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Much Joy

Rating 3.0
Word count
244K words
Chapters
72

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Summary

At the edge of the yellow desert, a caravan discovers a mummified woman's corpse—none other than Princess Chu Ling'er, sent away for a political marriage.

To uncover the truth, Commandery Princess Qi Huan marries into the Crown Prince's household, only to be spurned by the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince's bed attendants provoke her daily.

Meanwhile, the scheming Second Prince Qi Xi enters Qi Huan's life.

A forbidden love, beset by trials.

Together they solve case after case: the Blood-Red Pearl, the Reborn, the Beauty's Skin, White Bones Blooming, the Human Flesh Vessel, the Millennium Kingdom, the Bloody Valley of Joy, ancient murals…

The truth draws ever nearer!

Editor's review

Duo Huanxi braids suspenseful detective work with ancient-setting romance: a mummified woman at the border leads back to the death of a princess sent off in a political marriage. Commandery Princess Qi Huan marries into the Crown Prince's household to uncover the truth, only to be spurned and provoked by his bed attendants, while the scheming Second Prince Qi Xi slips into her view. Case units—the Blood-Red Pearl, the Reborn, the Beauty's Skin, White Bones Blooming—escalate layer by layer, tightening the truth and the romance in step, with a fast pace and dense hooks. Author Feng Niansi She excels at planting clues inside forbidden relationships, letting readers chase the case while weighing the human heart. Suited to readers who want to read straight through a commute or a weekend, and to romance-suspense audiences who like a heroine who takes the lead in investigating while love and conspiracy mirror each other. A caveat: the book is plot-driven, with little weight given to historical research; better to focus on the characters' choices and the puzzle pieces of each case, and to follow Qi Huan's perspective as she unravels things thread by thread—that makes it easier to settle in.

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • Readers who like ancient-setting suspense with a heroine who actively investigates and drives the plot
  • Those looking for a fast-paced read with many case units, good for a commute or a weekend binge
  • Romance audiences interested in forbidden love, palace power struggles, and interwoven emotional arcs
  • Readers used to following a single heroine's perspective, unraveling clues, and enjoying the pleasure of solving mysteries

Not a good fit for

  • Readers who prefer rigorous historical research and authentic depictions of ancient institutions
  • Readers who cannot accept strong-conflict romantic setups such as forbidden love and provocations by bed attendants
  • Hardcore mystery fans who expect airtight reasoning and clues that are fully fair and solvable

Reading tips

  1. Read the first few chapters to check the balance between case units and the romance line before deciding whether to continue.
  2. Treat each case as its own puzzle; jot down character relationships and key objects so you can revisit foreshadowing.
  3. When the romance moves fast, don't rush to judge—first see whether the characters' choices corroborate the truth of the case.
  4. If you're sensitive to ancient-romance tropes, you can skip high-conflict passages such as the bed attendants' provocations and focus on the main investigation.

