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入赘 [Rùzhuì]
Yun An was a volunteer chosen among thousands by the space time research institute. Simply planning to record the true historical events of the military revolt in the year nine hundred and sixty, she signed the consent form, stepped into the time machine, but a peculiar thing happened during her travel through time, causing Yun An to be sent to an unknown place and time…
This dynasty was not recorded in earth’s history; perhaps Yun An had entered a parallel world.
This kingdom was known as the ‘Yan’ kingdom. It’s regime was similar to the middle period of the Ming dynasty. The economy was an unprecedented level of prosperity, and the men were regarded as superior to women.
The renowned Lin family of the Yan kingdom lived in luxury and extravagance. Their extreme wealth had already continued for three generations.
However, the famous Lin family faced an awkward problem at their third generation— the master of the family had no son.
Although the master of the Lin family had seven concubines, he had not gained a son for years. Master Lin eventually became too old to have any hope for a male heir.
The rise and fall of the Lin family now rests on the shoulders of master Lin’s only legitimate daughter: Lin Buxian.
The Lin family appeared to be powerful and untouchable, but it was actually surrounded with danger.
Their wealth was hankered after by powerful ministers and coveted by their relatives. Lin Buxian was a woman, but she had to step out often. Because of this, she was often denounced by the public. Eight merchants came to attend Lin Buxian’s twentieth birthday, but they heard the shocking news that her past childhood friend had already become the lucky son-in-law of a Minister, and he intended to take her as a concubine?
Lin Buxian made an announcement to the entire kingdom during her birthday banquet; the Lin estate is looking for a handsome son-in-law, to marry and live with the bride’s family.
This dynasty was not recorded in earth’s history; perhaps Yun An had entered a parallel world.
This kingdom was known as the ‘Yan’ kingdom. It’s regime was similar to the middle period of the Ming dynasty. The economy was an unprecedented level of prosperity, and the men were regarded as superior to women.
The renowned Lin family of the Yan kingdom lived in luxury and extravagance. Their extreme wealth had already continued for three generations.
However, the famous Lin family faced an awkward problem at their third generation— the master of the family had no son.
Although the master of the Lin family had seven concubines, he had not gained a son for years. Master Lin eventually became too old to have any hope for a male heir.
The rise and fall of the Lin family now rests on the shoulders of master Lin’s only legitimate daughter: Lin Buxian.
The Lin family appeared to be powerful and untouchable, but it was actually surrounded with danger.
Their wealth was hankered after by powerful ministers and coveted by their relatives. Lin Buxian was a woman, but she had to step out often. Because of this, she was often denounced by the public. Eight merchants came to attend Lin Buxian’s twentieth birthday, but they heard the shocking news that her past childhood friend had already become the lucky son-in-law of a Minister, and he intended to take her as a concubine?
Lin Buxian made an announcement to the entire kingdom during her birthday banquet; the Lin estate is looking for a handsome son-in-law, to marry and live with the bride’s family.
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February 11, 2023
I WANNA LIVE IN THEIR LITTLE ISLAND SO BAD
i get why people dislike the ending but the greatest part of this story for me, from the beginning, was yunxi's relationship, so i was fine with the way it ended. their communication was so so so good. the way they were always gentle around and with each other made me tear up. pdl always writes the softest little interactions in between the madness of the world her characters live in. and the side couples!!! pdl really is the lesbian queen in my world she never fails to give me everything i want.
now, for the plot, the two hundred years on earth thing made me stop and stare at the ceiling for at least half an hour. this is very sci-fi heavy but it's not difficult to understand, i honestly think the author knows how to create a good balance between plot, characters and relationships.
i get why people dislike the ending but the greatest part of this story for me, from the beginning, was yunxi's relationship, so i was fine with the way it ended. their communication was so so so good. the way they were always gentle around and with each other made me tear up. pdl always writes the softest little interactions in between the madness of the world her characters live in. and the side couples!!! pdl really is the lesbian queen in my world she never fails to give me everything i want.
now, for the plot, the two hundred years on earth thing made me stop and stare at the ceiling for at least half an hour. this is very sci-fi heavy but it's not difficult to understand, i honestly think the author knows how to create a good balance between plot, characters and relationships.
