*Romance-focused blurb:
Su Jiamu transmigrated and found herself in hell mode.
Eunuchs held power, the emperor's maternal relatives dominated the court, and her convenient husband died right before her eyes. Her thirteen-year-old adopted son was huddled in a corner, shutting himself away.
Su Jiamu saw the boy's quiet, dark eyes looking timidly at her. In the end, she couldn't bring herself to abandon him and flee the palace alone.
After ten hard years of survival, the young emperor took power. Having watched her daughters-in-law fight over the palace, Su Jiamu felt she could finally relax... and find herself a second spring?
"Though I may be getting on in years, I still want someone considerate who'll look after me. Would you object?"
Her adopted son, now a peerlessly handsome young man, smiled and nodded.
"Sister Su has worked herself to the bone for me all these years. It's only right that she find someone to care for her."
As time passed, Su Jiamu gradually realized that something was wrong.
The guards outside the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility were all replaced overnight with ugly, misshapen men. The young imperial physicians who treated her all resigned, and the more handsome eunuchs knelt down and requested permission to leave the palace.
It seemed someone wanted to turn her palace upside down.
Su Jiamu jolted awake in the middle of the night and rushed to her adopted son's imperial study.
By candlelight in the imperial study, the emperor gazed at her portrait as if she were Guanyin, looking down with compassion on all living beings. "My only wish in this life is to keep Sister Su by my side, for a long, long time."
*Plot-focused blurb:
After becoming the empress dowager, Su Jiamu's biggest headache was figuring out how to deal with her daughters-in-law.
Empress: "The Consort is plotting against me."
Noble Consort: "The Empress is a wicked woman."
Noble Lady: "Empress Dowager, save me!"
Talented Lady: "I hate the Empress."
Su Jiamu, watching from the sidelines: "What a nuisance."
[Content warning]
1. They are not related by blood. The male lead insists on calling the female lead "Sister."
2. They will not fall in love in ancient times, and this storyline has a bad ending.
[The Scheming Maid's Rise to Power]
A slave is a lower-class person, oppressed, exploited, and forced to serve without personal freedom.
Yingxue was not only a slave, but the lowest of the low: a household-born slave.
She was born as her master's appendage.
If she was pretty, her fangs would be pulled, and she'd be made a concubine to seduce and win over her master's future husband.
If she was clever, she would have to hide her looks and serve as a maid, never leaving her mistress's side, even when she ate, drank, or used the toilet.
If she was graceful, she would have to keep out of sight, hide her talents, and stay quiet all day, lest the master or young gentlemen of the house force themselves on her.
And Yingxue was pretty, clever, and graceful.
Her young mistress saw her as a thorn in her side, both ordering her to secretly entice her womanizing future husband and fearing she would use her ambition to steal the position for herself.
Yingxue said nothing. In front of her mistress, she wept and pleaded, insisting she would never dare betray her.
But in front of her future master, she softened her voice and wept like a flower in the rain, hinting at every turn that he should come to her room.
Only after Yingxue rose from maid to concubine, then became a principal wife, and finally received an official title did she calmly tell her mistress:
"Yingxue only didn't want to be a slave anymore."
[Content warning] (Cover by the kind and lovely artist from bs. Sending love.)
1. I'll probably get criticized for writing this, but please don't attack the author personally.
2. Women of that era did not have especially progressive views. The heroine does everything simply because she doesn't want to be a slave.
3. The heroine's values are not the author's values. The definition of "slave" at the beginning is from Baidu Baike.
Theme: Even in difficult circumstances, never give up hope.
In fact, he or be is possible. The main problem is that the male protagonist's biggest problem is that he is self-righteous. He only knows how to do it for his own love, so he ignores the female protagonist's wishes and selectively cannot see the heroine's withering. He is self-righteous and pays for it, but he does not care about the heroine's needs or not, and does not understand what the heroine really wants. If this is not corrected, I think he and the heroine will never be able to be together, and the most likely result of his approach is to push the heroine to death...
What should I say, I doubt there is something wrong with his head. Good guy, I haven't seen him care much about the heroine. As an emperor, he has countless ways to silently express his concern, but he doesn't. He went to see the heroine but was rejected. Apart from that, he couldn't see any pursuit actions on his part, so why did he think that the heroine could fall in love with him? How can he silently bribe the people around the heroine? Why would he abduct An Ruoya when he couldn't see the heroine?
