RegisterLogin
Theme
Search
Series Group
It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager
Type
Web Novel (CN)
Genre
Tags[ ]
Loading...
Tags List | Request Tag
Rating(4.3 / 5.0, 489 votes)
5    62% (305 votes)
4    20% (98 votes)
3    10% (50 votes)
2    3% (17 votes)
1    4% (19 votes)
Language
Support Book (#ad)
Author(s)
One entry per line
Artist(s)
One entry per line
N/A
Year
Example: 2012
2021
Status in COO
Status in Country of Origin. One entry per line
135 Chapters + 8 extras
(Completed)
Licensed
N/A
Completely Translated
Original Publisher
One entry per line
English Publisher
One entry per line
N/A
Release Frequency
Every 1.4 Day(s)
Activity Stats
[Graph]
Weekly Rank: #12226
Monthly Rank: #7748
All Time Rank: #1400
Reading List
[Graph]
On 5643 Reading Lists
Monthly Rank: #931
All Time Rank: #1306

Description

Links are NOT allowed. Format your description nicely so people can easily read them. Please use proper spacing and paragraphs.

Tang Shishi was the number one beauty in the court. She was arrogant, domineering and aggressive. She accidentally picked up a book and learned that she was just a vicious female second lead in a palace struggle. Later, she would fight for favor with the female lead, and eventually she was ruined and died miserably.

Now, they have just entered the fief of Jing Wang, and the first meeting of the male and female leads has not happened yet. There are two paths before Tang Shishi. The first is to hold the heroine’s thighs tightly and join the female lead camp early; the second is to please the male lead and steal the favor of the female lead.

Tang Shishi chooses the third way.

Tang Shishi knew that the male lead’s adoptive father Jing Wang seemed to be low profile, but in fact he was overly ambitious. In the near future, he will invade the capital and proclaim the emperor before the imperial court, but it is a pity that he passed away before passing the throne to the male lead.

This year, Jing Wang is twenty-four years old, still young, and has yet to marry a wife.
Anyway, she already in the Forbidden City. Instead of being the concubine of the male lead, it is better to be his adopted mother, the empress dowager in one step.

————–

Zhao Chengjun had no intention to get married, so he adopted his subordinate son as his heir. He thought he would be with his army in his whole life.

Later, the imperial family sent a team of beauties to Prince Jing, and the leader was named Tang Shishi.

His young, adopted son and his subordinates also persuaded: Your Highness, this is a beauty trap.
Jing Wang: I know.

The so-called beauty trap was merely a bait for those who wish.

Associated Names
One entry per line
พลิกบทนางร้ายให้กลายเป็นไทเฮา
宫斗不如当太后
Related Series
N/A
Recommendations
I Became The Stepmother of My Ex-husband (5)
Greetings, Ninth Uncle (4)
Second Marriage (3)
The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant (2)
I’ll Be the Male Lead’s Sister-in-Law (1)
Married To The Male Lead’s Father (1)
Recommendation Lists
  1. Ancient China
  2. Fave Chinese Novels
  3. Wei Aixia's Already Read List 1
  4. Fantasy/Historical babies
  5. The Best Novels I've Read So Far

Latest Release

Date Group Release
10/02/21 Just for Fun Trans c83
09/30/21 Just for Fun Trans c82
09/29/21 Just for Fun Trans c81
09/27/21 Just for Fun Trans c80
09/26/21 Just for Fun Trans c79
09/24/21 Just for Fun Trans c78
09/23/21 Just for Fun Trans c77
09/21/21 Just for Fun Trans c76
09/20/21 Just for Fun Trans c75
09/18/21 Just for Fun Trans c74
09/17/21 Just for Fun Trans c73
09/15/21 Just for Fun Trans c72
09/14/21 Just for Fun Trans c71
09/12/21 Just for Fun Trans c70
09/11/21 Just for Fun Trans c69
1…34567…10
Go to Page...
Go to Page...
Write a Review
138 Reviews sorted by


Aster Anemone
Aster Anemone
June 12, 2023
Status: Completed
The best that I have read these days.

A proper gripping start, befitting climax and proper ending with a glimpse into other possibilities as well.

Well done to the writer and translators.

... more>>
Spoiler

Interestingly, in main story line MC and ML marry and ascended the throne and have kids, in the book that MC had, she died in cold palace after being cast aside by Ml's adopted son. And ML died after becoming king when he went to war with rebels, the arrow was shot by Ml's adopted son's spy.

then when MC died in cold palace in the book, in extra chapters it is shown that her ghost time traveled into the past or alternate reality, where ML is still 13 and she is living at the age of 6.

