I liked this but not as much as I'd expected/wanted. The romance was ... SO TEPID. Like ... obviously it was THERE and you hoped - but with so many barriers... unsure if he REALLY supported her till like 80% in or later, AND THEN KNOWING SHE'S PROBABLY GOING TO DIE AT ANY MINUTE. And that not being resolved till like what 241 😒
I'm trying not to let the MTL affect things but that definitely didn't help. Just ... disappointed this wasn't as sweet and romantic as her other books. GIVE US MORE SWEETNESS, DAMMIT.
I really loved these characters. <3
Otherwise ... B, maybe B+?
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Deng Hua Xiao
Prologue FL Lu Tong is 8-9? Uhhh why does that ~healer woman seem like a monster?
1 she’s been gone for 7 years & is now 16. Oh the ~healer Yunniang died.
😱😿 the Lu family all died in a fire a year ago?!
8 I don’t get why she sold the meds at a loss & even gave away the medicinal tea…
13 Oh is this Pei Yunhuan that saved FL our ML?
(Also that grand preceptor Qi, his family and servants are all shit)
30 Yin Zheng is FL’s gold finger… srsly FL couldn’t get so far so ~easily without her. (Probably could but it’d take much much longer)
34 😿 her poor sister was raped by someone from the grand preceptor’s house, then locked up by her own husband’s house
35 she’s so meticulous! How did she learn all this/how to threaten people/predict actions?!
46 holy shit FL stuffing Ke’s head into water repeatedly (lol and the comment)
72 😿 poor scholar Wu Youcai - I wonder what exactly FL wants him to do/how to poison the head examiner
73 no matter how Liu Kun dies it’ll be too kind
74 oh no Wu YouCai poisoned himself. … will it matter?
😅😇🤷🏻♀️ 77 I maybe overly love how menacing FL is. (And that Du was all “we gotta protect you!”)
78 “The girl raised her hand to wipe away the blood on her face and said calmly, “Why do we need others to make the decision?”
“The Lu family’s case, I can handle as a judge…”
“…and as an executioner.”” 😱
79 Xia Rongrong & XiangCao need to go 😡
82 🙊🙊 poor Duan Xiaoyan caught in the crossfire but lol to FL setting this tap
83 *clutches heart* poor FL. Can her pain be cured? 😿
84 😱 yaaaas Wu YouCai is still alive! lol awesome
85 lol DXY this is a fool me once, shame on you fool me twice shame on me incident!
87 eeee their banter!!! And 😱 “After a while, she said, “What are you afraid of?”
“If one day he wants to stand in my way …”
“I will kill him.””
88 I knew it! The end - as soon as ML’s sister appeared on page, esp pregnant, that FL would be involved. Hopefully she can help/save the sister! (And WHY does the sister stay with the trash ass man?!)
89 Wen wang & his concubine Meng Xiyan both need to die
91 oh thank god ML appeared.
That Meng cunt better suffer. And the Pei siblings & FL better be okay. ❤️
94 bless Wu Youcai. I wonder if we’ll see him again
95 the grand tutor & all his people are shit. Fucking monsters
100 was just such a great chapter 😹😻❤️💯
101 ahh Pei YunHuan’s gift lol the attention to/for FL 😹❤️
102 😩 every FL flashback is so sad
103 oops FL intruded on ML’s private floor 🫠
104 *wheeze laughs* “The “useless” TongTong, who could not sing and dance: “I’m capable of killing one little friend with one stab.” [Kill you.jpg]” ML obviously recognized her from go - lol how could FL not figure that out. Girl! I’m disappointed in you!
111 ahhhhh they met before! lol QSCK loves this trope. Clearly she’s the one who sewed up his first back wound *dances*
113 rrnnghh “Meeting her gaze, he continued, “Otherwise, fate wouldn’t have brought us together like this.””
118 curious about this Miao Liang Fang (imo a former imperial physician?)
