Legend of Concubine’s Daughter Minglan

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The pessimistic and negative daughter of a concubine living in the ancient times thought – since life is so difficult, why should one invest serious effort in struggling to live?

The life of an ancient noble woman is often determined and controlled by her family. Moreover, one’s actions often implicate one’s entire family – thus, it is fairly common to see an unexpected calamity result in suffering borne by one’s whole family. Managing to live a good and successful life while retaining one’s dignity is simply too difficult to achieve.

Ah, living in the ancient times is simply too dangerous – we should all just sleep till we die.

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The Story of Ming lan (drama)
Zhī fǒu? Zhī fǒu? Yīng shì lǜ féi hóng shòu
หมิงหลัน บุปผาเคียงใจ
庶女· 明兰传
海棠依旧
海棠依舊
知否?知否?应是绿肥红瘦
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03/03/24 Lady Kelpi Translations c48
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asif
asif
October 4, 2022
Status: Completed
One of my fave slice-of-life/transmigration novel set on ancient times. The romance is slow as it's more focused on character growth. Very well written to the point of hard to put down.

(It was tagged 'complete' when I picked it up. Too bad that I realised it late that it was still incomplete, so I had to make do with MTL for the rest of the chapter.)
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Humbledaisy
Humbledaisy rated it
August 14, 2020
Status: v4c285
Currently reading again while waiting for the translation to finish - I still find this such a charming slice-of-life drama. Even when tangled into a transmigration storyline! Ming Lan and her family intertwine each other for both good and bad and I hope the final chapters will let her look back on her life with pride. Don't fuss about the romance - she ends up with a solid citizen as a husband. He's also known the pain of a broken heart and the despair of an abandoned child. They lean... more>> on each other and that is the best ending to a romance. <<less
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Duchessme
Duchessme rated it
April 23, 2019
Status: c75
It was a very enthralling story.

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And here I am rooting for Qi Heng/Qing He.. (can't remember his name.. LOL), sad to say he's not her potential future-husband. Haha, the doctor is in the top contender right now, more like it's fix already.

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Can't wait for the next stage... Married life and a new environment with new people to meet.
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andrometic
andrometic rated it
November 25, 2018
Status: c26
It's so rare that I'm completely charmed by a LN, but I really, really am right now. The MC is delightful and her 'past self' feels like a real person as well, with memories and her own personality. This is definitely on the softer side of reincarnation novels - it focuses heavily on everyday life, and isn't a revenge story. And that's absolutely it's strong point - I am so sick of the 'perfect' women who marry a prince and become empress and every single other woman around them is... more>> catty and awful and one-dimensional because they're just temporary roadblocks for the heroine to crush. (You know the ones.)

The MC is - currently - a young girl, so a lot of the interpersonal drama comes from the adults and some of her older siblings, but all the characters are believable and - greatest and rarest of all joys! - have a life outside of trying to ruin the MC's life or abusing her out of jealousy. Even Concubine Lin, probably the most typically scheming antagonist-type character of the cast, doesn't feel like a bored cliche and has reasons for her actions that don't spring from holding an idiot antagonist ball. Also, the MC's relationship with the grandmother is super cute.

The translating, on the other hand... it's not bad, it's just not phenomenal. (I rated it five stars rounding up from 4.5, because it doesn't impugn my reading too much, but it's worth noting.) The beginning in particular is really not very good, and even in the latest chapters there are some tenses and general flow issues. That being said, it's getting steadily better with each chapter, and kudos to the translators for the very detailed footnotes and summaries of the more opaque parts of the text. <<less
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Nikitaxo
Nikitaxo rated it
September 19, 2018
Status: c8
Honestly, this novel could be so amazing (for a non-chineese reader) if only the translations were good as well. Unfortunately, the first translations truly hurt the brain.

I usually never critise translations since I know the work behind it, however... This feels like some elaborate-google-translate. Most of the sentences don't mean a single thing, the tense is all wrong, words are missing, the structure of the sentence is messed up. It's as if it's been translated word per word from Chineese to English.

Edit : Alright, I don't have any eyes and... more>> didn't see that Rebirth have taken full charge of this novel and retranslating everything from the start. (A GOD !)