The as a ghost she meet ml, and later when ML grew up he finds MC and goes to get her right before her almost wedding 😂😂.

[collapse]

Some Tags

Spoiler

first life, 2nd life, time travel, 2nd chance, revenge, couple growth, powerful ML from the start, tragic background. No harem for MC and ml, devoted Ml, Military, Wangye to Emperor, prophetic book.

[collapse]
<<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
tpw16
tpw16 rated it
May 16, 2023
Status: Completed
I enjoyed the novel very much.

I was initially discourage in reading this due to some reviews that thinks the MC is s*upid. In my humble opinion, I don’t think she’s s*upid at all.

I love her character, she was high-spirited, unwilling to be resigned, and would always strive to advance bravely enthusiastically. No matter how many setbacks she encountered, She refuses to accept a fate where she is not the female lead, so she put so much effort. Because MC knew what she wanted, and she also knew that she was... more>> not a contented person.

Her continuous failures in winning the ML’s son is not s*upidity, rather the choices she made. Those were not wrong, they truly reflected her true self and personality.

My 2nd time reading, so would wholeheartedly recommend this novel. <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
Eru101
Eru101 rated it
April 24, 2023
Status: c143
It is funny, tho I skimmed some parts when FL is really getting careless around Zhou Shuahua.

... more>>
Spoiler

I really like the side stories about the two lifetimes. I mean, ML actually love FL before? And it also turned out, Zhao Zixun like her too but his feelings are fickle and too jealous that he killed her. And Zhou Shuahua hates her because of this. But really, the twist behind the pearl bracelet got me. Like ML is one step away from asking FL for marriage. Then ML talked to monk about the book of life something. Probably the reason why the monk gifted it to FL. Heartbreaking. Orz

Im still curious tho how ML turned out that he love FL in the previous life. Basically, they went through three lifetimes.

[collapse]
<<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
tedy2004
tedy2004 rated it
July 24, 2022
Status: Completed
Shortly, I'll say, this novel was nicely done. The characters FL and ML were a half shoujo-like but in an ancient china place, the shoujo tag is felt in the middle chapters and up, I'll say. It has a good plot, because of its uniqueness, even though it's a simple plot and you will know what will happen here and there, it's a good read. Oh and the synopsis is not entirely accurate, glad I didn't read it attentively.

What was disturbing:

... more>>
Spoiler

Is how their author rushed their relationship in the middle chapters of the story. FL was drugged with an aphrosidiac by FQ on a boat, and FL didn't know at first, but found out some important information and decided to rush back to ML's mansion, then FL (status: beauty maid) had *** with the ML. Yes, although I understand that it's explained that ML gave in, because of his greed of her, but another important fact is that ML decided to marry FL sooner because of that. With that author's reason, came another reason, their child from that bed scene, before marriage... Thus FL was tied to ML forever "yeey..."

This is where the r*pe tag came in, as "romantic" and a tag to rush their relationship...

Although it was told that they just did the bed scene with no details, which fortunately that's where the shoujo tag came in. But this r*pe tag, is always a bad thing in every novel, it is not a romantic thing at all, nor is it healthy to be used just to rush a relationship in a story.

I would rather wait for the author to patiently make more chapters, like 40 to 70 chapters for example, about their relationship and later marriage status. Not to use this shitty tag to rush and destroy a part about the novel that I will dislike, and surely many did and will...

[collapse]

Funny spoiler:

Spoiler

Author did not write even a single time about them kissing 0-0...

[collapse]

Overall, it's a good novel with it's own shoujo flaws and some things that were not explained, but it was written nicely. The extras were really entertaining, which is rarely seen, maybe for me.

P.S. Bed scenes without details

Good night. <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
s1003
s1003 rated it
June 10, 2022
Status: c143
Very fun and entertaining read.

MC is different from your typical protagonist, she is not omniscient or calculating, and instead bumbles along trying to take advantage of situations (due to her knowledge from the book) but usually messes up in the end. It's hilarious and cringey, which I think was the point. The "cheat" book gives a very one-sided account of events and she cannot control what happens outside of it. It's refreshing in the case that situations and circumstances are influenced by other characters and their actions. Not just how... more>> it was "depicted" originally.

I also love how flawed MC is as a FL. She is vain and ambitious, and wants to live a life of luxury, but these qualities are very realistic given her situation. It also aligns very well with the ancient culture - she knows the advantages her beauty can bring her and uses it in order to live a well-off life.