121 bloop ML figures it out - knew he would
122 😱 he snuck into her room! And oh girl you left your list unburnt?! And he just said her real name
123 holy hell these two. And 😭 her memorial to her family
124 STRESSED. And come on ML’s bestie, FL saved your beloved’s life!!! Don’t be an asshole! (ML gave FL a birthday gift…)
125 *sigh* had to switch to MDN at 122 & already word salad at - they get ML’s name wrong (unless it’s his courtesy name? Ugh)
😱😡 his dad was the person who poisoned his pony. What a fucking monster. (Well, secondhand killing his wife already established that but…)
126 🙊🙊🙊 “The entertainment district performers were singing: “Reed catkins gray and sere, white dew turns to frost, the one I seek dwells yonder, beyond the water…”
The one I seek, beyond the water…
In thousands of streets and alleys, lanterns bloomed like brocade. Ten miles of streets thundered with pipes and drums, the beautiful scene and fine moment hard to pass.
Across the coming and going crowd, he silently watched the lantern-gazing figure for a long while, then lowered his head and smiled.
“So this is truly the one I seek.”” 😻
(Also I am STRESSED about the poison in FL’s body 😩😭)
127 lol 10 points for teaching/helping archery scene between ML & FL 😹💯
Skimmed 132 - F madam Dong and that traitor Cui. FL probably doesn’t care about them but they should suffer
134 nooooo I thought YinXiang would go with FL! 😭 I get why she drove her away but!
And heh to FL and her ~”giving away prescriptions like candy“ - and making arrangements for both Du & Miao.
BUT WHAT ABOUT HER?! LU MIN/TONG I’M WORRIED ABOUT YOU!!!
137 those fucking fucks assigning FL with gathering poison & taking all her food. They all deserve to be crushed 😡
139 Cui Min is a POS. He wants FL raped and tortured. He’s the one who should be raped and tortured. Fucking traitorous thief
142 ❤️ FL giving He Xiu the antidote to those poisonous flowers ❤️❤️❤️
Man also F Cui Min he can’t die in ignominy soon enough
143 I really hope FL takes that Qi seriously. LISTEN TO ML!
Also ew to whatever scrotal ailment guy - Cui deserves to get the same affliction
145 omg I snorted so hard it hurt 😹☠️
“One and a half inches” lol FL you imp
147 omg her meeting Ji Xun - waiting to see how she got his jade pendant!
149 oh no why does she have ptsd from dogs?!
And lol does she even know she was being petty to the patient for badmouthing ML?!
154 whose medical records did ML steal?! And lol they are so fated! ❤️💯
(Also will she ever return JX’s pendant?)
156 lol PYS is still trying to play matchmaker?!
160 that poor murdered Yang family - all for a bird. That Qi family is unspeakably awful
162 man he’s really concerned about her being scared of dogs
Also I’m certain someone is poisoning the emperor
163 lol hopefully young master Dong is a non issue now. This Xiao Zhufeng better fucking not become a problem…
165 oh Lin DanQing, I wish her success
167 ugh FL I need you to be more aware!!! I skimmed the Qi siblings shit - hate them
And poor FL being scolded by stick in the mud Ji
169 I like Ji apologized. Will she ever return his pendant?
And skimming all Qi shit
170 maybe it’s the crown prince that’s being poisoned?
… I want Pei Yunying and Yan Xu to actually secretly be collaborators… but is it really just them hating each other?
172 goddammit Ji Xun CHECK YOUR EARS!
😿 I know FL won’t die but I’m worried
173 YAY ZHIZHI lol I might need to re-read that part later. ML saw the ring!
And 🙊🙊🙊 hooolly shit FL bit that mad dog. And killed it. Hopefully she can recover from her wounds
174 lol QSCK loves to give her ML’s perfect timing.
And that shit CP - I hope he is the one being poisoned. Fucker.
175 … man I really wonder what the mandarin actually was because why is ML calling her his creditor?
