Novels like Wei-Jin Foodie
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- 101 Palace Intrigue? I Have Infinite Save Files and Made the Emperor Cry 宫斗？我无限读档，气哭皇帝 Yun Jiao can reset her life as many times as she wants. So even as a picky, pampered low-ranking concubine who has failed to win the emperor’s favor, she can still enjoy a life that goes exactly the way she wants in the harem. Don’t like the dishes from the Imperial Kitchens? Reset, and get my favorite steamed pork with rice flour. The fabric I was given doesn 1Votes77.9kRecs151.3kFans
- 102 This Young Lady Loves to Act and Talk 姑娘她戏多嘴甜 New book: Point Gold is now online. Wen Yan is reborn. Her enemies are all living better than ever. No way. She has to get revenge all over again! Huo Yixiao: “How?” Wen Yan: “Put on a show, and sweet-talk them.” Huo Yixiao: “You do put on quite a show, and that mouth of yours...” Wen Yan: “Isn't it sweet?” Huo Yixiao: “...Sweet.” A ruthless, possessive hero × a sweet-talking, double-dealing heroine Official QQ readers' group: Wu Si Liu Er Ba Yi Yi Qi Wu 4Votes325.9kRecs134.9kFans
- 103 The Empress of Chu (Original Novel of the TV Drama The Rising Star) 楚后（影视剧《翘楚》原著） The story begins when several postal station guards in Beicao Town meet a girl asking for help. [Not a wish-fulfillment story. A romance with a male lead and other male characters.] 2Votes1.8MRecs242.3kFans
- 104 I Just Want to Outlive You All, Don't Make Me Beat You to Death 我只想熬死你们，别逼我打死你们 Two exotic fruits: one grants longevity, the other strength. After eating them, Chu Ning transmigrates to another world and cultivates the immortal path of longevity. For the first thousand years, Chu Ning says: “Thanks to the exotic fruit, praise the exotic fruit. Big brother really came through.” After a thousand years, Chu Ning says: “Thanks to myself, praise myself. Hard work is the best.” Keeping a low profile in another world, Chu Ning lives by three principles: First: Don’t let profit dri 1Votes61.3kRecs681.9kFans
- 105 Spring in Brocade Robes 锦衣春 Han Qi only wanted to keep Wei Wu from straying down the wrong path again. She was determined to guide him toward goodness. With his intelligence, he could avoid joining a corrupt faction and still become a fabulously wealthy tycoon. But she got a little too carried away and ended up dragging herself into the mess, turning her husband into a sworn enemy of the corrupt faction! What was she supposed to do now? How about getting her husband to latch onto a powerful patron? 0Votes78.1kRecs21.8kFans
- 106 After Becoming a Frail Cultivator 成为病弱女修后 Before I began cultivating immortality, everyone said I wouldn’t live past sixteen. After I started, they all waited for me to die at the first stage of Qi Refining. This frail little cultivator initially wanted only to stay alive. Then she wanted to live even better, trampling over her enemies’ bones as she climbed step by step toward the heavens! P.S. No romance. Plot-focused and career-focused. I recommend my completed novel, “A Guide to Cultivating Immortality as a Cannon Fodder.” I think it 0Votes84.9kRecs226.9kFans
- 107 The Phoenix Cries Over Chang'an 凤啼长安 The events of the previous life are too complicated to explain in a single sentence, so I’ve added a separate chapter about them. Look for the directory entry: Past Life Extra. Top scholar Zheng Hao is preparing to return home and marry his childhood sweetheart when, halfway there, an imperial edict summons him back to the capital. It turns out the emperor intends to make him his imperial son-in-law... A marriage forced on them: one dies young after being wronged, while the other lives to witnes 0Votes1.3MRecs484.2kFans
- 108 Ode to Flowers and the Moon 花月颂 Ever since Zhao Su transmigrated into a book, she has been bullied and oppressed by the transmigrated heroine, Empress Dowager Lu. All she can do is endure humiliation and cling to life, crushed beneath tremendous pressure. At last, a poisonous boil was forced to appear on her lower back. Its location was rather difficult to mention, yet, before she knew it, a lecher from the medical hall had pushed her down and performed surgery on her without so much as a word! Zhao Su was somewhat well-known 0Votes328.8kRecs60.7kFans
- 109 The Jiaping Pass Chronicles 嘉平关纪事 An event buried for ten years casts a shadow over Jiaping Pass. How should one choose between loyalty to country and family, brotherhood, and romantic love? With the fate of the nation at stake, where will everyone's destinies lead them… 0Votes467kRecs112.6kFans
