Prince Xiang of the Red Chamber
红楼襄王
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 2.9M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Alternate History
- Updated
- 4mo ago
- English
- Request a translation
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I love Dream of the Red Chamber and enjoy reading stories inspired by it. The books I choose are ones I've read carefully. They may not all be great, but each has something distinctive and is worth recommending or warning others away from.
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The empress is a political figure, not merely a tool for the emperor to conceive. She controls tens of thousands of women in the inner palace and also has to coordinate with various noblewomen in the outer palace. Without considerable magnanimity and skill, wouldn't chaos ensue? As the saying goes, "one kind of rice feeds a hundred kinds of people," and "a large forest has all kinds of birds."
If an author wants to make money, they shouldn't write harem stories. Three or four are enough; very few readers actually want to read harem stories these days.
I support Daiyu. Baochai, having grown up in her family's environment, inevitably possesses a degree of egoism. Although the protagonist may hold a certain position in her love life, a significant portion of her heart is reserved for the interests of her mother, brother, and her family.
I find this utterly baffling. Isn't it perfectly normal for the emperor to choose his empress? Emperor Gaozong (Li Zhi) married his father's woman as empress, so why couldn't Xue Baochai be empress? Even if Xue Baochai was from a merchant family, couldn't the emperor posthumously grant her father a title and then let Xue Pan inherit it? Would that still be considered a merchant family?
I prefer stories where the protagonist's ending is already someone else's. The current Dream of the Red Chamber novels are mostly filled with illegitimate children or servants. A Marquis of Champion is stuck until the very end! Author, keep it up! I have coins, but I have no books to read. I can't even spend a coin in a month or two, so I can't give a monthly pass.
Curvy and slightly plump, the protagonist's favorite.
Xue Baochai
I heard the female lead in this book is Grandmother Jia, so I came to see if it's true. 🤓
I don't quite understand. Having read over 200 chapters, at least half of the content revolves around him messing around with women. It creates a sense of disconnect, making one wonder if he's here to vie for the throne or to pick up women.
The most venomous female character in this book is Miaoyu.
To be honest, even if the protagonist is a lecherous lunatic, he's still a political figure after becoming emperor. The fact that he shamelessly woos every woman he meets really ruins the viewing experience...
Where is the character "" in the name of Gao Zhan Qi Jian You, Hou Zai Yi Chang You, Ci He Yi Bo Zhong, Jian Jing Di Xian You?