Xianggong, Please Divorce Me!

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Soon after knowing that she was going to marry Song Shi An, Su Tang made a firm resolution to barter to get a bill of divorce within one month!

The reasons are many with one being crucial, that pan of cold noodles has been an eyesore for a very long time!

Actually, it is this type of story:

Has lightning, dog blood, even more it has big meat. Love steamed buns, love beautiful meals, as well as love household tussles.

Go out to build the family fortune, enter the house to steadily accompany the lady of the house! Who dares to interfere? Stiff penalties being served!

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sharl
sharl
November 29, 2017
Status: c8
There is too little for me to be able to decide whether I like this story... so I'll continue reading for now. Kudos for a headstrong FL though.

Regarding the 'rape' tag...

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FL and ML both agreed to get divorced and that the whole marriage was just a pretend thing. However ML got drugged by the emperor during the wedding night and ended up doing the mattress mambo with the FL. The part that made this a bit different was that ML recognised it for what it was - r*pe - and felt guilty about it, resolving to take responsibility by _not_ divorcing FL. FL, on the other hand, seemed to not give a sh*t about what just happened and still wanted to get a divorce, which was an interestingly different reaction from what I expected. It looked like she's so determined to make it out there as her own person (instead of a general's wife) that the loss of her chastity made no difference as she never planned to be married again, ever.

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Aaliya3321
Aaliya3321 rated it
July 13, 2018
Status: c25
Alright, guys, I have no idea why this has high ratings. I'm only giving this a review because it has high ratings.

I'm gonna start with what it did right.

The female lead (and the main character) is f*ckin fantastic. She's strong and would be better off without a man. She realizes her faults and makes mistakes and idk if you're reading you're really reading for her. I'd say that her only fault is that it seems like she's falling for the tr*shy male lead.

So if I was rating this story based... more>> just on the female lead this would be a 5* story no doubt. Now you get to hear how 3~4 stars just disappear. THE MALE LEAD!

So the male lead is like a piece of tr*sh. The more I read the more I want him to get mauled by dogs. No joke if this guy existed in real life I'd be sure to give him a punch to the face and a kick to the nuts.

You know how in other kinds of stories the male lead is like spending wildly right? They don't give a crap about money. That's perfectly fine unless you have no money to spend. Then he tosses HIS money problems to her to deal with. A perfect analogy would be a gambling bastard who gambles his fortune away while his wife works hard at a part-time job.

Then he thinks he has the right to essentially override her (the female lead's) opinion to get a divorce (not a spoiler look at the title) because HE feels guilty. It's all about himself for this male lead huh?

He doesn't defend her (the female lead) and thinks he has the right to blame her for an incident while he has COMPLETELY NO FAULT

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I'm talking about the losing the child thing and then blaming her for losing a child that is HIS not hers. Also blaming her for essentially not taking care of the child but where were YOU when the child went missing. BUSY WITH YOUR DAMN WORK?

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The male lead also thinks that she should just put up with all his sh*t because she's female. She has to be demure. (Blegh) He thinks that she shouldn't be proud of her independence (?). There's just too much to complain about. I rate this guy -50* but yeah he directly drives my good impression of this story (from the female lead) to a 1*.

I give an extra star as props to the translator. The work has grammatical mistakes but it's still fairly well translated and some of the puns and funny poetic things that are EXTREMELY hard to translate are either somehow still displayed in the text or explained thoroughly by the translator. Props to you! (You have terrible taste in male leads though XD)

Oh I totally forgot.

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The male lead has a little kid and the kid is hella cute once you get past like the first 10 chapters. Adorable as f*ck.

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I HATE THIS MALE LEAD!!!!! I HOPE HE DIES TERRIBLY! <<less
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Kairi645
Kairi645 rated it
February 6, 2021
Status: c12
I'm not too far in the story but what happened so far is unbearable. The same as the review above is that the MC is wonderful, truly top tier, she is what made the first couple of chapters interesting and had me engaged in the story. That is until we get to the question of why there is no r*pe tag. And no real spoiler as this is at the beginning of the story and what truly starts their "relationship". Quite frankly tho the female lead was right about him... more>> being a pan of cold noodles because that man dang there has no personality and that start of this "relationship" is close to sh*t. It hurts my soul to have such a great female lead but have the whole story butcher her whole existence.

