Dark Empress

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Why was her fate so rough?

Everything has turned disastrous.

She, a high-flying working girl, has transmigrated into black charcoal.

In addition, a completely unfavoured Empress!

That pe*vert Emperor can go to hell!

No matter what life, men were to lick her toes.

Want her to serve a man? Dream on!

But, she didn’t expect the Emperor to be handsome and seductive.

She wasn’t interested in one moment but rolling with him in the next.

But his acceptance level is high, that he can chew on a piece of charcoal.

And she doesn’t mind reciprocating since he is the meal.

But this ancient man sees her as a new toy.

Did he think that by having her body he could have her heart?

Although she is now an ancient person herself, she has long decided she would not spend the rest of her life in the harem.

How could she let herself become a poor woman waiting for a man to occasionally bestow her with his favors…

1st book in Yuan Yuan’s series 老梗也是梗系列之(AKA We were supposed to have died in a plane crash, instead we transmigrated). The stories consist of three modern settings and three historical.

Associated Names
One entry per line
黑炭皇后
Related Series
Love Me Again (Shared Universe)
Master, Hello (Shared Universe)
True and False Young Master (Shared Universe)
It’s Purely an Accident to Love Again (Shared Universe)
Bunny Husband (Shared Universe)
Recommendations
Beloved Empress (1)
Doomed to be Cannon Fodder (1)
Lucia (1)
To Be A Virtuous Wife (1)
Empress with no Virtue (1)
The Men at Her Feet (1)
Recommendation Lists
  1. short stories
  2. Ancient China, Nice Read BG
  3. Venus & Mars (R18)
  4. BGs Read (Completed) (2)
  5. NOT SAFE FOR YOU -- COMPLETED -- (R18)

Latest Release

Date Group Release
09/23/18 Zubeneschamali c10 + epilogue
09/22/18 Zubeneschamali c9
09/17/18 Zubeneschamali c8
09/14/18 Zubeneschamali c7
09/11/18 Zubeneschamali c6
09/09/18 Zubeneschamali c5
09/08/18 Zubeneschamali c4
09/04/18 Zubeneschamali c3
09/01/18 Zubeneschamali c2
08/27/18 Zubeneschamali c1
08/27/18 Zubeneschamali prologue
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itslorenjoy
itslorenjoy rated it
October 3, 2020
Status: Completed
It was short yet it was so good. Prob this is my favorite novel from the series. It was short but the plot was solid.
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IrisBay
IrisBay rated it
July 27, 2020
Status: Completed
The novel was good for a 10 chapters for me. "10 chapters only". The ending was good.

The story between MC and ML was nice. MC was practical other than novel I read. Well what is the purpose of love if it won't last long or no assurance of it then in the end you just can't help but to cry. I LIKE how the MC thinking of it, same as mine.

4star because it was to short.
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asinensis
asinensis rated it
May 30, 2020
Status: Completed
Short to the point. It's not the best story out there but not the worst either.

Romance is decent (there is some smut) but nothing out of the ordinary for a cnovel. I know it's part of Asian culture but I found it annoying that the MC keeps complaining about her "dark" complexion. Literally nobody mentions as often as MC did.

Besides that, MC is a likeable character. I'm not a fan of ML though. His motivations for liking the MC is shallow at best. Read if you want to waste some... more>> time but don't into this with high expectations. <<less
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eagerreadergirl
eagerreadergirl rated it
May 25, 2020
Status: epilogue
Honestly, if all you're looking for is a relatively short bit of smutty hetero erotica that features some hot, non-standard s*x, a heroine who is faaaar from the "wilting flower" type, and a sexy yandere big-boss-style male lead (Emperor Xiahou Yin), Dark Empress is a pretty good read.

Granted, there's a *lot* of problems with the story. Although I appreciated how head-strong and stubborn Jiang Chuwei (the heroine of this story) was, she could come off as honestly abrasive and even kind of dumb at times. While I applaud her for... more>> wanting to get the hell out of dodge (i.e., the palace she's stuck in), I wish she had gone about it in a far more intelligent way. I also got very tired of her constant dark-skin bashing, not to mention her inability to understand why men might be interested in women for reasons beyond surface beauty. She could be fun at times, she had some actual chemistry and interesting back-and-forth convos with the yandere emperor, but her schtick could also be tiring.

