[Upcoming in my column: The Minister Beneath the Peony Skirt and Little Bodhisattva. Please add them to your reading list~
The next book I’ll start is The Minister Beneath the Peony Skirt]
Blurb for The Minister Beneath the Peony Skirt:
[Pawn Empress X Loyal Eunuch]
At sixteen, Xu Ling entered Weiyang Palace and became the second empress of Emperor Cheng of the Dashun Dynasty.
The former empress was her aunt. She fell in love with the wrong person and died a most undignified death.
On their wedding night, Emperor Cheng, dressed in scarlet wedding robes, gripped her chin and warned her harshly,
"Don't follow her example and act like a wanton whore."
Xu Ling would never do that. She was the Xu family's apology to quell the emperor's fury, and a pawn the emperor used to pacify the Xu family.
She would quietly be Empress Xu, a woman who would never leave Weiyang Palace.
In silence, she would watch the three thousand beauties of the harem change from one day to the next.
But later, a new young eunuch arrived at Weiyang Palace. He bowed his head more earnestly than anyone else,
and each word he spoke tapped against her deadened heart.
"This servant, Xiao Chenzi, is willing to follow Your Majesty's every command."
She said that all the servants in Weiyang Palace had names containing the character for bamboo, so from then on, he would be called Zhu Chen.
The young eunuch lowered his yearning eyes and knelt before her skirt, embroidered with gold thread.
Scattered into the mud and ground to dust, yet still fragrant as before.
His name was Fu Zhi. Three years ago, a piece of silver tossed from the carriage of the Xu family's legitimate daughter had bought the rest of his life.
From then on, he lived for just four words:
"May Your Majesty be well."
Blurb for this book:
Wei Shen carried a blood feud. She waited five years at a Buddhist temple in the Kingdom of Shu, until the day Crown Prince Zhun of Yue finally arrived.
It was said that Crown Prince Zhun was dispassionate and desireless, and that not even the most beautiful woman could stir the slightest pity in him.
She had no choice but to take a desperate risk.
On a rainy night in Bashan, by candlelight at the western window,
Crown Prince Zhun of Yue caught her hand as she ground the ink.
"You shouldn't be here."
"Then where should I be?" she asked, feigning confusion.
"In the inner chambers, hidden away in a golden house."
She bowed gracefully. "As Your Highness says."
From then on, the Eastern Palace of Northern Yue had a new Consort Chun, who threw everyone's hearts into disarray.
She unsettled the mind of the palace's master and ensnared his very soul.
Five years later, the enlightened emperor who unified the four kingdoms built a golden house in his harem,
where he kept a disobedient little flower.
And so, a beauty was hidden away in a golden house.
A little bodhisattva with nothing but beauty X A crown prince with troops at his command
I have the most devout name, yet my soul dwells on a path that runs counter to it.
Reading guide:
Not both characters' first time.
The male lead is the one who's hopelessly in love.
A crown prince can't possibly have no harem.
Readers who require chaste leads, proceed with caution.
Theme: Self-reliance strengthens the realm; an unyielding will is the way of a great ruler.
Hey, I saw the author's advance notice, and there's Liaocheng. I went to university in Liaocheng!!!!! He can't be an alumnus, right?
Does the author have any misunderstandings about sweet articles?
I feel that the sweet article is very inconsistent. If it is not a sweet article, then don't label it a sweet article. Wouldn't it be better to use another word? How can people who only like sweet articles distinguish this?
I feel like this article is written so disgustingly
Watched it again, so sweet
It looks good, come on. (Why no one reads it? There are so few comments. It shouldn't be)
The description of the background and places are quite good, but the emotional line is a little far-fetched, the transition is too fast, and the male protagonist's feelings are too inexplicable.
Why do I feel like I don't understand? Why does the male protagonist treat the female protagonist differently from the beginning?
Is there any kind-hearted person passing by who can reply to this book?
"From now on, we, Sangsang, don't have to be afraid anymore." This sentence really poked me! Long before Ji Zhun began to investigate Apu's life experience, I determined that he would always love Apu. Zhou Ling's reversal and Hua Ni's reversal later felt very good, although objectively speaking, the plot was not smooth enough and lacked a bit of foreshadowing. Love the author!