The Shadow Guard’s Substitute Becomes the Empress
影卫替身为后
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 312k Words
- Genre
- Danmei (BL)
- Era
- Ancient Era
- Updated
- 1y ago
- Source
- JJWXC
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I thought it was a sweet side story, but it turned out to be a memoir of my deceased wife
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Except for the thunderous part about the adopted son near the end, it's still good. I like this kind of single-arrow literature in which the monarch is tempted first and the secret guard is only loyal.
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