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“I can’t accept this! I can’t! Even as a ghost, I’m going to spend eternity cursing that your relationship will shatter like glass! Break apart like a pair of mandarin ducks that fly away from each other!” With such a persisting obsession, it would be difficult for the vengeful departed spirit to move on.
 
Ji Man had only read a light novel to pass the time, but she was unexpectedly pulled into a very strange dream. She had become the novel’s most vicious villainess.
 
The novel rewinds to the beginning. The villainess who had been ordered to commit su*cide reappears on stage and begins to follow the plot as she walks toward the novel’s ending once again, to a courtyard deep inside the marquis’ residence. A female lead that’s like the Holy Mother. Countless cannon fodders. The imperial family’s favor…

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Romance of a Twin Flower (drama)
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claudine
claudine rated it
February 7, 2019
Status: --
Currently on ch168 of the Chinese raws (probably 300+ in the translations)

This novel is very, very good. I don't know about people calling it "not romance" -- I really don't like genre conventions and how they force authors to box themselves.

I'll tell you what I love about this novel. Both the MC and ML are incredibly realistic of their respective time periods. The MC is very smart and practical, but isn't perfect and makes mistakes at times. The ML is a jerk at first -- because of his sweet... more>> love for the female lead (not MC) -- she's the first person he's ever loved after all, I cut him some slack.

You grow to discover that he's actually incredibly cunning... he seems like a fool in the beginning chapters, but trust me he knows a lot more than he lets on. He plays sides. And he protects his own as best as he can.

If you want a fluffy uwu novel where the ML is dashing, all-powerful, will make sweet love to MC... I'm sure there's plenty of other novels like that out there. This one isn't, and is so much better for it! I love that they have s*x initially though they aren't in love with each other. And that they fall for each other later! You'll see when he does have feelings for her -- it's very sweet. <<less
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Platos_Redhaired_Stepchild
Platos_Redhaired_Stepchild rated it
February 5, 2019
Status: c248
This is a "transmigrated into a cannon fodder character in a book" story. Not bad despite the cliched "make a pile of money off my superior future-knowledge" side plot.

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I like this series despite the male lead (love interest) being an irredeemable POS. The MC, Ji Man, is pretty awesome to start but then decided to go along with the ghost of the body she's inhabiting and trying to get the male lead to fall in love with her. Instead of being sensible and divorcing the sh*tty husband her body was married she stays with him. She could do this easily since she actually has a huge pile of money she earned selling non-toxic cosmetics. I can partially understand she's doing it because the body's ghost is holding her captive but after the 90th assassination attempt or plot to frame her for a crime, you think she would have noped out of there and cut her losses.

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Doropyan
Doropyan rated it
November 9, 2018
Status: c261
I absolutely love this novel. If you're looking for romance and face slapping only, it's not the book for you. But if you enjoy the intricacies of a politics, this is a definitely a novel to be read.

So the FL is introduced as a villainess, everyone else seems pretty flat and typical characters of a novel in the same trope. But it's like how you read a novel, how the FL reads the novel. The characters are fleshed out as she lives the life of the villainess she's cast as.

The... more>> ending surprised me. <<less
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seawaterwitch
seawaterwitch rated it
June 22, 2018
Status: c19
Interesting.

The Transmigration girl, the female lead must survive and "her previous"-self always did the bad and horrible things. Can she make everyone believe that she change to be a better person ?

I am curious with what will happen next.

I love the translator's work. ????
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TamaSaga
TamaSaga rated it
June 15, 2018
Status: c13
It's just starting out, but this story has a fun elegance about it that you normally wouldn't find in transmigrated villainess stories. For one, the villainess is already in trouble. Which is similar to Duke's Daughter. But unlike Duke's Daughter, this girl's support network starts with only three. Herself, a ghost, and a servant girl.

