Princess Adele of Florence was used by the Pope's father and brother Cesare, who used her as a bargaining chip to gain political benefits. On her way to the Eastern Kingdom, Adele is plagued by vicious curses and nightmares. She met her beloved for the first time in the Eastern Kingdom. However, because of her arrival, the palace encountered endless wars and she had to return to her own country. It was Adele's brother César who started the war. He loves his sister Adele deeply, but they will not be blessed. They are even called "the devil's children" because of their mother's identity. Cesare decided to break the curse and find freedom. The bloody coup, the erosion of evil spirits, the resurrection of the devil... Everything happened at the same moment.
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I just finished reading it in the library and I didn't like it very much. Adele is like a tool, being thrown around by the author and being carried forward by the story, but she can't influence anything. The only thing she can decide is to choose her own death. Call it tragedy or sadomasochism, but I don't agree. There is very little brilliance of humanity in the whole story, but more of the ugliness of humanity. The feelings are put into the dust and then trampled by thousands of troops. At the end of the story, Chu, who has become the emperor, comes to Feilengcui, and what he says to Adele is "I will definitely take you back." Throughout the story, the author treats Adele as a thing, and so do the characters in the story. It's very annoying, very annoying. The heroine in the whole story seems to be a victim created for the tragedy of the story. Her description and portrayal are all for the final "choice to die", and this "choice to die" is the author's wishful thinking and does not fit with the entire story. I also didn't like Cesare's behavior in the end. A person who planned the overall situation in the author's words lost everything, but it did not describe the strength of his opponent. The so-called "tragic ending" that was brushed aside seemed to me that Cesare was like a powerless child, especially the moment when Yuan Chun drank the enemy's poisonous wine and died in his arms. The author's story gave me the feeling that in that scene, Cesare was not powerless, but did nothing.
Very annoying story.
For a spoonful of sour vinegar, I made a meal of dumplings heavy with salt and ingredients.
The consequence of reading an old book is that you are easily moved by the characters, but when you want to look for the details, you find that the book has been forgotten by others. It seems like you are the only one who has returned to that era and lamented the people in the book
I read Tianzhichi first. When I saw the introduction of this book, I was very surprised. What does it mean that Adele was used by César?
The plot of this companion work is mostly about the imperial court (Eastern world). In my opinion, it is extremely poor. It can barely be used as a supplement to the world view. The only thing that makes me feel that it is well written is that the death of Princess Yuan Chun may have been ghostwritten... The ending is also sloppy. Cesare seems to have done nothing before becoming Dictator, but he is clearly capable of many things.
If readers read the collection of Tianzhichi first, then this book will be painful to read even if it is not a character-destroying one.
The above are all personal opinions.
I just finished reading it in the library and I didn't like it very much. Adele is like a tool, being thrown around by the author and being carried forward by the story, but she can't influence anything. The only thing she can decide is to choose her own death. Call it tragedy or sadomasochism, but I don't agree. There is very little brilliance of humanity in the whole story, but more of the ugliness of humanity. The feelings are put into the dust and then trampled by thousands of troops. At the end of the story, Chu, who has become the emperor, comes to Feilengcui, and what he says to Adele is "I will definitely take you back." Throughout the story, the author treats Adele as a thing, and so do the characters in the story. It's very annoying, very annoying. The heroine in the whole story seems to be a victim created for the tragedy of the story. Her description and portrayal are all for the final "choice to die", and this "choice to die" is the author's wishful thinking and does not fit with the entire story. I also didn't like Cesare's behavior in the end. A person who planned the overall situation in the author's words lost everything, but it did not describe the strength of his opponent. The so-called "tragic ending" that was brushed aside seemed to me that Cesare was like a powerless child, especially the moment when Yuan Chun drank the enemy's poisonous wine and died in his arms. The author's story gave me the feeling that in that scene, Cesare was not powerless, but did nothing. Very annoying story. For a spoonful of sour vinegar, I made a meal of dumplings heavy with salt and ingredients.
The consequence of reading an old book is that you are easily moved by the characters, but when you want to look for the details, you find that the book has been forgotten by others. It seems like you are the only one who has returned to that era and lamented the people in the book
I read Tianzhichi first. When I saw the introduction of this book, I was very surprised. What does it mean that Adele was used by César? The plot of this companion work is mostly about the imperial court (Eastern world). In my opinion, it is extremely poor. It can barely be used as a supplement to the world view. The only thing that makes me feel that it is well written is that the death of Princess Yuan Chun may have been ghostwritten... The ending is also sloppy. Cesare seems to have done nothing before becoming Dictator, but he is clearly capable of many things. If readers read the collection of Tianzhichi first, then this book will be painful to read even if it is not a character-destroying one. The above are all personal opinions.