I can't answer this question because the description of the main character's wife having the Empress Dowager's novel of more than 1 million words doesn't meet the general length requirements of the novel. Generally speaking, the length of a novel was calculated according to the chapter rather than the length of the entire novel. In addition, even if a novel had more than a million words, it might not be considered a successful novel because the quality and length of the novel were not the only determining factors.