My next books are The Noble Consort's Blessings and Your Highness, May You Live a Thousand Years Without Worry. Please add them to your reading lists!
My ongoing novel next door, Her Highness Has Ambitions, is now online.
Synopsis:
Yun Yu had no surname.
As far back as she could remember, she had been a lowly palace maid in the Laundry Bureau. She had only the name bestowed on her by her mistress, and knew neither her surname nor where she came from.
She had thought that, with the protection of the matron in charge, she could leave the palace once she came of age and live freely for the rest of her life. But when Consort Yi's hand, its nails painted a vivid red, pinched her chin, she finally understood: eighteen years of walking on thin ice counted for less than a single word from someone else's lips.
Everyone laughed that Consort Yi had turned her into a plaything to compete for the emperor's favor, and waited for the day he would tire of her.
But in the bedchamber, the young emperor cast all restraint aside and murmured, "Lady Rong, you certainly live up to your name."
The palace was a dangerous place. As she made her way through it, she fought Consort Yi and punished Consort Mei. Just as she was about to take the phoenix throne, she suddenly learned a secret.
It turned out she too had been born into a great clan. Her own father had repaid a debt of gratitude by switching her with his benefactor's child.
When she learned the truth, she ruthlessly erased the birthmark on her body and said with a smile, "No one can stand in the way of my rise to power."
The Male Lead's Perspective
Pei Xuanqi became emperor in his youth, and wielded the art of imperial rule with consummate skill.
Consort Yi found someone to bear her a child. He knew all about it, but didn't care in the least. She was just a plaything. Why should he trouble himself over her?
But that plaything happened to be exactly to his liking, so he deigned to show her a little of his lofty pity.
He had watched her from on high with that condescending gaze and faint pity. But at some point, he suddenly realized that he had fallen step by step into her tender embrace, and could neither escape nor leave.
"You've got a pretty face, and a soft body. You know how to please a man."
"No surname? That doesn't matter. I'll grant you a name. From now on, you'll be Lady Rong."
"Yun Yu, my dear Yun Yu, how about I grant you the imperial surname?"
"My Yun Yu deserves to stand above all others and receive the homage of thousands."
[Reading Guide]
1. A record of a scheming emperor falling in love: from looking down on her to becoming utterly enamored. He thought himself the player moving the pieces, but ended up on the board himself.
2. The male lead is not a virgin. He's an ordinary emperor. The heroine is clear-eyed and strives for power, but has little influence early on, so things get frustrating for her.
My next book is Her Highness Has Ambitions. Please add it to your reading lists!
Su Yueying is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites' household. Born noble, she is as fragile as a sheet of paper.
Her mother died young, and her father never favored her.
With political turmoil and princes fighting over the throne, her stepmother couldn't bear to send her own daughter to become Prince Yong's secondary consort. So she persuaded Su Yueying's father to send her to Prince Yong's residence in a small sedan chair instead.
Prince Yong, Chu Yu, is cold and reserved, strict with himself and devoted to propriety. He never showed the women of his household any warmth.
To win his favor, Su Yueying had to conceal all her underhanded schemes and put every effort into acting like a frail, innocent white lotus in front of him, earning a little of his pity.
At last, Chu Yu ascended the throne and she was made a consort. Just as it seemed her good fortune was finally about to arrive, her family planned to send her younger sister into the palace during the selection and take her place.
Su Yueying held the letter from her family. Every word was full of "deep affection," urging her to consider the greater good, support her younger sister, and secure the family's favor and glory.
She rubbed the letter between her fingertips until it crumbled to dust, a cold smile curling at her lips.
They wanted to climb to glory by stepping on her? They'd better see if they had the luck to survive it!
Su Yueying did whatever it took to climb higher. She never expected that in the end, the lofty emperor himself would place the throne beside his on the empress's seat before her.
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[The Male Lead's Perspective]
From childhood, Chu Yu had been taught:
"A ruler must not show his emotions. He must balance and restrain power, cast aside personal feelings, and renounce love and desire."
He had always done so impeccably: calm, unfeeling, and impartial. That is, until a small sedan chair was carried into his residence.
