#ji yuansu

[mengyan]

“are you coming for the ride? 🐱🐺✨”

my fourth @cdrama-action prompt fill, for @cynical-harlequin, who wanted something silly with hua liuli's sickly beauty act! thank you SO much for your request! donations are STILL OPEN for 8 more hours!! if you’re interested in receiving something from me or other creators, go check out cdrama action’s page for more info!! every dollar counts! <3

[apiratefellinlovewithastar]

Liuli and Yuansu are so cute, together they lose braincells and still remain the smartest people in the room, except when it comes to their own feelings <3

[heymeowmao]

花琉璃轶闻 | Royal Rumours E22 ° Dying is easy, but you deserve to live a good life.

[mxtxfanatic]

Book of the Week: The Times Spent in Pretense

Author: Butterfly's Shadow Beneath the Moon/Yue Xia Die Ying (月下蝶影)

Genre: ancient setting, court politics, josei

Rating: T

My Synopsis: Hua Liuli, only daughter of two famed generals, wants to be known as the most beautiful sickly beauty in the empire. Crown Prince Ji Yuansu wants to put off working himself to death on the throne for a few more years. Emperor Changlong just wants people to stop treating him like he's stupid while he celebrates the return of his two closest friends and their family to the capital. When you have your priorities straight, who cares about the petty schemes of those convinced they live in a dogblood drama?

My Actual Review: Unlike a lot of the other books under this author, this novel is not a revenge fantasy and, as such, it is actually lighter than the others on suspense and drama (lighter, not completely absent, as this still involves court politics.) The fact that this book satirizes the genre by subverting expectations (no, the emperor isn't paranoid enough to betray his most loyal subjects, no the crown prince won't be dethroned, no the famous general won't be sent to his death) is a breath of fresh air. And the comedy is fantastic, I found myself smiling and laughing almost every chapter, which made the parts where the story gets unexpectedly somber all the more poignant. The characters in all their different positions and goals work so well together. I never really felt like the cast was too big or that anyone was extraneous. Also on that note, pretty sure like half the princes are autistic but present in completely different ways. Wild. As per this author's MO, there are content warnings for the usual underage marriage, age gap, and such.

Translation: complete

[mengyan]

花琉璃轶闻 | royal rumours + textposts

hua liuli is really gaslighting gatekeeping and girlbossing her way through yujing, as she should <3

[mengyan]

花琉璃轶闻 | royal rumours + more textposts

life advice from hua liuli: if all else fails, cough, feign dizziness, and as a last resort, faint in yuan wei’s or taizi dianxia’s arms.

[mengyan]

花琉璃轶闻 | royal rumours + even MORE textposts

[apiratefellinlovewithastar]

you wouldn’t expect it, but Liuli and Yuansu are different flavors of yandere and I love that for them <3

[mengyan]

kidnapper: taizi dianxia, we have your girlfriend

ji yuansu: who?

kidnapper: your girlfriend, hua liuli?

ji yuansu: oh

kidnapper: 'oh'?

ji yuansu: yeah, you don't have her. she has you. good luck