Save the Eastern Palace
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Summary
【Ancient romance + rebirth + power struggle + palace intrigue + devoted love + childhood sweethearts + sweet romance】
In her past life she assassinated the crown prince; in this life she wants to save him!
Shen Changhe enters the Eastern Palace as a concubine to take revenge. After assassinating Crown Prince Xiao Tong, she is ordered to die, with Crown Princess Cai Yanzhen overseeing the execution.
But after death she is reborn as Crown Princess Cai Yanzhen, back twenty years to the day of her wedding to the crown prince.
Shen Changhe believes she saw through Xiao Tong's hypocrisy in her past life and vows to stop them from killing her family in this one. Yet after days and nights together she finds the crown prince to be a generous and filial gentleman, and gradually pieces together truths unknown in her past life—she had killed the crown prince by mistake!
In this life the crown prince remains in grave danger, treading on thin ice. To atone, Shen Changhe wants to help him hold the Eastern Palace, yet under his gentle treatment she falls for him and resolves to shield him from the flood of fate.
Looking back, she realizes she was the one toyed with by fate, and only his sincerity never changed. Shen Changhe does not believe in fate and will not accept it; since heaven let this ant slip back through the gap between life and death, she will turn the world around!
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy rebirth, revenge, and mistaken-identity setups in ancient romance
- Female readers who like palace intrigue and power games balanced with sweet romance
- Romance readers interested in the crown princess's perspective and Eastern Palace crises
- Readers who want a reborn heroine to rediscover her enemy and achieve atonement and reconciliation
Not a good fit for
- Readers who do not accept non-realistic setups such as rebirth or soul transference
- Readers who prefer strict historical accuracy or serious drama and reject romantic fiction
- Readers impatient with palace intrigue and domestic scheming who want fast-paced wish fulfillment
Reading tips
- First note the identity swap on the wedding day at the opening, and treat past-life memories as clues to a puzzle rather than conclusions.
- When the crown prince's words and deeds conflict with the heroine's past-life understanding, revisit earlier foreshadowing to appreciate how the truth comes together.
- Read the intrigue arc alongside the emotional arc, watching whether the heroine's shift from atonement to love feels natural.
About the publisher
Jiangsu Kuwei Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a cultural enterprise focused on planning and publishing literature and social science books. Public information is limited, and the available details come mainly from its in-house catalogue. Its publishing areas cover prose and essays, foreign literature, social science classics, mystery and detective fiction, and history books, with attention to reissues and boxed sets of classic works. Representative titles include Wang Zengqi's essay collection Renjian Youwei, Wanwu Youqu, The Little Prince, a boxed set of Western philosophical classics, Mao Dun's classic works, a collection of Yasunari Kawabata's award-winning works, Cai Lan's essays, and the Eddie Flynn courtroom mystery series. Its authors include Chinese and foreign names such as Wang Zengqi, Mao Dun, Yasunari Kawabata, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Plato, and Marcus Aurelius, reflecting a publishing profile that brings together Chinese prose, foreign literature, and philosophical and social science classics.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一章 应是萧萧愁杀人
- 第二章 却见红烛正高烧
- 第三章 与君新婚暂相附
- 第四章 愿得故人常巧笑
- 第五章 宴会悲喜难具陈
- 第六章 凉风已厉寒无衣
- 第七章 命如朝露阴阳移
- 第八章 东宫极宴娱心意
- 第九章 暮秋中山浮羽卮
- 第十章 泽被无垠照郊鄙
- 第十一章 长夜梦想见容辉
- 第十二章 春台之乐熙熙矣
- 第十三章 冰坚雪积雾添寒
- 第十四章 茫茫东风摇百草
- 第十五章 行路遥来路迢迢
- 第十六章 岂敢欺民振霜威
- 第十七章 柏酒泛光梅花舒
- 第十八章 合欢文彩双鸳鸯
- 第十九章 以胶投漆难别离
- 第二十章 眉寿万年福无疆
- 第二十一章 驱车遥望郭北墓
- 第二十二章 潜寐黄泉永不寤
- 第二十三章 忧惧不寐起徘徊
- 第二十四章 愁思尽诉泪沾裳
- 第二十五章 人生奄忽若飙尘
- 第二十六章 拊心永叹痛荼毒
- 第二十七章 郁郁戚戚何所迫
- 第二十八章 衔恨吞声不忍语
- 第二十九章 眼语笑靥心怀想
- 第三十章 含愁拭泪坐相思
- 第三十一章 相思无极起叹息
- 第三十二章 金刀隐芒长淮绝
- 第三十三章 寂寞秋序咽夏阑
- 第三十四章 坐卧空尘待三秋
- 第三十五章 华色照朗一粲之
- 第三十六章 东风拂地起青阳
- 第三十七章 兰膏未屏翠帷低
- 第三十八章 燕语雕梁幽闺语
- 第三十九章 俱往之伤信非虚
- 第四十章 切骨透心寒凝唇
- 第四十一章 伏以北斗送故节
- 第四十二章 随肩携手望宜春
- 第四十三章 甘露入顶暗遇明
- 第四十四章 杨叶命中堕长空
- 第四十五章 翔蕊飞林佳人靥
- 第四十六章 齐姬燕女岂合欢
- 第四十七章 执戈伏马待弯弧
- 第四十八章 杳然难测寂无响
- 第四十九章 丹心莫亮刃先指
- 第五十章 刑轻罪疑欺人心
- 第五十一章 挥刃引旗定死生
- 第五十二章 携戈荷戟决成败
- 第五十三章 酌酒温炭切骨寒
- 第五十四章 愁云拂岫胡风起
- 第五十五章 朝夕不忘慈悲心
- 第五十六章 纸尽墨穷难恳露
- 第五十七章 枯荣生死实难测
- 第五十八章 权潜燕侣逐孤鹏
- 第五十九章 徒劳斩斫无功勋
- 第六十章 远客遗我一端绮
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About the author
He Tan is a Chinese web-fiction author about whom little public information is available; her real name, dates of birth and death, and English name have not been made public. Two of her works are currently included in the database: Rescuing the Eastern Palace and Rising Egrets over the Starry River. Her common category is time-travel alternate history, suggesting that her writing mainly unfolds against ancient fictionalized settings. Judging from these two titles, He Tan places characters' fates within an invented historical framework, using time-travel premises to drive the plot and weaving together court intrigue, power struggles, and emotional threads. One title points to a rescue and maneuvering amid danger in the Eastern Palace, while the other evokes a broad, poetic sense of space, showing the author's attention to narrative atmosphere. Given the limited available information, a full picture of her work and style is difficult to draw; readers may begin with these two books to appreciate how she builds suspense and character relationships in alternate-history storytelling.
