12/10/25 This was an interesting story but weirdly desolate and annoying - like I had been excited to read the author's other works when I started, but after I finished it I'm like "... hm is it even worth it" - especially after I got burned by that shit XY book. Like ... I am ... what - is it a cross cultural thing I don't find abuse cute? I wish we got much more from ML. And the author wrote him as too pathetic before FL. And honestly - FL ... is not likable. She didn't deserve ML. I also felt the ... well honestly basically the whole set up is stupid. They're both reborn, yet they don't avoid all these pits? Like why did they help P2 so much? Obviously he was evil and stupid and they were - well HE - was kinda prepared, yet not. Cuz ... why not just set up your little cousin from go? All these people suffered and the capital was fucked up because you put P2 on the throne. And honestly? I think the former CP was a better ruler than P2; CP was mean to FL's family (but the 2nd branch at least wholly deserved it) - P2 on the other hand literally colluded with an enemy country to take down ML. Song is grr - not enough people were punished and it was just stupid. All it was was suffering for the people. And there were so many hanging threads. Also the constant "oh gpa offended too many people in the jianhu - a) HOW?! b) so we have to be scared of them - WHAT?! c) which is why we need the noble title, the dukedom. But then gpa gives the title back to the throne and runs off to live in the jianghu which ... WHAT?! Just so much WTFery. And then SR ... I dunno. Felt ... there were so many contradictions and hanging things and SOME satisfactory shit but most was just ... FRUSTRATING. And then they're apart so much after they get married. And I like in a way he didn't take the throne cuz he never wanted it and she gave up on that idea. I guess I just don't trust SR. Or even the little cousin, though it seemed it all worked out. Just ... bleh.
Feels a bit mean to make this 2 stars but honestly it really was just okay. At best like 2.25 stars. D maybe D+. I'm not mad I read it and some parts were entertaining but a lot was frustrating. Just kinda ... why?
1 FL is Shen LanChi O.o oh so her paternal aunt was the Empress, so all she ever wanted to be was also the Empress. She doesn’t really care who her husband is, and unfortunately, the Crown Prince that she marries abandoned her family executes all of them and her on her wedding night. That’s a problem. And someone tried to rescue her the night before, but she refused to go… I’m thinking other guy is the hero. I like she understands her family was also too much. But still f that guy. Lu Zhao Ye eat your heart out
2 is she rebirthed to about 6 months before her death? Ah she’s been reborn for about 2 wks. Anyway she’s 15 Rescued (again) by Lu Qi Yang, the guy who tried to take her away in her past life.
3 damn LQY again tried to rescue her on her wedding night, but he was too late. Which dude is the one who is rebirthed? (Gpa Shen Rui seems good)
4 bro Shen Ting Yuan is early 20s Is it P2 Lu Zi Xiang who is rebirthed?!
6 I’m already so fed up with her cunt cousin Shen Tong Ying I hope STY dies a miserable death.
7 def LQY was rebirthed. lol this banquet scheme. I’m just annoyed SYT & her equally cunt friend think they won
8 Uhoh, the handkerchief - does P2 really like FL? (But seriously lol FL & LQY are hilarious) - HOW DOES HE FEEL ABOUT HER THOUGH REALLY. And tbh how does she feel about him?!
9 honestly I hate her family. & why cod her dad indulge the 2nd branch so much?! SYT I hope you live & die miserably
10 does he really not like her yet?! (Cuz maybe in the past life he didn’t realize till the night before the wedding…)
11 ahhh what he says! So he’s been smitten since childhood 😻❤️💯 (I’m shocked CP was playing with her hair? But f that trash ass man)
13 *teakettle noises* oh they hugged that night in the palace! And 🤷🏻♀️ to FL using that scheming bitch
14 … who saved her? Please not CP.
15 wow his dad is an extremely stupid evil abusive piece of shit
18 she kissed him!
19 now he kissed her! … and omfg saved her life AGAIN. (Girl STOP RELYING ON YOUR PAST LIFE INFO) Anyway … 😬😅 the couple that kills together stays together 🤷🏻♀️
20 poor ML. His shit parents
21.1 more kisses! … at least she applied medicine for him
21.2 and yup Ruan is assigned as CP’s cefei. CP didn’t know. But is still an ass so 🤷🏻♀️
22 wait FL is older than ML? & what’s up with her shoes?
24 I need Xiao shi & her awful daughter STY both to suffer horribly. (lol & is Ruan’s reputation ruined?)
THEY’RE SO CUTE 😻❤️ and the best teammates
26 tbh I feel a smidgen bad for CP, but also considering the past life? … not.
