[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress":3,"chapter-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-4":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Plagued by bad reviews, but the top actress!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1734065,2218,"Chapter 4: Recognizing by the Look in Their Eyes, They’re Not to be Messed With","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>I'm back!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This body is no longer the weak and helpless actress Xia Weibao, but rather, she is now the Empress, the one who holds sway over the court and the people!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sneeze from her could make the kingdom tremble – the Mother of the Nation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the law cannot punish those who caused Xia Weibao's death,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then she will seek justice for her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And take responsibility for her new life!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending out the post on Weibo, she closed her laptop, only to hear the sound of the bathroom door opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao looked up to see Lu Hualiang walking out in a black silk bathrobe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The robe was loosely tied at the waist, revealing a muscular chest and the hints of a firm abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hair was still wet, droplets of water trailed down his neck, such temptation...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao felt her heart thudding uncontrollably, she swallowed hard, then forcibly turned her gaze away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She chanted to herself three times: \"Form is void, void is form.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a sin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never expected the Dog Emperor to be more striking in a bathrobe than in his Dragon Robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One sexy, the other ascetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could feel her lust stirring!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lu Hualiang turned around after drying his hair, he met her infatuated gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes instantly turned cold, filled with disdain and irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You're good at pretending, aren't you? Showing your true colors so soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly walked to the bed, leaned over close to her face, and his deep, cold eyes drew nearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The handsome face so close made Xia Weibao's heart race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That face, no matter how many years she looked at it, still made her heart flutter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, it was this face that ensnared her soul, leading her, all aflutter, into the Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, once she entered the Palace Gate deep as the sea, her days were filled with nothing but serving the bedchamber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang's face was very close, his warm breath scattering across her face, as if the next second, he would kiss her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This threw Xia Weibao into panic. Stay steady, don't be tempted by a handsome face again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering the aches and cramps of her past life, Xia Weibao, you must keep calm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She punched herself hard in the chest, using brute force to suppress the riotous heartbeat of her traitorous heart!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao turned her head, avoiding Lu Hualiang's penetrating gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she hadn't expected that Lu Hualiang was already so close that, in dodging away, his lips brushed past hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were stunned for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An electric tingling sensation spread from their lips, sweet and numbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the erratic heartbeat of one of them, though it was unclear whose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang was unhappy seeing her pretend to be innocent, and only wanted to tempt her into revealing her true self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't expected the accident to happen, and he was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So soft...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at her blushing profile, her skin so flawless that even at such close range, not a single pore was visible, only the delicate fuzz that seemed so soft and tender...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he felt his throat go dry and his fingers itched to touch her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang abruptly stood up, and only then did he realize his breath was shaky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder she's known in the entertainment world as a seductress with deep skills—she almost got the better of him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xia Weibao, you'd better behave yourself as Mrs. Lu for one year and not entertain any other ideas, otherwise I'll make your death a miserable one,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, he turned and didn't give her another glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, who was already flustered, breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>O heavens!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this man really the Dog Emperor, or is he more fatal than the Dog Emperor himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So handsome that her legs went weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was thinking this, she saw Lu Hualiang move to the other side of the bed and sit down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao exclaimed in alarm, resolute in her refusal to serve in the bedchamber!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang was still irritable from his own lapse in composure. Upon hearing her, his eyes narrowed dangerously, his gaze sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting such a pair of deep, cold eyes, Xia Weibao instantly lost her nerve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew from his look, he was someone she couldn't afford to provoke...\u003C\u002Fp>",731,"2026-06-06T16:21:59.127Z",1,"novelbin.me","05821da37e567b53c86c10f8f493a69b859a274c9f1621fb23fcb46b0df53871","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-5","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-3",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]