The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

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She was originally the young miss of the Marquis Estate, but became a peasant girl due to a mixed-up at birth.

With great difficulty, she grew up into a delicate beauty, but no one wanted to marry her.

Rumors said she was ugly and was born a fool, and that she was a star of disaster that brought about the tragedy of her parents.

However, the husband she picked up midway was the future Grand Secretary.

The little monk she adopted from up the mountain was the future Godly General of the six states.

Even the elderly woman she saved in passing turned out to be the Empress Dowager.

A certain man said viciously, “Wife, who dares to bully you? This husband will end them for you!”

The Godly General said, “Big sister, no matter where you want to go in the territory of the six states, I’ll clear the path for you!”

The Empress Dowager said, “Did the Emperor bully Jiao Jiao? Wait here! Aijia will go dispose of him!”

[A tyrannical beautiful Female Lead who can rely on luck but insists on using strength] & [A Male Lead with broken wings who hides himself deeply]
Associated Names
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Chief Minister's Wife (Official Manhua)
First Lady of the Crown Prince
GSPW
The Pampered Concubine Gu Jiao Niang
The Prime Minister’s Darling (Official Webnovel)
首辅娇娘
Related Series
The Return of the Noble Abandoned Consort (Same Franchise)
Recommendations
Abandoned Peasant Woman: Farming With a Cute Baby (1)
Concubine’s Stunning Daughter: Ghost Emperor Please Be Lenient! (1)
Godly Farmer Doctor: Arrogant Husband, Can’t Afford to Offend! (1)
Consort of a Thousand Faces (1)
Cool Goddess Special Agent (1)
The Empress’ Livestream (1)
Recommendation Lists
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  3. Cool Female leads
  4. Uzak D. Tarih Romanlar
  5. Best Read

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45 Reviews


FanXiaoRong
FanXiaoRong
Jul 04, 2021
Status: c634
WARNING: THIS MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Last Edited: 13/07/21

Hello everyone!

... more>> I'm the translator for this novel and so far this is sooo good!

If you are looking for fluff, you'll get so much!!! And there's so many funny moments where the FL (Gu Jiao) just beats up a certain father (I still don't like him as of now... but let's see...) and when the little monk is very very funny, he even manages to make our ML (Xiao Liulang / Xiao Heng / A Heng) speechless (which was very funny, by the way).

The interaction between Baby Yan and Gu Changqing... aaaawww........ It was so cute and heartwarming.... (Pls Baby Yan, don't hate Changqing in the future... P.S: Baby Yan is FL's twin brother. His name is Gu Yan)

I hate Gu Jinyu (the white lotus girl...) but well, I can understand why she's acting like that, but I don't like her. Her priorities need to be set straight. She just loves the attention that she gets, and doesn't like Jiao Jiao's parents wholeheartedly.

I think it is certainly a good read!

And please tell me if I had any flaws in my translations as I'm very new (Neither English nor Chinese is my first language)

And... I'll update my review once I read further (raws ofc) ...

Edit 1: (08/07/2021)

Ok, I admit that I'm surprised to see Gu Jinyu has realized her mistakes and becomes a good person (for now? I don't know if she's acting or not... Let's hope she isn't pretending)

And Gu Changfeng... Need I say more? He always suffers a lose whenever he encounters our FL (i.e., his half sister...) It is hilarious every time😂😂😂

Let me say this, FL's father was almost forced by FL into calling her his father...I laughed hard at this part when she tricked her grandpa into forcing her father to say this.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is a real gem, you know. I laugh hard every few chapters. Also, the drunk Gu Jiao is very hilarious...

Edit 2: 13/07/21

Gu Jinyu was really pretending... *sigh* But it was only expected....

Ok.... I have to say... while reading this novel, I have never ever gotten bored. You know, I'll get bored and drop reading the novel many times, but for this novel, I never got bored at all and I couldn't stop reading it.

Guess what, I've seen many novels in which the FL disguises as a man, but this is the fist time I've seen a novel where the ML disguises himself as a woman just to follow the FL (who disguised herself as a man) This is the situation:

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Baby Yan needs surgery, but the needed equipment is not there with FL, so she goes to another county (Yan country).