- 110 Abundant Fragrance 盛芳 After a dream lasting three hundred years, Shen Nianhe was lucky enough to return to a later age. All she wanted was to fight her way back to her ancestral home in the capital and dig up the gold and jade treasures she had casually buried there as a child. But someone kept stubbornly urging her: “What’s the point of enjoying wealth alone for a while, when you could share a lifetime of glory with me?” 1Votes234.1kRecs88.3kFans
- 111 When Spring Comes 逢春 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese) Lu Xuan rarely felt a charitable impulse, but the girl suddenly opened her eyes. Startled, he forced himself to stay calm, only to see her struggle to crawl toward him… That was when Lu Xuan could no longer keep his cool. 1Votes843.7kRecs173.1kFans
- 112 I Made the Entire Cultivation World Cry 我把全修真界卷哭了 An immortal lays a hand upon my head, and we bind our hair to receive eternal life. Jiang Yuebai, an orphan girl, climbs nine mountains to reach the clouds, seeking the path to immortality so she can roam the world and stride through the skies. The path to immortality defies the heavens. You must contend with heaven, earth, others, and yourself. If Senior Sister recites ten volumes of scripture each day, I’ll read until dawn. If Senior Brother practices his saber a hundred times, I’ll train with 14Votes354.2kRecs594.7kFans
- 113 Returning to ’90s, She Became Famous in Major Surgical Fields 回到九零，她在外科大佬圈火爆了 Back in 1996, Xie Wanying, the daughter of the old Xie family, said she wanted to become a doctor. Plenty of people laughed. “Like begets like. A truck driver's daughter becoming a doctor? Sure, and pigs can climb trees.” “I don't just want to become a doctor. I want to be a female cardiothoracic surgeon,” Xie Wanying said. Her words sent even bigger shock waves through the medical community. Her doctor relatives mocked her mercilessly: “Do you know how high the entrance scores for medical schoo 6Votes383kRecs261.6kFans
- 114 I Make Cards, I’m Your Ancestor! 做卡牌，我可是你祖宗！ After failing to become a god and survive her tribulation, Wen Jiang's soul is struck into a strange world. Here, she becomes the heroine of an angst-filled romance, doomed to a torturous love affair with the male lead. After the original host is beaten to death, she is bound to an angst-romance heroine card-drawing System. System: “Draw a card! We have beauty-enhancing cards, rose-scented body cards, and pitiful, vulnerable cards. Whatever the male lead wants, I've got it. Your mission is to he 10Votes77.9kRecs45.8kFans
- 115 The Moon Over Startling Mountains 惊山月 The latest gossip in the capital: The Sixth Young Lady of the Earl of Yongqing’s household, who went missing as a child, has been found. Many people wanted to see how this country girl would make a fool of herself in high society. To their surprise, Sixth Young Lady Qiu turned out to be a master of incense and became a favored guest among those who prized refinement. When a nation is doomed, monsters are sure to appear. Qiu Heng thought to herself: I’m better at slaying demons than making incens 17Votes372.6kRecs88.1kFans
- 116 Glazed Splendor Fills the Capital 琉璃满京华 The granddaughter the Xia family lost thirteen years ago has finally been found: a genuine country bumpkin! Her husband's family looks down on her? Fine, this young lady won't serve them anymore! A misshapen piece of cheap glass displayed in such a prominent spot? Glazed glass... there's so much you can do with it... Watch as she grows rich and makes a name for herself with her glassmaking skills! 0Votes93.1kRecs34.6kFans
- 117 The Healer's Fragrant Touch 医手遮香 Reborn as a poor girl after dying an unjust death, with an uncaring grandmother, an easily bullied mother, and a useless, heartless father who’s just a poor minor official. To top it all off, a concubine is constantly stirring up trouble and driving a wedge between them? So what? With miraculous medical skills at her fingertips, would she really be afraid of a few little hardships? 0Votes3.9kRecs26kFans
- 118 A Shuttle Through a Thousand Years 一梭千载 [Signed for publication] [2023 China Writers Association Key Web Literature Project Support Selection · Chinese Excellence and Culture Theme] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [“Discovering Intangible Heritage Through Reading” Themed Writing Contest] [Cultural Innovation and Development] [Cultural Confidence] [Hangzhou Luo] [Silk Culture] [Song Dynasty Culture] A chance encounter left An Ji unable to forget the craft of Hangzhou Luo silk weaving. A series of remarkable meetings echoed with the musi 0Votes203.9kRecs66.5kFans