27 honestly one of the biggest problems is the POS emperor. CP is twisted in large part cuz of him. And interesting he just dreamed the past life. And that he left the empress position only for FL. (TOO BAD YOU ALREADY KILLED HER YOU ASS.) Though current him does seem slightly different from past him - but is it cuz FL is different? 🤷🏻♀️
28 😒 P2 is also 😒 - tbh I want ML to take the throne at this point.
29 Honestly why isn’t FL a Shen Ting [character]? 🤷🏻♀️ all her older ~siblings are. Ahhh he himself her man ❤️❤️
30 ugh who is targeting her family? Which specific noble question although I’m sure there are fuck ton. Also, it’s so irritating. The first branch has to cover for the second, and her stupid fucking dad is so fucking goddamn fucking stupid. Just letting them do fucking whatever. Doesn’t he fucking realize it’s a goddamn fucking problem? fuckhead. Fucking idiot. Fucking piece of stupid ass shit.
31 well at least they seem to be taking the murders seriously. Xiao is so stupid. And her bringing in her relatives too
34 wait was that really all set up by ML? The fake hanging? Also 😖😡 WTF did that snake Xiao overhear?
35.1 that Xiao is a cancer. And so stupid. IT WAS YOUR OWN KIDS. I need her to learn the truth ASAP though she won’t
36 Lolol Xiao Fang Shan is now Shen2’s concubine. How do you like them apples Xiao?! 😹😹😹☠️☠️💯 (Also what, is her dad secretly shu? Is that why he wouldn’t have the title? Or would nobody?)
37 😹☠️ Shen Ting Yuan you poor doofus. But omg will he really marry that third Miss Liu Ruyan?
39 🙄🙄🙄😒😒😒 don’t tell me noble consort Liu stupidly targets FL now Oh I forgot to note what c she suspects he was reborn too! And lol when she got flustered getting caught ~flirting with the girls 😒 I do get annoyed at her being overly into beauty like sometimes it’s cute/funny but giving evil people a pass? Bitch come on
40 😹☠️ 🤷🏻♀️ I hope the petty princess has to marry the foreign envoy. And extra 😹☠️ to P2 accidentally confessing to Ji. F his bitch ass mom too. I hope ML knows what he’s doing tho cuz P2 will be a problem … 😖 that hairpin is going to be a problem isn’t it. Where did it come from?! 🙊 oh it was all Shen Ran’s scheme?! Fine if she’s a bit evil BUT ONLY if she doesn’t turn on FL
41 what was up with the hairpin? lol STY got mauled. Did SR know? Why ~can ML have a dagger? FL & ML were too ostentatious here
42.1 rrnngghh P2 is the biggest problem rn! Why won’t FL & ML get engaged?!? Argh!!!
42 oh shit so past life Shen Ran becomes a favored consort - this snake. ML rebelled, Song Yanli betrayed him. Fucker. I hope ML knows! GUY WHAT ARE YOU DOING DESPERATELY HELPING P2 LIKE THIS?!
43 called it; FL’s dad is a shu child. Srsly tho is she really that clueless? LET YOUR PARENTS MATCHMAKE QUICKLY, DUMMY
44.1 lol the only good thing about Lu Xianren this Zhennan wang is that he appears to be scared of his wife. Oh *this* is interesting “T/N: A thing to note is that both Lu Qi Yang and his father don't use the address 'royal father'(XE) in this chapter, instead using the more common 'father'() that most people would use.”
44.2 PLEASE FINALLY DIVIDE THE FAMILY
45 Honestly the empress is stupid AF - forcing FL to marry CP will only create enmity.
46 oh thank god CP has some restraint. lol though FL & ML canoodled & missed his other words
Skimmed 47.1 I need everyone in the palace to die in a prolonged fire.
I’m so mad they didn’t tell her dad. I hate the empress, Liu, & emperor
49.1 long knew Shen XinSu this 2nd uncle was evil but damn. Killed his own brother.
50.1 🤷🏻♀️ I’m too stupid to understand what he wants for his bday. Also sigh this Lü family
50.2 omggggg the explanation!!! SO CUTE AND SO ROMANTIC!! Ahhhhhhhh
51.1 Wu XiuDing seems like he might come into play. Like that eldest young Master Lu. Wu ZhengMo is trash though & I’m disappointed in ML that’s his ~friend
51.2 Ahhh 😻😻😻🥰🥰🥰 HBD! 🥳 “Clearly the winter weather was severely cold with snowfall, but Shen Lan Chi strangely felt her heart warming up. She tightly grasped Lu Qi Yang's collar, breaking away from his kiss as she muttered, "Gave it to you, my present." "What?" "Didn't you want that 'national heirloom of Ji Hou'? I've solved the riddle, precisely me. Go ahead, raise a pot of Lan Lan at home."” … Xiao is so stupid. How will it look to marry off SR like that. Too dog blood
52.1 😒 SR just keeps being … gross.