October 10, 2022
While I'm writing this review I still haven't finished reading this novel. But I couldn't contain my excitement and just had to make sure everyone knows that this is so gooooood. I'm in love with both main characters. the idea behind this novel is so interesting, I thought I wasn't going to like it since I wasn't really into the weird gadgets Yun An took with her since some of them are a little unrealistic (so is time traveling but whatever!!) but after reading 10 chapters I got so into it! This novel makes me so happy. The two main characters are so adorable, the way they act around each other... everytime they talk I'm like "just kiss already"
Thank you for this novel, I will update my review when I finished reading it. Also huge thanks to the people/person that are translating this. I only just now got into Chinese novels and let me tell you, I'm so glad I did. Don't hesitate and read this wonderful piece of art.
Update: didn't like the last 10 chapters.
Thank you for this novel, I will update my review when I finished reading it. Also huge thanks to the people/person that are translating this. I only just now got into Chinese novels and let me tell you, I'm so glad I did. Don't hesitate and read this wonderful piece of art.
Update: didn't like the last 10 chapters.
October 13, 2022
yunxi loving and trusting each other for so long, they're so warm and good and in love yeah.
though i do think the story dragged a bit here and there comparatively to her other works, still love pdl and the way she writes stories centered around women
though i do think the story dragged a bit here and there comparatively to her other works, still love pdl and the way she writes stories centered around women
July 23, 2024
It started off so good with great world building, but the mc plot armor was too strong to the point it was stupid. Yun An was so lucky and so good my girlie went from beggar to a minister, I'm not saying that's impossible but it really didn't feel interesting. I love time travel but the moment ningning robot/bot showed up it all went to shit, it was so unnecessary for the earth to end up like that it was so out of pocket for me. Giving this a 2 star purely because of Yun An and Lin Buxian's relationship.
May 18, 2022
GIVE ME RUZHUI MOVIE RIGHT NOW
May 25, 2024
i want to write a long review describing everything but honestly I don’t think words can describe how i feel about this novel or any of pdl novels, she’s a goddess and her writings is a gift to this world
August 21, 2024
i love lesbians
August 1, 2022
I've seen people say that they really like the story but dislike the ending because it felt rushed, and I was worried while reading to book. I've finished it as of today, but i have to say that even though I understand why people might not have liked the way the ending was written, I think what's nice about PDL's books is that everything that ever happens in her stories slowly build up toward the end— while there might be "unexpected" plot points or events, there's still some sort of consistency with the pace. everything takes time, a lot of meticulous planning and consideration, as well as many steps to complete a task. To me, this is the reason why her endings feel like an explosion, they're intense and quick, because the "built up" has already happened. everything important has already happened, such as crucial moments in character's lives, their development, experience, relationships etc. have already reached to a point, to the point of "conclusion" so all that's left is to tie all of those up together and end it for good. sure, I would love to read about their time on the island more, or more detailed fighting scenes, but I still feel like they aren't that necessary to the story itself. these details are not needed to conclude an end, since there's already an ending for most characters. I feel like the "endings" in her books are just a tie that connects everything together, so rather than making it lengthy like the "development" or "beginning" part of the stories, making it shorter and conclusive is good to read as well. it's an experience on its own, that explosive feeling of the endings, when everything until that point has been slow building.
overall, it's an amazing book with great main & side characters, all well-thought and well-written, not one word in the book feels pointless.
overall, it's an amazing book with great main & side characters, all well-thought and well-written, not one word in the book feels pointless.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 11, 2022
Even though I like how this novel directly brought out the issue about equality, I still prefer JWQS. I'm not really fond of time traveller trope either, because they always have some sort of cheat codes to survive. And scifi has never been my favorite, and just like every scifi, to me, not everything made sense. And the latter part of the story, it looked really rushed, even worse than JWQS and FGEP in my opinion. Tho there was not a plot hole like JWQS, but I think the ending still could be written in a better way. But I enjoy this, there was no angst, or more like I've survived JWQS so nothing can hurt me now
May 19, 2024
Super slow burn sci-fi/historical baihe. Yun An travels back in time to record a historical event in ancient China but ends up in a parallel universe. Through a series of events she winds up matrilocally married into the Lin household as Lin Buxian’s husband. Has some fun fish out of water aspects with a modern person living in an ancient setting, Yun An is a great character, gender equality is a big theme (the Yan Kingdom is more patriarchal than ancient China), and has an interesting overarching political plot. On the other hand, it did drag in some places, the ending was very rushed and unsatisfying (although the extras gave the reader some closure), and I was blindsided by a pregnancy subplot when I was only 300 pages from the end of this 2,000 page book because there aren’t content warnings listed. Overall it was a decent read and I’m excited that two other works by this author have been licensed in English.
