Currently serializing The Calamitous Beauty Is Actually a Foolish Beauty. A pretty, mute beauty who sometimes pretends to be dim-witted with a little scheming, and sometimes really is dim-witted x a moody, possessive, mentally ill tyrant. Please add it to your collection~
Reader's guide: A slow burn. The romance is both simple and complicated. I recommend not skipping chapters, and ideally subscribing one chapter at a time, so it's easy to quit if it's not to your taste.
When the new emperor ascended the throne, Shen Wan entered the palace and caught his favor. For three years now, she has been the sole object of his affection. Everyone says she's the apple of the emperor's eye, the jewel in his heart, and that no one in the palace dares to cross her.
Isn't she the apple of his eye, the jewel in his heart? Shen Wan thinks so too.
Unaware of the truth behind the emperor's favor, she grows bolder day by day, sinking into a sweet dream of being cherished above all others. But before she can even speak, she crashes headlong into reality. The emperor is utterly disappointed in her. When did he spoil her into becoming like this?
Jealous, reckless, lawless, arrogant and overbearing... Shen Wan is accused of every sin under the sun. The moment her true thoughts begin to show, the emperor has already grown to despise her.
The emperor can turn the world upside down with a wave of his hand. In a single night, Shen Wan goes from a flower in his palm to a blossom in the mud. Only much later does she understand it all: even the flowers that bloomed in the past were surrounded by thorns beneath.
And yet she can't afford to fall out with the emperor.
After she "repents and reforms," everyone knows that Her Ladyship has become the most sensible person in the palace. The court reveals its true face. Shen Wan is terrified herself, but still spreads her not-yet-grown wings, "mending her ways" time and again as she tries to protect everyone she cares about.
She asks for nothing more.
She clears her name of one old charge after another, playing along and currying favor. Everything is fine, except for the occasional near-slip that almost reveals what she truly feels.
The emperor looks at the fear and wariness the woman before him can barely hide. His heart twists in agony, but he forces a smile and pretends to believe her words. Heh, if you think everything is fine, then fine it is.
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Gu Tang and the great general Shen Shuo have a long-standing grudge, yet Gu Tang has no choice but to make use of him.
So, as part of a deal, he brings the little treasure of Shen's family to the palace.
The little treasure is a delicate flower beneath a sharp blade. He must neither handle her too roughly nor too gently.
Later, he does hurt this delicate flower, and only then discovers that Shen Shuo is nowhere near as formidable as she is.
Once Shen Wan makes up her mind, she never looks back. Day after day passes, until Gu Tang finally realizes that she no longer expects anything from him.
Everyone knows Her Ladyship is a terrible actress. But everyone also knows that every time she apologizes, her clumsy acting nearly kills the emperor with secondhand embarrassment.
Everyone knows Her Ladyship is pretending. Everyone acts as though they haven't seen through it, carefully keeping the whole charade intact.
But in the end, it still isn't enough...
Excerpt:
One night, Shen Wan suddenly has a nightmare. When she wakes, she finds Gu Tang holding her hand.
Before Gu Tang can comfort her, the little hand in his palm darts away.
The air falls abruptly silent.
Gu Tang's heart turns to ice.
A moment later, the little hand tentatively inches back, slipping into his large palm again.
Its owner looks over timidly. "Your Majesty, I had a nightmare."
"So you had a nightmare and lost your senses."
Gu Tang's heart grows colder still. He futilely tightens his hold on her little hand and nods.
Reader's guide:
1. An alternate-history setting.
2. One-on-one, both leads have no prior partners. A pampered heroine who can be bold when she has the upper hand but still gets scared x a hero who coughs up blood every day and somehow refuses to die.
3. Dramatic and over-the-top, with the "win back your wife" trope. Sweet and angsty, with a little comedy and face-slapping for everyone.
5. A heroine who's tired of acting and wants to quit~ Cute and lovable, with a wicked sense of humor. She likes the hero but can do nothing about him, helpless and thoroughly put through the wringer.
Theme: No matter your circumstances, love those who are worthy of your love.
It's very interesting, hahahaha. I wrote about the daydreams I had imagined when I was a child, that I would go crazy studying, and my parents regretted forcing me to study, and finally begged me not to study and have a good rest. Hahahahaha.
Not forgiving for decades is not a kind of HE... "The highest is the sun and the moon, the closest relatives are the couple". But I personally don't want the heroine to be unable to be a queen for decades. It's so strange.
I want to be too. . .
Fortunately I didn't comment yesterday, otherwise I would have been slapped in the face. Yesterday, I originally wanted to say, "The male protagonist imprisoned Concubine De until she went crazy. It's a bit too much, and the crime doesn't go that far." Today's scale is quite suitable. She did her evil deeds and got the result of her evil deeds.
It should be really fun, but I cried to death while watching it
Hahahahahaha, it's so funny.
Is the maid role too much? Is there a very important role later??? Foreshadowing?
It's not like it was dried into coal, hahahaha
If Shen Wan doesn't want to be promoted to the concubine position, other women shouldn't be promoted. After all, the official rank is overwhelming. As long as there are concubines with a higher rank than her in the palace, there will be endless harmful tricks. At the worst level, should Shen Wan be asked to greet others every day? Why not work hard to have a baby?
This is so funny. My daughter is so pitiful and cute. Let all these bitches go away.