#the fourteenth year of chenghua

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[palehorsemen]

[bellaroles]

I think I made the list before but I can't find it. So I made a new one since I just finished reading Beidou/the Plough

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The Slow Burn romance is really slow but I love every single little bits of relationship development in every ship so far. Also the payoff is so good! I also love the banter in every one of her books. Very satisfying to read!

Tsundere shou! ( Not always but I think Shen Qiao, Tang Fan, Cui Buqu are these types and also Ling Shu to a certain degree) Though they're under the same category, they're portrayed as very different in personalities and I can't get enough of them. Their respective gong are also very unique and cunning in their own way when it comes to making the shou admit their feelings!

Cross dressings! Hilarity ensues!

Solving mysteries! be it crime investigation, treasure hunting, political machinations, unmasking evil cult or even ruining evil cultivators plan to rule the world etc.

Strong women side characters. Also if they're among the very beautiful then they usually are either evil and end up dead or they find a way out of their predicament on their own.

Spoiler alert: the betrayal! We need at least one scene of either true betrayal (looking at you, Yan Wushi!) or it was just an act (Peerless, the Plough) or qi deviation (Shen Shang)

The last few chapters at least one or both of the main characters fight to the brink of death and yeah their love for each other is reaffirmed because of this but...that's not the true ending though! Go read that in the extras!

I've read 5 series of hers so far and I like them all very much.

Thousand Autumns

14th year of Chenghua

Peerless

Estranged

The Plough

Have Bu Tian Gang on my shelf already. Might start on that next, or All under heaven.

[calling-me-merry]

TSOMD as The Onion headlines (part 1)

part 2 / 3 

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Main differences between TSOMD and the novel

Wang Zhi and Tang Fan have switched their wisdom stats (and many of Wang Zhi’s quotes are actually Novel!Tang Fan's)

Tang Fan gets repeatedly called “a beauty” by various people, and also has actual political ambition; he’s also older than Sui Zhou

Sui Zhou is wife-coded, not ex-military and has real political savvy and also a really shitty family

Wang Zhi can FIGHT but he‘s also very angry all the time (he is either yelling, pouting or flirting at Tang Fan whenever they are in the same room)

Dong‘er is Ah-Dong and might not be a genius, but is really good at martial arts AND officially part of the Tang family because Tang Fan made her his sworn sister (still crying about this)

the emperor is a magic-obsessed moron

there are no bombs, but lotsss of politics

Follow my comment threads over on twitter for vague comments on cases, snark about historical politics, flailing about character dynamics and screenshots for every especially cute, romantic or funny part of the book I come across

And if you want to read the translation yourself, you find that here <3

[staydandy]

Sleuth of Ming Dynasty (2020) - 成化十四年 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : Set during the 14th year of Chenghua Emperor's reign, Tang Fan, a sixth rank official and Sui Zhou, an embroidered uniform guard, join hands to crush a conspiracy to maintain peace and order for the people. (MDL) AKA : The Story of Ming Dynasty | The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua

Whumpee : Tang Fan played by Darren Chen (center)

Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Historical, Mystery, Crime, Bromance, Censored Adaption, BL / Boys Love

Notes : This is a Partial List - I didn't list every bit of whump, just what caught my attention the most • Adapted from a novel of the same name by Meng Xi Shi • The novel was originally a BL novel. However, the main theme revolves around the crime solving and not the romance. The published version features the bromance between the characters. (I actually just learned this, I didn't know when I first watched - but it makes sense now)

Episodes on List : 3 Total Episodes : 48

*Spoilers below*

26 : Tang Fan purposefully poisons himself so as to help find an antidote for a friend

29 : … continued from previous ep. ...

44 : Sliced on his back with a sword

More Whump Lists for this show: whumpily-ever-after ghostly-whump

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Cdrama: The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty (2020)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama "The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty"

【FULL】 武安侯之子命丧青楼 凶手究竟是谁！ | 成化十四年 The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty 01 | 爱奇艺华语剧场

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE_NZiQPIxk

[tranquil-i-tea]

Time for my annual reread of Fourteenth Year of Chenghua!

Not sure what it is about being on holiday in Europe, but somehow it just pokes the 'oh yeah- Tang Fan time' place in my brain.

I would kill for a physical copy of this book

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[unforth]

After 1.2 million words I have finally been rewarded with the words "if it's not him, then it's not right" and I am determined to convince myself that's enough for the amount of obliviousness and pining I've been put through for the last 150 chapters.

[palehorsemen]

The last picture is inspired by a wonderful story by AnnaFox46

[bellaroles]

'The fourteenth year of Chenghua' is so good! Why haven't I read this sooner? Well I love Thousand Autumns but I'm starting to love this more!

[calling-me-merry]

TSOMD as The Onion headlines (part 2) 

part 1 / 3

[thegreatxdf]

Currently in the middle of reading The Fourteenth Year of Chenghua and I'm really loving how Wang Zhi acts like a mother hen towards Tang Fan 🤣🤣