CWs: misogyny and sexism, kidnapping, pregnancy, war, classism, lesbophobia, child abuse, brief description of domestic abuse
CWs: misogyny and sexism, kidnapping, pregnancy, war, classism, lesbophobia, child abuse, brief description of domestic abuse
January 11, 2025
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February 21, 2025
I really liked this novel initially. But the author lost the plot very quickly. Super disappointing read considering the promising premise.
Let me start by saying that the biggest highlight was the translator. I have so much respect for the translator for making such a lengthy novel readable. They were so generous with their references and providing context.
This novel left me very fatigued. Most of Yun An’s (YN) schemes fell through and plotlines were introduced just to be left unanswered and not concluded later.
This novel suffers from a lot of bloat. While I understand that authors get paid per word/chapter, the bloated plot makes the reading experience intolerable at times. This could’ve easily been condensed to at least 200 chapters. for example, we didn’t need huge paragraphs explaining how best to cook a boar or how to make ink from scratch.
For example, the plotline with the cultivator Xuan Yi goes absolutely nowhere. She’s introduced as our first taste of a possible magic user but nothing ever comes of it. There’s some talk of the MC becoming her student or learning techniques from her but inevitably, nothing happens. It feels like the author wanted to embrace some fantasy/xianxia elements but didn’t know how to incorporate them. If Xuan Yi was just a regular taoist priest with no special abilities, it would take nothing away from the plot. That’s how pointless it was.
As for the worst aspect, the reintroduction of sci-fi elements in chapter 270 was ridiculous. The author insisted that she planned this from the beginning and that honestly makes it worse. It feels contrived despite being planned. Instead of returning to YN’s earth and being able to leave her mark on history and have a cathartic goodbye to previously established characters in YN’s life, we get… space cowboys. It added nothing to the plot, aside from providing YN and LBX with a biological baby (right after they had adopted Niuniu). There were many better ways to go about this. For example, why not make XY an actually useful character and provide a magical method to make a biological baby?
Also, the alien invasion, earth’s worship of YN, the introduction of vague alien species and their galactic politics — all of this is contrived and poorly written. It feels like the author just felt like writing something sci-fi related after remembering her original premise but instead of continuing the completely reasonable premise of earth’s top research team welcoming YN back to examine her research, we get… Ningning. I hated it.
The ending was… I should’ve heeded people’s warnings about how the author can’t write endings properly. We got to about chapter 280 before the writing became bullet points of “this happened” and “that happened”.
Let me start by saying that the biggest highlight was the translator. I have so much respect for the translator for making such a lengthy novel readable. They were so generous with their references and providing context.
This novel left me very fatigued. Most of Yun An’s (YN) schemes fell through and plotlines were introduced just to be left unanswered and not concluded later.
This novel suffers from a lot of bloat. While I understand that authors get paid per word/chapter, the bloated plot makes the reading experience intolerable at times. This could’ve easily been condensed to at least 200 chapters. for example, we didn’t need huge paragraphs explaining how best to cook a boar or how to make ink from scratch.
For example, the plotline with the cultivator Xuan Yi goes absolutely nowhere. She’s introduced as our first taste of a possible magic user but nothing ever comes of it. There’s some talk of the MC becoming her student or learning techniques from her but inevitably, nothing happens. It feels like the author wanted to embrace some fantasy/xianxia elements but didn’t know how to incorporate them. If Xuan Yi was just a regular taoist priest with no special abilities, it would take nothing away from the plot. That’s how pointless it was.
As for the worst aspect, the reintroduction of sci-fi elements in chapter 270 was ridiculous. The author insisted that she planned this from the beginning and that honestly makes it worse. It feels contrived despite being planned. Instead of returning to YN’s earth and being able to leave her mark on history and have a cathartic goodbye to previously established characters in YN’s life, we get… space cowboys. It added nothing to the plot, aside from providing YN and LBX with a biological baby (right after they had adopted Niuniu). There were many better ways to go about this. For example, why not make XY an actually useful character and provide a magical method to make a biological baby?
