male protagonist didn't dare to fart for eight years, but when Linxian came back, the floodgates were opened. He was so depressed that he became so perverted that it really made my scalp numb and my heart ached. Help, I really couldn't believe the contrast in this character. It's such a good novel that it made my heart spin.