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我靠美颜稳住天下
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* Wangsanshan (English)
* วั่งซานซาน (Thai)
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December 19, 2023
My favourite sicky beauty shou danmei, the emperor is such a badass and has every single person wrapped around his finger (he knows he’s the real gem). The ML is a crackhead lmao the mc literally trains him like a dog and he’s the reward of course. Another thing is I absolutely love the writing and the political aspect is also understandable, it’s not boring in anyway but makes it even more interesting how smart the MC is. It’s still ongoing, MTLed it but desperately waiting for its English translation to be completed. I’m so curious if he gets his health back in the end.
November 19, 2024
didn't enjoy this one as much as the other book by the same author
July 23, 2025
I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country is the story of a modern man who transmigrates into the body of a weak and sickly emperor in a fictional version of ancient China.
I have very mixed opinions on this book. It often felt like I was reading two different stories running parallel to one another.
Positives:
- Gu Yuanbai and Xue Yuan were unique and fascinating characters. Both of them were more than a little morally grey; It was a lot of fun getting inside their heads and seeing how their relationship changed and blossomed.
- The main couple had great chemistry, and balanced each other out nicely. Gu Yuanbai had ultimate authority as emperor, but was physically weak and prone to illness. Xue Yuan was a brute (and frankly a little insane), used to getting his way with violence - something that wouldn’t work with the emperor. For all that Gu Yuanbai ‘tamed’ Xue Yuan, their relationship felt quite equal, with lots of give-and-take.
- A very slow burn, with beautiful relationship development. The pay-off felt well earned. There were so many great moments between these two - a little unhinged at times, but earnest.
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Negatives:
- This book was unabashedly pro-imperialist/CCP propaganda. The narrative presents ‘anti-corruption’ campaigns, state media control, and other questionable practices as moral, just, and beneficial to the people. The emperor is infallible - the ultimate in intelligence, beauty, and morality. Those who go against or harm him, even indirectly, are severely and cruelly punished. Modern Chinese-nationalist talking points were interspersed periodically throughout the book.
- This leads into my next issue - the blatant xenophobia and racism. I had somewhat high hopes with the introduction of Kong Yilin, as it was explained that the discrimination he faced as a mixed-race man had caused him to rebel in the original timeline. Unfortunately, the grace shown to him was not shown to any other ‘foreign’ character. Foreigners were depicted as barbarians - ill-mannered, selfish, immoral and bloodthirsty monsters, who wanted nothing more than to exploit and even cannibalise the people of Great Heng. The colonisation and ‘re-education’ of these territories was shown to be just and merciful - and of course the colonised peoples loved the emperor and were quick to abandon their native cultures for the ‘superior’ culture of Great Heng.
- There was a consistent undercurrent of cruelty throughout the novel. It felt distasteful and egregious at times - particularly when it was shown to servants.
- Many of the political scenes were longwinded and boring.
- There wasn’t a very solid plot, more just a series of events. I think the war was the longest plot thread, and that can’t have spanned more than 20 chapters (out of over a hundred). A very large, revolving cast of characters made it hard to follow at times, and the main villain was not particularly present in the story.
Other thoughts:
- I don’t regret reading this and feel positively toward the romance, but I wouldn’t read another book by the same author.
- Props to the fan-translator, who did a good job translating this.
I have very mixed opinions on this book. It often felt like I was reading two different stories running parallel to one another.
Positives:
- Gu Yuanbai and Xue Yuan were unique and fascinating characters. Both of them were more than a little morally grey; It was a lot of fun getting inside their heads and seeing how their relationship changed and blossomed.
- The main couple had great chemistry, and balanced each other out nicely. Gu Yuanbai had ultimate authority as emperor, but was physically weak and prone to illness. Xue Yuan was a brute (and frankly a little insane), used to getting his way with violence - something that wouldn’t work with the emperor. For all that Gu Yuanbai ‘tamed’ Xue Yuan, their relationship felt quite equal, with lots of give-and-take.
- A very slow burn, with beautiful relationship development. The pay-off felt well earned. There were so many great moments between these two - a little unhinged at times, but earnest.
-
Negatives:
- This book was unabashedly pro-imperialist/CCP propaganda. The narrative presents ‘anti-corruption’ campaigns, state media control, and other questionable practices as moral, just, and beneficial to the people. The emperor is infallible - the ultimate in intelligence, beauty, and morality. Those who go against or harm him, even indirectly, are severely and cruelly punished. Modern Chinese-nationalist talking points were interspersed periodically throughout the book.
- This leads into my next issue - the blatant xenophobia and racism. I had somewhat high hopes with the introduction of Kong Yilin, as it was explained that the discrimination he faced as a mixed-race man had caused him to rebel in the original timeline. Unfortunately, the grace shown to him was not shown to any other ‘foreign’ character. Foreigners were depicted as barbarians - ill-mannered, selfish, immoral and bloodthirsty monsters, who wanted nothing more than to exploit and even cannibalise the people of Great Heng. The colonisation and ‘re-education’ of these territories was shown to be just and merciful - and of course the colonised peoples loved the emperor and were quick to abandon their native cultures for the ‘superior’ culture of Great Heng.
- There was a consistent undercurrent of cruelty throughout the novel. It felt distasteful and egregious at times - particularly when it was shown to servants.
- Many of the political scenes were longwinded and boring.
- There wasn’t a very solid plot, more just a series of events. I think the war was the longest plot thread, and that can’t have spanned more than 20 chapters (out of over a hundred). A very large, revolving cast of characters made it hard to follow at times, and the main villain was not particularly present in the story.
Other thoughts:
- I don’t regret reading this and feel positively toward the romance, but I wouldn’t read another book by the same author.
- Props to the fan-translator, who did a good job translating this.
October 28, 2025
攻挺狗的，疯倒是没有很疯，很深情
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