But in Yan country there are a group of people wanting to assassinate the ML. So, FL knocks the ML out and goes to Yan Country without him.

It is not easy to enter another country, so they use College admission letters to enter the country. Unfortunately, they only had men's admission letters. So, the FL disguises herself as a man and uses ML's identity to enter the college.

But fortunately, ML finds another admission letter after waking up, but unfortunately, it's a women's' college admission letter. So he disguises himself as a woman and uses the FL's identity to enter Yan Country.

He even gets the title of "College's top beauty"😂

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dramamonster
dramamonster
Dec 19, 2021
Status: Completed
Update 2023: Re-read the novel a year later - Foxteller's chapters 1-294, then Google Translated the rest. Novel is even better than I remember. One of the few novels that I'd recommend that have 1000+ chapters.

Original 2021 review: I read the translator's excellent translation to Chapter 85, then MTL'd all the way to the final chapter 1009. The MTL was readable.

Story starts with all the most common tropes (transmigrated doctor/assassin/magical medical box/prophetic dreams/disfigured vulgar poor girl) but everything about the story was very enjoyable.

MC is a rational, hardworking girl who... more>> uses her powers to save people. She's actually kind of tsundere. She seems cold and uncaring on the inside, but in her actions, she's saving people, healing people, rescuing people home to raise...

The first part of the story is the MC struggling to raise her poor family in the village, and it's more slice of life. The second part is the MC establishing her family in the capital and getting more involved with the rich and powerful. The third part is the MC in a new country uncovering more identity secrets, and becoming a war god. The fourth part is solving more mysteries and the epilogues.

What really makes the story stand out for me:

    • MC's uncanny luck in bringing people home to raise, and the heartwarming family they build together
    • everyone has 2-5+ other identities, which makes the story more interesting, and there are a LOT of secret identity reveals
    • because of the secret identities, the large supporting cast is very interesting, and there is a LOT of character development, even for the villains who sometimes become friends
    • although the MC is a serious, calm person, and there is a lot of adventure and plot, there is also a LOT of comedy. She doesn't pursue it, but her badassery gains her a lot of fans, friends and allies
    • I don't like
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      battles/wars, but in that story arc, it was enjoyable just to see her show up and fight

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    • it was MTL, but I think everyone's story ending was written and loopholes were closed
    • throughout all 1009 chapters, the MC remained a heroine I could like. Too often MCs become idiotic, helpless, cruel, etc. and I get turned off, but in this novel, the MC was a continual delight for me. She was always helping the people that she cared about and protecting the country
    • ML was really good to the MC, they had a really healthy relationship.
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      Although they had a village marriage when she was 13, they were just housemates and loyal to each other until they formally married again as adults under their real identities.

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Things I would change:
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Make the story arc about Grand Concubine Jing (aka Jing Tai Fei) shorter, expand the Zhao-Yan country transition to make it less abrupt, shorten the war arc, and expand the MC's POV in the last story arc, because I missed her

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I have to go re-read the entire novel again now that I know the identities and ending of everyone, but I'd recommend this novel. <<less
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kawaii12345
kawaii12345
Jul 03, 2021
Status: c60
The story so far is a basic secret agent transmigrates into an unfavored daughter and that's it. Too soon to comment on anything other than the translation and the writing both of which are a bit rough.

Update as of ch 60

Well it's not a typical secret agent transmigrates into an unfavored daughter, it's a secret agent that transmigrates into a novel where everyone avoids the plot and drags the novel as much as possible. Just incredibly dull
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ClearGlass
ClearGlass
Jun 09, 2023
Status: Completed
What I liked about the novel

ML was great, he's very well fleshed out too.

the romance was very good, it has a natural course and you can see them both putting in a lot of effort.

... more>> Most of the characters in MC's camp are pretty interesting and fleshed out.

The MC isn't an uninteresting character but novel doesn't put her on best display.

What I disliked about the novel

The novel introduces a pretty wide world and shrinks it to fit the MC.

The MC is massively op.

Everyone in the novel is obsessed with her and she never suffers any significant defeats.

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The story keeps making up background to give her, a lot of which she'd 'forgotten'. And she keeps 'recovering her strength' which based on the past she remembers just seems insane.