Spoiler

The female lead had a rather unfortunate background with love to where every man she ever loved ends up with someone else before she even gets the chance and in the end, the one she was going to marry fell off a horse and died. This backstory was more comedic than heartbreaking and she simply decides to get over it and continue her life. I mention this because she was very strong to do so. Her mother died when young and she was "fat and ugly" to which she was ignored by her father and others. On top of her constant failed marriage arrangements, she had been talked down upon and had to deal with rumors of being t00 old now for not being married at 20, and was accused to bring her husband's misfortune if they were to marry her. Alas with surviving with no backer she runs her family's business wonderfully and aspires to expand to the capital as a way to better herself and challenge herself to new opportunities.

That is until she gets another marriage offer from her father's close friend, who previously recommended her twice which both failed miserably. She tries to refuse this knowledge and also prevent her aunt from stealing her glory and business. This doesn't work as it was an edict from the emperor to marry the acclaimed general. She absolutely hates this idea not too much because she gave up on marriage but because when she was younger she had gotten bullied and punched a kid. In his point of view tho she had randomly punched his friend and said no one would want her and that she would have a bad marriage history and that even if all women were to be dead he still wouldn't marry her (along those lines). He says how do you remember this its been ten years and she responds that with her bad experiences and it coming true it was hard to forget.

He promises her that they'll divorce after a month due to their unwanted marriage.

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After her marriage is when the story ultimately makes you feel like sh*t.

Spoiler

As I mentioned she gets r*ped by the ml. The ML gets drugged and helps her drink water after that he feels hot himself and looks for something also. She's sleeping peacefully and the next thing we know in the next chapter is her yelling if he had enough. Low and behold he snaps out of it and realizes he r*ped her and apologizes

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What makes the r*pe situation bad is not exactly the situation itself. Even though it's bad they were both able to make terms of the situation and he apologizes. What makes this sh*t was the reason behind this.

Spoiler

In the story's words the "child king" wants the general to get married and have a child so that he would stop going to war because they were in poverty. But no not because of the country and the people itself but the treasury. The king is mad that he can't build a vacation spot for himself. So he drugs the general to where he r*pes her. The general said that he'll take responsibility and not divorce her and she's like no way in hell, you better follow through with the divorce when I didn't want to be in this situation in the first place. And he agrees but once again his pride gets the better of him and he had gotten mad that she still doesn't stand him, which objectively yeah it's hurtful but you just r*ped her, fix your attitude. The general gets summoned to the king and as the kind was eating sweets he's like no don't talk scold me about eating sweets and the war. And also don't talk about or blame the person who drugged you, your not allowed to talk about it. So right then and there her r*pe case can't even be addressed.

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They had gone and greeted the monarch/ his grandma and right off the bat the female lead is faced with two issues for no reason and put into another bigger issue because they simply don't give af about her.

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The first issue was that they had almost left her personal maid standing out all night without giving her a proper room, even though she should be in the room next to her. This was planned by one of the concubines but the grandmother let it test her. The second issue was that the same concubine convinced the son to hate her and talk bad about her. Which she didn't hold a grudge because he's just a child but even when this was revealed the grandma didn't do anything but punish them instead of her. This was because she may have the backing of the emperor and her family but then it says that the grandma is so high and mighty and could solve the issues if she wants to?? Then the grandma forces the responsibility of being the hostess onto her and says that even though she knows she's capable, she doubts that she's faithful to the household. Of course, she just got married, r*ped, and a rude *ss husband and bad welcome experience. On top of that, she tried to reject you about 3 times which you decline each time. I am astonished and too surprised.

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What makes this worst is one going back to the ml/husband man is absolutely LACKING. He will not take responsibility or anything. Even when his beloved child gets punished he looks towards the FL like she was supposed to do something, like man she just came here yesterday?? And not only did you r*pe her but your child had just spoken ill of her, she doesn't owe anything to anyone in this household. Even when finding out the reason for his son to be punished he doesn't do anything to that person either and gets shut up by the child emperor. And it gets worst because if she becomes the madam of the household they won't allow her to accomplish her job and she'll be stuck there, her words. With the plot of the story, all of this gets taken away from her. Marriage truly ruins her life. I will continue reading SOLEY because of the female lead she's so refreshing and strong but she also doesn't disregard people even with her bad experience either. <<less
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darkclouds
darkclouds rated it
January 3, 2018
Status: c10
It’s too early for a rating and a review, but I’m hoping leaving this here will encourage more people to read it and also increase the frequency of the releases.

It’s another typical arranged marriage in the historical times. But what’s striking is the flowery and poetic prose, the analogies that will have you in stictches with all the laughter.