Still, most people will end up reading this story for the smut... and this is actually pretty good quality smut! Granted, there's still a lot of "meat-stick" terminology used that can kill the mood... but I appreciate how Jiang Chuwei was an active participant in the s*x, had a hell of a lot of fun, sometimes took charge, and even used it as a means of (tenuous) control over her yandere Emperor. It was faaaar more enjoyable than most heteros*xual s*x depicted in CNovels, I'll tell you what.

Overall, if you can get over the constant dark-skin bashing and are just looking for a fun smut novel to indulge in for a little bit, I'd recommend Dark Empress. It's no masterpiece but it's still an enjoyable, short read. <<less
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Sweetaudy
Sweetaudy
April 9, 2020
Status: c10
For me, the love story plot is good. I enjoyed how the both characters changed. Even only short chapters.

Just lil bit annoying me is the translator comments in the middle of story. Please put the comments later for notes.
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fakeluff
fakeluff rated it
February 4, 2020
Status: Completed
Enjoyed this very frank novel, in all senses. Love it when characters are consistent even if they end up doing s*upid things because of this.
Spoiler

The reunion is all the sweeter!

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sushi roll
sushi roll rated it
December 28, 2019
Status: Completed
Very interesting & fun read!

I liked the female lead being a free spirit (although she is kind of a heartbreaker) and being decisive to what she wanted. I think out of the 3 stories in this series (i only read the historical ones) I liked the spicy scenes in this one the most, mainly because the female knows what she wanted with her desires ((and boy, did they do *it* so much lol))

I am more curious at what happened at the end though, I feel like they could... more>> have elaborated more?

Spoiler

I mean, her becoming an empress again seemed like they just brushed through it, like, shouldn't there be some difficulty even a little? Especially since she isn't acting like the original body anymore, and is her unruly, free spirited, arrogant self? Wouldn't that raise a few complaint for some people? (Well, usually)

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Though again, it is understandable to me, since this is just a short one and the focus is in the romance aspect of the leads anyway. <<less
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lightoflamp
lightoflamp rated it
May 21, 2019
Status: --
Short and fun read, I enjoyed this story. Light with any unnecessary drag. Translator did a great job!
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Maya1990
Maya1990 rated it
March 28, 2019
Status: Completed
This novel was good. The story was simple and sweet. I loved reading this Novel.
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devoid
devoid rated it
February 28, 2019
Status: epilogue
I read this first before the other one. I think the flow of the story is good and the female lead isn’t so overbearing like all the feisty ones that gets me irritated. She had a gradual change although her tough acts were always there. It’s good to stay to ones character but sometimes authors forget their progression. Good thing there’s a change here. I’ll read the next one. ❤️❤️❤️
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aovel
aovel
November 7, 2018
Status: epilogue
This story went beyond my expectations. I didn't expect I'd enjoy it that much to be honest and I was pleasantly surprised. One thing that got me hooked was that our main character, although she transmigrated (reincarnated) from another time, aside from the fact that she wanted to survive in her current world she didn't conform to anything else. She had her own way of doing things and it mainly benefited her. She is arrogant, yes, but her arrogance was not evil or venomous.

I did get frustrated with some of... more>> the things that the main characters had to go through. To be honest it could have been solved if they were honest and talked to each other. But then again, that's probably what made this story good because even in real life these things happen due to lack of communication and trust between partners. Happily ever after comes to those who seek it.",) <<less
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paputsza
paputsza rated it
September 19, 2018
Status: --
I'm usually not a big smut person. No unexplained kinks in this one. The characters make sense. Our protagonist is a strong independent diva, just Chad af. She's like a b word you'd meet in high school, however she's unattractive now (or just dark, in the perspective of the author she's unattractive ?). She decides to start sleeping with the emporer, because of silly millenial reasons, loneliness. She is getting a little s*upid, but the good type of s*upid. Reasonable s*upidity. I'd feel sus if I was her too, but... more>> she's the protagonist. <<less
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seawaterwitch
seawaterwitch rated it
September 14, 2018
Status: c7
Interesting.

