Moonlight Over the Northern Song

The previous book portrayed Li Shimin as incredibly stupid. I hope the author will reconsider this in this one. It's fine to include your own biases, but can you at least make those historically significant figures more compelling? Even villains should have the air of a powerful leader. What kind of author writes them like a minor character from a ten-year-old online novel?

To be honest, the late Northern Song Dynasty was truly rotten to the core; it was utterly hopeless that it didn't perish. Just look at the fate of Yue Fei, who tried to revive the Song, and the stupid things the Zhao family and their officials did to save their lives during the Jingkang Incident further illustrate this. They were nothing more than hopeless, professional traitors.

Reading Jin Yan's books allowed me to truly appreciate the scenery of the early Tang Dynasty. "The Illegitimate Son" surprised me so much. The scene of Li Ke, eight years old, going north as a hostage, with tens of thousands of people kneeling to see him off, and Qin Shubao personally urging him to mount his horse, made me cry for the first time while reading a novel. I hope Jin Yan won't disappoint me in the future.

I just discovered the author started a new book, and then found out it was abandoned. Even worse, the abandonment happened last year. Sigh.

My favorite book by the author is *The Illegitimate Son's Usurpation of the Tang Dynasty*, because I've seen many of the characters in it from books and TV dramas. Seeing their names reminds me of their roles in those shows, like *Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties* or *The Legend of Wu Zetian*.

I read the latest chapter in one go, and so far it seems to be the type I like.

No one's taken this post yet, so I'll take the first one 🙂

It was quite enjoyable to watch, so why was it discontinued?

I came here after reading about the story of the illegitimate son seizing the Tang throne; I support the author!

I voted for the author with a monthly pass. I was a long-time reader of the previous book, and I'll start reading it once it's more complete.