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The world revolves around MC, she's got the strongest protagonist halo of all time. And too many cheats

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her Assassin/ Doctor skills, her past lives, the prophesies,

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If anyone has negative feelings towards or is against MC, they will suffer. The MC shrugs most of it off, but over the course of the novel those cannon fodders are humiliated and are used to set off the MC's splendor.

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the first emperor, her adopted sister, chengfeng, her grandfather, her father, tang yueshan.

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nothing bad happens to those who have positive feelings towards her. I found it very cheap.

MC always occupies absolute righteousness which made the story a little bland for me.

Most of what I disliked about the novel is pretty easy to predict from the summary.

It's an extremely long waste of time unless ur just looking for a feel good <<less
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Sulsulivan
Sulsulivan
Jul 13, 2021
Status: c771
First sorry for my bad english

I've been following this story for a year. The background theme is simple, an agent transmigrating. Similar to Divine Doctor: Daughter of the First Wife. But don't think that they are the same. This story is much better than that. Novel was monthly ticket ranked 1 at xxsy site for more than 6 months.

What is good of this novel is how to manage action, comedy and slice of life in the story that makes the reader fascinated. Don't be fooled by the feathery/cute title, the... more>> main character is a woman with a insensitivity about love or feeling.
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In his previous life, she didn't get love from her parents because she didn't show emotions easily. Her parents who were afraid of him gave him (sold him?i dont remember exactly) him to his godfather who later trained him to be an agent.

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As the story continue, the nature of the main character Gu jiao will get better, with the presence of other characters who will enter in her new "small family" in her new life. The story also doesn't only focus on the main character, other characters also have their own story and development.
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the story will show us how her husband will deal with his past trauma. How he almost died at the hands of someone very close and important to him in the past. There's also a very adorable little monk character development. And how we will see him grow from a cute child be willing to be strong in order to protect gu jiao. Other characters will also appear throughout the story with good development.

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The storyline after passing the beginning phase or character introduction also becomes difficult to predict.
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[when they have moved to the royal capital of zhao]

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and there will be more and more fresh humor that the author inserts into the story. There is also a chapter that tells the daily life of gu jiao treating patients or a little monk who plays with his pet chickens and eagles which are very cute.

5 star for story

4 star for translation <<less
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hahahahahahaha
hahahahahaha
May 19, 2024
Status: Completed
This is definitely one of the best novels I've read. The PLOT is PLOTTING. This novel is over 1000 chapters but it's not like those other super long novels. You can see the characters and the plot gradually developing. I binge read this in less than 2 weeks. I never got bored reading this novel, instead it kept me wanting for more.

THIS IS A 5/5 FOR ME. THE ADVENTURE, COMEDY AND THAT LITTLE BIT OF MYSTERY SLOWLY UNRAVELLING IS MAGNIFICENT. THE ROMANCE THO IS FIRE HAHAHAHA.
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Dalisia27
Dalisia27
Apr 25, 2022
Status: c1004
I am at the last part of the novel. Only 6 more chapters to go but I can't wait to write the review.😀

I can't put this down! After I finished the translated chapters, I straight away went to machine translate it. I was not disappointed.

This is a really good story. No fillers which one of the things that made me continue reading. I usually do not finished reading a long novel like this. I'll stop halfway, bookmark it then continue with a new story. So far I think I finished... more>> maybe 1 or 2 novels from that bookmark stash. But not this one. I just had to continue reading.

I really recommend for readers to finish this novel. It is also one of reread novels category. I'll read this again when the translations is done. <<less
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Nelle
Nelle
Sep 14, 2022
Status: Completed
It's so good!! I only found the pacing a little bit rushed during the chapters for the last major conflict. That's great considering that this has more than a thousand chapters. For the rest of the time, the pacing was just right and kept the reader's curiosity.

