In the third year of Yong'an under the Dayong dynasty, sixteen-year-old Yu Zhaoning received an imperial decree to enter the palace.
She was the most cherished youngest daughter of a family renowned for a century. Her grandfather had been the emperor’s tutor, her father held the highest rank, and her eldest sister had married into a marquis’s household. She could have lived a peaceful life beyond the palace walls, but the words “too powerful for the throne to tolerate” left her no choice but to enter the Forbidden City.
Emperor Xiao Yanzhi ascended the throne at twenty, with his heart already belonging to someone else. Consort Yao was the woman he had wanted to marry since his youth, the woman he would spend his life feeling indebted to. Empress Ye had the title but little else, and the three thousand women of the imperial harem were mere ornaments.
From the moment Yu Zhaoning entered the palace, she knew she would never win this man’s heart. She had no intention of trying.
All she wanted was to quietly serve as Consort Zhao, protect the people she cared about, and hold on to what mattered to her.
But she got one thing wrong.
She had read the court politics correctly, the rivalries in the harem correctly, and the treachery in people’s hearts correctly. The only thing she had failed to foresee was that the lofty emperor would come to cherish her.
He used to think love meant guilt and compensation, giving everything he had to make up for the disappointments of his youth.
Only later did he understand: love was seeing her smile and smiling himself. It was panicking more than she did when she was angry. It was instinctively wanting to catch her hand when she said, “This concubine takes her leave.”
A new empress was appointed, and envoys from every nation came to pay their respects.
Under the gaze of the officials, she walked toward him. He held out his hand, his lips moving faintly: “A Xi.”
Did the court officials hear him? And what if they did?
He, Xiao Yanzhi, was going to call his empress by her childhood name in front of the whole world.
The palace walls towered high, stretching endlessly into the distance.
She did not want his empire. She wanted his heart.
And he had given it to her long ago, without even realizing it.
So far, it looks good. The plot is quite interesting. It hurts to see the heroine being punished. What is the hero's psychology towards that noble concubine? Is it true love? The male protagonist is a bit of a failure as an emperor. He feels like he is trying to please others every day. I hope that the killings written later will be more decisive. The female protagonist has been enduring. I haven't seen what she is enduring. In the following chapters, let's have some counter-attacks by the female protagonist.
I stayed up all night and read Chapter 18 in one breath. Here are my thoughts after reading it: First, I have to admire the protagonists' mutual game. It's so amazing. They can guess everyone's thoughts. So far, the entire article can be regarded as a retelling of the characters' motivations + purposes for doing things. Secondly, what I admire most is the heroine's ability to tolerate. It's true that she won't fight or grab. The heroine herself also said that this is under the situation of "I won't offend others until they offend me." Nowadays, the female protagonist keeps looking for trouble, but the heroine has been enduring it and has not made any big moves. Even those around her You can't protect anyone, and you say you didn't wait for the right time. So let me ask you, your enemies have bullied you, and have even been hurting the people you love, but you have been enduring it and waiting for the right time. So when is the so-called "right time"? What good does it do you to keep putting up with it? What are the benefits to the people around you? The only thing that was done was easily blocked by the male protagonist. Apart from the painless punishment of grounding the female protagonist for a month, it had no effect. I only saw that the female protagonist was being abused and bullied all the time. Third, the entire article describes how powerful the heroine's family background is. She is a century-old family with a distinguished family, and her disciples and former officials are spread across half of the court. If she offends her, she will be the enemy of half of the court. Therefore, her achievements shock the master and make the emperor afraid. How can such a powerful family background keep the heroine bullied in the harem? It didn't help her in her journey to the palace, and her sister only verbally threatened her, but in fact it had no effect at all. I didn't see the heroine's family background bringing her any help. Should she be bullied or is she still being bullied? Is this the so-called strong background? With such a powerful background, why can't the heroine's journey in the harem be made easier? At least it can keep her safe, and she doesn't have to be bullied all the time. Since ancient times, concubines have been the pawns that maintain the harem and the previous dynasty. The same reason why the heroine of this article entered the palace. I don't understand what her strong background brings to the heroine. Fourth, I want to know, is the heroine really that lacking in love? You are willing to be a masochist all the time. Even if the male protagonist does not directly hurt you, he is an accomplice who protects your enemy. How can you still be tempted by him? [What]??? I understand that the heroine is careful and cautious every step of the way in the harem, fighting alone. If she makes a wrong step, she will be doomed, so she needs warmth very much, but isn't there enough warmth around you? The Queen Mother treats you well purposefully, but Concubine Rougui, Princess Anping, the eldest prince and the eldest princess treat you wholeheartedly. Isn't this warmth enough? How do you think that you would be