We have here a strong MC, not constrained by the rules and impositions of her time. She is clever and makes the best of her circumstances. Her forthright behaviour might partly... more>> have stemmed from the repeated tragedies in love she has been struck with since childhood. She is a star, and her unique way of thinking makes this all the more enjoyable. <<less
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seawaterwitch
seawaterwitch rated it
March 26, 2018
Status: c18
The wife is hilarious but I love her character. So blunt, a very kind Lady and a justice Boss. The husband is a perfect gentleman and love his son so much.

So... the bride come into the groom's "wrecked" household. She will manage everything and keep it on the right track.

Story of a tough and strong will "Cinderella" in ancient china.

Well, r*pe is not r*pe if both are concent though. The Bride is realistic woman, she use logic and not emotion (I admire her for that). Of course she accept the... more>> husband and their wedding night, it was inevitable scene, they both were married, so the wedding night was unescapable. (She can hit his head if she didn't want to, she capable on doing that. She already love the handsome General (her husband of course) and rather die than has to admit that). The General fall to her wit and her cleverness.

I love these novel ?.

Read these if you like Unruly Xiao Yao, dark comedy and Adam Sandlers's movies ? <<less
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kisa-chan
kisa-chan rated it
February 8, 2018
Status: c83
-I would've given this a 5 but... it ended too abruptly... Well, it was a fun read and I DID laugh most of the time even tho I MTLed it

-it doesn't have any complicated plots and is really just for light reading... don't expect them being involved at court...

-i feel that things didn't drag on too much.. which is great

-they DID each other a lot despite having just 1 month time frame....... more>>
Spoiler

at first, it was because they were drugged more than once... but the next one's were because it was voluntary LOL

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Spoiler

-they realized that they weren't as hostile as before compared to when they got married.. they had a child.. it wasn't really specified if they had a son or daughter...

If I understood it right based on MTL, Xuanzi is SSAs sister's son and the father is his friend... I'm not quite sure tho if she's a blood related sister (she died during the war).... oh well... he has Su Tang now and he's smitten and that's that

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-i hope this gets translated as fast as it can bc imma read that in english... <<less
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Eclat123
Eclat123 rated it
September 25, 2018
Status: c27
The story is interesting, but the translation is very rough that makes it hard to read.

Ex:

"she realized—she really wanted to get married."

... more>> When it was supposed to be

"she realized—she's really about to get married."

And Chinese structure just doesn't work when it's translated directly to English, so it takes an effort for me to just understand one sentence. I don't know if it's unedited or the team really want to keep the translation rough without any paraphrasing.

There are also some details that borther me a lot, such as how a lot of people from MC's family with higher position called her "third miss" instead of nicknames.

Don't forget the weirdly illogical plot details, such as the fact that a prince of the neighboring country brough a whole troop to kidnap the wife just to trap a military general. I mean.... even ignoring the s*upid intention, it's practically impossible bringing a whole troop, with royal, accross the border, which the travel alone can take up months, investing so much money and time, while being very discreet, fighting the country's guards on the way, all just to destroy a person who does not even have any political / military control (not the emperor)........

Well, there are too many things that doesn't make sense, but just read it for the gag I guess, like Doraemon... <<less
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Cyberlina
Cyberlina rated it
October 18, 2018
Status: c28
i want to say first DO NOT, do not be deterred by the r*pe tag. ... more>>
Spoiler

it occurs only once during the wedding night, ML drugged by a dose of aphrodisiac so strong it was tested on Horses lol

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so the premises are quite hilarious and it's a very enjoyable read. there's no transmigration or rebirth just a very feisty FL and our usual block of ice ML
Spoiler

FL calls nicknamed him 'pan of cold noodles' and even calls him 'cold noodles' to his face lol'

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but really their interactions is what makes the story lively. there's an adorable little bun there's mention of food (FL family holds a pastry shop) and there's detailed sexy time so I am going to add the smut tag.

this is pretty well written and the translation flows quite nicely. Ignore the mean comments of ungrateful brats below as the translator is not doing machine translation nor is living off sponsors. so enjoy a free web novel and advise if you recommend to read it or not and don't complain about quality if you didn't pay for it...

The story is barely starting (translation at 28/83chapters) and there's so much room for character development yet some immature reviews already bashing characters and plot. <<less
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Mubmub755
Mubmub755 rated it
October 9, 2019
Status: Completed
When I read the last chapter I was like "what the heck?!"

It's not because it's a bad ending it's just too sudden. There's no conclusion whatsoever in the ending about the main characters. No epilogue too which makes me more confusing.