If you're just here for the romance, then you'll be disappointed. The romance is constantly there, but it's only given at random short times. It's more of a small reward given from time to time. No third party, no irrational jealousy, no distrust. They're... more>> perfect for each other. The flow of the plot kept me entertained though despite the scarcity of romantic scenes. MC's personality is so lovable. She's a gifted killer, but so soft towards her loved ones. She's so innocent despite her brutal life. I just love her duality and her character development. <<less
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fassily
fassily
Apr 14, 2022
Status: Completed
Wow. I cannot believe I finished reading this whole novel.. 1 thousand plus chapters.. and honestly, there are many arcs (maybe too many) that makes me lose my focus a bit. We just learn one character, then the character suddenly missing for a period of time until they prove useful to MC again. MC is a bit too OP. The nice part is the ML is not too OP. He is black bellied for sure. but he is not typical cold and aloof ML. He cried, he got embarrassed and... more>> have other weakness that make him human. But not for MC. MC here is too perfect. anything she did, will proves helpful for her in the future. Anyone she beats up or dislike will surely be a hidden villain or something like that.

Apart from that, the siblings, family settings is quite nice even though quite unreal. Very hard to find so many people willing to live only with MC as a center. Everything will be depending on MC. Sometimes I do feel pity for the villains. I mean, the author make them quite miserable. By this I guess comes the idea of other writer to come and change the cannon fodder and villains' fate. all good were given to the MC. our villain will surely have no brain to do something so s*upid in public only to get face slapped by MC again and again. I understand that we need a villain and cannon fodder. But can u make them a bit more intelligent? I feel so sorry for them..

Other than that, it is good. I like the war strategy, the fighting and action. Even though it is quite predictable, using the same plot, first with MC changed at birth, then ML also..... it is quite repetitive.

Still a nice read. just throw out your logical thinking for a while then you will enjoy this novel. <<less
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Tech is life
Tech is life
Feb 04, 2022
Status: c103.2
This is awesome. Not at all cliche. You definitely won't regret reading it.

FL has the characteristics of a secret agent. She likes to live life peacefully.

ML is not agressive nor flirtatious. He is a rational man.

The monk is the cutest.

The old lady is the wittiest when it comes to banter with other ladies.

Gu xiaoshi is the Perfect brawn but no brain bro. He is talented in wood carving.

Gu yan is sickly yet good twin to fl.

There is perfect ratio of drama, romance, comedy, action.
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kyrez
kyrez
Jan 14, 2022
Status: c964
I really enjoyed reading this. I especially love the family dynamic in the story.

FL is very straightforward. She shows her likes, dislikes, and indifferences clearly. She's definitely a protector.

As she protects her whole world, the ML becomes the one who protects and loves her.

So their romance is grand but grows at a steady (and slow) pace..

Since it's a very long story, it seems words can't really help describe it^^ enjoy reading~
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joonsgalaxy
joonsgalaxy
Nov 20, 2023
Status: --
I really wanted to like this novel bc everyone was raving about it and it has such high reviews but like... it's okay at best.

first, the mc

Ofc one of my biggest gripes is how the author bends over backwards to make the MC op and always come out on top. She's a transmigrator who is basically a genius/secret agent/martial arts specialist/amazing doctor. The one thing that could humanize her and round her out is her trauma around family. But it's treated so passively. Only brought up when it's convenient. Her... more>> blasé, nonchalant attitude was nice at first. The way she shirks off the bio dad and sees right through people is fine. Nice, really. But it gets to be annoying when other characters (and I am specifically talking about the members of her found family) are basically worshipping the ground she walks on and her vibes are so "meh" about it. The only characters she actually shows any genuine warmth towards are jing kong and the ml

The author creates this wide world with many characters and there's obviously pros and cons

pros: each character is given a unique background. each character has their own distinct personality. the relationships between some of the characters are quite heartwarming and interesting. some characters are allowed nuance and depth and it makes me really like them, even if they aren't completely nice/good people.

cons: it's like the author is just throwing characters at you after a certain point. To the point that, of course, characters get sidelined and forgotten. (I specifically have a gripe about how Gu Xiaoshun is treated by the narrative.)