About the publisher

北京春芒文化有限公司 China · Founded in 2025

Beijing Chunmang Culture Co., Ltd. is a private publisher focusing on traditional culture and general reading. Public information is limited, and its current catalogue comprises about 28 titles. Its publishing areas cover folk literature, cultural essays, health popular science, prose and miscellaneous writings, science popularization, and time-travel fiction. The Classical New Editions series includes Guan Hanqing's The Injustice to Dou E, alongside traditional culture titles such as Huineng's Casual Talks on the Sixth Patriarch's Platform Sutra and Cai Zongwu's Strolling with Laozi. Health titles include Yun Wuxin's three-volume set Yun Wuxin Teaches You How to Eat, while prose and fiction range from Tang Song's Moonlight Through the Years and Shan Jianyou's Wind and Dust on the Snow to Ren Enshuo's The Dream Weaver and Stories About the Nobel Prize. Its authors are mainly editors of classical texts, popular-science writers, and the Chunmang Culture Editorial Group, combining reissued classics with original writing and showing a publishing profile in which traditional and modern subjects run in parallel.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 第1章 诞下怪胎
  3. 第2章 美人冤魂
  4. 第3章 羞涩幻境
  5. 第4章 嫁衣托梦
  6. 第5章 母仪天下
  7. 第6章 母妃霸气
  8. 第7章 银瓶梅
  9. 第8章 养女鬼
  10. 第9章 养床侍
  11. 第10章 挺孕肚
  12. 第11章 虎狼之药
  13. 第12章 胃胀气
  14. 第13章 你喜欢我
  15. 第14章 一张美人皮
  16. 第15章 被咬了
  17. 第16章 千年古国——米罗国
  18. 第17章 绝色美人莫璇珠,千年情事由她起
  19. 第18章 虚空命盘,千年爱恨洒尽一路血花
  20. 第19章 去地府要人
  21. 第20章 大谁河
  22. 第21章 楚灵儿的过去
  23. 第22章 绝色美人变白发老妪
  24. 第23章 灭门之祸
  25. 第24章 荒山客栈,卖肉不卖菜
  26. 第25章 不是人
  27. 第26章 白骨生花,美人出棺
  28. 第27章 她吸了全村男人的生机
  29. 第28章 魇
  30. 第29章 双生姐妹花之死
  31. 第30章 人肉器皿
  32. 第31章 肾受伤了
  33. 第32章 太子送簪
  34. 第33章 太子表白
  35. 第34章 我一定会活着回来
  36. 第35章 秘密收集100个“老婆”
  37. 第36章 地下空间
  38. 第37章 进入欢乐谷
  39. 第38章 罪恶之地
  40. 第39章 被烧焦的女人
  41. 第40章 桃花
  42. 第41章 抢鬼钱
  43. 第42章 被烧焦女人的真实身份
  44. 第43章 如雪的仇人
  45. 第44章 初吻
  46. 第45章 如雪的深仇
  47. 第46章 如雪的高光时刻
  48. 第47章 两个人只能活一个的游戏
  49. 第48章 齐欢的高光时刻
  50. 第49章 双瞳幽麟
  51. 第50章 楚诞的下场
  52. 第51章 以彼之道,还施彼身
  53. 第52章 女人的呼唤
  54. 第53章 你侬我侬,忒煞情多
  55. 第54章 成亲了
  56. 第55章 吃成骨架
  57. 第56章 老龟的眼泪
  58. 第57章 游离三界的魑
  59. 第58章 在地宫幽居一千年的女人
  60. 第59章 衣不蔽体的壁画女人
  61. 第60章 支莲的真身
  62. 第61章 两位上神真愚蠢
  63. 第62章 迅速飞升上神的好办法
  64. 第63章 魂魄被剥离
  65. 第64章 支莲的死期
  66. 第65章 有情人终成眷属
  67. 第66章 番外1 给我一个可以见光的名分
  68. 第67章 番外2 以身相许
  69. 第68章 番外3 是他巴巴要娶我
  70. 第69章 番外4 又成亲
  71. 第70章 番外5 我的女人我自己收拾
  72. 第71章 番外6 生孩子

FAQ

Is this book pure romance or more suspense/detective?
Both matter, but the skeleton is the investigation. The death of the princess sent off in a political marriage leads Commandery Princess Qi Huan to marry into the Crown Prince's household; case units such as the Blood-Red Pearl, the Reborn, and the Beauty's Skin unfold in turn, and the romance advances through the investigation—good for readers who want emotional conflict and clues to chase.
I haven't read anything else by Feng Niansi She—can I start with this one?
Yes. This is a standalone story and doesn't depend on earlier works. It opens with the border corpse case, and relationships unfold with the plot; new readers can enter by reading in chapter order without catching up on the author's other books.
There are many case units—will it feel scattered?
The cases look independent, but they all point toward the death of the princess sent off in a political marriage and the truth behind it, and relationships tighten as the cases proceed. Pay attention to recurring objects and character motives; by the second half you'll see the earlier units serving the main line.
Is it better to read in one sitting or in segments?
Either works. The pace is fast and hooks are dense, so it suits a weekend binge; if your time is fragmented, read in case-unit segments—finish one unit before starting the next so you don't lose track of relationships.

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About the author

疯廿四蛇 Author

Feng Niansishe is a Chinese online-fiction author about whom limited public information is available; nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are unknown, and twenty works are currently on record. The writing spans time-travel and alternate-history fiction, social fiction, modern romance, and biography, showing considerable range. Works such as Time-Traveling to Become a Mother-in-Law in Ancient Times and The Comeback Strategy of the First Wife center on time travel and emotional reversals, while The Dream Weaver, The Demon God Gu Zhenzhen, and The Legend of Lanruo carry fantasy and legendary overtones; titles such as A Thousand Years of Snow, The Three-Lives Spirit Deer Cart, and Much Joy also reveal a preference for classical imagery and emotional storytelling. Overall, the author is skilled at unfolding characters' fates and emotional conflicts within alternate-world settings, balancing popular readability with narrative tension, and the representative works have a recognizable presence among readers.

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