The relationship between the MC and ML is funny. Lots of bantering, lots of ML feeling helpless against the MC and just pampering her in the end. I like how their relationship developed throughout the story, how the two were very cautious around each other and how the ML slowly fell first. The development was slow (sometimes a little too slow - mainly on MC's part), but again, it was believable based on their personalities and their motivations.

I also liked how the ML was flawed as well. Too often, the ML is a Gary Stu (cold, domineering, perfect), so it was nice to see the ML grow - especially learning from mistakes he's made in terms of his relationship with both the FL and his adopted son.

I actually really liked the extras in the end about the previous and I think it would have been a great story in itself! <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
Aria064
Aria064 rated it
March 31, 2022
Status: Completed
I really hated the MC at the beginning, to the point of dropping the novel halfway, but I'm glad I didn't. MC (Tang ShiShi) is typically the type of girl that becomes villainous cannon fodders. She is beautiful but arrogant about her beauty, thinks she is smart and capable but extremely s*upid in reality, selfish to the core but she is very hypocritical about others. She steps on other people without any rhyme or reason and likes to fear the strong while bullying the weak. I was really tired of... more>> her childish schemes to snatch Zhao Zixun from Zhou Shunhua to the point I rooted for ZSH to defeat TSS. As expected TSS was defeated multiple times by ZSH because let's face it, TSS is really s*upid.

Since TSS's character started as a character with so many negative points her character growth in the story is really appearant. I'm glad the author didn't try to make her character as a smart or capable character like another novels where everyone praises MC for her intelligence while she is brain dead in reality. Here everyone know about her s*upidity, ML knows it, Empress Dowager and her supporters know it, her other 'sisters' know it and sometimes even MC herself knows it. Since she became aware of her failures and capabilities, she gradually realized that she can't be compared with 2nd FL ZSH. So she started to become cautious and focused on finding a backer to help her in difficult situations which developed her relashionship with actual ML, ZCJ.

What I liked the most in the novel is ML. Honestly he is such a gentleman and one of the best MLs out there. At the start he found MC amusing, he probably considered MC as a jumping clown while he is watching her (failed) schemes. He gradually found himself falling in love with her because MC is cute in her own way and less vicious and pretentious than other beauties sent by Empress Dowager.
Spoiler

How they spent their first night and got together could be dub-con to some readers but this is one of common troupes in C-Novels and is considered normal. After MC had gotten aphrodisiacs, she came straight to ML but ML didn't have s*x with her until she recognized him and gave her consent in a roundabout way by hugging him when he tried to leave. After they met again ML apologized from MC which I rarely see in other C-Novels. The only time I was dissatisfied with ML is that he didn't communicate with MC or at least a leave a note before he went on a military expenditure which made MC think their first night was a one night stand. I can understand his concerns to some extent since he was afraid of our s*upid MC running her mouth around and spoiling his plans since his departure and returning dates were secrets. In return, he arranged his close servants to protect and serve MC while not allowing other people to bother MC.

[collapse]

I love how Zhao ChengJun didn't go all possessive psycho mode to stop MC's crazy obsession with 2nd ML, instead he waited patiently until she realized her own feelings. He is always protective over her, loved her as the way she is and ultimately made her secure and loved to the point that she tried to willingly sacrifice herself to save him. Their love story is such a nice journey from suspecting each other and being on guard against each other to understanding and loving each other for who they are.
Spoiler

At the end of the novel they have such a happy family life while extras reveal another story that could have happened/already happened in a parallel universe or in another lifetime.

[collapse]

This novel doesn't have a much complex plot nor schemes that keeps readers in suspension but it has its own positive points. The author is really talented in writing different MCs & MLs who are not perfect, but relatable. If you are interested in other novels from the same author read "Greetings ninth uncle" is recommend. <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
Tyarena
Tyarena rated it
March 3, 2022
Status: c79
The blurb is very misleading!

... more>>
Spoiler

MC kept on trying to win the original ML from the book for 1/3 of the novel. She have only unintentionally ended up with the father after she was drugged by aphrodisiac. She did NOT decisively pursued the Jong Wang as hinted by the blurb.

[collapse]

Novel is alright from beginning to middle, then it kinda became boring because the MC became another helpless female who only relies on the OP ML.