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Initially, he's the only "family" member of Gu Jiao's to actually genuinely love her and want her. Then, as the family grows, he gets sidelined to extra, EXTRA side character. Gu Jiao even acknowledges this and laments how he's basically getting the "middle child" treatment since he's fairly easy to deal with and doesn't cause much trouble. She then helps him get a master to teach him properly since he's got a great talent for wood carving and then... he's forgotten about again. Most of his scenes are in relation to Gu Yan but he's supremely left to the background. What really tipped it over the top for me is when his master and his masters wife ask to adopt him and Gu Jiao is so nonchalant about it. Sure, she asks him if he wants it but she doesn't seem to have any actually attachment to him. In fact, her only thought about his adoption is how she paid his parents twenty taels to be able to take him with her

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it was just so obnoxiously heartless and felt like the author just wanted to wipe their hands clean of him to further the plot and get rid of him. Jing Kong is this super star three-year-old

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he's the one who will become the renowned general

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and I have had my own gripes about authors writing terribly written children, so jing kong is refreshing in some aspects. but he also becomes quite annoying in other aspects

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the whole "bad brother in law" and constantly calling Xiao Xiulang dumb and incompetent shticks become eye rollingly annoying. Honestly, the only exam he did bad on was the initial entrance exam for the towns academy. So like, , , calling him dumb after that literally makes no sense and seems to be the authors way of emphasizing jing kong's innocence/devotion to the MC but it just becomes obnoxious

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Gu Chengqing is the only one of the other Gu brothers that gets any depth. Gu Chengfeng and Gu Chenglin get the "bullied by the narrative" deal. At points, they deserve it. Don't get me wrong. Especially Gu Chenglin

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the way he bullied Gu Yan was genuine assault. Letting him get beat up and then tying him up and then locking him in a shed in school grounds is insane regardless of whether or not he actually recognized that it was Gu Yan. But then you learn that he'd done this before when they were young, knowing full well about his heart disease.

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but I just don't like and can never get behind the bit where characters are ceaselessly beat up (literally and/or figuratively) and it's treated like a gag. A joke and is supposed to be entertaining/funny.

i stopped reading after the Gu Xiaoshun thing so that was somewhere in the 300s I think. <<less
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elliepot
elliepot
Jan 17, 2023
Status: Completed
Initially, I was very skeptical that I would enjoy this novel since the beginning chapters followed the usual transmigration novel tropes but as I read further I found myself invested in the story that I literally slept late because I was eager to know what happened next. I even read the MTL and used google translate because I wanted to know how the author will weave everything together to reach the conclusion of the story.

The whole plot was basically exposing the secret identities of the FL and the people she... more>> picks up (quite literally) which was a whole riot, I laughed a lot and there were chapters that made me emotional as I read it. I also love the fact that the side characters were given depth and character development, they played integral roles in the story. I loved how the family dynamics changed over time, it wouldn't be wrong to say that the story actually feels family-oriented. I feel like a proud mom as I read about how the Female MC grew from a person who didn't experience love to being surrounded by people who love her, she deserves it. Jiaojiao deserves all the love in the world, she is not a monster but a human who also gets hurt and becomes emotional. What I love about her is she feels really thankful when someone helps her and she won't hesitate to return the favor. She's a soft-hearted person behind her strong and cold demeanor. She's one of the best Female MCs I've read because she feels so humane.

PS: Our little monk Jing Kong is just the cutest.

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I enjoyed the Xuanyuan family arc the most. Unexpectedly, the person who founded it was actually our MC during her first travel into their dimension. She was actually the first Lord of the shadows, Yinyin, and then now Gu Jiao. A good plot twist. The author is really good at providing subtle hints in between the dialogues of other characters so that you would reach the same conclusion.

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The biggest plot twist near the end

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Now that is unexpected the Godfather is from another galaxy and he's known as the Marshal of the Empire (so I guess he's an alien in a way?) Long Yi is also from this galaxy. Apparently, the inhabitants of that galaxy have superior physiques due to vast amounts of energy which would explain why Long Yi is OP. Not surprisingly, the godfather and Jiaojiao did love each other but the biggest plot twist in the last chapter turns out that Xiao Heng is the reincarnation of the godfather danggggg~

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Vodkaandcoke
Vodkaandcoke
Jan 04, 2022
Status: c92 part1
Love how it’s not the typical transmigration novels where MC is to overpowered and cold.

