Empress Fuyao

Name: Empress Fuyao
ISBN: 9787539945057

天下归元Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House2011

Rating 3.6

Word count: 600K words
Chapters: 40
ISBN: 9787539945057

Summary

Empress Fuyao is the breakout work of web novelist Tianxia Guiyuan. Serialized on Xiaoxiang Academy starting in 2010, it was published in print by Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House in June 2011 and later adapted into the TV drama Fuyao, starring Yang Mi and Ethan Juan. The story opens with Meng Fuyao, a twenty-two-year-old "red-haired sorceress" at an archaeological institute, excavating an unnamed tomb on the southwestern frontier. Killed when the tomb chamber collapses, she opens her eyes in the Five Continents, a world where the strong rule, reborn as the lowest-ranking drudge girl of the Xuanyou Division of the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, ordered about by everyone. To one day return to her own world, she learns that the Changqing Divine Hall in the far northern Qionglan opens its doors once every ten years, and that anyone who can pass the four realms and meet the hall master may make one wish. She resolves to collect the tokens of the seven kingdoms and journey north. After making her name at the Xuanyuan Sword Sect's hunting tournament, she is drawn into the Taiyuan palace coup, the Wuji court, and the strife of the Tiansha imperial clan, risking her life again and again amid the murky succession of the Xuanyuan imperial heirs, the struggle of the Xuanji female emperor, and the schemes of the Fufeng pirates, gradually uncovering the sealed secrets of her own origins, until at last the Changqing Divine Hall brings the trap long set for her. Along the way she comes to know and rely on Crown Prince Zhangsun Wuji of Tianquan, and is also watched over by the loyalty of Zong Yue, Zhan Beiye, Yun Hen, and others. Using time travel as its shell, the book blends jianghu adventure, palace intrigue, power politics, and fantasy to tell how a woman who refuses to bow carves her way upward, inch by inch, beneath the iron curtain of fate, moving from a small personal obsession toward responsibility for all living beings of the Five Continents.

Editor's review

在穿越文泛滥的那些年，《扶摇皇后》能一直被读者记住，靠的不是设定取巧，而是那股“死也不肯低头”的劲。开篇墓室塌方、十七年后重生，落点在玄幽部一个连参赛资格都没有的杂役少女身上：她要的不是被谁拯救，而是自己握住命运的柄。天下归元的笔力雄浑，写打戏干脆利落，写朝堂倾轧有分寸，写情爱也不腻，长段子铺得开，短句收得住。七卷结构像闯关，从太渊、无极、天煞一路向北，每一卷换一片天下棋局，也换一批人物登场，节奏始终不掉。孟扶摇不是万能玛丽苏式的开挂，她会在被看轻时赌上一把，会在动心时退半步，会为一句“我想要的东西我自己会争取”付出血的代价；长孙无极亦非纯粹的护花人，他的深情始终与立场、与权谋纠缠在一起。许多读者最难忘的，其实是书中那句“我一生所有的努力，都在与真爱背道而驰”——它让这部热闹的爽文，有了一层苦味。需要提醒的是，本书体量大、人物多、地名国名密集，前几卷铺陈略慢，且带有明显的网文时代的夸张与套路痕迹；它的价值更多在“读得爽、读得痛快”，而非严谨的文学考据。作为一部影响过影视改编与一代少女读者的古言代表作，值得放进书架，也值得带着清醒的眼光去读。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜爱大女主古言、权谋与江湖并重的读者
看过电视剧《扶摇》想读原著、比照改编差异的观众
能接受长篇体量、享受“闯关式”叙事节奏的网文老读者
对穿越、玄幻、多国争霸设定有兴趣的青少年以上读者

Not a good fit for

偏好严格考据、设定自洽的历史小说读者
不习惯夸张修辞与玛丽苏式金手指的读者
时间紧张、只想读十万字以内短篇的读者
年龄较小的读者，书中含暴力、暗黑与情爱描写

Reading tips

按卷推进即可，七卷各成一个阶段，读到一个阶段结束时收一收，梳理人物立场再往下走
开读前先看卷首的“五洲七国”地图式设定，记下天煞、无极、太渊、璇玑、扶风、穹苍、轩辕的关系，能省下大量困惑
把孟扶摇的成长线当作主干：她对“回家”的执念如何变成对众生的责任，这一条主线看清了，支线人物自然不乱
若为看剧而来，建议先读完第一卷再看改编对比，差异会更有趣

About the publisher

Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House China · Founded in 1958

Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House focuses on literary publishing while also covering the humanities, social sciences, and books on art and daily life. Its approximately 1,535 titles in the database span social novels, world history, design, science fiction, classic works, and film and television: they include modern Chinese literary classics by Lu Xun such as A Madman's Diary: The Complete Short Stories of Lu Xun, Call to Arms, Four Generations Under One Roof, and Teahouse, as well as foreign literary memoirs like Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday. In science fiction it offers Asimov's Galactic Empire series, while in architecture and art it publishes Liu Dunzhen's Classical Gardens of Suzhou and design titles from Phoenix Space. Its authors are concentrated among classic writers such as Lu Xun, Zweig, and Asimov, with translators including Liang Xijiang, Zhong Haonan, and Ye Lihua. Its overall character is built on classic works while embracing genre fiction and visual culture. Public information is limited, and this introduction is based on the titles in the database.

