Mei Gongqing/ The Bewitching Courtier 媚公卿 by 林家成 Lin Jia Cheng (HE)

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• Thank you skyblu, you are so efficient:) Have you started to read/listen to the novel or have you already finished? Chancy, atsu & I are listening to it at different pace. I won't say I love this book but it is a bit different from other time travel and palace book in that she gets to relive her own life all over again. It is interesting to see how she can avoid the mistakes she made in the first time. Her scheming is not to get an emperor or a guy but to prevent herself from being married off as concubine. The novel also portrays the low status of woman especially those from humble background or without a father or brother to protect her.

  The book lacks humour but May may like it bcos the female lead is pretty smart. As for the male lead, it is quite obvious but Chancy managed to ship the wrong guy, lol. Initially she shipped the right guy but after reading a spoiler in baidu, she changed ship. Luckily I came on time and rescued her back to the right ship, lol. Don't always trust the spoiler in baidu for those who love to read spoiler:P I am very confident I am on the right ship all along and it is happy ending with some angst.

• I'm not that efficient, only on chapter 5, right now. It's different in that she has an advantage over everyone, not only does she know the events, more importantly, she knows the people. So far, I get the feeling that the guy she originally marries is either an emperor or a duke (duke seems more likely.) I'm going to make a prediction and say that she tries her hardest to not fall for that guy, but she does so again anyway.

  I'm always boarding the wrong ship anyway, so boarding one more won't kill me. It's the journey and not the destination after all. Besides, even if I know the ship will sink, I would get on anyway. (Jack and Rose from Titanic anyone?)

  Spring break is starting, so I can immerse myself in some novels.

• Agree with P - Its not fantastic, and the story is just plodding along. It's just interesting enough to keep me going.

  I've caught up with practically the latest now. The good news is that i'm not on any ship, but just observing from the shore, so as of now, won't be really heartbroken.

• At this point (chapter 10), the neither the characters nor the plot aren't very compelling. Chen Rong is, oddly enough, too competent to be likeable. The time travel aspect gives a reason for her competence (in qin, for example) but it's not that realistic. Other characters feel like caricatures and 2-dimension (especially Wang family's 7th daughter). The book just isn't sucking me in. I can't get a grasp on what her big plan is. To avoid that person? To live a peaceful life? To get revenge? So far, Chen Rong, and others, is lacking flair.

  I do want to know how the story will play out, but it's not the stay up until 4AM reading type of book.

• I'm very far in. Lol her plan up at ep 65 is still to live peacefully. Too many people have bad motives on her because she has no brother or father to defend for herself. She became very pitiful in her previous life, so she's trying to avoid certain situations in her previous life. Many times she just barely escapes. I really don't see revenge playing in yet. She doesnt really do anything against those who hurt her in the past, but they still not letting her off easy this time. This story isn't particarly touching or exciting, but manages to still get you wanting to know what'll happen to her. I like all the guys here ★_★

• HuiEr !!!!! Where've you been???? Abandoned your poor blog & friends:( I tut you gave up novels for kdrama, sob sob. Ha, turned out that you are still listening to audiobooks secretly, lol.

  I've asked Chancy to write something bcos she was the one who recommended this novel to me & told me it is not draggy. I've to admit it is not very interesting yet it is still interesting enough to keep me going, sound contradictory, lol?

  I've to say I need to listen to this b4 I go to bed daily as I always end up sleeping like a baby, lol. Chancy & I like the male voice so we may be slightly bias, haha......I think this novel gonna end around 150 chapters, one of the shorter one on cxt8. Plus, I think the readers gonna finish it, not leave it on hiatus. There seems to be limited choice of good audiobook so I need to be less choosy. I checked some reviews & baidu and most said the book is quite good so I'll give it a chance.

  I am only at chapter 21. Isn't her big plan to avoid Ran Min and all the mistakes she made eg. find a good husband????

• P - I'm coming back! I've finally settled into my new dept. Plus my boss hired two other ppl to share my workload, so I can actually do my work properly instead of running around firefighting. XD

  To be more specific, Chen Rong's ultimate goal in this life is to marry someone who has more or less the same status. She swears not to be involve in an obsessive and unattainable love anymore, so she's trying to avoid RM and WZ.

  P - which is the right ship?

• Skyblu - 4am book is bad for your health, you need your beauty sleep:P This maybe your 4am book 大唐女法医, which I plan to listen next since it has good audio book. If you like it, pls post it:)

  HuiEr - I was tempted to send you on a Titanic cruise but I am too nice to see you drown, lol.

  [spoiler]

  Of course, the right ship is my Qi Lang, Wang Hong. Come on, it is so obvious, lol. Dislike Ran Min since the 1st chapter.

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• Drowning in tears you mean.

  I like Qi Lang actually. He's actually quite black bellied. A wolf in sheep's clothing.

• Thanks for thinking of me Peanuts :D Hmmm not interesting but interesting enough to keep you going. What other novels fall into this category?

  How come the female lead can keep reliving her life again? Sounds like Bill Murray in Groundhog day.

  Anyone can give a brief descriptions of the male leads in the book?

  Also, Is this a HE book?