Favoured Imperial Concubine Goes on Strike Every Day

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Consort Yi, who was breathtakingly beautiful and the most doted on in the imperial harem, had a nightmare about the future.

The crown prince was deposed. The fourth prince ascended the throne. Her sworn enemy, Consort De, became the empress dowager. Her son, the fifth prince, was not allowed to have an important position. The ninth prince died while he was imprisoned. The eleventh prince died of an illness during infancy. Although Kangxi spoiled her with sweet words of love, he took in many women in his later years and cast her aside.

Kangxi urged the new emperor that if Consort Yi was domineering and disrespectful after he passed away, then the new emperor did not need to take his feelings into consideration.

In the end, she died in desolation.

After awaking from her dream –

Consort Yi: We are not going to bother.

Whoever wants to be the favoured consort can go ahead and be the favoured consort!

The emperor didn’t say anything, but knew deep down that out of all those in the imperial harem, only Consort Yi had his heart.

She was beautiful, considerate, thoughtful, and knew how to handle various situations. Once in a while, she had a bit of a temper.

But suddenly, one day, Consort Yi went on strike. In order to refuse his favour, she did everything she possibly could.

Yun Xiu: I am jealous and malicious…

Kangxi: ???

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Favoured Consort Goes on Strike Every Day
宠妃罢工日常[清]
寵妃罷工日常[清]
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Loislalion
Loislalion rated it
August 4, 2023
Status: --
I'm reviewing this because I almost passed on this series due to Majin's silly review. The characters do not have their names listed in "15 different ways" but are introduced with their titles and then actual names (i.e. Consort Yi, Mrs. Guo Luoluo). This is only done while introducing them and at some sporadic parts afterwards but for the most part, the characters are addressed as Consort X, Consort Y, Noble Consort Z.

The translator does a serviceable job of translating the series. If you get filtered because you can't keep... more>> track of names during the first two chapters, then thats on you. Readers aren't drip fed characters slowly, true, but you can get the know all the cast along the novel.

Thank you Jalyss for translating this series! Jiayo! <<less
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o LaLa o
o LaLa o rated it
August 5, 2023
Status: c26
Can't find mtl anywhere so I can only comment on the translated chapters.

The story seems to focus more on the power struggle within the harem than on the romance.
As a result the majority of the text is about the schemes of the different concubines and consorts, who are all surprisingly well characterized.
The ML is a similarly realistic character. He is an emperor in ancient times, with tons of concubines and children with women other than the MC. His attitude is entitled as hell and the relationship with MC can best be discribed as 'bestowing more favor' upon her than others because it's so unequal.

I personally find this a very interesting setting because it goes more for realism than fluff (unlike most other novel of the ancient harem genre).
The translator also does a great job. Thanks for that. 🙏🏻
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makenai89
makenai89 rated it
December 2, 2023
Status: extra
This novel narrated a charming palace story with a smart & lucky female MC, set in an alternate world version of Qing Dynasty.

The MC was Consort Yi of Gorolo clan. She truly loved Kangxi Emperor and did not seek powers the way other concubines did, but one night she dreamed that he allowed his heir to treat her & her sons ruthlessly (similar to the original history in our world).

Woke up from the dream, she decided to let go of her one-sided love. Instead, she wanted to... more>> change all the regrettable developments & sought better future for her sons.

In a twist of event, her changes attracted Kangxi to love her more sincerely. He even started to distance himself from other concubines and ignored her transgressions.

Thus, there are two main topics in this novel:

    1. Can MC love Kangxi sincerely again?
    2. Can MC change history and realize better ending?
Well, some things are predictable. This is a romance, and everyone knows that a proper romance must have happy ending. This is a palace drama, so everyone knows that there should be s*upid & cruel harem intrigue.

What's unexpected is the way MC dealt with the people who bullied her in the dream. She was so composed and decisive, focused on her own objectives while took extra care for the people she loved. Ruthless, but kept to her own bottom line.

She taught her sons to study & play well instead of power-grabbing between one another. She truthfully supported imperial family and wanted the best for Kangxi's children (including her own rival's kids). All of it was difficult, particularly when some other concubines did not hesitate to poison & manipulate the kids to win the world.

I would recommend this novel for fans of Chinese palace drama and alternate history. But I would not recommend it for people who could not tolerate polygamy (harem) and baby killing (note that that these things did happen in that era).

Regarding other reviewers' complaint about "people's names being listed in 15 different ways"... well, here's the real situation:

In ancient China, people can be called by multiple names. For example, Consort Yi (rank & title in the harem) a.k.a. nee Gorolo (her clan name) a.k.a. Nalanzhu (personal name in history) or Yun Xiu (personal name in this novel translation). There might also be nickname for babies, family rank (1st sister, 2nd brother, etc), noble title, job title, posthumous title, and so on.

Every proper historical novels must tell it like it is, and so, there is nothing wrong with the original novel. However, the translation of this novel is... rather substandard.

I noticed that several names were incorrect and noble titles were messy. Consequently, character's relationship and status became increasingly confusing. Including one huge mistake in the first few chapters: The noble lady who lived with Consort Yi was her own sister, but the current translation said it was her mother's sister.

The translation felt like an MTL result. Someone might have tried to edit it, but without the necessary knowledge about the era. For those who have the ability, it would be better to seek the original novel (I promise, it was well-written). <<less
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Majin
Majin rated it
June 27, 2023
Status: c2
Couldn’t get past chapter 2. Each chapter is just people’s names being listed 15 different ways with nothing happening. Sure something happens at some point but it’s too difficult to get there.

Not sure if this is mtl or if the translator is simply not a native English speaker, but the sentence structure is just plain bad.
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Eeria
Eeria rated it
January 27, 2024
Status: Completed
It’s a 3.5

Novel is focused on harem politics and concubines power play. I liked the FL take after her rebirth as her first life was too miserable. She is like liberated and lived a better life. The ML is a scum through. Privilege of the emperor. Anyway, he is not the main focus. Not a lot of romance but it’s a good read.
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