[{"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-659":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},1734520,2218,"Chapter 659: 659: He is Emperor Xia Liang! 1","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-659",659,"\u003Cp>Chapter 659: Chapter 659: He is Emperor Xia Liang! 1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang burst in and saw her sitting by the bed, her face streaked with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression, one of utter heartbreak, shattered his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again seeing that familiar face, Xia Weibao was overwhelmed with sorrow, and darkness enveloped her vision as she passed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wife, wife!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang was frightened and hurriedly carried her to the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the hospital bed, Xia Weibao looked pale, her nose red, and the corners of her eyes still wet with undried tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang sat by the bed, keeping vigil over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Receiving a call from Housekeeper Fu, stating that something was off about her, he had immediately left the meeting he was conducting and rushed back home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had not expected to find her unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fortunate he returned; otherwise, if she had been alone in the room and something had happened, nobody would have known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brows were tightly knotted, and his lips were pressed into a straight line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The doctor said she had fainted due to excessive grief leading to a lack of oxygen in the brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the second time she had fainted from overwhelming sadness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What secrets did her heart harbor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling somewhat powerless, Lu Hualiang gently held the hand that was not on a drip and brought it to his lips, softly planting a kiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he rested his face against the back of her bloodless hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When will you finally open up your heart to me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had done everything he could, everything he should, yet he still couldn’t enter her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve done all that I could for you, tell me what more do you want.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the hospital room, the man’s voice echoed, filled with deep helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had always been in control, manipulating events at will, but she was the exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some say that in the game of love, the one who falls first is the loser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this emotional struggle with her, he had lost utterly and completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t until eight o’clock in the evening that Xia Weibao slowly regained consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weakly opening her eyes, she saw Lu Hualiang sitting by the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His handsome features, eyes full of concern and worry, were etched deeply in her memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The faint words spilled from her pale lips, so ethereal as to seem unreal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang stood up and leaned in to close the distance between them, “What did you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of how he had lived alone for ten lifetimes to find her, a wave of acid filled Xia Weibao’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling a surge of emotion, tears once again slipped down from the corners of her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is it you…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was desolate, as if her soul was crying, breaking Lu Hualiang’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held her hand, “It’s me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you come looking for me…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s low sobs, the longing and mournful look in her eyes, were filled with a humble hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it really be him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man before her, was he her Dog Emperor?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her instincts couldn’t be wrong; all the people that looked exactly the same, the feeling Lu Hualiang gave her, and the similarities he shared with Emperor Xia Liang – they all pointed out that he was him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, she was scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if all this was merely her misconception, just a figment of her longing for Emperor Xia Liang?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more she thought about it, the more suffocated she felt, her body beginning to tremble lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough cough cough…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao started to cough faintly, her body trembling uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang was startled and quickly pressed his hands on her shoulders, “Calm down, what’s the matter with you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao looked at him sorrowfully, her eyelashes brimming with tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t you remember me? I am your empress.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang’s brows furrowed into a deep crease, empress?\u003C\u002Fp>",648,"2026-06-06T16:22:09.519Z",1,"novelbin.me","4da13e110a9738bf8e5ea9b3b4f56b6a59a6f02c5b76f7a9071382eb61bb60b5","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-660","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-658",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]