Incandescent: Chinese Novel Recommendations

The Grand Princess

Author: Mo Shu Bai

Chapters: 169 Chapters + 2 Side Stories (Completed)

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Mature, Psychological, Romance

English Translation: Ongoing

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Description

Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan married at the age of 18.

Li Rong used Pei Wenxuan's family background to avoid disaster, and Pei Wenxuan used Li Rong's identity as Princess to establish himself.

They married for political reasons, without the slightest bit of affection.

Later on, she lost herself in the midst of wine, song, and dance. As for him, he had a home yet did not bother coming home because he already had someone in his heart...

Husband and wife for 30 years, yet nothing between them but power.

In the end, it was hardly surprising that someone turned them against each other, leading them to die under each other's schemes.

However, when they woke up, they had actually returned to the year when they were 18 years old, returning to the most difficult time in their lives.

So Pei Wenxuan went to look for Li Rong.

"Does Your Highness feel that we should go through this marriage again?"

"Let's do it..."

"Then this humble one must get rid of your 'Guest Official' first."

"Do you think I'll let your sweetheart off?!"

After a long wordless silence, Pei Wenxuan spoke again: "How about we bear with one another for the time being? In two years, when we each have power in our hands, you and I will divorce. From then on, if there are grievances, settle those grievances, if there are grudges, settle those grudges. What does the Princess think?"

Li Rong hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Fine, go ahead with it first..."

Later, Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong secured the power to control the Imperial Court. Seeing Li Rong write up the divorce letter at home, Pei Wenxuan looked left and right, considering the situation from all angles, then finally walked into the study. "The children are already this old, how about we keep living like this for a while?"

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Comments and Remarks from NU (Novel Updates):

This story is a tragedy filled with love, hatred, and second chances. When everything has been sacrificed and burned, and you are given the chance to change it, what would you do? The two translated chapters are filled with complicated feelings and a tinge of sweetness. Our leads have the chance to start again. Would they choose to let go, or would they repeat the tragedy they once had?

I read this novel because I love how cute this bickering couple is--- until I know, that this novel is heavy but wrapped with honey. Their first life is twisted, bloody, and full of heaviness, and when they choose to start over, they might be able to change it. This is a political novel that lures you with its sweetness, then surprises you with its sour and bitter aftertaste. In their first lives, many loved, yet hated each other deeply. Just like how Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong always had feelings for each other, yet separated; just like how Su Rongqing loved Li Rong, yet still wronged her in the end ; just like Li Chuan and Li Rong, one worshiped and adored his sister, and the other tried to protect her brother with everything she could, yet in the end, they could not even stand each other.

I shipped Shangguanya and Su Ronghua, not knowing how tragic their story's end in the first life. Their story felt cute, that is, until I figured out their bitterness. An unexpectedly rebellious noble miss with a playful young master. Their intertwined heart was cruelly cut off in front of clan's interests. They let go, yet also longed for each other.

The complexity of this story is amazing. The lively or cheerful people you read in the second life may have had a tragic end in their first life. The characters' feelings are bound together in messy red line, intertwining them complexly. The same way in which you could betray and kill someone you love when you need to.

I'm so freaking happy when our leads finally got together! Our leads are not OP, they are just strong, and together, they are invisible. Someone other than Pei Wenxuan can't match Li Rong schemes, and someone other than Li Rong can't restrain Pei Wenxuan's smartness. They are a match made in heaven. Definitely one of the best historical novels I've ever read! I just wish that our couple would not end in a tragedy like in their previous life.

- Jevanka926

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Way too interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing how this story goes, as my heart hurts for both of the main leads. If you're given the chance to start over from a tragedy in your first life, what would you do?