- 119 The Entertainment Industry's Clear-Eyed Star 娱乐圈大清醒 The new book The Beautiful Senior Sister and the Peaceful Cultivation World is currently being serialized. Click into the author's profile to find it! After being transported into a dated domineering CEO novel, she becomes the substitute for the male lead's white moonlight. Ni Bingyan thinks the original owner really wasn't thinking straight. With looks like these, why not focus on acting? Why fall for some CEO? The CEO doesn't even love you. She's different. She doesn't love CEOs; she only lov 0Votes137.3kRecs97kFans
- 120 A Thousand Gold for a Single Sheet of Paper 一纸千金 Reborn into a family that made its fortune in papermaking, He Xianjin built up her team by offering services, driving growth, and selling big ideas. In the second year after she became the Chen family's head through sheer ability, the old woman helping her get dressed said, “Head of the household, rouge on the cheekbones will ruin your marriage prospects.” He Xianjin replied expressionlessly, “Put on more.” … One of the strange tales of the eighteenth year of Zhaode: The Chen family, an imperial 0Votes128.7kRecs76.6kFans
- 121 The Nine Realms Farm 九界农场 New novel: A Passerby’s Cultivation Diary. This story has no male lead. It’s not a feel-good power fantasy, but a more realistic story. The heroine continues to grow in personality, strength, and every other aspect. The exceptionally talented Lord of the Nine Realms was trapped in a realm devoid of spiritual energy for more than twenty years. Living among ordinary people, she picked up many of their good and bad traits: diligence, resilience, bragging and showing off, c 0Votes56.4kRecs38kFans
- 122 True Daughter, She is the Almighty Boss 真千金她是全能大佬 [Publication title: Dark Star, available everywhere online. The newest book in the series, I Exposed My Past Life and Shocked the Entire Internet, is now available] [1v1, both completely pure, tarot cards, everyone’s favorite, miracle doctor, sweet, fiery, and satisfying!] The once-mighty Ying Zijin woke up one day to find herself the youngest daughter of the Ying family, who had lost her fifteen years ago. The Ying family had decisively adopted another child to take her place. After returning t 2Votes99.9kRecs1.2MFans
- 123 Clothes Conceal All 衣手遮天 The new book, The Villain Keeps Wanting a Divorce, is now out... Xie Jingyi has been reborn. She doesn't want to spare her enemies a second thought. She only wants to say: Get lost, and don't get in my way as I become a powerful figure who can call all the shots! But things don't go as planned. A... colossal obstacle appears on her path to success, one whose words strike straight to the heart. Xie Jingyi: Why do you want to marry me, sir? Chai Youchen: Among the three thousand women in Lin'an, n 0Votes196.8kRecs97.5kFans
- 124 The Quiet Joy of the Great Song 大宋清欢 This book was selected for the Shanghai Library's "100 Outstanding Yuewen Books" and the August 2021 "Yuewen Spotlight Book Reviewers' Top Ten Genre Novels." An audio drama of the same name has launched on Ximalaya. Yao Huan, a modern young woman who loves good food but isn't lazy, transmigrates to the Northern Song era under Emperor Zhezong and starts her business with a little eatery by the Bian River, much like a street-food stall. Food, romance, Song dynasty culture Court factionalism, espio 0Votes200.3kRecs231.6kFans
- 125 Cultivating Merit in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio 我在聊斋修功德 Synopsis: [No CP] [Building and Development] [Cute Pets] [Leveling Up] [Lighthearted] [From Fushui County to the Tianxuan Realm, from an ordinary girl to the supreme ruler of an entire realm] Born with a jade in her mouth, Song Yushan possesses wisdom from a past life. Once she embarks on the path of cultivation, legends of her begin to spread among ghosts and demons alike. Ghosts: "Shopkeeper Song 0Votes74.4kRecs60.2kFans
- 126 A Brocade Crown for All Under Heaven 锦冠天下 The young master of the Shen family is so handsome that Qiao Yunran thinks he is far too flashy. The Qiao and Shen families arrange a marriage, and Qiao Yunran happily watches her sisters put on a show. It never occurs to her that she might be the one to marry into the family. 0Votes97.1kRecs17.1kFans
