“The Kingdom as Betrothal Gift” is an ancient romance novel written by Xing Yanyan, originally serialized under the title “Long Live My Emperor, Forever,” now renamed “The Kingdom as Betrothal Gift” for its published collection.
Meng Tinghui is the first woman in the Great Ping Dynasty’s history to achieve the highest rank in all three levels of the women’s imperial examinations and enter the Hanlin Academy. Ten years ago, he rescued her from a pile of corpses, where she was disheveled and barely coherent. Ten years later, she has become extraordinarily learned, outshining everyone, standing out brilliantly in the women’s imperial examinations, and becoming the most notable female official in the court in over twenty years.
She is politically astute, calculating, willing to use any means to climb higher, and views success as her primary life goal. Over the years, she has risen from a small sixth-rank compiler in the Hanlin Academy to a Deputy Commissioner who stands as an equal with many senior ministers. She doesn’t mind being labeled as treacherous and cunning by the court’s moral critics, acting with harsh ruthlessness and showing no mercy to others. Everyone in court fears and despises her, but no one understands how she has survived all these years, and no one knows what truly lies in her heart.
That man sits high upon the dragon throne, commanding the world with his gaze. She willingly submits herself beneath his seat, watching him secure his empire, nurture his people, establish peace, and step by step become the most powerful emperor in the Great Ping Dynasty’s history. Years ago, he saved her; now she repays him, willing to serve as a stepping stone for his imperial career without complaint or regret. Yet despite all her calculations, the one thing she never anticipated was that he also loved her.
One is a brilliant sovereign enjoying the world’s acclaim; the other is a scheming minister bearing eternal infamy. Their path to love is destined to be filled with thorns…
Cheng Yi has already touched several modern genres — Draw the Line was a legal drama, South Wind Knows My Mood…
I want him to do a proper romantic drama more like rom com as he always do serious drama, I want ceo type romcom for once, i possible a romantic drama in costume too, it's been a long type since he do heavy romance drama
Does screenwriter made some changes in novel as when I read the novel i feel something is missing like there is no main villain, does there story going to end just like that, like no identity reveal, no major fight when both of them is this powerful, in trailer they show some part where mzy and wz oppose each other or wz angry with mzy but in novel wz never angry with mzy nor mzy oppose wz and fight her, so I think something is missing in novel and there is change is drama
“The Kingdom as Betrothal Gift” is an ancient romance novel written by Xing Yanyan, originally serialized under the title “Long Live My Emperor, Forever,” now renamed “The Kingdom as Betrothal Gift” for its published collection.
Meng Tinghui is the first woman in the Great Ping Dynasty’s history to achieve the highest rank in all three levels of the women’s imperial examinations and enter the Hanlin Academy. Ten years ago, he rescued her from a pile of corpses, where she was disheveled and barely coherent. Ten years later, she has become extraordinarily learned, outshining everyone, standing out brilliantly in the women’s imperial examinations, and becoming the most notable female official in the court in over twenty years.
She is politically astute, calculating, willing to use any means to climb higher, and views success as her primary life goal. Over the years, she has risen from a small sixth-rank compiler in the Hanlin Academy to a Deputy Commissioner who stands as an equal with many senior ministers. She doesn’t mind being labeled as treacherous and cunning by the court’s moral critics, acting with harsh ruthlessness and showing no mercy to others. Everyone in court fears and despises her, but no one understands how she has survived all these years, and no one knows what truly lies in her heart.
That man sits high upon the dragon throne, commanding the world with his gaze. She willingly submits herself beneath his seat, watching him secure his empire, nurture his people, establish peace, and step by step become the most powerful emperor in the Great Ping Dynasty’s history. Years ago, he saved her; now she repays him, willing to serve as a stepping stone for his imperial career without complaint or regret. Yet despite all her calculations, the one thing she never anticipated was that he also loved her.
One is a brilliant sovereign enjoying the world’s acclaim; the other is a scheming minister bearing eternal infamy. Their path to love is destined to be filled with thorns…
I don't think so that fsmm is heavy romance as it has more focus on cy's character othe fsmm series also didn't focus on romance