MC is naive, although not a helplessly idiotic in the beginning as she does have self-awareness and she is flawed but she was determined to achieve her goal of becoming the empress dowager. It is a fine read at first, until the MC married the ML and then her IQ couldn’t handle the court politics and she became one of those helpless FL who can only rely on the ML like other novels, at which point it became boring for me. No character growth, which was disappointing. It could have been a better novel if the MC have continued to be strong and holding her own weight instead of just relying on the ML.

The translation is good, better than a lot of the other novels. <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
silent hobby
silent hobby
February 14, 2022
Status: Completed
The MC in this novel is the most realistic one in my opinion. She has many flaws, but the flaws made her real.

There is no smart female MC, no deep scheming, no righteous and innocent MC.

If I was in her shoes, My attitude would not be far from her. She is not smart but she understands that she is gorgeous and beautiful, that’s her weapon to survive and have a better future.

Some of reviewers despise MC and branded her as toxic and s*upid, well maybe she is not your ideal... more>> MC but her character is realistic as normal human being.

When you wanna try to read this novel, throw away your expectation for ideal MC, just think of normal teenage girl, you’ll enjoy the plot. <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
Njtrisha
Njtrisha rated it
February 10, 2022
Status: Completed
At first I liked it, the starting was interesting.. after few chapters I liked the FL and her s*upidity. But she was too s*upid to bear 70 chapters or more. It would have been better if her character showed some quicky and smart moves but unfortunately it didn't. The story was slow paced... Too slow to read but I like the ML very much
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
SweetLove
SweetLove rated it
February 3, 2022
Status: Completed
This definitely tops as one of my favourite c-novels.

Very plot-driven with smooth storytelling. The translation was good, kudos!

There's a balance between political and harem intrigue as well as the romantic development between TSS and ZCJ.

I'd say this is a novel I would keep on coming back to re-read! ❤️
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
CaliforniaMaki
CaliforniaMaki rated it
January 28, 2022
Status: Completed
I really like this one! And great job by translator too!

FL is so sassy, I love it! ML also takes time to get to know her. His bullying and her stubborness is the perfect combination lol
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
shadow_walker
shadow_walker rated it
January 11, 2022
Status: Completed
This is by far one of the best novels I have ever read😍😍😍

It actually feels really sad to see such an excellent novel being so underrated 😭😭😭

I am a fan of Chinese historical novels and I can honestly say that I have read a lot of them and most of them feature a somehow "perfect FL" who has it all and even if there were some flaws it can be easily overlooked or corrected as time goes by.

... more>> Well, guess what our FL here is nothing like that.

I have always believed that we should never judge someone without trying to look at things from their perspective, it is just not right.

We have an MC who grew up with a father who favored the concubine and destroyed the wife and a mother who is so weak to the point of being useless, she has always been unfavored and had to give ways to the concubine's children.

MC didn't believe in love or men, from a young age she understood that she was not smart at all and only had her beauty to rely on, and with a society in which women had to rely completely on men's favor she believed that the only way to live a good life was to use every mean possible to climb up which was mainly to find a powerful man who she could entrap using her beauty.

She admitted that she was a selfish and petty woman who wanted to lead a very comfortable life in which she should never wrong herself at all and her beauty was her only weapon to achieve that, it didn't matter which man she chose as long as she could climb up.

If anyone put him/herself in her shoes and wanted to lead a good life I believe that they would have made the same choice, after all who wanted to be supressed and trampled on for life.

every choice that she has ever made was for her own benefit including trying to take the rig. FL's place because in her mind she and the org. FL had the same starting point in the competition, and with a cheat sheet in her hands, why wouldn't she use it?! as she understood that she had no power or a family to rely on unlike the org. FL.

After all, she was a commoner with an education and life experience that could not rival the orig. FL and we could see that clearly throughout the novel as she performed low level schemes and was always reluctant to kill people.

She didn't want the org. FL dead or hurt, she didn't want the orig. ML's love and she only wanted her higher status.

She indeed was selfish but she was never malicious, at most she tried to put people against each other without getting directly involved and she and was always seen through by the ML.

She always convinced herself that she must be heartless and never fall in love but when it came to the ML from the beginning, and even if she didn't understand it herself, she acted unlike her usual self, and it can be seen clearly as the novel progressed.

I mean when the orig. ML was in danger she chose to run away but when it came to the ML she stayed even if her motives were not pure.

And from early on the novel she showed her true character to the ML, challenged him, disobeyed his orders and dared to give him ideas when nobody else could.

Somehow from the very start she trusted him and relied on him.

