>.> 7/14/25 I'm ... realizing I might not've read/read all the extras ... I think they were on a mess of a site and I didn't want to deal/felt I could only read it on a website? Which ... meh. This author doesn't usually ... do that but I think the "extra" is an alt life where she dies, and he's v sad and regrets it, and is rebirthed? I liked the book but think I was already fed up by then [sadly a weak ending] so I also wasn't in a rush to go find it. >.> Not ... particularly motivated now either but we'll see.
Overall ... I think ... C? C+? Not mad I read it, hilarious blurb but ... honestly his mom was kinda my favorite... ~*~*~*~*~ Second Wife by Xi Yun
1 FL is Cui Qin
2 *sigh* poor FL stuffed with this bitchy Liú mómó who was the first wife’s servant. Fuck you, guy, whose name I don’t even remember cuz you don’t deserve it yet … well I hope Mu Yuesheng’s mom ends up being firmly team FL, CHASE THAT CREMATORIUM, asshat! (lol though he’s not BAD [yet] but the cold indifference 😒)
3 dammmn MIL 😻 “There was a stack of silver bills in the brocade box, totaling 10,000 taels, deeds and account books of two shops, a pair of new green jade bracelets, and a pair of eight-treasure gold bracelets.” lol - too bad FL can’t be with her MIL instead of the stupid husband “Yunzhi is Mu Yuesheng's courtesy name” Lolol Ge Jun kicking the shit out of that scum Li Zheng
6 MYS is 25… lol 🤷🏻♀️ my bad mood appreciates he really wouldn’t care if his 2nd SIL dies … ok I’m big mad if he’s really just doing this all for his own
7 Pei Jia I bet (his first wife’s half sister) wanted to take her sister’s place And Liú mómó needs to be burnt at the stake Ugh called it re: PJ
8 *sigh* I knew MYS would disappoint me and yet… I’m still so disappointed. Guy better just STEW and suffer for his shit attitude soon ☹️😿😡 I’m mad she’s even still talking to him. My poor darling girl. Oh MYS you disgusting manipulative bastard asking her nickname & using it you fucking fuckhead Oh good - guard your heart against this shithead. I’M WAITING FOR YOU TO LEAVE HIM. … take your MIL with you!
😐 9 well she guarded her heart for 2 seconds. Can’t blame her though - what with her MIL convincing her, and his manipulative actions.
10 Su you cunt pressuring FL asking why she isn’t already pregnant JUST TWO MONTHS IN. I hope your shitty son dies. And you become barren Oh poor girl. She just wanted to read
11 I’m literally crying. Her “Thank you, Ge Jun, for letting her see her position in Mu Yuesheng's heart.” … yeah cuz he’s never actually treated her that well.
… WTF? 12 - her mom abandoned her to … become a princess?! Oh. So that’s why the MIL loves her so much. They really are fated. Also I cried through most this chapter & am still crying as I type this
13 uggghhh glimpsed the end of the chapter: she’s STILL fooled by him?! 😒🤦🏻♀️😡 … ok starting from the beginning, he is a slick bastard. Plus with our tender hearted girl… I’d be coaxed too. Sigh. … no but WTF what’s up with her mom?
14 ugh just reading the c title made me feel sick to my stomach (it is NOT the fact that I’ve had nothing to eat yet today? Was awake by 4:30 AM after only ~3 hours of sleep, and have had 2 cups of coffee yeah?! 😹 … 😅 or anyway it’s still mostly the c title)
15 hm so was her mom a victim too or no?
16 what a shit birthday. And then finding that Pei’s old courtyard. 😿 How many times must her heart be broken
17 GO GIRL YOU LEAVE HIS STUPID ASS. I want MIL to take her as a god daughter! See what the fuckhead will do if FL becomes his “sister”
18 I actually didn’t cry when she leaves him but am tearing up at her goodbye to MIL
19 lololol is his mom intentionally instigating him?! 😹☠️💯
20 oof - but good riddance to Li Zheng. 😱😹☠️ damn he gives her a whole fucking mountain?! (STILL TOO LATE) … though he better keep protecting her secretly…
21 oh wow they’re pretending FL’s mom is her aunt? That her biological mom was Rong wangfei’s cousin? Disgusting. (Was Rong wang the one who plotted all that before or no?!) Was the mom actually willing? Am I supposed to actually feel sorry for Xi YuLing or not? lol literally snickering at the end of the c; EAT YOUR HEART OUT, GUY
22 oof wait is *she* Xi Jian’s fated person?! (Also should I change all his use of sister to little sister?)
