The Imprisoned Phoenix Is Hard to Leave

描世铎铎Nov 2021

2.7

Word count: 348K words
Chapters: 110

Summary

Kongxin Chun always thought she was a destitute beggar nobody wanted, until she found herself staring at the masked young prince and suddenly remembered: this prince, whom no one dared look in the eye, was the very one who set her miserable fate in motion. She wants to kill him, cut him to pieces to quell her hatred, but instead he catches her in his grip and takes everything from her. If she never met him in this life, Kongxin Chun would be nothing more than a beggar—but if she does meet him... better not to have met at all.

Editor's review

Miao Shiduo Duo uses a highly charged premise to sustain the entire relationship: the heroine believes herself to be a penniless beggar whom no one cares about, but the moment she recognizes the masked young prince, she uncovers the old debt that changed her fate. She wants revenge but is instead caught in his grip, and this structure of "enemies meeting yet unable to escape" gives every encounter a dangerous pull. The author's style is intense, the characters' emotions are written directly, and the heroine's swings from resignation to unwillingness, from hatred to helplessness, form the main driving force of the reading experience. The book's repeated questioning of the dilemma between "if we never meet in this life" and "if we meet in this life" is the source of its emotional intensity. It suits readers who like strong conflict, strong emotion, and a slightly angsty relationship line; do not seek lightness in reading it, but let the characters carry you between love and hate.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who like enemy-to-lovers setups and intensely charged relationships
Readers who prefer reversals of the heroine's origins and turning points of fate
Readers who can accept love-hate entanglement and angsty romantic lines
Readers who enjoy two-person confrontation scenes in an ancient-style setting

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer light, sweet, and psychologically burden-free reading
Readers less accepting of forced or coercive relationship setups
Readers expecting a complete and grandly built world

Reading tips

Pay attention to clues about the heroine's recovered memories in the first few chapters; her later motives will be clearer.
Treat each confrontation between the hero and heroine as an emotional node and feel how the relationship changes.
If the angst is uncomfortable, slow down and read in segments to avoid continuous immersion.

版权信息
1、乞丐
2、六皇子府
3、三殿下
4、梦醒
5、四殿下
6、二皇子
7、想逃
8、过往
9、乞求
10、心思
11、中毒
12、亲哥哥
13、诊治
14、极阴之体
15、推入
16、交易
17、嗜血玫瑰
18、交涉
19、痴人
20、落花无言
21、逛闹事
22、遇袭
23、威胁
24、最终决定
25、宫宴
26、回礼
27、我叫空心纯
28、各怀鬼胎
29、追杀
30、血影
31、选择
32、意难忘
33、临盆
34、只要活着恨又如何
35、转变
36、离开
37、解救
38、拒绝
39、册封大典
40、月下畅饮倾谈
41、红花
42、再遇故人
43、请辞
44、劫法场
45、唯独那个女人不行
46、起死回生
47、怀孕
48、宇明王朝
49、誓言
50、占有欲
51、过往（一）
52、过往（二）
53、过往（三）
54、过往（四）
55、过往（五）
56、真相
57、想要的不是天下
58、短聚后的分离
59、比试
60、邀请
61、你活着真好
62、背叛
63、依然如故
64、天星国宫宴
65、独进龙潭虎穴
66、深夜要人
67、败露
68、逃脱
69、属于自己的爱
70、永远的唯一
71、威胁的无奈
72、火媚
73、解释
74、绝决
75、求死未成
76、身孕
77、不做红颜如祸水
78、及时阻止
79、雷鸣之夜
80、雨夜龙凤
81、七月降子
82、秋夜相见
83、夺子
84、截杀
85、寻子
86、回宫
87、德妃兰渺青
88、晓儿之死
89、邢星儿的愤怒
90、真正的父亲
91、指婚
92、山中偶遇
93、兑现承诺
94、囚困
95、时间不多了
96、书信
97、书信述故情
98、逃不开的枷锁
99、幕后之人
100、蠢蠢欲动
101、救人
102、寥家
103、皇上驾崩
104、局势剧变
105、无路可退
106、突变
107、扭转乾坤
108、失踪
109、大结局

FAQ

Are the hero and heroine enemies?

Yes. The heroine recognizes that the young prince is the very person who set her miserable fate in motion; at first she wants to kill him for revenge, but is instead caught in his grip. Their relationship begins in hostility and gradually becomes more complex through push and pull; intertwining hatred and restraint is the emotional foundation of the whole book.

Is the heroine's beggar identity real?

The heroine has always believed herself to be a penniless beggar whom no one wanted; this is the starting point of her self-perception. But as she recognizes the young prince and remembers the past, the truth about her origins and history gradually emerges, and this reversal of identity is one of the important threads driving the plot.

Is the ending happy or regretful?

The materials do not cover the specific ending, so the direction cannot be confirmed. Judging from the title "Hard to Leave" and the book's recurring line "meeting in this life would be better than not meeting," the emotional tone leans toward entanglement and reluctance to part; read with expectation about where the relationship will go rather than presupposing a happy or regretful ending.

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描世铎铎 Author

Miao Shi Duo Duo is an online-fiction author writing in the time-travel and alternate-history genre. Public information about the author is limited: real name, nationality, and dates of birth and death are all unknown. Two works are currently held in the collection, namely Qiu Huang Nan Li and Who Touched My Black Hair, both under the same byline, which confirms the author's activity in the time-travel alternate-history field. Judging from the titles and the common category, the works tend to center on emotional entanglements and character fates in ancient or invented settings, with a light and occasionally playful narrative voice, leaning toward time-travel stories aimed at female readers. Because author statements, interviews, and publishing details are unavailable, the writing career, years of activity, and circulation of the works cannot be verified; readers can only sense the author's style and thematic preferences from the two collected titles.