- 127 Blacklisted Online, I Got Into Tsinghua for Grad School and Became a Sensation 全网黑后我考研清华爆红了 The top prodigy in Qing University’s law department transmigrated into a book. She became a sweet but foolish supporting character in an entertainment-industry novel, the sort who clung to celebrities and shamelessly used them for publicity. Hated by the entire internet, she was forced to leave the industry. Talent agency: You’re already this washed up. If you won’t go keep Mr. Zhou company, where do you think you’ll get any opportunities? Hater: I photoshopped these pictures of Ji Xin. What do 0Votes135.6kRecs544.2kFans
- 128 EN Step Aside, Let the Emperor Handle It! 退下，让朕来 [The print edition is now available] Shen Tang woke up on the road to exile and discovered that this world made no sense. Divine stones fell from the sky, and a hundred kingdoms fought over them. Scholars cultivated literary talent, making their words come true. Warriors cultivated martial courage, able to split mountains and cleave seas. The pretty boy she’d taken him for recited, “Spear in hand, galloping into battle,” and the next moment armor covered him and a lance appeared in his grasp. On 46Votes4.7MRecs2MFans
- 129 After the Male Lead Went Mad 男主发疯后 Yao Shouning thinks she may be possessed. Lately, she's been having one nightmare after another. First, she dreams that her aunt dies. Then she dreams that her cousin, disguised as one of the monsters from a storyteller's tale, comes knocking at the door. But her mother says, “There are no demons in this world. People are simply ignorant and fooled by old tales.” Then, in the very next moment, the nightmare comes true. She sees her cousin arrive in mourning clothes, bearing news of her aunt's de 0Votes359kRecs182.4kFans
- 130 Quick Transmigration: The Landlady of Ten Thousand Worlds 快穿之万界包租婆 With her career stalled and her love life dull, He Xiaoman returned to her hometown and inherited a strange old house. Besides an aged grandmother in her final years, the old house also came with a large ancestral kitchen knife, a strange invisible person whose gender was impossible to determine, and a house deed resembling a command token... With a thunderous bang, the cheat ability makes its entrance. * No romance, charging ahead with a kitchen knife. Thanks for your support, and please bookma 0Votes265.1kRecs97.1kFans
- 131 System: Get Your Act Together! 系统：你给我支楞起来 My name is Bei Yi. Don't let the fact that I'm only eighteen fool you, and don't let the fact that I've never had a boyfriend fool you either. I understand all the tricks of love because I have an Old Sister-in-Law System. My Old Sister-in-Law System says, "The hardships in a woman's life will always be passing difficult exams and earning difficult money. As for men, those things are far too easy to find." My Old Sister-in-Law System says that as long as I study hard and earn enough renminbi, 0Votes121kRecs41.3kFans
- 132 Immortality: I Can Trade for Anything 长生之我能置换万物 * A scale that measures Heaven and Earth, where anything can be sold. After Song Ciwan became a demon washer at the Demon Refining Platform, she discovered that this job suited her perfectly. When other people wash demons, the malevolent energy they come into contact with shortens their lives. When she washes demons, however, she can extract the malevolent energy and sell it to the cosmic scales. A mere three taels an 13Votes307.4kRecs153.3kFans
- 133 EN Ascension of the Iron-Willed Cultivator 我辈女修当自强 * [Mortal-style cultivation + no romance + strong female lead] [Original title: The Ugly Girl’s Cultivation Record] A country girl from the mountains can dream of reaching the clouds, too. We female cultivators must grow strong! This is the story of a native cultivator, the history of an ordinary person’s struggle. No one is reborn, no one transmigrates into a book, and there’s no golden finger. All she has is an unwavering beli 2Votes173.5kRecs166.6kFans
- 134 The Immortal's Farewell 昭仙辞 [Main story complete] Recommended new book: After Everything Was Taken from Me, I Became the Chief of the Immortal Path About this novel: [Strong heroine + steady progression and power-ups + unconventional cultivation] At first, Pei Xihe thought life was unpredictable. She was born into humble circumstances, yet received an immortal opportunity that could turn her fate around. She was born with boundless ambition, but lacked the talent to rise straight to the top. In the eyes of others, e 3Votes118.2kRecs204.9kFans
