Her King

晓梦斜阳北京新华先锋出版科技有限公司 · ChinaNov 2025

2.5

Word count: 121K words
Chapters: 33

Summary

This is a portrait gallery of contemporary women navigating social and power circles and struggling with the temptations of desire. She is a renowned beauty and lawyer in the provincial capital, and her husband is a powerful official in the city. To ordinary eyes, such a marriage looks like a perfect match. Yet the husband she longs for has more than one lover outside. Who can know her hidden pain? Where should a marriage of more than ten years go? Extramarital affairs, after all, admit of many interpretations and ways of handling… She is a beautiful, brilliant daughter of privilege with a well-off family and an outstanding boyfriend she has dated for two years. A graduate of a prestigious law school, she gave up the chance to enter the Provincial High Court and chose to start as a lawyer's assistant, determined to become a renowned lawyer. Yet this woman who started with a winning hand likewise runs into numerous troubles in career and love… The story also features several other equally striking female characters: Yang Yingying, who married a wealthy German businessman far from home, endured a bitter experience, and has now returned wanting to take away her first love; Lin Hong, a pretty nurse who, tempted by power, became a mistress and, after becoming pregnant, walked into an emotional dead end; and Fan Ying, a divorced single woman editor who pursued love across a thousand miles only to find love romantic and reality cruel… Is the love between men and women a tonic or a poison? Society is so complex—how should they face it? When the "winners in life" suffer a "Waterloo in love," how will they match wits and courage with men? One book is all it takes to relieve the social pressure, psychological troubles, and emotional temptations facing urban men and women.

Editor's review

Xiaomeng Xieyang's Her King turns its lens on several women in different circumstances within the provincial capital's circles of fame and power: a renowned woman lawyer guarding a seemingly glamorous marriage while facing her husband's multiple affairs; a brilliant law-school graduate who gives up a chance at the Provincial High Court to start as a lawyer's assistant and meets setback after setback in career and love; Yang Yingying, married far away to a German businessman; Lin Hong, a nurse who becomes a mistress through the temptation of power; and Fan Ying, a divorced woman editor who pursues love across a thousand miles—each struggling between desire and reality. The novel's value lies not in delivering moral verdicts but in laying open urban issues—extramarital affairs, the lure of power, career choices—so readers can see how different women respond differently to similar predicaments. The pacing is brisk and the web of relationships dense, making it suitable for continuous reading on a commute or over a weekend. The depictions of social and power circles carry an observer's coolness, while the emotional lines retain the readability of popular fiction. Readers who enter with the question "how to face the mismatch between emotion and reality" will gain more than those simply chasing the plot.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers concerned with urban women's emotional and marital predicaments
Readers of popular fiction who enjoy multi-threaded ensemble casts and brisk plotting
Readers interested in how professional women navigate power and temptation
Readers hoping to use the novel to reflect on the many ways extramarital affairs are interpreted

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting slow, literary narration and linguistic experimentation
Readers uncomfortable with themes of extramarital affairs and power trading
Readers seeking clear moral conclusions or emotional guidance

Reading tips

Map out the relationships among the female characters first, then enter the main storyline; the threads will be clearer.
While reading, note the differences in how each woman responds to temptation and compare with your own experience.
If a subplot (such as Lin Hong's or Fan Ying's) resonates, go back and reread that section to appreciate the author's multi-angle treatment.

About the publisher

北京新华先锋出版科技有限公司 China

Beijing Xinhua Xianfeng Publishing Technology Co., Ltd. is a private publishing institution mainly engaged in book planning, publishing and distribution. According to the available in-house information, its publishing focus covers the field of youth literature, with its representative title being Her King by Xiao Meng Xie Yang. The company develops topic planning around youth literature, emphasizes the discovery of author resources and the presentation of works, and has formed its own publishing characteristics in the planning and distribution stages. Because public information such as the founding year, English name and additional publishing categories is limited, its publishing emphasis can currently be judged only on the basis of this single in-house title—namely, creation and publishing in the direction of youth literature—which is not yet sufficient to fully summarize the company's overall publishing scope and long-term plans.

版权信息
第一章顾凯：魔鬼男人和妖魔女人
第二章杜红雨：一次报复式放纵体验
第三章杜子归：美女律师的选择
第四章韩斌：男人的爱情，男人的隐私
第五章杜思成：家有小女初长成
第六章杜子归：逆子的故事
第七章韩斌：直面勾引
第八章杜红雨：关于婚姻和男人的头脑风暴
第九章韩斌：男人有很多种
第十章杜子归：官二代带来的意外感觉
第十一章顾凯：婚姻是男人的外壳
第十二章韩斌：过去的，就让它过去
第十三章杜子归：面临情场挑战
第十四章杜红雨：小三找上门来
第十五章杜子归：两个女人的战斗
第十六章晓梦：强迫性重复的案例
第十七章顾凯：对婚姻的瞬间动摇
第十八章杜子归：受命演戏
第十九章林虹：人镜
第二十章晓梦：曲线救国
第二十一章林虹：与死亡相约
第二十二章杜红雨：爱与恨的纠缠
第二十三章杜子归：无罪辩护
第二十四章杜红雨：化解不良情绪
第二十五章晓梦：男人花心的原因
第二十六章林虹：更苦命的孩子
第二十七章顾凯：又来了，诱惑
第二十八章杜红雨：女人最后的归宿
第二十九章林虹：置之死地而后生
第三十章杜子归：完美结局
后记一
后记二我们究竟该如何对待爱情

FAQ

Whose stories does this book mainly tell?

At its core is a renowned woman lawyer in the provincial capital whose marriage looks like a perfect match while her husband has multiple lovers outside; there is also a brilliant law-school graduate who starts as a lawyer's assistant, along with Yang Yingying, married far away to a German businessman, the nurse Lin Hong, and the woman editor Fan Ying. These threads interweave to present emotional and career choices in different circumstances.

What attitude does the novel take toward extramarital affairs?

The materials indicate the work presents that "extramarital affairs, after all, admit of many interpretations and ways of handling," without giving a single moral verdict; instead it shows multiple facets through different women's circumstances. Readers must judge for themselves and should not treat it as emotional guidance.

Is it suitable for reading in one sitting?

The relationships are fairly dense and the plot moves briskly, suiting continuous reading. But there are many subplots; if your time is fragmented, read in segments by character thread to avoid confusion.

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About the author

晓梦斜阳 Author

Xiao Meng Xie Yang is an author about whom little public information is available. Five works are currently known, spanning applied psychology, social psychology, young-adult literature, and modern romance. Judging from titles such as A Female Psychological Counselor's Notes, The Labyrinth Inside You, The Turmoil Inside You, and The Little Paper Figure Inside You, the author tends to approach everyday emotions and inner struggles from a psychological perspective, using narrative to portray the tension between self and relationships. Her King shows that the author also writes modern romance, with attention to women's emotions and character psychology. The writing balances readability with psychological insight, using stories and essay-like prose to help readers understand their feelings and see themselves more clearly. Because background details such as dates of birth and death and nationality are unavailable, this profile makes no speculation and focuses only on the thematic direction and expressive style of the works.