23 ugh knife to the heart. Was excited FL & her students made a good showing at the competition, then Ouyang just casually drops how MYS took care of everything in setting up their academy. (Also that Pei first wife seems like a snobby bitch who wasn’t actually that great?) ugh I feel a bit sick to my stomach
24 awww his mummy does love him & is helping him. More importantly, he’s FINALLY willing & able to listen to her
25 ah so close yet so far. YOU SUCK AT WOOING, GUY!
26 🙄 I get this is all dog blood but I’m annoyed at how shitty she is at budgeting like yes ok she’s tender hearted & took students but BITCH. Now you HAVE NO MONEY YOU DUMMY lol uh oh the guards are exposed Also her bio mom is disgusting & servant by her only deserves the most miserable death
27 😹😅☠️ “Cui Qin gently stroked the bamboo-patterned tea handle of blue and white porcelain, and looked at the remaining people, and asked faintly, "how many of you were sent by Mu Yuesheng?"
As soon as Cui Qin finished speaking, half of the people at the scene changed color, and the rest looked at each other, pretending to be dead and not saying anything.” Also though F both her paternal family and her shit ass weak ass stupid mom
30 hm seems her mom was a victim too (a maybe a willing one?) and she’s incredibly weak & stupid too … oh she’s even dumber than I thought, which already was Really Fucking Stupid
31 oh dang the truth about Pei Yun. At least he’s decisive
32 lol Lu Yunzhan you sweet baby. I almost want FL to agree to his proposal, only it wouldn’t be fair to him.
33 oh man LYZ might’ve just given MYS the biggest (unintentional?) stab 😅
35 damn he even disguised himself as his/her servant just to be close to her. And saved her! Well from soup but still
36 JFC Yun Bi is the biggest pig teammate
39 oh dang, her daddy coulda been rich rich 😭😭😭
40 this stuff about her dad is making me teary - auction guy though is slightly surprising me with his attachment Honestly Yun Bi is stupid. Who PUSHES AWAY protection. Honestly I hope she gets murdered 🤷🏻♀️ - she won’t be though 😒
41 oh fuck his request for her to make him a meal & send him off to war has me crying. (And her [finally] realizing just before this she never actually stopped loving him…)
42 😹😅🤷🏻♀️ I literally laughed out loud when ML decapitates Ning wang
43 😱😅 he tells her uncle he’s going to marry her again. (Bro - WILL she agree?!) Ahhhh “At some point, a handsome figure quietly came behind her and inserted a jade hairpin that took a long time to carve into her bun.
This is a top-grade Hetian jade hairpin, the whole body is white and creamy, and the head of the hairpin is carved with a lifelike peony. The craftsmanship is more advanced than last time. The word "Sheng" is engraved on one side of the flower center, and the word "Qin" is engraved on the other side. The pistil is then drawn to wrap the two words together, which means growing old together.” 😻😻😻 last year - ok so his teacher died but 😒 and this year he takes the time to LEAVE BEHIND WAR to see her & give her this birthday gift!
45 finally! “Mu Yuesheng looked up at her and said softly, "Qin'er, in front of you, I'm not the prime minister of the cabinet. No matter how high an official is, he should love and pamper his wife."”
47 💪💯 ML being like “oh you Xie family want to bully my girl? I’ll destroy you” … will he do anything to the Shi family?
😒 50 man fuck this emperor - he doesn’t deserve ML’s hard work O.o damn girl, empress dowager 😱😅💯 Pregnant! A month! 😹☠️ Not ML being self righteous “well the kid wants us to get tomorrow not next month.”
53 tbh I want FL to become besties with the ED, she seems smart & like she needs friends. Most importantly she isn’t a psycho bitch & suppressed her feelings for ML
54 lol this time I’m not annoyed with her tricking him & giving him a bad attitude Aww a little girl born on her grandma the princess’s birthday!
56 🤷🏻♀️ lovely end of c though, felt more like the actual end 57 a son born 3 yr later? Kinda was all over the place.
58E1 WTF SHE’S DEAD?! SHE JUST DIED?!
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