And that's the charm of this story. Like a game of chess with a massive handicap, we get to watch as she stealthily sets up the board to make a large splash. One wrong move... more>> and its checkmate. <<less
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Sabeau
Sabeau rated it
November 20, 2023
Status: --
I can't understand people who gave this novel a 5 star. It was horrible honestly even worse than those pure stallion haren type novels. I have never felt like my morals were degrading just by reading a novel!! The plot was nice, the FL is good, realistic and there is no OP as is common in transmigration genres, BUT... but the ML is just..I get it it's ancient times but scum is scum ancient or modern and this ML is the worst. He is the textbook example of a scumbag... more>> male. He is gentle supposedly but has no feelings for anyone or anything.. he supposedly loves the original FL before our main FL transmigrated against all odds and wholeheartedly
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enough to drive his previous wife of six years to commit su*cide

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but then he turns around taking turns sleeping with his concubines not caring about his newly wedded wife and expects her to understand and be magnanimous and when she is he has a cold war before he thinks she doesn't care. And all the wives and concubines when they love him to death he does care at all and find them all annoying and clingy but wants the transmigrated FL because she no longer loves him. Then when they do love him he feels tired and annoyed of their love and expects them to understand but then again feels angry when they do understand because he feels they don't love him and this keeps repeating... what the hell does he want? The ML can get jealous when his wives just speaks with other men constantly feeling they will cheat on him. But if they get jealous then they are narrow minded not virtuous and all that crap.. on top of all that he uses childish tricks like trying to hurt their feelings or sleeping around with other people to gain the fl's love... like even god can't take the ML any longer. At first the FL didn't care at all even though the author tried to shove him down our throats. If she remained indifferent throughout and there was no romance with the ML then it is still a decent story. But later she falls in love with the ml?? Like where did the cool, modern 21st century FL go?? It's like the author tried to whitewash the ML and forcibly tied the romance. It left a really bad taste in my mouth. The translator translated really well but the comments rationalising the ml.... anyway you would have to have a really different mindset to like the ml.. us ordinary people can't. The ML is till date THE worst character I have read or seen in novels or series/movies. I wish I could get back the time I wasted reading this horrible novel...I really don't say this about any novel because I love books but trust me.. this is horrible.😭 <<less
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doomscur
doomscur rated it
October 19, 2023
Status: --
Such a great novel. Everyone acts according to their desires. Some are more desperate than others.

Wen wan is annoying as hell. I think she is the only character I want to slap so much. When you think the ML is awful, wen wan is one step ahead of him.

ML stays true to his time. I have nothing against him. I mean still a bad ML though lol

... more>> Fl. Ji man. YES! You read this novel for ji man and ji man only!

All goes well till you reach the end and find out that-

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all of this. This is just ji man's dream 😭. Bitter sweet ending. Shes dreaming about the best life but in reality shes in a coma. Idk how to feel about this.

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I guess that is what makes this novel unique and amazing. Truly. It makes one think at the end. <<less
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IvaAres
IvaAres rated it
October 1, 2023
Status: c221
I had a hard time getting through the beginning. It was so annoying and frustrating seeing the way the ML acts. The only thing that kept me going was sthe translators comment that you should at least get through the first 5 to 10% of the novel. Even then, I was waiting for it to get butter. But it just doesn't. The translators notes and people spoilers in the comments got me going so far but now I'm on ch 221 and I read the comments and I'm done. I... more>> can't do this anymore.

The MC and ML don't have a typical romantic relationship. The ML has a whole harem and the MC doesn't have feeling for him so she just watches his harem from the side lines. She doesn't even hesitate to send someone to the MLs bed if if benefits her. Which makes sense ig since she doesn't even like him and just wants to go back home to the present.

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She pushed him towards her maids bedroom since it benefitted her.

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If you can handle the ML having his nice big harem and the relationship between the ML and MC which diverges from the typical romance, have fun reading this. I've lost my patience and motivation. <<less
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yuunase
yuunase rated it
May 17, 2023
Status: c488
What a rollercoaster ride. In terms of quality that is. I would recommend you not to waste your time on this.

There are around 500 chapters to this novel, the first 100 was great. Things kind of went down the hills, then pick up again around chap 300, and dipped back again into mediocrity.

To be honest, I like that the FL faces a lot of difficulties. If life is too smooth, this novel would be boring. I also like that both ML and FL make bad decisions, because that make it... more>> more realistic. I like the side characters even more because they are sympathetically human.

But the main couple receives little to no consequences for their actions. They really didn't deserve their HE at all. Despite looking down on the second FL, main FL becomes a white lotus / green tea combination exactly like her. Like the translator even said, she continues to make bad decisions and the plot armour somehow makes it right?

