A cannon fodder chambermaid wants a counterattack《炮灰通房要逆袭》by Jia Mian De Sheng Yan《假面的盛宴》

Synopsis

First of all, this is not a story of a cannon fodder chambermaid making a counterattack and slapping to death the principal wife to death! 

As a lowly slave who has been sold for six times, Xiao Hua already felt numb inside.

In the previous life, she was a cannon fodder chambermaid who was flogged to death by sticks. 

In this lifetime, she wanted to sincerely repent and mend her mistakes to become an honest person, yet she still ended up being sold.

This social benefit of the vassal prince’s estate seemed to be pretty good – the maidservants could be released at the age of twenty-five and it could be arranged for them to have their slavery record removed and have them settle a home in their jurisdiction.

Very good. Very good. For this, Xiao Hua decided to stay in this prince of Jin’s residence and do properly her job. Unfortunately, after all was said and done, fate had its own plate served for her…..

The master she has attended was “a mute man”. Above, he had several big bosses pressing on him, glaring at him like a tiger at its prey. It would be a total lie if she said she didn’t want the dote.

It was a survival seeking road of “a tactful woman” to hug the male lead’s thigh, being the only pampered yet feeling like the other person didn’t pamper her at all.

From cannon fodder chambermaid to a beloved consort, this road was a little long……

Review 

This is a story of two rebirth people who were like two parallel lines that have never crossed each other in the previous life, but due to the fate they’ve met in the present lifetime.

The female lead is Xiao Hua who was just a mere maid in the previous life. In order to get a life she wanted, she fought with fate and eventually attained a position of concubine she yearned. Unfortunately, fate didn’t favor her and she ended up being flogged to death. After being reborn, she only wanted to live a simple life without any intrigues of the inner yard. As a result, she gave up the road to becoming her master’s concubine and decided to remain as a simple maid.

The male lead is prince of Jing, the son of the current Emperor. However, an unfavored one as he suffered from a speech defect. His previous life also ended tragically. In this lifetime, he, too, only wished for a peaceful life. Yet, the memories from the previous life called him to make actions if he wanted to change his future.

This story is more of a slice of life genre? There aren’t many intrigues nor battles for the throne in the novel. What I liked about this story was that both male and female leads weren’t perfect. Both of them lacked in some ways but were willing to change for their loved ones. Xiao Hua was willing to, again, fight for what she wanted and teach prince of Jing how to communicate with each other while prince of Jing, who was introverted due to his speech disorder, learned to open up for Xiao Hua and take into consideration her feelings.

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