Love in Another Life / Reborn: My Gentle Tyrant 再生缘：我的温柔暴君 by 墨舞碧歌 Mo Wu Bi Ge (HE)

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• Long Fei Li, you'll see this name or this novel in most of the fav list. I didn't read the book bcos it is so so long but I read the detailed summary in Chinese & listened to until part 4 of the radio drama. I m in love with the radio drama especially Xuan's voice as Long Fei Li. Hoju is also his fan and my gratitude to her for helping me to translate the last line of the synopsis since my ancient Chinese sucks big time. Yet I can understand the radio drama so you must listen to it bcos it is one of the most popular one out there.

  Unfortunately I can't recommend the audio book bcos I m extremely picky so the single female's voice gives me goosebumps :( However if u really wanna know the story but can't read then you can listen to it. This story has a lot of flashbacks & time travelling so you may find it rather difficult to depend on the summarised radio drama only. I've to read spoilers & listen to more than 5 times of the radio drama to sort of understand the plot lol.

  Acrosstime, if you are reading this, Bu gege also has a supporting role in it as the eunuch lol. Joanne dear or any kind-hearted readers who can read Chinese, pls write a detailed summary or/and list of characters in English here for me to help me to enhance my listening pleasure.

  Plotwise, I find this book too 'gouxue' (dog blood meaning melodramatic). Too many things happened. It is something like Bu Bu Jin Xin mixed with 3 Lives 3 Worlds 10 Miles of Peach Blossom. There is a bit of everything in this novel, humor, angst, drama, power struggle, harem struggle, war, memory loss etc. I guess most ppl like this novel bcos of Long Fei Li's steadfast love for Xuanji. Their love story is like a long running soap opera with many separations and reunions. I don't like anything draggy so I don't really fancy the story but I really fancy the radio drama :)

  Fan-made MVs:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjDgGRpFyPA
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z_JQkFz-MU
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7tH0Pf1SE

  Theme Song:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxwP-HC4iUk

• Peanuts, I just saw the length of the book...way too long for me to read. Over 500 chapters including the epilogues. I might pick it up but I'm currently on a Shi Si Lang frenzy, reading one of her books after another (usually under or a little over 100 chapters each book). :D Also, I left 大唐女法医 unfinished to read Shi Si Lang's books ^^;;

  I did, however, listen to the radiodrama you provided and loved it. It ended right where I needed to know what happens next! I was thinking throughout the radiodrama that she would probably eventually commit suicide...and...well now I really want to know what happened next.

  Xuan as Long Fei Li is so swoon-worthy! Love love love his voice!! I feel so sorry for Nian Xuanji. Long Fei Li's words never match his actions. It's clear to the readers (umm, listeners?) that he deeply loves Xuanji but he's always so cold to her. All his actions and expressions are never in front of Xuanji so I can't blame her for thinking he doesn't like/lover her. :(

  So many unlikable characters in the book, the Empress Dowager (major dislike!), the Empress and other concubines, even Xuanji's own family excluding her mother...especially her hateful father!

  My like list is pretty short, lol. Aside from the main leads, I like the princess, the small wolf (haha), Xuanji's mother, Xuanji's maid, and.....I thought I liked Ru Yi, but changed my mind after the last 4 minutes of the radiodrama.

  • What? You copied me & took the easy way out lol :( Never mind, at least u listened to the radio drama. I told u it is one of the best radio drama out there. With your comment, will encourage hoju to listen to it ASAP. Actually I kind of understand the plot but don't mind more details :)

• Question for Peanuts:

  [spoiler]Xuanji's aborted baby...wasn't the emperor's right?[/spoiler]

  • [spoiler]It is the emperor's one. What made u think it is not the emperor's? This is not in the radio drama yet but I red fr baidu lol. It is not that the emperor doesn't want the baby but he can't have it as he doesn't want the ppl in the palace to use it against him since his power is not strong yet. [/spoiler]

• Totally took the easy way out, haha. This book is really long and I'm afraid of abandoning it halfway through, lol =X

  Thanks for answering my question, Peanuts.

  [spoiler]I thought the baby wasn't his, because I must have missed out on the part where he bedded her, lol. I did hear his reason why he wanted her to abort the baby...wanting to protect her and such. But for some reason, I also thought the baby wasn't his. =X[/spoiler]

  I also hope Hoju reads this book and then give us more spoilers!

  The radiodrama didn't touch on a lot of the story. Thanks for sharing the MVs, Peanuts. The first one really helped a lot with where the radiodrama left off.

  Long Fei Li's nickname for Nian Xuanji (Xiao Qi), her amnesia, his confession about Ru Yi, Xuanji's meeting Bai Zhan Feng, Xiao Qi leaving Fei Li and about to marry Zhan Feng (?), her death at the end.

  Hoju, hopefully the following quotes from Long Fei Li (and one from Bai Zhan Feng) can entice you to read this:

  哦，小七嘛
  小七這個名字只給我叫

  小七, 你忘了我？

  小七, 別離開我

  可是, 我不會讓你走
  即使有你說的在生

  他想，這世上會這樣待他的，只有她了

  小七，小七
  剛才朕做了一個夢，夢見那些人折磨她

  夏桑，朕告訴你她這一生, 無論是生是死, 都要和朕在一起
  朕寫她百年後也是要同梟而葬

  朕在七歲以前就認識瞭如意 (booooooo!)