Also, the alien invasion, earth’s worship of YN, the introduction of vague alien species and their galactic politics — all of this is contrived and poorly written. It feels like the author just felt like writing something sci-fi related after remembering her original premise but instead of continuing the completely reasonable premise of earth’s top research team welcoming YN back to examine her research, we get… Ningning. I hated it.
The ending was… I should’ve heeded people’s warnings about how the author can’t write endings properly. We got to about chapter 280 before the writing became bullet points of “this happened” and “that happened”.
January 22, 2023
Fue mi primer Baihe, la tenía en mi lista de espera por mucho tiempo. Intenté leerla una vez , pero no me atrapó al principio; además andaba en mi era de leer fanfics... Pero unos meses después le volví a dar una oportunidad y me voló la cabeza... Amé mucho la historia! Lamento que la autora haya tenido que pausar su escritura varias veces porque siento que ese fue el factor del porque el final lo sentí muy rápido? Siento que hubieron cosas que quedaron al aire... Me quedé con algunas dudas... Siento que disfrute mucho el viaje, aunque el final no tanto. De cualquier manera le tengo mucho cariño, An y Xian se ganaron mi corazón... Me empecé a interesar bastante por la cultura china así que he estado investigando para poder imaginarme los escenarios que describían. Estoy escribiendo esto cuando ya han pasado meses desde que leí está historia, es una lastima porque ahora hay cosas que no recuerdo tanto. Le platique a mamá sobre algunos capítulos que jugaron con mis emociones, lloré y reí bastante. Y se sintió bien que mamá me haya escuchado quejarme de algunas cosas y abrazarme cuando algo iba mal con la historia XD Me hubiera gustado tener el libro físico o en epub para poder hacer anotaciones!! Tantas cosas que me hubiesen gustado comentar y marcar como escenas favs, etc. Y es una lastima que mi yo del futuro no pueda ver las anotaciones de mi primera lectura... Mmm una reseña muy caótica XD con el tiempo iré mejorando:)
August 3, 2022
I can't bear to part from yun an & lin buxian 😭
This book is lighter than clear amd muddy loss of love. It didn't give me as much of sadness, heartache and misery as much as jwqs. But it does have the angst... especially in the later chapters. I truly love this book so much 🥺❤️
I hope the author Please Don't Laugh and the translator will continue to gain readers and supporters!
This book is lighter than clear amd muddy loss of love. It didn't give me as much of sadness, heartache and misery as much as jwqs. But it does have the angst... especially in the later chapters. I truly love this book so much 🥺❤️
I hope the author Please Don't Laugh and the translator will continue to gain readers and supporters!
December 20, 2021
i really like this but i kind of disappointed with the ending
July 17, 2022
The one area I'd say this author really fails at is endings. The story is going along and then suddenly, "In summary this, this, this and this happened. The End."
October 25, 2025
3,5/5
It's very complicated for me to write this review.
I loved this novel, I loved it and I would die for Yun An and Lin Buxian, I loved the side characters (Li Yuan and Lu Song are my best buddies)... so why the 3'5?
Because the story goes downhill the moment they go to where Yun An landed for the first time.
Before that point, there were already some plot armors and a little abuse to the "scientific things" Yun An pulled but not that big to the point of bothering me.
But during and after the point I mentioned... there are many things happening that I couldn't forgive.
The story is plagued with subplots that don't have ANY meaning or reason to be there at the end. What's the point of YA's friendship with LiYuan if at some point they don't see each other anymore? What's the point of Xuan Yi existing AND making YA being her disciple if it doesn't serve any purpose and by the end she just disappears because she is not useful anymore? What's the point of making their own business to not depend on Buxian's father if then war comes and they leave in the end anyways (I have to remember the creation of all of this takes a huge part of the story length wise)? Why ask for a pill to cure the princess to not only not give it to her but also not see her again? "oh no implicating myself in politics is dangerous let's leave this person I cared so much to a cruel fate of forced marriage and mental illness" WHAT'S THE POINT OF ANYTHING IN THIS STORY?!?! Everything is discarded in the end!