Defo recommended to anyone who likes reading historical/transmigration novels with a slow romance.
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cheesesoup02
cheesesoup02
Dec 12, 2021
Status: Completed
TL;DR the ending felt super rushed, but everything up until then was 5/5 for me. Don't let the final 5% turn you off from the rest of the story!

I started reading this story expecting lots of slice of life, comedic scenes with very little to no intrigue, which, I did. But while there's definitely lots of heartwarming family love (both from found family and biological family) and a WHOLE LOT of comedy, it's also chock-full of fighting and war, political intrigue, and mysteries involving the past and present.

I think the... more>> characters really made the story feel interesting and enjoyable, especially our FL and ML.

Gu Jiao/Jiaojiao: the FL of the story. The kind of person who won't give you the time of day if you aren't important to her, but is willing to dig out her whole heart and soul for the people she cares about. Her shamelessness and unpredictability catch her enemies off guard while also endearing her to both her allies and the readers. Most of the comedy in this story comes from her and Jingkong, who inherits a lot of her more hilarious personality traits.

Spoilers for her past:
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a heck of a lot of background story to unpack here. Gu Jiao has actually transmigrated two times before the start of this story, but complications with transmigration across time and space have caused her to lose her memories from her first two transmigrations.

    • First transmigration: the First Shadow Lord, who was like a mentor to the Guoshi and Emperor of the neighboring country of Yan (as of the current arc, Gu Jiao lives in the country of Zhao). Also a genius doctor like Gu Jiao is in her current life, but set up a bunch of important story props and flags that come into play a whole lot later into the story.
    • Second transmigration: the daughter of An Guogong and Xuanyuan Zi, called Jing Yinyin. Her maternal family, the Xuanyuan family, plays a huge part of the Yan Country arc as she fights to restore their reputation as the guardian of Yan and impose retribution on the other noble families who framed them. She doesn't find out her relation with the Xuanyuan family until about halfway through the arc.
    • Third transmigration: this story. As stated in the synopsis, she is the blood-born daughter of Marquis DingAn (?) and his second wife, Yan-shi. Because of a mix-up thanks to the abbott of the temple she was born in, she was switched at birth and grew up in the village. Not yet introduced as of 12/2021 are her paternal grandparents and her three older half-brothers.
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Xiao Liulang: the ML of the story. Hella smart and deeply scheming. At first, he's wary of Gu Jiao because of the original Gu Jiao's actions, but he eventually falls deeply in love with her and protects her as much as she protects him. Due to his past, he's very guarded in the beginning, but I really liked how loving and soft he was (only to her and his family) as he gradually opens up. They establish their mutual affections in the upcoming arc, but it's not until the end of the story that the marriage and promotion to Grand Secretary happens.

Spoilers for his past:
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    • His original identity is Xiao Heng, the young master of the Xiao family. His father is Marquis Xuanping (Xiao Ji), and his mother is the sister of the Emperor of Zhao, Princess Xinyang (Qin Fengwan). As his true identity is revealed, the story eventually switches to referring him as Xiao Heng.
    • BUT WAIT his actual identity is the son born to Xiao Ji and a s*ave he picked up from an underground martial arts center. That s*ave is actually Shangguan Yan, the child of the Emperor of Yan and his Empress. Because the Empress's natal family is the Xuanyuan family, Xiao Heng has the blood of the Xuanyuan family running in his veins (hence the Xuanyuan family redemption arc).
    • BUT WAIT WAIT x2!!! He's actually the godfather who raised and trained Gu Jiao during her time with the organization. Yeah, seriously. The godfather was actually a Marshal of an alien civilization (lol wut) from a planet called X94 or something?? He crash landed on Earth, and some of the dark matter on him contaminated Gu Jiao's mother, who was pregnant with Gu Jiao at the time. This caused Gu Jiao to absorb that dark matter and suffer from violent urges whenever she sees blood. He picked her up after she was abandoned by her parents to study her blood and potentially use her to extend his waning lifespan, but he eventually fell in love with her (and she with him so it's ~romantic~ that their love transcended time and space and the cycle of reincarnation). We don't actually find out about all this until literally the final 2 chapters of the epilogues, so it honestly felt like a hit from the back of the head with how abrupt it was LOL.
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The other characters are also very endearing. They each have their own talents, and their personalities meshed well together, as far as I could tell. Lots of character development, and even some previous villains/opponents become allies. I laughed a lot and cried a lot as I was reading.