  On her marrying 白戰楓 (?? that's what it looked like in the MV)：
  小七，咱們回去好不好?

  白戰楓：
  你既已娶了她
  為何不好好待她？
  你知道嗎，她瘋了
  是給你親手逼瘋了

  I'm also pretty invested in learning more about legend of the Heavenly Emperor's daughter (Zi Su), Small Wolf (Xue Liu Jing), Dragon King (Long Hao), and Dragon King's Consort (Mo Cong)....their past lives?

  天帝小女 － 紫蘇 (Zi Su) - Xiao Qi
  小狼 － 雪流景 (Xue Liu Jing) - Bai Zhan Feng
  龍王 － 龍昊 (Long Hao) - Long Fei Li
  龍王側妃 － 莫琮 (Mo Cong) - Ru Yi

  • Hoju has started listening to the radio drama now & will skim thru the book. Thus we'll probably get our summary later lol.

    Remember Xuanji got drugged in the brothel with aphrodisiac when she went out with the princess? Then LFL came to rescue & relief her lol.

• ^ http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2413624656

• Welcome to SSB but u really took your time to leave a comment lol.

  Hey, I did warn u that this is a dog blood novel so u've been told :P

  Since the radio drama is good, why dun u listen to it completely, won't take u much time since only 4 parts have been released?

  I m lazy & impatient so I'll just wait for the radio drama lol. Also, I don't want to vomit blood haha....

  Btw I posted the author's modern books in SSB. The CV (Character Voice) for the radio drama two link is the same as Long Fei Li, our fav guy:)

  https://www.shushengbar.net/?p=4207

• Hi, this is my first comment at shusheng bar.. I found our abt this site when I was reading koala's translation of 长相思 last year. I am really thankful to this site as I was introduced to so many good chinese novels like hua qian gu (it's going to be out nxt wk, yeah! Saw on youtube where the cast went to happy camp to promote), three lives three worlds, gu fang bu zhi shang, who gets the world, heavy sweetness ash like frost, man man qing luo, silent separation, san sheng wang chuan wu shang, long fei feng wu, both are foxes, mistaken marrigae match series, feng yin tian xia, silent separation, just one smile is very alluring, really really miss you and alot more which I can't rmb. I found this book recommendation last wk and actually finished reading it by monday.. And today I just finished reading 非我倾城, 王爷要休妃 written by the same author where the characters in 再生缘 will also make an appearance .. Phew.. Such a long book, I think I read until I wanted to vomit (because there is just too many misunderstandings).. And I found that I enjoyed 再生缘 more (I think) if I compared both books... Btw I love the audiobook (although I only listened to part 4) hahaha... Btw I'm really impressed by the writer (how did she managed to put so many things in one book- three lives, time travelling, power struggle etc) Btw, not sure if this is a spoiler, i think the female lead of 再生缘 lost her memory thrice (if I didn't rmb wrgly)... Anyway, overall I think this book is quite good, so go read it people hahaha..

• Hahaha, is her another book, 非我倾城 that made me want to vomit blood when I was reading it... not 再生缘 though (although you also need a strong heart when reading this)..

  The synopsis too interesting liaos mah, so I went ahead to read it..

  Will give her modern book a try another day :)

• One of my favourite books! Listened to the audio book at ximalaya and it was really good and better than expected despite my hesitation to try it because it has only one broadcaster. But the broadcaster really brought our the emotions in the book, so I'm glad I gave it a try.

  This book is heartbreaking from beginning to end. I lost count the number of times I cried... There's a reason why this book is always mentioned when people ask for recommendations for tearjerkers.

  If you like books overflowing with angst but with a happy ending, you should definitely give this book a chance. It's written to be 虐身虐心！Except that after all the angst, you finally get a good ending, so the entire process is incredibly cathartic and you get some closure.

  The book can be quite melodramatic, and there's a few cliché plot devices (memory loss, previous lives, harem battles, power struggle, misunderstandings...) , but I don't mind them because the author utilizes them quite well. And also, even though this book is a tearjerker, I think it's also considered a sweet novel （甜文） in the sense that you can feel the love between the leads from the beginning to the end. It's not one of those novels where the leads take forever to fall in love. In fact, most of the angst is a result of their love, which faces lots of obstacles.

  This book also has one of the best openings I've ever seen. It's a begins with the female lead's execution, ordered by the male lead. So you start wondering what happened to make things result in this state of affairs, why the male lead ends up hating the female lead to the extent of executing her when they were previously so deeply in love... Then it becomes a flashback of how the two main leads came to know and love each other, which takes up more than half the novel. And it then leads back to the opening, to finally answer our question on why the male lead sentenced the female lead to execution. But the book doesn't end like that! (otherwise it'll be a bad ending!) It then continues on after the execution to begin the final arc or the book. It's also a happy ending. Thankfully, after all the angst! Otherwise I don't think I'll ever survive.

  Those who like this book should also read its sister book, 非我倾城:王爷要休妃. It's set in the same universe as this book, and the main leads here appear a little there.

• Supposedly this book is being made into a tv series, can anyone confirm? :o