Ahhh he brought out the ring
176 GUY!!! You treat her so differently CUZ YOU CAUGHT FEELINGS!!!
(And interesting Jim’s jade pendant broke… Will the repair truly be seamless?) AND WHAT DID IT MEAN HIM GIVING HER THAT SCAR MEDICATION
Also I’m so sick of all the Qis
177 lol his “what did you do”
AND WHEN WILL HE TAKE THIS MARRIAGE ARRANGEMENT HE’S JOKING ABOUT FOR REAL?! (I don’t think he is yet)
178 Yan Xu requesting her - these fucking fuckers. And shit ass Cui Min too
180 I KNEW IT! They (Yan Xu & ML) secretly have a good relationship!!! … I’m still mad at YX for being shitty to FL
181 … ok so maybe not a good relationship.
BWAAAAH “The room fell silent.
After a while, Yan Xu suddenly spoke: “She didn’t fall for you?”
Pei Yunying started: “That’s not…”
Yan Xu sneered: “Incompetent.”” 😹😹😹☠️☠️☠️☠️
Jesus Yun Niang was a psychopath. Which we KNOW, but ugh
183 uh c/p word salad
187 Oop Ji Xun saw the pendant. lol and Duan thinking it’s FL’s fiancé’s
191 lol Duan XiaoYan is a pig teammate (though whose teammate?!)
And … ML realizes he’s jealous… right?
Lol “real and fake fiancé”
193 read skimmed it but lol I KNOW FL accused dude of stealing her prescription just so everyone will know “” it’s actually him cuz Qi is … def gonna die soon 😈😇💯
194 ooo ML is developing a tacit understanding with our girl! 💪💯😻
196 😹☠️ Ji Xun & ML wearing “couples outfits”
202 my satisfaction at Cui Min’s fall is totally overshadowed by my concern Qi Qing is after FL
203 I’m glad Doctor Miao has found peace
206 oooo he asked her what kind of man she likes!!!
207 lol ML is going to owe his sister for her 💯 matchmaking
208 I dunno their couples game felt like a let down and her asking him if he’s bound by love and him saying it should be soon… all too tepid
210 lol ML telling his subordinates he was the one with FL at qixi
212 😿 her comb
The entire qi family are cunts
215 I hated this chapter and their stupid shitty breakup. Author finally confirms FL is dying
They never even really were together yet, stupid author!
216 I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a scrambled chapter
Couldn’t do it even if I tried to fuck up the c/p
Ugh 217 was a mess too
218 looked out of order as well :/ but Qi YuTai appears to have been maybe killed by Qi Qing?
219 😿 FL is leaving town
220 oh fuck no she went to the grand tutor’s home. I thought she was leaving, not “home” is death
😱 he’s going to kill the grand tutor for her?
221 she’s going to go fight the plague!
222 smitten “I admire the flowers I love, of course, I must protect them. I’m willing to be a flower protector for life, it doesn’t matter whether they bloom for me or not, what’s wrong with being a flower protector for life?”
(225? Qi family dead but… will the assassins still target FL?)
226 timely ML again?! Saved the grain & medicine?
229 he saved her again … and is she closer to death now? 😖 that nosebleed
236 he knows it all now. This chapter made me cry
237 sobbing
239 oof her seeing her family had me tearing up. Yay seems that white robed healer’s method saved her!
242 FINALLY a kiss
243 lol new emperor offering to issue a marriage decree then teasing ML he hasn’t won FL over yet
245 finally a proposal (lol kinda) and he gets to give her his mom’s jade bracelet
(lol to FL being clueless about Ji Xun)
246 ah poor JX
247 plot hole - so the tonics + gold WERE for the former emperor - but he used silver & people KNEW it cuz the scene where he’s drinking it says there were memorials mad about his switch
249 wedding! This delightful found family ❤️
250 heh wedding night
251 😹☠️ Miao Liangfang’s advice to FL as he leaves
252 extra - word salad, but sweet
253 E2; the best friend's story(?) browser translate is >.<
254 E3 seems it's an extra from Yan Xu's POV; ML's shifu who was in love with his mom? [couldn't understand anything 😐]
255 E4 >.< Yun Niang's POV
256 E5 FINALLY BACK TO FL; sadly also unintelligible