tempted to protect someone who harmed you? How much love is lacking? Or a masochistic constitution? Seeing the female protagonist being attracted to the male protagonist, I suddenly felt that the distress I felt towards her before was quite ridiculous. The male protagonist had brought nothing to her, and even protected his enemies, yet she would actually be attracted to him!!! What I want to see is to torture the male protagonist, to make the male protagonist cry bitterly for everything he and his beloved Concubine Yao did to the female protagonist. It is not to watch them feel at ease and let the female protagonist "take care" of everything she has done to him. I want to see him not being loved by the female protagonist. I want to see the female protagonist stay awake and finally take the path of ruling the Sixth Palace. I want to see the female protagonist be a mother to the world. It is not to see the female protagonist and the male protagonist fall in love with each other. Finally, I want to say, why should the female protagonist bear the debt that the male protagonist owes to the second female protagonist? Is it fair to her? I won't say where my heart is. Anyone who has watched it knows it. I understand his partiality and don't understand the heroine's desire for the hero. Of course, I don't support it either. If the heroine has a masochistic constitution and is finally willing to let go of her grudges and live a happy life of loving each other with the hero, then I think all my heartache for the heroine will be over. I will post it until the end. I hope that when I read the catalog, I won't think that the heroine has a masochistic tendency and likes to love people who hurt herself. I originally expected the heroine to stay sober, but I saw that the heroine is a little attracted to the hero. It would be false to say that I am not disappointed🥺. Sorry, I am a female protagonist. This is a female channel. I can't accept the female protagonist's love brain.
I think the best ending is to write the emperor to death because he can't take away his love (it's good for the female partner, it's no different from the love for the heroine, a bad street love). If you really want to do something for the heroine, then you have to die and arrange everything.
It's very interesting, but I hope the heroine can stay awake all the time, because the emperor really doesn't deserve ❤️
It's very interesting. I haven't seen the ending yet, but when I saw Yun Luo leaving with her grandmother, I felt like there was an empty space in my heart. I don't know whether the male and female protagonists will be in love at the end of this book, whether they will reveal all the truth, and whether they will truly love each other. But in the early stage, I was really disappointed. The male protagonist felt guilty towards Concubine Yao. Why did he hurt other people? His mistakes were made up for by others again and again. There was no limit to his partiality! At first he just felt sorry for Concubine Yao, but would he be worthy of Yun Luo later? Are you worthy of the eldest princess? Is it worthy of the heroine? The heroine was hurt again and again. I will continue to comment after I finish reading it. This is my current thought, but the novel is really good. It has been a long time since I read a novel that made me feel emotional.
It's okay. It's pretty good. The author has updated too little. Can he update it twice a day? But I still hope that the heroine and the hero will be abusing the heroine from the beginning to the end. I don't think the hero cares about the heroine. It would be better if the heroine dies and the hero feels sad and guilty for the rest of his life, so that he can spend his whole life in guilt.
The more I look at the back, the more I burst into tears. It's a pity that Yun Luo has such a bad temper. You are such a good author. Your writing is so delicate. I shed too many tears.
I woke up early in the morning and cried when I saw this book. I feel so bad for Xi. Ah Xi must get everything she wants😭😭😭 How could such a bright little girl like Yun Luo die😭😭😭 Let all the bad guys pay the price, it would be better to live than die😭😭😭
The book is a good book. The loving friendship in the palace is really heart-warming. The heroine is courageous and wise, has a good family, and the characters are relatively fleshed-out. The female protagonist also mainly focuses on the growth process of the heroine. I have not skipped chapters so far. It is very good, but sometimes the expressions are too one-dimensional. Once upon a time, my eyes have always been like a dry well, and my smile has never been big but very real. I personally feel that after reading it for a long time, it will feel a bit monotonous (I have no malicious thoughts, everyone should read the article rationally). I still like this book very much, Rougui Concubine, the Eldest Princess, although I don't know what will happen in the later stage, and Xiao Xiao A little bit, I still don't understand where the emperor's guilt lies. It's a bit baffling. If he feels that he has not protected the imperial concubine well, he should have paid off the favor he has received for so many years. He has always doubted his feelings for the heroine and has never been able to see clearly his feelings for the imperial concubine. So why did he summon the daughter of the Yu family into the palace? She has some brains, and the imperial concubine's family background is not very good. As a woman, I would be very annoyed just watching the imperial concubine do what she does every day. How can the emperor have so much time to care about her? Anyway, the article is a good article, and I love the heroine (again: purely personal opinion, don't criticize if you don't like it, read the article in a civilized manner👀)
I think it's very beautiful. The family line really made me cry to death. The long-lasting love is also very good.