To be honest, in terms of his behavior, I think there is not much difference between him and He Yunluo. He Yunluo climbed up on his own after all. What does he rely on? He relied on the heroine, Wanyi and the Lin family... Maybe not as good as He Yunluo... Oh yes, now Wanyi and the Lin family have been killed. His actions make me feel that he doesn't love the heroine, but just killed the donkey. Hey, there is only one left, let's play around?
Anyway, it's hard to explain in one sentence, but I still look forward to my wife's future updates, hoping for a bigger breakthrough [Bi Xin Xin??????]
This, I feel like I haven't said anything.
The male protagonist is still not good at it. It's so funny. There's no one who pursues someone more than he loves. He doesn't follow the conventional path and hates simplicity. It's hard for the female protagonist to love him, so he just lay down and gave up the struggle...
Hey, the male protagonist is really... Tsk tsk
I feel that for a man as deeply affectionate as Zhen Guogong, death may also be a relief for him. After all, the beautiful woman has passed away, and it is a pain to be unable to express any amount of thoughts. I hope that the original owner and the Duke of Zhen will be well in the next life! In this life, the two of them are still suffering too much.
This ending is really good. I wish the heroine escapes from the sea of fire??
I hope the heroine will always be happy
Although be seems more reasonable, in fact, you don't have to be busy deciding on he or be first, and continue writing first. Maybe you will come up with new and good ideas as you write! For example, if you want he, you must beat the male protagonist more severely [?
This male protagonist succeeded in making me sick. He loves every bite, but he doesn't even understand the heroine. He doesn't know the heroine's inner distress. I can only express my gratitude and insensitivity. This is bullshit.
Wanyi is too miserable... The emperor is a scumbag
In fact, he or be is possible. The main problem is that the male protagonist's biggest problem is that he is self-righteous. He only knows how to do it for his own love, so he ignores the female protagonist's wishes and selectively cannot see the heroine's withering. He is self-righteous and pays for it, but he does not care about the heroine's needs or not, and does not understand what the heroine really wants. If this is not corrected, I think he and the heroine will never be able to be together, and the most likely result of his approach is to push the heroine to death... What should I say, I doubt there is something wrong with his head. Good guy, I haven't seen him care much about the heroine. As an emperor, he has countless ways to silently express his concern, but he doesn't. He went to see the heroine but was rejected. Apart from that, he couldn't see any pursuit actions on his part, so why did he think that the heroine could fall in love with him? How can he silently bribe the people around the heroine? Why would he abduct An Ruoya when he couldn't see the heroine? To be honest, in terms of his behavior, I think there is not much difference between him and He Yunluo. He Yunluo climbed up on his own after all. What does he rely on? He relied on the heroine, Wanyi and the Lin family... Maybe not as good as He Yunluo... Oh yes, now Wanyi and the Lin family have been killed. His actions make me feel that he doesn't love the heroine, but just killed the donkey. Hey, there is only one left, let's play around? Anyway, it's hard to explain in one sentence, but I still look forward to my wife's future updates, hoping for a bigger breakthrough [Bi Xin Xin??????]
This, I feel like I haven't said anything.
The male protagonist is still not good at it. It's so funny. There's no one who pursues someone more than he loves. He doesn't follow the conventional path and hates simplicity. It's hard for the female protagonist to love him, so he just lay down and gave up the struggle...
Hey, the male protagonist is really... Tsk tsk
I feel that for a man as deeply affectionate as Zhen Guogong, death may also be a relief for him. After all, the beautiful woman has passed away, and it is a pain to be unable to express any amount of thoughts. I hope that the original owner and the Duke of Zhen will be well in the next life! In this life, the two of them are still suffering too much.
This ending is really good. I wish the heroine escapes from the sea of fire??
I hope the heroine will always be happy
Although be seems more reasonable, in fact, you don't have to be busy deciding on he or be first, and continue writing first. Maybe you will come up with new and good ideas as you write! For example, if you want he, you must beat the male protagonist more severely [?
This male protagonist succeeded in making me sick. He loves every bite, but he doesn't even understand the heroine. He doesn't know the heroine's inner distress. I can only express my gratitude and insensitivity. This is bullshit.
Wanyi is too miserable... The emperor is a scumbag