As for the ML, he is just perfect for her.

No, scratch that.... He is just perfect.

In my opinion one of the best MLs ever ❤️❤️❤️.

He didn't force his love on her, he just loved her with all her flaws, and accepted her wholeheartedly, a few people could do that in modern society let alone the ancient one.

Their first time was when she was drugged and she was the one who intiated it first and from and that happens a lot in Chinese novels be it ancient or modern but in ancient china the FL was only a property that has no will but apart from that incident, he always put her first and even when he made mistakes due to his ignorance of relationships he always tried to do better and see things from the FL's perspective and life experience.

And I think why some people felt that the FL was not getting any character development was due the ML's constant protection and the fact that her education and life experience were very limited as a commoner so her development was subtle but don't be fooled she did have a development especially in her thoughts and emotional levels.

ML's development was much more visible especially on the emotional levels as he was someone who is very smart with a vast life experience due to his circumstances and status.

Here we have a ML who actually made mistakes, acknowledged them, and then corrected them.

He tried to see things from other people's even if they were his enemies and understood clearly that sometimes there was no black or white in this world but only perspectives.

And finally this novel is a hidden treasure that should never be bypassed. <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
Payel
Payel rated it
January 6, 2022
Status: c143
Despite the fact MC has a book with the main plot as a guideline, she keeps taking wrong steps once and again.

It was funny to read.
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
Elizabrush
Elizabrush rated it
January 4, 2022
Status: c143
5 stars for the translator, 3 stars for the story. So I'll give this 4 stars.

The MC in this story is the definition of "failing upwards". The beginning of the story has her bumbling around, failing miserably to attract the attentions of the og!ML, with every attempt conversely endearing herself to the ML, og!ML's adopted father who just happens to also be young, handsome and powerful. It's pretty humorous and I enjoyed this part of the story.

Once ML falls for MC though, things get more dull. MC's schemes are more... more>> humorous and cute when limited to the setting of backyard harem catfights. Once things take a more serious political turn with larger consequences, MC is out of her depth and sort of steps back to become a cheerful idiot who's main roles are to be a lovable henpecking wife for the ML and inflame the conflict between the more powerful figures in this story. I didn't enjoy this later part as much, asides from the occasional flashes of emotion and introspection MC has.

I would actually love to read a reversal story where MC gets faceslapped, with some other character that's way better at scheming and political maneuvering roasting how amazing MC's plot armor/halo is. Because I myself found it kind of ridiculous sometimes...

Spoiler

In particular the Empress would be an interesting candidate for faceslapper. It's really sad how big of a cannon fodder she is in this story. Basically gets propelled into tragedy by the plot. After a miserable existence where she's forced to marry a child emperor and cater to his whims, then viewed as a failed babymaking machine by her closest relatives and allies, her family loses power and she falls from grace along with the rest of them. Ultimately she dies of "depression" at 20 something to basically just make way for MC's happy imperial life.

The way the other female characters of this novel are treated is pretty sad in general. Pretty much no other major or minor female figure I can think of has a happy ending, besides MC, her maids, and her mom. And maybe that foreign princess, but she vanishes once her role in the story is over so its hard to say what kind of ending she got.

[collapse]
<<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
bluesonnet
bluesonnet rated it
January 4, 2022
Status: Completed
Pretty good novel. The plot was overall well-written, and the romance developed properly. I even shed some tears at the most heartbreaking scene because you could really feel the FL's desperation. There was a lot of doting from ML (which I love), but probably my only minor complaint is that there wasn't much s*xual tension. Haha. As the translator said, it's a pretty clean novel.

Excellent writing from the author and superb translations from the translator. Thank you both! Recommended!
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
dramamonster
dramamonster rated it
January 4, 2022
Status: Completed
In the first half, the FL is a klutzy, Bridget Jones Diary type of heroine/undercover spy. FL is a first-rate imperial beauty sent to military/border Prince Jing's estate. She knows that his adopted son (age 18?) is going to be the eventual Emperor of the novel she is living in, so she tries to become the adopted son's wife. (Remember, she's not reborn or transmigrated, she's a historical girl who thinks being Empress Dowager is the highest goal for a woman.)

Except she doesn't know the details in the book,... more>> so she's often led astray. It's a comedy of errors. She's so transparent, beautiful and brash that no one thinks she has the brains for all the harem scheming going around.

