One of my fav BLs!!! love the story very much. 

The first half of the story is pure anguish, the second half is fluffy. Imagine being constantly framed by the main wife over and over but can't defend himself because he's mute. the husband doesn't even give him a chance to explain or defend himself. He can only do so much being mute to a point that it is so heartbreaking.  ... more>>

In the first half, the King gives up his lover in exchange for the throne. and then when he finally gets the throne, the lover leaves him. In the second half of the story, the King ignores the throne and pursuit to get back his lover.

Throughout the story, it depicts the slow growth of the mute lover. <<less

an engaging story, describing a gradual and realistic path of a male consort becoming a male empress. To think of all the unfairness that happens... more>> to xiao qi because of his family, really makes one want to strangle those characters in the story. The love story is sweet, with no misunderstandings and more trust between the couple.  The palace drama is extensively described in this story but being just 77 chapters, the story is fast spaced and interesting. <<less

so cute

Not male empress, but a Wang fei

There is no Male empress tho.  ( didn't like the story much ). more of a story between a marquis and a emperor

The first arc has a male empress. but the rest of the arcs are super boring. dropped the book halfway.

The shou becomes a "double emperor" along with the gong. which is way cooler than being a Male empress.  The MTL is readable compare to most Historical Yaoi. But still, when the MTL translates the Shark tribe as Chimpanzee I just feel like flipping the table. The story is good, but then at the end, the story deviates widely from the original storyline of the love story and character development into sea adventure which I didn't see coming. but it was still fun.... more>>

SPOILER Side note - the biggest clown in the story is Huaishu'an ( the first king if Yuze). he builds a magnificent palace to show his love for Yu qiao hoping that YQ will see how much he loves him and will return his love. Instead, YQ went and lived in the Palace all happy with his husband and kid while Huaishu'an was looking for him all over the world. And finally, on his death bed, Yu QIao and his husband dropped by and says "Tada you SOB i was alive all along"  lol <<less

Sad to say although the MC became the empress he didn't get to become the Male empress because this is a gender bender, so he... more>> couldn't reveal himself as a man. T_T <<less

haha, this was fun, when the gong self-proclaimed himself as the queen after fighting with the ministers in court. LOL... more>>

The entire story is explained from the title....  <<less

Despite the intriguing title, the story is an immense disappointment.SPOILERS!!!The biggest disappointment was the deception of Hua Ling.  In spite of the fact that Hua... more>> Ling is a genius he just pretends to be an idiot who can't even count to 10 in front of Yan shi. In the beginning, it was understandable, but then after going through everything together, HL continued to fool him until the very end. I feel that the most important thing between a couple should be honesty and HL didn't meet this description. And the second most disappointing was HL r*aping YS on their wedding night. although they were married unconsented s*x is still r*pe.  <<less

there is no male empress, but he still became the husband of the emperor. Loved it!! so I'll add it here. 

This is so sweet. wish there were more chapters. and yes there is a Male empress!!

I especially love this manhua. It has gore, torture but I like the anguish.  P.S. - This is Korean and not Chinese. 

This is a Knovel, but it's really good. 

Read up to Chapter 60 and dropped it. The story is interesting but the progress is freaking damn slow and I didn't like the story... more>> much at some points.  <<less