I thought the path of being the cultivator's student would be more related with the part of the homosexuality in this world, maybe little by little convince people it's not something antinatural or even being the point to being able to have biological children (I got spoiled of that but not how they had them). But nope, she just goes away and dies leaving Ruier alone forever I guess????
But that's just an example of that mess.
I don't understand why writing a multidimensional time traveler which was a clone of another person we don't give a shit coming just because, writing the earth went to shit (why does it have to matter in this story??????????), making the earth like some type of dystopian reality and then also making up a time travel commission which Xianxian was somehow part of????
WHY. WHY WAS THIS RELEVANT TO THE STORY THE AUTHOR WAS TELLING UNTIL THIS POINT?
The author could just write that the B corporation thanked YA about her contributions (taking the recordings etc) and letting her stay because being a "parallel world" wouldn't affect Earth anyways. But noooo let's just make an sci FI story in the middle of it to don't come back to it after that just for the funsies.
And then the whole ending. The kidnapping, YA having to help that man Niang, spending YEARS fucking YEARS being a politician and being miserable separated from Buxian and her daughters???
Li Yuan dying, the princess dying just for an excuse for that stupid war, Cultivator dying just because, Xianxian being a time traveler, Xiaoting which was the main villain at first and was obsessed with Buxian ending discarded for the entirety of the story not appearing even in the important parts...
And meanwhile the "let's not interfere in the Yan kingdom because it's dangerous and changing the timeline can be troublesome" transforming into "let's put modern ideas, politics ideas and laws, and even some inventions that took years to refine on Earth in this random island" I'm suuure it won't affect the history of this world (I'm being ironic). And adding to this, how convenient it ends for them (leaving aside all the years they are apart): First Buxian queen, then YA prime minister, then the first daughter queen, the second PM and the third a very reputable architect it's just... feels so out of place comparing it with the story we had until the sci-fi part...
Don't get me wrong I don't regret reading Ruzhui, I love it to death and I recommend reading it despite everything. For me it was a 10/10 until the 3 year limit ends.
It was so perfect, the chemistry between the leads, all the interesting side characters, the politics and the world building...
But from then on, it seems like if a fan wrote a whole fanfic where nothing makes sense.
In my headcanon, YA got permission from B company to stay, they kept the business they put and lived happily in the village with Lu Song and Buxian's sister with their adoptive daughter and they lived happily ever after.
END
It's very complicated for me to write this review.
I loved this novel, I loved it and I would die for Yun An and Lin Buxian, I loved the side characters (Li Yuan and Lu Song are my best buddies)... so why the 3'5?
Because the story goes downhill the moment they go to where Yun An landed for the first time.
Before that point, there were already some plot armors and a little abuse to the "scientific things" Yun An pulled but not that big to the point of bothering me.
But during and after the point I mentioned... there are many things happening that I couldn't forgive.
The story is plagued with subplots that don't have ANY meaning or reason to be there at the end. What's the point of YA's friendship with LiYuan if at some point they don't see each other anymore? What's the point of Xuan Yi existing AND making YA being her disciple if it doesn't serve any purpose and by the end she just disappears because she is not useful anymore? What's the point of making their own business to not depend on Buxian's father if then war comes and they leave in the end anyways (I have to remember the creation of all of this takes a huge part of the story length wise)? Why ask for a pill to cure the princess to not only not give it to her but also not see her again? "oh no implicating myself in politics is dangerous let's leave this person I cared so much to a cruel fate of forced marriage and mental illness" WHAT'S THE POINT OF ANYTHING IN THIS STORY?!?! Everything is discarded in the end!
I thought the path of being the cultivator's student would be more related with the part of the homosexuality in this world, maybe little by little convince people it's not something antinatural or even being the point to being able to have biological children (I got spoiled of that but not how they had them). But nope, she just goes away and dies leaving Ruier alone forever I guess????
But that's just an example of that mess.
I don't understand why writing a multidimensional time traveler which was a clone of another person we don't give a shit coming just because, writing the earth went to shit (why does it have to matter in this story??????????), making the earth like some type of dystopian reality and then also making up a time travel commission which Xianxian was somehow part of????
WHY. WHY WAS THIS RELEVANT TO THE STORY THE AUTHOR WAS TELLING UNTIL THIS POINT?