Some examples:

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Forcing a marriage on a man who was r*ped by another woman. It turned out that the man was drugged with aphrodisiac and violated the woman unknowingly (FL does not know that).

Drugging her brother with aphrodisiac because he refuses to sleep with his wife. Turned out the brother knows that their family was in trouble and did not want to implicate his wife with a child

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The ML also doesn't have to bear responsibilities for his decision. He married a lot of women, imp**gnated them, and ruined their lives. But alas, turned out that all of these women were evil! It's really convenient.

I also didn't like that how the author keeps saying and implying that FL is so different from all the other women, no other women could have done this, all the other women are influenced by emotions, etc. That just further enhances misogyny. They really missed out an opportunity to showcase how women in different eras can adapt differently. Instead, what we have is the all knowing righteous FL, the plot device best friends, and greedy emotional driven women.

2/5 solely because the first part was a fun read.

Big thanks to the translator fuyuneko though. Excellent transalation work. <<less
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IamAlin
IamAlin rated it
August 31, 2022
Status: Completed
I never been so indulged reading a novel before and this novel has successfully evoke all kind of emotions from myself especially frustration and helplessness.

The male lead is the most scumbag character I've ever read. I had to stop reading couple of times because I was really pissed off with him. I lost count how many times I cursed him. Many reader stop reading because they can't stand his character. But that's what makes this novel interesting because his character is freaking realistic. He is not your typical lovey dovey... more>> male lead. He did everything within his power to simply survive in that time and doesn't give a sh*t about others. He has a harem full of woman which simply exist to serve him. He even used a prostitute to make his concubine/wife jealous. He didn't care about their feelings, didn't trust them, and constantly manipulate them for his own agenda.

After transmigration, the female lead will no longer behave like a blind fool. Yup, sadly most woman at that era just love to scheme against each other to win favor from their husband. They acknowledged themselves as the weak gender hence will desperately do anything to please their husband. The female lead will slowly break the toxic culture and this will intrigue the male lead. He will start paying attention to her and wonder why she is behaving different. He will tried his level best to tame her back and everytime he thought he has able to hold her within his palm, she will slipped away again to the point she managed to break free from him.

Bear in mind that the setting of this novel is at the ancient time. Noble man at that time marry mostly to gain political power and ensure survival of their clan/heir. So yes, harem existed at that time and it was a common thing. Woman at that time is no different than a s*ave/servant as their purpose is mainly to produce heir (woman from powerful family will get advantage because they will be the main/first wife whereby those with no status will be reduced to concubine/bed warmer only), serve husband and manage household. Even an Empress has to deal with it.

With every action there will be a consequence. The male lead initially has the upper hand and was scheming/planning a lot. Eventually as he is growing, he will face the consequences which will make him reflect on himself. He thought having a harem full of different woman will makes him secured/satisfied but gradually these woman will open the gate to his downfall. Due to him behaving like a jerk to them and plays favoritism, they will schemes against each other a lot and turns his mansion into a hell.

As for the female lead, she wants to desperately go back hence she decided to play along with the male lead at first. When she read the book, she has only two dimensional understanding about the character and shallow knowledge about the plot. Once she goes along the story, she will eventually sees the depth of each character. As a result, her perspective/action will be changed hence it will indirectly tamper the plot. Many reader has wished that the female lead should just kill herself rather than living with the scum male lead. Well, there were times I was thinking the same but the author really portray her character to has the willpower to survive. She is strong, smart, independent but there will be times where she needs support as well from the male lead although knowing he is a scum. Towards the end of the novel, the male lead will slowly loosen himself and changed. His heart used to desire for power and stability of his status hence he doesn't care about feelings, woman or love. But once he started to desire for love and peace, he was loosing his mind as he never thought one day a woman will conquer his heart.

I read this novel like a month ago and I still can't made up my mind about the male lead. I still can't forgive him and I think I will forever hate him. I don't think I can ever accept him after everything that happened but heyyy that's just my opinion hehe. I don't really fancy the female lead as well. To be honest, all the characters in this novel showed the bright and dark side of themselves. They are not a angel or immortal hence they will dance along the tune to live. In this case, the emperor has the absolute power to control them.