The FL tries to succeed with/impress the adopted son according to the novel's plot (and overturn her own early death in the novel), but she shows her real side to the cold ML Prince Jing (age 24), who slowly falls in love with her very quirky personality. Their adventure in the wild where she shows her heroism and
Spoiler

saves Prince Jing, and he learns he can trust her with his life, was well done. Things happen, and eventually they marry, have children, and FL falls in love with Prince Jing, to the point of being willing to die for him when his enemy the Empress Dowager forces her. Don't worry, Prince Jing is there for her in everything. P

Prince Jing can scheme circles around the FL and see through all her lies (he loves the real her, stripped of her beautiful disguise (chapter 74)), but she has him firmly wrapped around her finger. I find their interactions really vivid, like a tv drama. He loves her, so she knows she can act willfully, which drives him crazy, but he can't bear to scold her, so they have this very teasing and provocative dynamic as a couple. There's tons of harem scheming (the adopted son has a large harem, but Prince Jing only has the FL), but FL gets through it all and has a nice lovely ending with Prince Jing. This novel could easily be called, "The Military Prince's Spoiled Beauty", or "Memoirs of a Pampered Wangfei"

[collapse]

In the second half, when the FL's family life is established, she reminds me of the wilful, captivating, freely enjoy-my-life-beauty-and-wealth type heroines written by author Butterfly's Shadow Beneath the Moon (like Eight Treasure Trousseau, To Be A Virtuous Wife, I Am This Type of Woman, etc.). The extra epilogue chapters are very cute too.
Spoiler

(She has 4 children, her previous novel self (who died tragically) has a reborn story, and it's happily ever after.)

[collapse]

If you like historical romance novels in Ancient China, you'll like this. It's not as dark as others (the FL never directly harms anyone, she just likes to get petty revenge against people who scheme against her), nor is it fluffy (there's still a lot of harem scheming around the adopted son's harem, the Empress Dowager, and the FL).

The translation is good, and it's a rare historical josei novel that is fully translated. <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
Smtha
Smtha rated it
December 28, 2021
Status: Completed
It’s a fun story to read. The FL is actually quite cute and funny, she had a silly luck at her side, (even she had a prediction book, it does not help much as the event changes from the original) ML is stoic in the beginning, but he is too, getting cute later on. (He just doted FL)

overall the story is not very heavy, mostly are the backyard drama and FL trying to change her fate. Got a bit dog blood but not too heavy emphasised.... more>> The courtroom, political drama also just summarise. The heavy focus on the backyard dramas and FL And ML interaction. Of course there’s fluffed and sweet moments. I enjoyed it very much. There’s still some extras not finished, so waiting for it. Thank you <<less
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
Rinkyx
Rinkyx rated it
November 5, 2021
Status: Completed
Very good novel. FL is very funny IMO and ML has good character. The characters were not OP which was nice. Definitely recommend. Only downside is that the ending was abrupt. I wished the ML and his Adopted son had more words about everything. 4 solid ⭐️
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
whitespade
whitespade rated it
September 29, 2021
Status: Completed
I really love the MC. She's brainless but brave, she is a go getter that will do anything to fulfill her ambition but because she's so silly her way is all over the place. Her antics are hilarious and I laughed so much. ML is of course perfect.
2 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
LII_Vera
LII_Vera rated it
April 14, 2025
Status: --
Oh, this MC pushed all my buttons!

I’m a simple person with simple preferences: I do prefer smart women that stay low-key, crystal clear in the eyes of others and scheme elegantly, without scheming, but for vicious and vibrant messy type that acts with no restraint — at least be successful in your scheming? If you, as a female protagonist, are running around getting into all sorts of trouble (even if you get out of trouble via dumb luck and ML), and have no results, it’s rather annoying!

Sure, she’s a product... more>> of her time, but I just don’t like feeling smarter than MC in my novels — I’m just a reader with zero EQ, no golden fingers or knowledge about the era, I should be amazed by MC, not frustrated by her!

And oh my Shishi is frustrating. Maybe in making her look silly and constantly failing to successfully scheme author meant to endear her to us, but no. I can take “oh no, I really tried to do X, but ended up in this wacky situation, look at me readers and ML” scenes from cute-type MCs, that have pure intentions and end up in trouble by real accident, not through their own incompetence.

Got too annoyed to continue reading, do not recommend — there are tons of more engaging novels. <<less
1 Likes · Like Permalink | Report
1 2 3 4 5 … 7
Leave a Review (Guidelines)
You must be logged in to rate and post a review. Register an account to get started.

Novel Updates

User Tools

Latest Series

| Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Contact Us