- 135 The Journey Of The Peasant Mother-in-Law 农门婆婆的诰命之路 New novel: My Xiangjiang 1980 has started updating~ Zhu Lan transmigrates into a farming novel where the female supporting character turns her life around, and pulls off a triple leap: getting married, having children, and becoming a mother-in-law. The key point is that she turns the story's wicked mother-in-law into a heroine who fights back. She goes from 26 to 36, and that's not all: she comes with six children, two daughters-in-law, several grandchildren, and a living husband. The key point 1Votes770.3kRecs188.5kFans
- 136 Quick Transmigration: Overflow 快穿之盈满 The new novel, Nobody Said Writing Novels Could Get People Killed, is launching. When everyone else chose to abandon everything and transmigrate with their golden finger, only she chose to stay behind, hoping to accompany her grandparents through their final years. As it turned out, her golden finger was the most powerful of them all. Quick transmigration through small worlds, correcting twisted chains of causality. First-loop world: Before the transmigration pl 0Votes20.1kRecs20.9kFans
- 137 Six Years After the Catastrophe, I Built a Farm by Growing Bean Sprouts 灾后第六年，我靠发豆芽攒下农场 Synopsis: Huai Yu, who remembers nothing, walks out of a forest and discovers that the world suffered a catastrophe six years ago. The city is in ruins, and everything needs rebuilding. And she has been given six hundred mu of land and a handful of soybeans. [Also known as Huai Yu’s Record] [Male lead: Lin Xuefeng. He gets little page time, less than the villain] [Farming, building up a farm, everyday life, slow burn] [No grand ambitions, just tending her own fields] Thank you for reading! I’m g 1Votes259.8kRecs100.7kFans
- 138 My Family’s Livestream Connects the Past and Present 我家直播间通古今 An old lady transmigrates to ancient times with her granddaughter and gets a livestream System as a bonus. The camera is attached to her granddaughter, so wherever the girl looks becomes the livestream's view. It was destiny: the beautiful young woman could only be the assistant, while the wrinkled old lady became the star influencer. What should she stream? They were so poor they were starving. They had to tighten their belts and curse and brawl just to get a bite to eat. She took on the sharp- 2Votes257.4kRecs66.2kFans
- 139 The Blessed Farmer Girl Who Made Her Name Across the Land 农女福妃名动天下 Overnight, after transmigrating, Nuan became infamous across the surrounding villages as a bringer of bad luck and a short-lived ghost. Her whole family was dragged down by her and forced to live in a straw hut. Many people waited to see them fail to survive the winter, either starving or freezing to death! But as they waited, the family bought houses, fields, land, and shops... How had they suddenly become so fabulously wealthy? Everyone in the capital knew that Prince Jin had married a countr 0Votes185.5kRecs399.4kFans
- 140 Drunk on a Pillow in the Eastern Capital 醉枕东都 Aboard a pleasure boat in Dongdu, Su Luoyang was pushed into the water. When she surfaced, her mind had been replaced with one from the modern world. Without the original owner’s memories, Luoyang not only failed to find her assailant, but was still being hunted that very night. The more she investigated, the more dangerous things became, and each setback only made her braver. One was a transmigrated young woman in the general’s household, determined to prevent her family from being wiped out. T 0Votes9.4MRecs258.2kFans
- 141 Original Novel of the Drama Hundred Flowers Slaughter 《百花杀》影视原著 “I can choose any of the imperial family's young men. I would dare say so even in His Majesty's presence.” She was noble, cold, and haughty, and nothing in the world could move her. Until she met that cup of top-grade Yuqian Longjing tea. He knelt to plead for the corrupt Minister of Revenue. “The crime should not be visited upon his wife and children.” The officials were moved: the Crown Prince was kindhearted. Only she knew that he was the one who had exposed the crime, and that his own men ha 10Votes208.8kRecs109.8kFans
- 142 Pomelo Orchard 柚园 A dual-female-lead story Two girls from utterly different backgrounds become confidantes by chance. In a turbulent era, their contrasting personalities lead them down very different paths. Their lives unfold like a roller-coaster of a film, filled with joy and sorrow, bitter and sweet, and every emotion in between. 0Votes1.1MRecs902.5kFans