When the Emperor fall in love with The Empress and try to keep her to his side.

And the Empress who had her soul change now has change of her heart too.
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ReadBhell
ReadBhell
October 16, 2023
Status: Completed
I've started reading the firsts book of this serie, and I like It, It was short, but with enough drama, I LOVE the final, except for the way that ML try to feel Fl, this IS because he IS a man Who was born in an ancient time, and she is a moderno woman, their thought are differents, both ML and FL are similar un character, that's the reason why the have to tend yo discuss
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Anastrisha
Anastrisha
November 12, 2022
Status: Completed
Initially rated this as 4 but after going back, rating this as 5.

There's low key discrimination against darker skin, heck I don't even think she's as black as she stated based from the illustration of the book (unless the cover is fake), but for that time and the society where MC live in, it's understandable. Besides, it being a story about a guy falling in love with her despite seeing her as "ugly" is I guess shows the opposite of discrimination.

As this story tries to be realistic, I couldn't help... more>> but not like our main characters' personality as they are very flow with toxic parts. But the romance is quite nice, the plot is good and the smut is a great bonus. <<less
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moonie12
moonie12 rated it
June 18, 2022
Status: --
Honestly I was expecting this to be a lot worse... esp with the title LOL I hate the comments about her skin colour being ugly as a coloured person myself and the comments about her being flat = ugly!! Sooo annoying but...

The plot is so good and so interesting, at least it was to me, I think what rlly pulled me in was the main leads (which tbh other than the smut is the only parts of the story worthwhile)...

Smn said the female and male lead were superficial but I... more>> don't rlly think so (i mean ofc the female lead cares a lot about appearances and so does the ML but on the other hand...) it makes sense...

Their characters imo is complex and realistic, no one can tell me physicall appearances isn't important when it is however this story shows that even though it's important love is not given to only the beautiful...

The ML was only interested in her at the start cause she was different (the cliche ~) however slowly I truly believe he fell in love with her... her confidence, her courage, her temper and even more so they had a strong chemistry (esp s*xual ;))... its worth reading for an hour imo <<less
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everylittleflowers
everylittleflowers rated it
September 11, 2021
Status: c10 + epilogue
I quite like the novel. I think the smut is good and the earlier story is quite interesting but I began to dislike the story toward the end.

Spoiler

Especially the part when ML took away the baby immediately after the birth and she left the palace after that. Granted, she wanted to leave but it would be nice if she can see her son especially since she wanted to see him, maybe she would've chosen to stay instead.

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Overall, it's short and quite an enjoyable novel
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divinelove
divinelove rated it
August 16, 2021
Status: Completed
I am enjoying how short it was. Although it's short but the story cpuld even it moved me. I feel my heart hurting along the emperor. Such a gem.

I have to deduct one star because my eyes hurt by the black background. I wish the translator change it to white background 🤧
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DesireSai
DesireSai rated it
July 15, 2021
Status: Completed
I really liked and enjoyed this novel, the FL is awesome and so cool! Her interactions with the ML are hilarious XD. I'd definitely recommend it for someone who wants to read something simple, short and nice ^_^

Plus, the smut scenes are so sexy~ You can feel the chemistry between the leads (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)

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Spoiler

At first I didn't liked the fact the FL abandoned her son but I guess I can't judge because I haven't experiment what she did. Fortunately she was just stubborn and regretted that decision.

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Just have on mind this title has some tension because both FL & ML are stubborn and kind of dishonest with their feelings lol. Maybe they're tsunderes (?) <<less
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rosie bae
rosie bae
April 6, 2021
Status: Completed
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smut haven story is about modern day beautiful women's soul stuck in ancient time queen. There are 3 novels related to plane crash. It was one of them.

uh author prefer white skin like MC. What's wrong with being brown or tanned skin personally I like this type it looks more healthy sexy. Uh author calls her skin type as charcoal oh that's so racist.

after fall in love with emperor why did she wanna abandon him. That was too disappointing.


the way ML expressing love always physical way if he had told her he loved her she would not leave. MC and ML are both too stubborn. Only their child saved their relationship.
smut is so hot hot

come here for the adult tag

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