
The Retired Palace Maid
退役宫女
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.4M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Palace & Household Intrigue
- Updated
- 9y ago
- English
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In my opinion, a palace maid who managed to survive eight years in the palace wouldn't be so coquettish and utterly naive. The schemes and gossip of her brother-in-law and the old rich man were all resolved through the author's arrangement. Despite constant pressure from her family, the female protagonist is indifferent, always concerned with saving face for them, at most telling them stories, and having nothing to say except boasting.
If you ask me, I'd rather marry that junior military commander in Chang'an...
The female lead's personality is truly indescribable; it's a miracle she even survived to leave the palace with such low emotional intelligence...
What's the connection between graduating from a Chinese literature department and being a top student...?
I've read up to chapter 54. The female lead seems like a child who hasn't grown up.
Does this woman seem even remotely intelligent? She's a top student, and she looks incredibly hot-tempered.
I couldn't stand it anymore and dropped the story. A top student from the 21st century who transmigrated—what kind of thought process does that have?
The new book, "The God-King's Pursuit of His Wife," is already quite chubby. Please read a sample to change things up!
Thank you to all the fans who followed the story. I started writing "Retired Palace Maid" in 2010 and stopped writing in 2012 due to a job transfer. I continued writing it on and off until it was finally completed in 2016. Because the delay was too long, orders dropped from over 5,000 to just over 500. They really brought this on themselves! 😥😥😥 Thankfully, it's finally over.
The plot is absurd, and it's getting more and more absurd.
It's been several years, but I'm still coming back to read this book. I guess I like it.