- 143 Dragon Takes Flight, Phoenix Solves Cases 龙飞凤仵 Mystery and deduction + light romance + a devoted couple This is an inspirational story about a spy, a gangster’s pursuit of his wife, a forensic examiner’s deductions, and a prince’s political schemes… Life: After transmigrating, Song Ning has a hard life. She examines corpses by day and catches fugitives by night. Dating? Not a chance. She’s lived two lives, and she’s a career woman through and through! Becoming a princess consort? Not a chance. Ever heard of a court official hearing cases wit 0Votes46.5kRecs67.1kFans
- 144 The Chronicles of Song Tan 宋檀记事 Synopsis: Wrapping up the ending. My new book, Su Su, is currently being serialized! After transmigrating back from the cultivation world, I returned to my hometown to farm, livestream, and sell vegetables! Song Tan had formed a Golden Core, but failed her tribulation. Back in the modern world, she found herself at the scene of a pileup and only narrowly escaped death thanks to someone who saved her life. What was there to think about? Forget being a wage slave. I’m going back home to farm! Draw 65Votes2.6MRecs634.3kFans
- 145 Ink Mulberry 墨桑 The story of Headwoman Li and all the men listed in her household… The long version: Dark Horse: My surname is Ma, my given name is Shaoqing, my courtesy name is Yuncan, and my nickname is Dark Horse. It’s because I’m ruthless, not because I have a dark face! I, Master Ma, come from a distinguished family and am skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and flowers. I’m here to back our boss Sang! Big Chang: My surname is Chang, my given name is Shan. I’m as broad-shou 18Votes1.9MRecs365.8kFans
- 146 After Being Robbed of Everything, She Returns as a Goddess 被夺一切后她封神回归 The moment Si Fuqing opened her eyes, not only had her luck been stolen, but everyone was also telling her to get out of the entertainment industry. After living again, she only wanted to lie flat. Who could have known that everyone in the industry now only knew how to promote themselves by putting others down, with no real skills and no willingness to hone their acting? Could this continue? Someone 1Votes131.6kRecs144.3kFans
- 147 A Match Made in Heaven, But Not Meant to Be 天作不合 Everyone says the infamous Miss Qiao is a harbinger of doom. Wherever she goes, not a blade of grass survives, and no living creature can be found. The children in town fear three things most: man-eating tigers, terrifying ghosts, and Miss Qiao, who brings misfortune to everyone around her. After she got her last living relative thrown into prison, the Fang family finally drove her out. The very day she left, the whole clan spread the news and celebrated wherever they went. One spring day in 0Votes321.4kRecs70.2kFans
- 148 The Lady Is Forced to Find a Prince 夫人被迫觅王侯 Straightforward synopsis: On the journey to their new home, the whole family has to survive on the half-sack of grain tied around Grandmother's waist. Zhao Luoyang is still struggling to stave off hunger when a System suddenly appears in her mind, forcing her to earn enough charm points to become universally beloved and famous throughout the land. Zhao Luoyang: That sounds hard. After working diligently, she finally racks up a huge number of charm points. But only then does Zhao Luoyang realize 1Votes1.2MRecs72.2kFans
- 149 A Family of Yamen Bailiffs 皂吏世家 For generations, the Qiao family has worked as minor officials in Kaifeng Prefecture. Grandpa Qiao is the jailer, Qiao Dad is a constable, and Second Uncle Qiao is a coroner’s assistant. Fifteen-year-old Qiao Qingqing helps her father gather evidence at crime scenes whenever she has free time, while her four-year-old cousin is inspired by Master Jiang the coroner to pursue the promising profession of forensic examination. Their family has the whole line of work covered! 0Votes149.7kRecs33.2kFans
- 150 The Empress Is Always Slacking Off 娘娘她总是不上进 Everyone said the fourth daughter of the Jing'an Marquis's legitimate line was incredibly fortunate. She entered the palace, won the emperor’s favor, and had both children and a powerful family behind her. What a splendid life! In truth, Shen Chuliu herself had no idea how she had ended up where she was. At first, it went like this: When the other consorts played music and danced, Shen Chuliu thought, I’m not some performer. When they wrote poems and painted, she thought, I’m not trying to pass 0Votes24.7kRecs72kFans