The author could just write that the B corporation thanked YA about her contributions (taking the recordings etc) and letting her stay because being a "parallel world" wouldn't affect Earth anyways. But noooo let's just make an sci FI story in the middle of it to don't come back to it after that just for the funsies.
And then the whole ending. The kidnapping, YA having to help that man Niang, spending YEARS fucking YEARS being a politician and being miserable separated from Buxian and her daughters???
Li Yuan dying, the princess dying just for an excuse for that stupid war, Cultivator dying just because, Xianxian being a time traveler, Xiaoting which was the main villain at first and was obsessed with Buxian ending discarded for the entirety of the story not appearing even in the important parts...
And meanwhile the "let's not interfere in the Yan kingdom because it's dangerous and changing the timeline can be troublesome" transforming into "let's put modern ideas, politics ideas and laws, and even some inventions that took years to refine on Earth in this random island" I'm suuure it won't affect the history of this world (I'm being ironic). And adding to this, how convenient it ends for them (leaving aside all the years they are apart): First Buxian queen, then YA prime minister, then the first daughter queen, the second PM and the third a very reputable architect it's just... feels so out of place comparing it with the story we had until the sci-fi part...
Don't get me wrong I don't regret reading Ruzhui, I love it to death and I recommend reading it despite everything. For me it was a 10/10 until the 3 year limit ends.
It was so perfect, the chemistry between the leads, all the interesting side characters, the politics and the world building...
But from then on, it seems like if a fan wrote a whole fanfic where nothing makes sense.
In my headcanon, YA got permission from B company to stay, they kept the business they put and lived happily in the village with Lu Song and Buxian's sister with their adoptive daughter and they lived happily ever after.
END
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 12, 2023
AHHHH!!! I finished it!!!! I love it so much!!! It's hilarious and fluffy for the most part and a must read if you are looking for something more light hearted after fgep or jwqs by pdl. But if this is your first pdl novel, enjoy!!! We have
✔️Ming dynasty setting
✔️Time travel/ Sci fi
✔️Parallel world
✔️Modern/historical
✔️Arranged marriage
✔️Power couple
✔️Strong, Intelligent MCs
✔️Dislike at first sight
✔️Slowburn
✔️Fluff
✔️Relationship goals
✔️Only one bed
✔️Cross dressing/ Hidden Identity
✔️Businesswoman
✔️Side queer characters
✔️There's two beds but still looking for excuses to share one
✔️Ancient rich lady x time travelling modern lesbian
✔️Yun An has a folding fan
✔️HEA with kids
Yun An is such a great character and I really loved how the relationship developed between her and Yixi. Slowburn lovers, this novel is a treat for you, because at 300 chapters, you know it's going to be delicious pining. The world building is amazing, especially fascinating to find the differences and similarities between our world and this one.
The communication between Yun An and Yixi?? *chefs kiss*
Everytime Yun An calls Yixi "Wife~", I Squee!! And she has a folding fan! (I'm a sucker for those)
As it neared the end, I couldn't imagine how it was going to end as time travel is always tricky. (Also, I'm currently watching a time travel kdrama and it's so good so far) But I'm very happy with the end and honestly there's no better way. Yunxi finally have their HEA and I miss them already!!
The side characters are well developed and Cultivator Xuan Yi is my favourite. Please read all the 4 extras as it is actually expanding on the last chapter and is very essential. I also love reading the author notes, pdl and her girlfriend are so cute!
Rùzhuì is such a well written story with great characters and an interesting storyline. Highly recommended!!
✔️Ming dynasty setting
✔️Time travel/ Sci fi
✔️Parallel world
✔️Modern/historical
✔️Arranged marriage
✔️Power couple
✔️Strong, Intelligent MCs
✔️Dislike at first sight
✔️Slowburn
✔️Fluff
✔️Relationship goals
✔️Only one bed
✔️Cross dressing/ Hidden Identity
✔️Businesswoman
✔️Side queer characters
✔️There's two beds but still looking for excuses to share one
✔️Ancient rich lady x time travelling modern lesbian
✔️Yun An has a folding fan
✔️HEA with kids
Yun An is such a great character and I really loved how the relationship developed between her and Yixi. Slowburn lovers, this novel is a treat for you, because at 300 chapters, you know it's going to be delicious pining. The world building is amazing, especially fascinating to find the differences and similarities between our world and this one.