Prologue
Volume One: Wind Rises over Taiyuan
Opening: The Tomb Chamber Lamp Goes Out
Chapter One: Seventeen Years Later
Chapter Two: Distinguished Guest, Famous Hound
Chapter Three: The Sword Shakes Xuanyuan
Chapter Four: Lord Yuanbao
Chapter Five: The Phoenix of the Ninth Heaven
Chapter Six: A Person in the Moon
Chapter Seven: Scheme to Destroy Xuanyuan
Chapter Eight: Prince Beiye the Fierce
Chapter Nine: The Blazing Imperial City
Chapter Ten: A Peerless Pact
Volume Two: The Heart of Wuji
Chapter One: Vivid Colors, Living Fragrance
Chapter Two: Plucking Flowers Beneath the Moon
Chapter Three: The Heart of Wuji
Chapter Four: World-Toppling Romance
Chapter Five: Return from Tribulation
Volume Three: The Heroic Lord of Tiansha
Chapter One: Meeting of the Twin Lotuses
Chapter Two: Serving the Devil in Person
Chapter Three: Letting You Fly
Chapter Four: Overturning Heaven and Earth
Volume Four: The Xuanyuan Heir
Chapter One: Yuanbao's Street Performance
Chapter Two: The Storm over the Empress's Investiture
Chapter Three: The Phoenix Rises to the Ninth Heaven
Volume Five: The Mystery of Xuanji
Chapter One: The Pain of Memory
Chapter Two: The Agony of Truth
Chapter Three: The Female Emperor Ascends
Volume Six: The Fufeng Pirates
Chapter One: Moonlit Night of the Rakshasa
Chapter Two: The Holy Maiden Feiyan
Volume Seven: Evergreen Qionglan
Chapter One: The Temple's Love-Struck Fool
Chapter Two: Clash of Master and Sect
Chapter Three: The Grand Finale
Appendix: A Wedding Chronicle

FAQ

电视剧《扶摇》和原著《扶摇皇后》差别大吗？

差别不小。原著女主的背景是考古队员穿越，剧情跨七国、体量远超剧集；电视剧为适配拍摄做了大量合并与改写，如部分人物关系、结局走向都有调整。建议把剧与书当作两个版本看待。

没看过穿越文，能直接读这本吗？

可以。穿越只是故事的起点设定，前几章交代清楚后便是完整的架空世界叙事，并不依赖读者熟悉穿越套路；但需适应书中大量国名、门派与人物的密集铺陈。

实体书有多个版本，该买哪个？

2011年江苏文艺出版社版分为《扶摇皇后（上下）》（ISBN 9787539945057）与《扶摇皇后·终结篇（上下）》（ISBN 9787539945347），是最常见的版本；后续另有新版分卷重排，内容主体一致，按可得版本选购即可。

这本书和作者署名“扶摇”的《帝将台》是同一部吗？

不是。网上常把《帝将台》的作者“扶摇”与本书书名混淆：《帝将台》是另一位以“扶摇”为笔名的作者创作的小说，与天下归元的《扶摇皇后》并无关系。

读完原著还想读作者其他作品，从哪本开始？

可接着读《凰权》（改编剧《天盛长歌》）与《帝凰》，风格与《扶摇皇后》一脉相承，权谋分量更重；若喜欢轻松一些的，可读《女帝本色》系列。

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About the author

天下归元 Author

Tianxia Guiyuan is a Chinese web-fiction author known for time-travel and alternate-history novels, with nine works included in this collection. Her stories usually unfold within the power structures of ancient or imagined dynasties, centering on the growth, strategies, and emotional choices of female protagonists, with intricate plotting and close interplay between character relationships and court politics. Her representative works have been adapted for television: Huang Quan became The Rise of Phoenixes, Fuyao Huanghou became Legend of Fuyao, and Di Huang became Feng Buqi, all starring well-known actors, which shows the influence of her stories in screen adaptation. Other works include Nüdi Bense and the separate volumes of Di Huang. Public information about her nationality, dates of birth and death, and personal background is limited, so no speculation is made here.