53 … I NEED TO KNOW IF LIU YU IS FRIEND OR FOE 😅 clearly I thought too much cuz I thought LY might love P2
54 LY deserves to be slapped & worse. But why is FL’s cousin being a cunt? Please let her use her brain - she CANNOT marry over - plus ew blood relatives
55.1 EWWWWWx15 omg bitch cousin Lu is in love with her own older brother omfg. Lu Zhining you creep.
55.2 😹☠️☠️☠️ Did they send Liu’s own niece to the emperor?! BWAAAH
57 lol bye consort Liu. Whew ML saved his dad/their misery power. that Liu Yu better not have heard anything improper. And why is he skulking around as FL dances
58 Honestly smart for her to spread the rumors. But well gpa really return the title to the emperor?
59.1 well he did. Gpa is a giant pig teammate. Though FL is her own pig teammate. Bitch - STOP HELPING P2. Liu Chang is super annoying and he needs to die
59.2 uhhh were they trying to force FL to marry instead?
60 man CP lost his coup so easily - did STY burn herself to death? 🤷🏻♀️ yet another terrible wedding (Oh but ML let her know he was also reborn!)
61.1 *sigh* her dad disowned her to protect her right? But what a terrible way.
61.2 !!! Did they have sex?! (Also super ew P2 immediately running to her house)
62.2 … and this Lu Jinghua, the Hejian wang 2nd son - what’s up w/ him. Oh Wu XuDing redeemed SR. But … she’s definitely going to be a danger
*sigh* empress, let herself be instigated by P2 into murdering the emperor so now both the emperor and empress are dead. P2 has ascended the throne. Unfortunately, he hasn’t given up on FL despite her being engaged to ML so that’s yet another huge problem.
64.1 … I really don’t find her being a Giant fucking asshole to him funny. Or her utter unconcern about the now emperor. Like why even give her a brain - clearly she’s not using it
65.1 I hate Liu Wen so much. LRY is loyal - but has she REALLY thought it through? Plus her family def isn’t into it
65.2 go LY! He let his sister run away! Though eloping is ~bad? Though maybe not here? I hope she & Shen are blissfully happy
66.1 yay he’s back! And lol these 2. (😖🤦🏻♀️ to empress Ji. And I’m still mad at that Song guy) - thank God stupid creepy evil emperor didn’t try to kidnap her in the palace: I was worried.
66.2 stupid trash ass emperor trying to shove an edict marriage at ML. Glad he straight up was like “nope.” And LY helping out! ❤️💯
67 what was the trash emperor trying to do?! Creep. lol ML barging in & carrying FL out. Good wedding! ❤️
68 married!!
69 creep girl cousin/creep cousins got seen by SR …
70.1 ML is officially Zhennan wang! His dad retired! lol that fucking Xia family still clinging. Go ML! 💪💯
😒 72 honestly I think she’s a giant asshole to him. But hey they’re pregnant
76 🤷🏻♀️ LY brought this on himself. Annoying LZX is so despicable & faces no problems though
78 I do feel bad for Ji Fei Xia - she’s been so pampered & insulated & fooled, how would she know better? And she wouldn’t have listened before anyway.
79.1 LZX continues to be trash. (Dude how did they have the time to strip /dismantle the palaces though) and he abandoned his empress. SR being pregnant… 😒
79.2 uh this Lu JingHua & SR shit w/ the forged edict is so stupid. Good job - you called yourself emperor. Now what? How are you going to take the realm? Oh you’re gonna make ML listen to you… how?
82 why is the author wasting all this real estate on Shen Xi. And oh ML won’t be the emperor - but is LJH trustworthy? SR definitely isn’t
83 aww “Another month later, Shen Lan Chi gave birth. After four hours of difficulty, she finally gave birth to a daughter in the capital, giving the name Lu Guan Rong, her nickname Mi Gao (honey cake).”
84 man why was Ji so devoted. And LZX slit his own throat with his trusted generals. 🤷🏻♀️ His letter to FL got accidentally(?) trampled. ML meeting his daughter 🙃 - I lowkey thought former CP might pop up & kill LZX Hm. ML quits his job, gets a fief with 5 cities, leaves with FL. LY dies (expected). SR never resented FL - that’s nice.
85 Yay! 6th yr of new dude’s reign they had a son! (& 2 yrs before that he got 3 more cities for pacifying the border again)
86 e1 modern AU: oh she’s 2-3 years older? … who is Zhang Luren?! Oh. A random awkward turtle.
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