The communication between Yun An and Yixi?? *chefs kiss*
Everytime Yun An calls Yixi "Wife~", I Squee!! And she has a folding fan! (I'm a sucker for those)
As it neared the end, I couldn't imagine how it was going to end as time travel is always tricky. (Also, I'm currently watching a time travel kdrama and it's so good so far) But I'm very happy with the end and honestly there's no better way. Yunxi finally have their HEA and I miss them already!!
The side characters are well developed and Cultivator Xuan Yi is my favourite. Please read all the 4 extras as it is actually expanding on the last chapter and is very essential. I also love reading the author notes, pdl and her girlfriend are so cute!
Rùzhuì is such a well written story with great characters and an interesting storyline. Highly recommended!!
October 25, 2024
4.5 stars
First off, reading this book requires commitment. Not because it's bad, it's actually really, really great, but it's also really, really long. It took me around three months to finish it (including a break of about two weeks), but it was worth it. Approaching the ending I felt satisfaction but also sadness because I'd become really invested in these characters' lives. The romance was top-notch, a very slow slow-burn combined with a sort of marriage of convenience; two of my favourite tropes. The plot was captivating, the world immersive and the writing, even translated, beautiful. I'd read another book published by this author 女将军和长公主 Female General and Eldest Princess and, while I'd enjoyed that book very much, I could see the improvement in the author's writing. The only reason this book didn't get a full 5 stars is because of
A huge, impressive, spectacular book.
First off, reading this book requires commitment. Not because it's bad, it's actually really, really great, but it's also really, really long. It took me around three months to finish it (including a break of about two weeks), but it was worth it. Approaching the ending I felt satisfaction but also sadness because I'd become really invested in these characters' lives. The romance was top-notch, a very slow slow-burn combined with a sort of marriage of convenience; two of my favourite tropes. The plot was captivating, the world immersive and the writing, even translated, beautiful. I'd read another book published by this author 女将军和长公主 Female General and Eldest Princess and, while I'd enjoyed that book very much, I could see the improvement in the author's writing. The only reason this book didn't get a full 5 stars is because of
A huge, impressive, spectacular book.
January 5, 2024
"Female time traveller had a faux marriage with a sugar mommy" would fit the title.
Compare to clear and muddy loss of love, ruzhui is easy to read with low angst. It's pretty much about mc adventure through Yan kingdom. Character development is good. Yun An grew up from a mild-unlikeable character to the calcualted and courteous character. But since I read jwqs/jwwj before this, ruzhui seems not to have the gut-wrenching climax for me.
And the other major downpoint for me is PDL (author) always rush things up at the end. We had her describing types of brushes and ink for paragraphs or very minor detail that would be ok to leave without explaining. I dont mind reading it though. But the pace always rush at jet speed at the end in summary. It happened in jwqs/jwwj before so I think it's her writing style (which I dislike very much)
Compare to clear and muddy loss of love, ruzhui is easy to read with low angst. It's pretty much about mc adventure through Yan kingdom. Character development is good. Yun An grew up from a mild-unlikeable character to the calcualted and courteous character. But since I read jwqs/jwwj before this, ruzhui seems not to have the gut-wrenching climax for me.
And the other major downpoint for me is PDL (author) always rush things up at the end. We had her describing types of brushes and ink for paragraphs or very minor detail that would be ok to leave without explaining. I dont mind reading it though. But the pace always rush at jet speed at the end in summary. It happened in jwqs/jwwj before so I think it's her writing style (which I dislike very much)
June 5, 2025
out of all the completed tl of pdl’s novels, this would be my second favorite. i read fgep first, jwqs second, and now i’ve finished ruzhui. notably, it’s a lot fluffier compared to the other two
pdl does a wonderful job at criticizing the patriarchy.. which is a part of her writing that i love. once again i will always praise the world building in her novels… i adore her writing style, many props to the translator for providing such an amazing tl
like some other reviews, i felt that yixi’s character slowly became more dependent on yun an. that’s not to say i didn’t enjoy the novel cos it shows such a big change in a character esp for someone who was as restricted as yixi before she met yun an… all in all, i’m satisfied
pdl does a wonderful job at criticizing the patriarchy.. which is a part of her writing that i love. once again i will always praise the world building in her novels… i adore her writing style, many props to the translator for providing such an amazing tl
like some other reviews, i felt that yixi’s character slowly became more dependent on yun an. that’s not to say i didn’t enjoy the novel cos it shows such a big change in a character esp for someone who was as restricted as yixi before she met yun an… all in all, i’m satisfied
May 15, 2022
This book is so wonderful and amazing. I've always been interested in history and this Chinese historical fiction just warmed my heart. The best part of this book is that there is no deception between the two main leads.
