[{"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-666":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},1734527,2218,"Chapter 666: 666: A Mandarin Duck Bath","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-666",666,"\u003Cp>Chapter 666: Chapter 666: A Mandarin Duck Bath\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao hadn’t even reacted yet when she was carried inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All along the way, countless maids saluted them with their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their haunting gazes seemed to accuse her of being heartless for not needing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was so embarrassed she wished she could dig a hole and crawl into it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, since she was off the ground, digging a hole wasn’t an option, but burying her face in Lu Hualiang’s chest was possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she kept her head down the whole way, not daring to meet the gazes of the Beloved Concubines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Man, was it awkward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t even opened the door when Lu Hualiang couldn’t resist trying to kiss her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Weibao dodged him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While holding her, he reached out to open the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he hooked the door closed with his foot, he also set Xia Weibao down, then turned around to pin her against the door and kissed her directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he wanted was to take her right there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao tried to escape his ubiquitous kisses, but both escape routes were blocked by his hands, leaving her trapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could only place her hands against his chest, trying to push him away a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her head turned to the side, Lu Hualiang’s kisses landed on her cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let go first, I haven’t had a shower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No need for that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, impatient, bent down eagerly seeking her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who cares about a shower at a time like this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, shower first,” Her Majesty the Empress insisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xia Weibao! Are you doing this on purpose?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I went to the hospital today, it’s uncomfortable not to shower.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang let out an unhappy growl, women are so troublesome!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Showering every day, aren’t you afraid you’ll wash off a layer of skin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A kick landed on his shin, are you pushing your luck, huh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See if you can do without a shower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caught off guard, Lu Hualiang slightly bent over from the kick to his leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seizing the opportunity, Xia Weibao pushed him away, “It’s just after nine, why sleep.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he continued to be so beastly, she’d be careful to take a nice hot bath and then play a couple of rounds of King of Glory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, she still hadn’t ranked up to King yet. This man had broken his promise to help her ascend in the game—he’d lied!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her go to get her clothes, Lu Hualiang followed step by step, looking at her with pleading eyes like a large dog begging for its master’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wife, let’s shower together.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, having just stepped into the bathroom, suddenly turned around and gave him a charmingly coquettish smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That smile instantly sent Lu Hualiang into a daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he could think was how beautiful his wife was, how good-looking she was, how her smile was so captivating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand involuntarily reached for her waist…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao, however, smiled slyly, her fingertips grazing back and forth along the edge of his shirt buttons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An almost imperceptible touch, as light as a feather passing over the heart’s surface, made Lu Hualiang’s heart race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Adam’s apple bobbed several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao’s smile was charmingly coquettish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, Director Lu, whose soul she had completely ensnared, had a glazed look in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Weibao moved closer, and as he was about to embrace her, he didn’t expect to be forcefully pushed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get the hell out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then with a bang, she closed the door, locked it, done!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Hualiang, “…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the door that nearly hit his nose, he really wanted to kick it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But considering that kicking the door might anger her and then delay his chance of getting intimate, he held back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You just wait, Xia! If you manage to sleep tonight, I lose!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snorted coldly and went to the adjoining guest room for a ‘combat shower.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that she wouldn’t later make more excuses for him to shower and waste time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the bathroom, Xia Weibao stood in front of the mirror, a bit speechless at the commotion he deliberately made outside.\u003C\u002Fp>",697,"2026-06-06T16:22:09.519Z",1,"novelbin.me","d48508912bbc780f12e3a4b6658a1f654e0ffd0f15ec812da26dcd135dc43409","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-667","plagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-chapter-665",1766,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplagued-by-bad-reviews-but-the-top-actress-cover.jpg"]