That's why I love this novel because it's true to life. No one live their life like a saint right? Your will do everything to get what your heart desire the most.

So, if you're looking for a politically intriguing, gritty and realistic historical novel with awesome translation (yes, the translation is superb and it is one of the reason why I keep reading it although I'm frustrated to death with the male lead lolll) then 'The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir' is going to be perfect. Take your time to read it and if you have heart issue, please standby your medicine because you may experience heart attack reading this novel haha. <<less
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reader_
reader_ rated it
July 28, 2022
Status: c30
I'm really sorry author.. I know this will be a great novel but I just can't bring myself to like the ML. I desperately hope NXY is not the ML to comfort myself and to continue reading this, , but I just can't! Well it's still early right, but I truly can't stand it when man says he love someone and then go hug and have s*x with someone else. Yes it's the setting of the novel but, other novel that have harem too, the ML don't particularly love someone... more>> until the FL arrive. Yet this one he already has WW (and already married) and then he supposedly end up with JM cause she is FL. I will say that ML is a scumm, and because of him I stop reading this. It's already like this in chapter 30, wonder what NXY will do in later chapter, well the other review has affirmed this, he's a complete b*stard.

But author, I will still read you other works, I just hope the ML is not like this, and I will give your other works 5 star. <<less
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nimeaano
nimeaano rated it
April 15, 2022
Status: Completed
Despite the rating, I find it enjoyable, not so much for the extra story though.

MC is smart enough and while at the start treating herself as passerby, she eventually accept it as her new life. Like most people here, I feel the urge to strangle ML at some point as well.

In my opinion, the way these characters behave are more realistic, or at least not as idealistic than most novel.

The translation is very good, sometimes TN give references for the chapter in the plot, in case reader forgot about it... more>> and it really helps. <<less
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ParrafinJie
ParrafinJie rated it
March 5, 2022
Status: --
I don't usually write reviews but here we are.

The pros:

  • MC was pretty cool at the beginning, I really enjoyed how resourceful she was, and how she did not give a f*ck about what the ML wanted.
  • Her friendship with Errong was quite cute too
  • I love political drama and schemes abound so that aspect was really enjoyable. (I do wish though that it was less of a 'romance' and more focused on the political aspect. Oh well)
  • And the translation was really good! I read both the english and parts of the chinese and the translator did a great job.
The cons:

  • The ML, yes there were many times I wanted the MC to suffocate him in his sleep and be done with it. As people have said, he's ruthless, conniving and an all around walking STD who does things for his own gain. However, all of the characters are like that, including our dear MC so it's a bit unfair to target him and only him. I do wish though that they didn't end up together.
  • Actually all the characters were pretty unlikeable, but in the way where I wanted to keep on reading and see what trainwreck happened next. This isn't necessarily a con but it's interesting how all of them are pretty selfish in the end and for good reason too.
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    This part I'm pissed off about. The MC goes and puts an aphrodisiac in her brothers food so he'll sleep with his wife which he shows only platonic feelings for. Technically a person can shrug the drug off if they really want to but it did not sit right with me. MC shows no regret and there are no repercussions for her actions which seem borderline SA.

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  • Many of the side female characters have the iq of a boiled egg but that's neither here nor there
  • oh and the ending authors note like wth I suppose I should have known.
tl;dr, politics stuff interesting and took up most of the book thank god, romance was lukewarm, characters were horrid.
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Medha
Medha rated it
October 31, 2021
Status: Completed
Both the MC and the ML are manipulative and it totally depends on their mood and acting how they want to behave. I get that as the novel is set in ancient China it doesn't have a sweet romantic story.

But... dang there is just too much dog blood for lords sake.🤦🏻‍♀️

Every character really tested my conscience to the utmost. It clearly shows the ugly thoughts of human beings and the choices they make in desperate situations.

I desperately want to believe there is good in the world... This novel is... more>> literally destroying my worldview with the truth.

It's supposed to be a fiction damn it... It shows the evil side of humans too much.

I wanted to read something more pleasant than something which will get me a headache so not my cup of tea.