The ending might be not for everyone because from the beginning of the book, you'd think that there is a clear ending. Either to go back to earth from where Yun An came from or to stay with Yixi, who she has grown to love and respect.
But damn, the ending makes it clear that there is always a third alternative.
Overall, great read!
The ending might be not for everyone because from the beginning of the book, you'd think that there is a clear ending. Either to go back to earth from where Yun An came from or to stay with Yixi, who she has grown to love and respect.
But damn, the ending makes it clear that there is always a third alternative.
Overall, great read!
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September 8, 2022
The bond between Yun An and Lin Buxian was adorable. I loved the book from beginning to end. I adored their growth and I was always like “just kiss”. The ending isn’t as bad as what people say it was a little sudden but nothing too big. The middle part of the book makes up a lot for the ending so it’s def a good read. I was a little disturbed with the 200 year gap in 3 years and the whole sci-fi thing going on. But the historical part was chefs kiss. Would def recommend to anyone looking for a Chinese Yuri to read. Also check out the authors other work!! 🤩🤩
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July 11, 2022
I loved it! Very long, with the kind of genuine slow build relationship I wish I could find more of, a thoughtful and interesting exploration of the culture shock and learning on both the parts of a time traveler and the time traveler's wife, and chock full of juicy political/business intrigue and plotting. Falls apart a bit at the end for me when they wrap up the time travel stuff, but I can hardly be too mad when the rest of the resolution is perfect and adorable.
September 23, 2022
Me gusto esta novela, los personajes, su desarrollo, la relación de las protagonistas fue muy bonita
General (1 al 10): 8
Sad: 6-7
Comedia: 5
Hard: 0
Soft: 10
Lo que no me gusto fue que es muy lenta, y larga, siento que al final les gano el tiempo y metieron los hechos más importantes y esperados en los últimos 15 capítulos más o menos. A pesar de que me gusto la relación de las protagonistas, se me hizo absolutamente lenta, esperé 201 capítulos para un beso correspondido.
General (1 al 10): 8
Sad: 6-7
Comedia: 5
Hard: 0
Soft: 10
Lo que no me gusto fue que es muy lenta, y larga, siento que al final les gano el tiempo y metieron los hechos más importantes y esperados en los últimos 15 capítulos más o menos. A pesar de que me gusto la relación de las protagonistas, se me hizo absolutamente lenta, esperé 201 capítulos para un beso correspondido.
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March 11, 2023
I wish lesbians were real
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This book was so cute and I have multiple quotes from it written down. When Lin Buxian calls Yun An wife for the first time it was so cute. Then their children are so fricken cute, the moments with them. One of the quotes were basically one of those dangerously yours sounds that you see everywhere. And their love for each other is so pretty.
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This book was so cute and I have multiple quotes from it written down. When Lin Buxian calls Yun An wife for the first time it was so cute. Then their children are so fricken cute, the moments with them. One of the quotes were basically one of those dangerously yours sounds that you see everywhere. And their love for each other is so pretty.
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July 14, 2023
I began reading Ruzhui 6 months ago and I just finished it today. It was such a wild ride ! I loved the way it was written, I loved Yun An and Lin Buxian and their love story and I loved the plotline ! I felt that the end was a little bit rushed but it was alright (I can also understand where it may come, seeing the mess that happend in the author's life while she was still writing :/).
March 21, 2022
It's a good story: the plot is well-thought out and the characters have depth. It is a little bit too long for my taste and I don't like the science fiction elements, but other than that I really enjoyed it.
May 12, 2025
This was a wild ride, but their relationship was so good.
There were a few parts where you suffer, but overall it has a great ending.
The author loves to write slow burns but the universe where this happens has a great build up.
There were a few parts where you suffer, but overall it has a great ending.
The author loves to write slow burns but the universe where this happens has a great build up.
February 8, 2023
Good slice of life book
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