So, I'm actually putting full stars for this novel because it's truly good ! I was just pissed at the Low Translations at the start. <<less
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Soraflowers
Soraflowers rated it
January 16, 2018
Status: c5 part2
Very good novel, it is not the typical one in which the protaginista accepts it as if it were something common and becomes the perfect young lady adapting everything to her convenience, instead she gets depressed and little by little she accepts it while she learns to live in her new environment. In addition the ability of the writer to present the personalities of the characters and the evolution of the story is to be admired: fluently and without feeling suffocated by the excess or lack of detail.
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Tragically Rad
Tragically Rad rated it
February 25, 2017
Status: --
Beautifully written and translated. This novel follows ming lan's day to day life. It's slow paced but you enjoy every moment. There are alot of light cute fluffy awww moments and little laughs. I love how you can actually relate and like the majority of the characters. Most of all you can't help but cheer ming lan on:)
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makenai89
makenai89 rated it
February 23, 2017
Status: c17 part2
One-of-a-kind MC, cute interaction between characters, and well-streamed narratives. Legend of Concubine's Daughter Minglan, at least until c17 part2 which I've read, is a must-read if you are a fan of novels with female protagonist and Ancient Chinese family intrigue. Although the premises where a modern woman got transported to the body of a bullied daughter in old China is not new, but it has plenty refreshing aspects. I'm looking forward to all 220 chapters that seemed like around the right length for a well-constructed awesome story.
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kitkat027402
kitkat027402 rated it
October 30, 2023
Status: --
The writer is obviously good as descriptions and plot points. HOWEVER, not once are those skills used in the actual main character! She didn’t even speak until the sixth chapter! I have read some slow stories but this was the most PAINFUL by far. I would rather read a textbook.
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MajorGPuff
MajorGPuff
December 8, 2022
Status: --
This is my new favorite novel. Fast paced, clever plot, no blatant dog blood plot.

I am so convinced now that to be a 'succesful' (depends on what counts as succesful is, in this case FL summarized it beautifully: have a good life), any protagonists need to have real life work experience, better if the experience was related to law. Then, they would be able to understand & retort with iron clad words & everything is just toeing the line, but never crosses it.

So interesting!
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Dhaturas
Dhaturas rated it
August 15, 2020
Status: v4c285
The choice of ML seems to get a bad rep from all the other reviews. But honestly, whoever the true ML would be was always kind of obviously not the first option.

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He's not THAT bad. I get that yeah he has had 2 kids before but after hearing about his family past, the MC even sympathizes with the ML. My only gripe with him is his ridiculous libido and tendency to bruise MC during their s*xual escapades.... That's just a bad cliche.

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Other than the ML, everyone is incredibly likable, even the "bad guys" are quite real. The author's done a good job of fleshing them out with distinct relateable goals. <<less
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Jolyphus
Jolyphus
August 25, 2019
Status: c130
This novel deserves more atttention, shame it would be hard for most people to start reading.

Translation: The issue is that the first 10 chaps has reallly bad translation, borderline MT. It gets better quickly still... Some people might not be comfortable with switching websites, but it isnt that difficult here. For most of the translations afterwards, it would be rather rough because of the complicated relations and background, but still good overall.

Its a new experience for me, reading a historical novel that is very accurate to the ancient times. Its... more>> about as genuine as it gets, and the itch to find out what happens remains throughout reading. Applaud to the author:D Give it a shot, if you like heavy reading this should be for you.

Note: this is one of the few novels of its kind that has a proper translation, plenty of chapters and is guaranteed more or less to be completely translated soon. So go for it, the cliffhanger is part of the fun! <<less
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wassupgirl15
wassupgirl15 rated it
April 5, 2019
Status: c1 part1
It's very good novel.I love it a lot, its realistic and interesting to read. But I cant seem to reach any books of flying lines. I have tried it many times but I still cant. Can anyone please check or tell me whats the problem. Iam suffering looking at all these updates but still cant read.
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asimidrachen
asimidrachen rated it
August 27, 2018
Status: c26
I would recommend this novel to everyone because it is simply brilliant. However, I won't. If you are just like me and can't read Chinese it will be extremely frustrating to read it as the translation is not moving at all. And only 4 new chapters have been released since last year August.

Honestly, I am dropping this until someone else picks up this gem.
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Mirrordragon
Mirrordragon
August 14, 2017
Status: c64
Its a very good read. Very refreshing, well thought and written. I am enjoying reading this novel. It feels like a real novel - with solid characters unlike the usual "arrogant/peerless" MC's. Very real and fun read. Especially the Grandparent/Grandchild moments are super cute and heartwarming.

I just have one question - who is the male lead? I really want to know before continuing with my reading. I don't want it to be that Gu two sons who was the fiancee of her friend - whom she helped to break an... more>> engagement. If it's really him, I don't want to read this novel anymore. <<less
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novelgirlkpop
novelgirlkpop
March 8, 2017
Status: c19 part1
i love this a lot. I honestly like nonchalant characters who are not fierce and think they are smart but in fact they are just violent. She is turns into a little kid she is cute and I love how she doesn't magical know everything about this era like other novels, she slowly learns and its more logical. This is basically about a women who time travels into a 5 year old little girl, who'smother is a concubine and died (probably mu*der) none cares for her her servants don't take... more>> care of her and she is often sick and weak. <<less
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kalp456
kalp456
November 7, 2016
Status: c4 part1
First impressions: I quite like it. Although the way of introducing the setting and characters is quite overused in the novel, which is introducing by chatting, it is still favourable, compared to other novels, and if we consider the physical and mental state of the MC, it is actually a good one. I have a good impression of it, its writing style reminds me of Ze Tian Ji in the first few chapters, which has a spectacular narrative style, so I am expecting a lot from this novel. I hope... more>> the story and plot will be as good, if not better, as the writing style. <<less
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