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the ending is about the little emperor that finally found his little empress and waiting for her to be grown up so they finally can be married. I believe the little emperor is 14 and the soon-to-little-empress is 12-13. So when she's at 16 and the little emperor want to married her, she left because she's felt bored. And that's that. That's the ending.

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I think this is a webnovel where the author is on a hiatus but in the end left the story and not continuing it again.

It's sad since I find the story is really interesting. <<less
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Ukimi
Ukimi rated it
February 10, 2021
Status: Completed
I thought it was a good story, however it felt incomplete as it just cuts off from the climax?? So I'm not sure if it's actually completed or not... but it left me with so many unanswered questions...
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wapulos
wapulos rated it
February 8, 2019
Status: c33
I was about to write a review after reading around 12 chapters, but I'm glad I waited until the recent update. At least, I will be able to give a fair review.

What to like about the novel:

  1. The Female Lead - she is basically a headstrong, level headed and smart woman. Also, she is independent and unique among the women in her generation. From being a girl who dreamt of romance, she became a woman who wanted to stand on her own feet. Though she became too extreme on the other end for my liking, I still rooted for her desires and goals in life. I just hope that the novel will be consistent in her goals.. or at least will be able to properly write a resolution on her character development.
  2. Style of writing - not too much details, not too less. I often read light novels (either Chinese/Korean/Japanese) that don’t have details. Though having not too many details will make the story move faster, but having less details will make it less imaginative for me. Although I cannot say that this style of writing is my favourite, I can still appreciate it nevertheless.
Now, on to the reasons to dislike:

  1. the situation - I can’t help but dislike plots wherein the leads cannot make a choice on their own. Such as the time wherein the in-law pushed the work for the manor to the female lead.. and about the emperor towards the male lead.. it makes me frustrated. The leads are being manipulated... both of them too! Yes, the author may be doing this to have reasons as to why the couple will develop feelings for each other and to have more reason not to divorce, but I still disapprove these reasons. I mean, they are being manipulated over and over again. Such manipulation makes me think that their feelings for each other are cheaply developed. I mean, think about it. They get to develop feelings for each other basically because they were pushed by their circumstances and because of the people around them. I can’t help but think that they are victims and that their ‘love’ was born out of being victims from the ploy of other people. As such, I can’t appreciate such development of their relationship.
  2. The aphrodisiac - I dislike the fact that the author had to use such things in order to push their relationship. Yes, s*x pushes physical intimacy, but I totally disagree that it will influence people to love their partner. As a matter of fact, many do it out of pleasure and not out of love. Hence, I totally disaprove the author’s frequent use of aphrodisiac to push the couple to have a reason to be inseparable. The author could have thought of other ways for them to develop feelings for each other.
Concerning the male lead, I can’t say I dislike him, nor can I say that I like him. So, he is a character... more>> I would shrug off about. There isn’t a trait of his that attracts me so I guess he is just an ordinary character for me.

The reason I continued on reading is because of the female lead. I am curious as to what would happen to her goal of becoming successful with the situation she is in and with the setting of the story. I just hope that the author was able to smoothly write the Female Lead’s transformation of her desire to divorce. But I’m not too hopeful, seeing how the plot was written with the dislikes I just wrote above.

Overall, three stars from me. Translation is not perfect, but it is better than other translated novels. <<less
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CaliforniaMaki
CaliforniaMaki rated it
February 21, 2022
Status: Completed
I went from hoping this to be a gem towards a let's shut off our brain and just enjoy this ridiculous novel. The tone of this novel is quite similar to Husband, be a gentleman but veers off and just became a laughing gag towards the end..

Enjoyed:

  • FL's antics and her business skills
  • Steamy snu snu scenes 😊
  • Comedy really had me laughing out loud with the witty banter of FL and the side characters 🤭
Didn't enjoy:

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  • Overuse of aphrodisiac and ofc the r*p*
  • The idiotic Yan princess. That whole arc really put me off but I guess the author wanted to write this to test the CP
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So don't take this novel seriously and you'll enjoy it
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KillerGinger
KillerGinger rated it
October 13, 2018
Status: c83
Lost stars because; *male lead too rigid in jerk habits. *yawn aphrodisiac for dog/cat couples...

Still worth a read Cute & Quirky buffet of dogfood! With a dash of NSF moments to season. Would make a nice Romcom in liveaction

An era and status appropriate male lead (-without being a psychotic stalker or fly wing puller or manipulative user that somehow gets the gurl after causing many near-death episodes...), meh, can eat that flavor as long as next bowl is premium cuts
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