Has legit zero fluff... And thinking of a scene as fluff really hurts your conscience👀 <<less
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beecw
beecw
September 19, 2021
Status: c475
I liked this story. I've read quite a bit of transmigration novels and by far I liked the MC and how ordinary she was. There weren't as many scenes of the MC awwing the simple minded ancient people with her wit and ability to scheme. Though they were there, I think they were done in good taste. Though the MC did get a bit annoying with her double standard and inability to sometimes see the truth behind her own actions. It was one of those, Oh the writing is good... more>> so I feel strong emotions for the character rather than omg wtf is she doing this is s*upid. Tho I feel like the ending left a lot to be desired. Though I haven't quite made it through all the epilogue stories my feelings probably wont change. <<less
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yampaste
yampaste rated it
September 6, 2021
Status: --
GIVE THIS NOVEL A CHANCE!

This is not a clear-cut, straightforward romance. The brilliant author weaved this tale with many, many layers.

The characters are really well crafted, and I was surprised I ended up loving the ML! From a slag stallion to a loving one woman man, at first he's a typical black hearted ML but as the story progresses it's all slowly revealed.

Love it! I can't really express all my thoughts well (just finished it and I need some time to digest), but please give this novel a chance. Especially... more>> because there's a really good English translation out! <<less
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Leenleen
Leenleen rated it
July 9, 2021
Status: Completed
I felt that the tragedy tag is really very misleading as I tend to avoid novel with that cause it’s no fun crying your heart out every chapter. But I pressed on with this as there’s lots of recommendations for this.

The angst/tears/beautiful tragedy that I’ve felt in this are mainly towards the side story at the end, nothing in the main story. Hmm maybe abit angst but that’s about it.

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The most unacceptable thing is the author note. The fact that is this not a transmigration novel really hits me hard. I cannot accept that all these is actually just a dream. That Ji Man is bound to wake up and live on in the real live without the Marquis. How on earth are you supposed to live on after going through decades together.

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Lazyhazy
Lazyhazy rated it
July 2, 2021
Status: Completed
This novel definitely deserve my full star⭐. It's definitely one of my favorite Chinese book that I have read. I really liked the clever and cool MC. She is smart, calm and collected when facing danger, really loved her. I had a mix feeling about Ml. He is not likable until the later part of the novel but our MC doesn't care about him. So he didn't really affect my mood even if he had concubines. Its not that ML is a licentious person, they were gifted by other officials... more>> for political reason and he really knows how to use his concubines for his benefits. And I also know that the whole premise of this novel is based on feudal society. So ML having concubines is reasonable. Later he totally falls for MC that he readily dismiss his harem for her. The writing and plot of this book is really interesting that I was hooked untill the very end.
I think everyone should give a chance to this novel before reading bad reviews. If you're into fluffy romance than it's not for you. But in terms of deep story with interesting character and their deep scheme, its a chef's kiss. <<less
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yuejiin
yuejiin rated it
June 25, 2021
Status: Completed
I think everyone deserves to read this story. If you're into tragedy type romance then this it.

Although I'm not a fan of stories where the ML has multiple wives, I can understand it when looking at the time period and setting. What really drew me in is the main character's attitude after transmigrating. She doesn't expect anything from her husband and even maybe dislikes him because she knows the plot of the novel. She just wants to go back to her world and, until she figures out how to, she'll... more>> live like the original character in the novel. However, I liked to see the character growth and gradual change in the relationship between the two leads. It's not that sweet and even maybe a little exasperating to read but it leaves an impact on you. <<less
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purrfectly
purrfectly
May 28, 2021
Status: c470
First of all, extremely well translated novel all the way through. Kudos to the tl for consistent quality through 500 chapters, very much appreciated.

I really adored this novel. I anticipated that I would drop when it moved into the romance, but the pacing of it was perfect and felt quite realisitic. I'm glad for the length of the book, since the CP is hard to swallow initially. The pay off is good though. If you like straightforward romance (and likeable characters) this isn't for you, but if you like finding... more>> romance in a intrigue setting its very worthwhile.

I really enjoyed how Ji Man slowly became a worse person, honestly.
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From just regular counteratrack type intrigue with Wen Wan to just generally playing god with others and more general disregaed for common life with manipulating the rice merchants,

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she went from a person I could easily like to a person I would hate but an interesting character. It made the CP more palatable too, though not the only thing.

Cons: lack of narrative judgement for some major misdeeds, and oddly light judgement for some other misdeeds. <<less
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