[{"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-653":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},1734514,2218,"Chapter 653: 653 Crossing a Thousand Years 5","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-653",653,"\u003Cp>Chapter 653: Chapter 653 Crossing a Thousand Years 5\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang spoke while he clicked open a web page to search.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at this analysis, written by a very famous historian who researched King Cheng for many years. He speculated that the king might have been in love with a woman who died, so for her sake, he remained unmarried for life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, the role of the female lead in ‘The Chengtian Dynasty’, Wu Mei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In history, there was indeed a person named Wu Mei. She was a strategist by King Cheng’s side and harbored deep affection for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, during an assassination attempt on King Cheng, she took a stab for him and died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The script of ‘The Chengtian Dynasty’ is based on her experience, fabricating an intimate female confidante for King Cheng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xu Jiayang spoke, he handed his phone to Xia Weibao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baby, understanding more about these historical events will help you delve into your character.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being a director and a screenwriter, he knew the famous figures in history quite well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao took the phone and looked it over, finding the argument rather convincing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that was true, then King Cheng’s experience was very similar to Yuan Zhinan’s, both having decided to remain unmarried for a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hopeless romantic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It might not be because of a woman, though. Maybe he really was a eunuch.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yan’s sudden outburst left everyone speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if there was a problem with King Cheng in that respect, there’s no need to label him a eunuch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the emperor, after all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Shi said, “It’s hard to say for sure. Maybe King Cheng dedicated all his mind to the welfare of the state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking the world as his responsibility, his boundless love might have led him to sacrifice his life for his people, forgetting to take a wife and sire children.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leng Yan, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked disdainfully at Xia Shi, “Women, always so unrealistic, always like to idealize those great men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am sure, King Cheng must have been a eunuch!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did King Cheng do to you, to deserve such spite!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao picked up the script, “If what Sister Xia Shi says is true, then this King Cheng is indeed a paragon of virtue.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, how I wish I could discuss King Cheng’s deeds with Emperor Xia Liang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what a true emperor is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So pure and devoid of desire!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then look at him, damn it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thousand years had passed, yet every time she thought back to those days of serving in the Imperial Harem, she still felt a sore back and aching waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Jiayang felt that only he among those present was cultured; the other three were idiots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xia Shi’s idea is impossible. Even with a heart set on the welfare of the state, securing a lineage is still a top priority. Would the entire court just ignore that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is recorded in history that when a high official wanted to send his daughter to the Imperial Harem, King Cheng dismissed him from his post and confiscated his property. He was very determined not to take a wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It probably wasn’t due to impotence either, because he held selections for consorts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held beauty pageants regularly, and only the most beautiful women could enter the palace to participate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of them were ever selected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some historians analyze that he was extremely handsome and had high standards, and no woman could catch his eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I don’t think that’s likely; it feels like he was looking for someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Searching for a very beautiful woman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Xia Weibao suddenly felt a touch in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why she was touched, she couldn’t quite explain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looking for someone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right. King Cheng ascended the throne at twenty-eight, ruled for forty years, and held eighty beauty pageants in total, right up until the year he died. Yet, he had no woman in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he died alone and lonely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even have someone to attend to him in his final moments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The throne was then passed to the Royal Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wasn’t looking for someone, then why would he hold so many selections?”\u003C\u002Fp>",710,"2026-06-06T16:22:09.519Z",1,"novelbin.me","2327878e5c38a34cb8f8165976274bb4be0058b6501d4e03e435399c5f8698bb","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-654","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-652",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]