I will say, though, that the ending felt pretty lackluster. The final arc, if you can even call it that, seemed abruptly cut off, and all the secrets and loose ends are tied up pretty much all at once. It was to the point that I kinda lost interest in reading through some of the epilogues, because it felt like the author was forcibly marrying all the characters together.

Still, I enjoyed the story! Not a classic that makes you think, but great for an easy, if lengthy, read. Would definitely recommend for anyone who wants a good laugh. <<less
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raideshinn
raideshinn
Aug 06, 2024
Status: c934
there's one thing you should do when reading this.

it's to have your mind open to all possibilities. Actually, this applies everytime you read a story fantasy story, you can't expect them to stay realistic.

in this case, the story have much more flow than the other Chinese fMC transmigration. To have a bit of idea, the MC is like the MC of the rebirth of the star general, just that I like this MC more, she's very lowkey that sometimes you'll be infuriated to death when other characters takes her credit... more>> and she doesn't really do anything about it like the inventions cause first, it's not really her invention and second, she doesn't give a f*, there will be face slapping when the author is finally stricken with conscience but it takes like 100 chapters for some characters to get their retribution but face slapping is not the main point of the story. It's the development of the environment around MC, the characters, I mean. There are times you'll miss MC cause she very rarely appears, why? Because if someone provokes her she'll sacked then and beat them up and the story is finished just like that. I can't really explain why I love gu jiao so much, just read it and like 10 chapters in I'm already inlove.

gu jiao is "disfigured" and it would stay like that for the most of the story, it kind of become her identity and I kind of hope it stays like that, it's just too iconic but we knew these ancient peeps are never going to shut up with those ugly allegations about her.

out of all the characters, the character that scares me the most was probably the impersonator of princess ning'an, when she showed her true colors there's just a creepy feeling. It's like when you stare at your reflection for a long time that it slowly scares you, that's the feeling. She's not very intelligent, she's just really scary and also because she's been lurking in the dark so when she's finally in the light and the MC side is in the dark, they were able to beat her in her own game. Plus, the fact that she got a bit impatient after she finally showed her true self, that mistake gives the MC side the opportunity. She is by no means the strongest character, the MC didn't even sweat against her, she just gives off uncomfortable vibes

the ML is a rare weak ml, in talks of martial arts novel, he is not as physically fit that sometimes I'm thinking that he doesn't deserve the MC but who says only women can be the beauty and a damsel in distress?and ML is not a good for nothing, he's incredibly intelligent but somehow the author rarely use him, only in critical moments, he's adorable but would sometimes had burst of danger mode moment, you can't expect ML to be able to fight with MC in the battlefield like other ML does, but he's the one she needs, because of her natural killing intent, she's pretty much locked on with killing and fighting, anyone as long as they are human will get exhausted with such situation, I think that's also the reason why MC kind of shy away from the spotlight (but that doesn't mean she's afraid of it) so the ML being quite a normal person and also a cutie pie is definitely a NEED for her

i love the story but I gotta say, the author is very much into misplaced credit then have that character send to heaven only to fall back in hell once everything comes to light. It's their own fault why it escalated to that much but I would be angry too. And most of it was the fact that they didn't even snatch it knowingly, and really thought it was theirs. Also, the fact that if the little villain is a woman, it was very easy for the author to do all kind of face slapping to her but annoying men gets away after being beaten, just like marquis gu, he is def worse than gu jinyu who directly do things with her hands, marquis gu is like a pig teammate who ruins everything without realizing. He could have been very well ruin everyone's life around her if gu jiao didn't appear, which the dream have pointed, the og soul ending is the masterpiece of marquis gu's s*upidity, and all he could receive was disappointment while gu jinyu receives all kind of humiliation (well deserved but in comparison with marquis gu it sounds too much)