When he first saw Su Yueying, he thought she was too beautiful, a peerless beauty worthy of the title of femme fatale in the history books. He decided he would have to be strict with her and never let her grow spoiled.
Afterward, she always acted meek and submissive in front of him, like a white lotus battered by rain, so fragile that she needed to cling to a great tree like him to survive.
She was a fine actress. The admiration in her eyes and the dependence in her words were perfectly measured.
But Chu Yu knew what kind of man he was. How could he fail to see that her eyes held no love for him?
He knew she was nothing like the innocent, kind woman she seemed.
She was petty and vindictive. Anyone who provoked her was sure to regret it.
And yet, somehow, Chu Yu's gaze kept returning to her again and again. He even stepped in of his own accord to clean up after her and conceal her schemes. He knew he shouldn't, but couldn't control himself.
She was a flame, drawing in him, an iceberg.
At some point, Chu Yu became consumed by the desire to fill her eyes with his image.
The vast empire was too heavy a burden, and being the solitary ruler was too cold.
She was the only person with whom he wanted to share the splendor of a prosperous age.
[Reading Guide]
1. A conventional palace power struggle. The male lead is not a virgin.
2. The heroine is no good person. She will actively harm others, and all she wants is power.
Theme: Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to rule?
Damn it 😭 My mother is so pitiful, why is this like this?
Personally, I think it's a mess, the first part is too long, and the last two chapters are at the back of the text, ending hastily (you can delete it if you feel uncomfortable)
Can you tell me about the extra story about how miserable Rong En's family is? I've been following this just to see the mystery of the heroine's life experience in the script, but now it's ended so hastily 😭 😭
In the last extra chapter, I feel that the logical and emotional sequence cannot be consistent. Cui Qiming planned to make the heroine Li Daitao freeze from the beginning, so why did he have the impulse to take away the heroine twice later? The first time was because Cui Miaoyin was not his own child, so he wanted to take away the heroine. So why was he so determined to replace Cui Miaoyin with the heroine in his previous performance? He even chuckled "evilly" at the heroine, showing no fatherly love at all. Since there is no fatherly love, how could there be the first affection? The second time, Mrs. Liu said she wanted to pretend to be twins, and he was moved. But how could such a careful person like him leave hidden dangers? He even had to ask Yun to remind the new emperor of the investigation... He should have always firmly stated that he must keep a baby. Being found to be hiding the blood of the previous dynasty is very serious and must be foolproof. This move is inexplicable. This is not to say that there are no fathers who sacrifice their own daughters, nor does it mean that when sacrificing their own daughters, one should have a completely hard heart, but the emotional response in the article does not conform to the actual situation and decision-making sequence. Moreover, it is assumed that the father has reproductive cancer, and although he has no fatherly love for the heroine, he hopes to keep the heroine's bloodline. So according to Cui Mingqi's character design, he can definitely find a dead baby who died in infancy. In this way, not only will his daughter be saved, but there will be no moral defects in the baby substitute... Ordinarily, this is the normal decision-making process. If he doesn't do this, it proves that Cui has no concern for the heroine at all, but doesn't this mean that there is something wrong with the emotional repetition in the extra episode? If I had to explain it, I think it can be explained for the first time repeatedly that Cui wanted to keep Cui Miaoyin out of disgust for the heirs of the previous emperor and his own Bai Yueguang children. The second time I repeated it, I felt like I couldn't explain it anymore. Not leaving a baby behind was risky, and Cui had no concern for the heroine. How could he take such a risky decision because of Liu's words and tears? Even if there is some concern, it is unlikely to affect his decision-making, otherwise this concern will be enough to affect the entire plan. Since the concern is so deep and the reproductive cancer is so serious, Cui will find another baby in advance to be a substitute...
666 Neither the queen nor the father deserve to sit at the same table with a dog.
So the author, I want to know, does Xiao Yu actually know that Yun Yu is his fiancée? 🍉
Damn, are there any extras about the female goose and the baby in the future? [Cat Head] [Let me be healthy]
Oh, it's like I pressed fast forward and it ended unexpectedly.
Why does this Concubine Mei seem to have become mentally ill?
It's really a bit of a downer. No wonder the emperor called Concubine Yi a fool.