Song Ying, a minor actress who barely ranks among the industry's nobodies, has been rejected at audition after audition over the past year. At long last, she lands a supporting role, only to watch her rival snatch it away. Gritting her teeth, she prepares to accept her agent's suggestion and have dinner with the producer that evening. But on her way to the dinner, she gets into a car accident and transmigrates into the first woman in Emperor Yongzheng's life: Consort Mao, née Song.
In Emperor Yongzheng's harem, the favored women are Li before her and Nian after her. Consort Mao is not favored while she is alive, and both of her daughters die before they are even a month old. She remains only a consort until the day she dies, and her short life does not even outlast Yongzheng's. She is practically the perfect symbol of a miserable life.
How can Song Ying, forced to take over this role, put up with that? She has to rewrite this tragic character's script!
She does not expect to be promoted from concubine to empress or have her son become emperor, but at the very least, a hundred years from now, she wants to be lying securely in the C position among the consorts' tombs!
A new author and a new work. The outline is set, and I'm filling it in bit by bit. The goal is to stick with it and finish (never forget why I started).
Reader advisory:
1. This is a historical derivative story, and its overall outline is based on the historical timeline, so the fates of key historical figures will not be changed too much. The heroine's goal is stated in the blurb, and there will be no feel-good ending that goes beyond it.
2. There are three transmigrators in this story. One exits the story fairly early, while the heroine and another transmigrator (the first female lead) will make it to the end together.
3. All the characters are underdeveloped, so the story veers toward an ensemble drama. But the author lacks the skill to make an ensemble drama compelling, so the result is a bit of a muddle. Readers who prefer character-driven stories should probably give this one a pass, as it may leave you feeling frustrated, confused, or irritated.
4. The heroine was an actress in her previous life and follows the principle of 'portraying a character according to the script,' so after transmigrating, she strictly follows the 'rules of the times' and rarely acts like a modern person. Compared to the female lead, readers may feel that she is already being assimilated by her era. (The author firmly believes that not fighting is a way of fighting, and acting without seeming to act is still acting. So although the heroine may not seem to be performing, she is always acting. However, there is too little contrast between what she thinks and what she shows, so it's understandable if you feel the story doesn't match its premise. It's all down to the author's lack of skill.)
5. There is some romance between her and the male lead, but not much. (The author is an INTJ, officially recognized by MBTI as a chronically single person, and can't write sweet romance, sorry.)
6. The style and content are not very 'satisfying' and may even feel frustrating to some readers. Please buy with caution.
7. The author is an office drone, so the heroine has an office-drone vibe too. She always takes a steady, cautious approach. There will be no sudden scenes where she exudes a domineering aura and crushes all her opponents.
8. If you've read the seven points above and aren't sure whether to buy the VIP chapters, you can first try chapters 49-51, the three chapters titled 'Faith' that have received the most negative reader reviews. If you find them acceptable, you're welcome to follow the author through the life of our heroine, Xiao Song.
2022.12.20: These are the reader complaints I've compiled into an advisory for new readers. Many longtime readers have already unfollowed, blocked, and deleted the story in one fell swoop, so I'm explaining this to keep anyone from feeling cheated.
2022.12.21: Reformatted chapters 1-42, mainly by adding blank lines. No content was changed.
2023.01.27: Daily scheduled chapters will now go up at 8 a.m.
2023.01.31: Updated the reader advisory. Some readers have written long reviews, which the author has featured. They can help you decide whether to read the story.
I also update my Hunter x Hunter fanfic next door from time to time (basically, after updating this story). If you're interested, feel free to follow it!
New chapters of 3,000 words daily from Monday to Friday, and hopefully two chapters or 6,000 words daily on weekends! (I kept this promise for less than a month, so don't believe it.)
Theme: Striving for a better life
Are there any updates today? I want to read it all in one go
I just watched it after it was finished. Seeing that everyone in the comment area has their own opinions, I will also add a few words. 😂 I think it is very well written, especially the many details that are very touching. The names of the maids in the Concubine De's palace were "inherited" by their predecessors, the "lessons" given to Song Ying by Nala, Song Ying's ignorance of Tianqing's original name, the "rules" of taking the child away after birth, the various eunuchs, wet nurses and craftsmen who lost their lives innocently, and the various acting roles Song Ying performed in front of Yongzheng... Every word is the alienation of people in feudal society. Although it was a joke in the end, I just felt aggrieved after reading it. Song Ying lived a "good" life for Song Ying, but Song Ying's time travel also deprived Song Ying of the only opportunity in her life to decide her own destiny. She could not make the decision by herself even in death.
Not bad. In fact, I think the portrayal of various female supporting characters is very realistic. I like Fujin, Li Shi, and Nian Shi are also pretty good. However, the focus of the whole text is a bit unsatisfactory during the period of Prince Yong. I prefer the feeling of the harem. But the author writes this well. Also, the author's literary talent is very good
This filial queen is not out of shape. She is basically the same as she was in history. She is a very nice person. This Niu Hulu family is really vicious and covert, which is good, and it doesn't deviate from history.
The writing is very bad. I say I want to write it realistically, but the Yongzheng written in it is very fake and double-standard. The female characters in the article are like paper figures, very flat. For example, Li is a complete stereotype of a time-traveling woman. The only suggestion I can give is that I hope the author doesn't want his own brain to be cleared when he writes again.
The pace was quite good at the beginning, but why did it seem so rushed in the middle and later stages? The timeline stretched so fast, my daughter was about to get married, and the protagonist was getting old. It felt like I was reading an outline in the second half. Apart from this issue, everything else is pretty good and the writing is pretty good. It's really hard to find a clear-cut novel that I like these days.
Husky, I am really not good at estimating the length of articles. Just... How do I put it... When I first started writing, I estimated that this article would have 500,000 words, and now it has reached 800,000. Then the day before yesterday, I felt that I had to write another 10 chapters to finish it; yesterday, the number became 5; and today, it became 2... Yes, I have finished writing this article, and I am so happy!!! So here's the announcement. Tomorrow, June 4th, I will directly update two super fat chapters to complete this article!! I won't hang on to everyone anymore, I'll be happy after watching it! To celebrate the end, as of 22:00 tomorrow night, anyone who leaves a message in the comment area of the last chapter (Chapter 235) and scores 0 or more will receive a red envelope of 20 Jinjiang coins! In addition, as of 24:00 tomorrow night, 30 readers who have subscribed more than 95% will be selected and awarded 200 Jinjiang coins. The lottery will be held at 6 a. M. On June 5. Let's celebrate the completion together, hahahaha, I'm so happy!
Wuwuwuwu, the Queen has really thought a lot about Yingying.
Well written about this place! It finally started to feel a bit like a palace fight, but it was a pity that such a good person as the queen was about to pass away. For Song Ying, the second half of her life had just begun, and she really needed to start to strategize.
Everyone seems to think that Qianlong's "farmhouse" aesthetic comes from the maternal lineage