I'm currently entering the state of your arc so I'll also write a review after that-- (I'll be mad if the legendary ice skater gu jiaojiao didn't have its second appearance)

okay this is getting too long so what I can only say for this arc, too awesome!but also too long! It's a conspiracy after conspiracy, big conspiracy and an even bigger conspiracy. <<less
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amks
amks
Apr 26, 2024
Status: c416.1
a must read novel omg, every character have their development so well

at first MC is really op and as the novel progress she have some encounters that she cant solve alone and this is here the secondary characters enter! Usually in these chinese novels its the ML being overbearing-knew-it-all but there we have none of it!!!!!! Everyone helps everyone! Their family is so cute and funny wu~
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Scouts_Reads
Scouts_Reads
Aug 04, 2023
Status: c406 part2
Great story! I hesitated to read it due to the description which screamed Mary-Sue incoming.

But it's worth the read. Lets just say some basic facts...

The MC is a Mary-Sue.

... more>> By which I mean a "OP Character with almost no weaknesses/challenges in the story." But she's a well-written Mary-Sue. But she's at least upfront about being a Mary Sue, there's no coy "oh no, I'm so helpless but oh wait? I kicked your ass." There's no being pushed around until surprise, surprise, I'm a powerhouse.

She starts off as a powerhouse. She knows she's a powerhouse. And she doesn't pretend to be otherwise. If anything her primary development is character-wise.

The story writes the character's developments well. Vibrant personalities outside (most of) the villains, who do come off a ltitle flat.

If you come in the story with the mindset "this is a comedic take" and you'll enjoy the story far more than a serious dark and gritty take on the era. <<less
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dnd
dnd
Nov 15, 2022
Status: c37
At first I thought that this story is just kinda overating or so. The description really didn't do any justice to promote the story, I held so many times to try and read this book because the description is just unappealing. But I'm glad I try it out this time.

The story is well written and have a solid plot and character. Some plot were actually quite heavy but it was written in light way so I doubt there will be any tragedy or painful death in it. There might be... more>> one or two traumatic event that being explained and used as a background story but it would not change the flow in the story.

The best part is whenever I thought that I soon will lose the interest there is always something new that can pick my interest back to the story, so in the end I can't help to keep on reading.

There is some part that I personally think too lousy for the story but unexpectedly the author actually explain all the unreasonable part in the next part. Probably the author want to indirectly show it to the reader that it's not like s/he didn't think it through but for the sake to lighten the plot some serious part has to be ignored. Probably....

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the relationship between the MC and ML is quite smooth so far, there is no deep I'll feeling between them at all. Me hasn't met any deep scheme type of plot either. Even the mix up baby case are also happened coincidentally, and the parents try so hard to be accepted by the MC, instead of the MC who try fit in the family. There is a lot of lucky case for MC too, with the golden bridge paved by the author her life surely will be much more enjoying than painstaking.

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MC

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MC is Gu Jiao, she is a transmigrator that have multiple ability, such as medical skill and fighting skill. She is actually very smart and serious one, but kind and soft hearted. So far she beating almost all the bad character (even her father) and the crown princess, but amazingly always get away with it. With all the packed ability and knowledge she's been stand out and even being recognized by the emperor.

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Marquise Gu

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he is one the example on how dark the background should be but the story being written in light way. He is a not so sharp nor smart one. Perhaps he will be stand out in the term of war or fighting and strategy but for other stuff he is a very ignorant and hot headed one. The way he treated both the adopted daughter and biological daughter in half assed way always make my blood boil. In the end he keep making an empty promise and empty action for both parties and indulge the adopted daughter to the worst scenario. Even the weak and bordir mother have more resolve than the so called marquise. But even so all of her worst aspect is being balance with the comical plot of him and his biological daughter relationship. That beating scene was surely funny, at least he know that no matter what he is the guilty part and not try to fighting back on the fight. No wonder the grandma regards him less than her own grandson that much. Also he is the supreme cause of the GJ downfall on the previous life, on purpose or not.

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SweetLove
SweetLove
Mar 08, 2022
Status: c126
I just had to subscribe to Celestial Translations patreon page because this story is one of the best cns I've read in years!!

Gu Jiao is just as awesome as Ning Xi in Hidden Marriage albeit in a historical setting. Seriously people give this a try and there's always something exciting happening every chapter. 😍😍😍
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