3/12/24 - lowkey the "only" bad thing about this book are the ~side stories/last chapters - I felt disappointed by how it ended and how little we got from ML and FL actually married like goddamn author give us some of their sweetness. Instead it was all those ugh side characters- and tbh I did not give a fuck about DingYanShan - like I'm happy she got her HEA but felt way too much time was devoted to her. Her guy was doofy and cute but ... I'm mad/feel it was a loss to lose out on ML and FL. [Same with the annoying flower seller friend and the blockhead guard...]
Loved how FL was actually friends with her ex's wife. I missed it the first time somehow - and got her ex confused with that official who was in love with her like it seems she... had no history with him so WTF? There's some stuff I didn't entirely grok but oh this was such an excellent story. I can definitely see myself re-reading it again <3
Grade: A
~*~*~*~*~*~ ~c56 holy shit a) glad FL survived - and also goddamn badass her surviving the assassination attempt & knowing that (LYR?) was fake
C58 😹💯❤️ the (imperial?) edict from the empress dowager for them to get remarried. (Seriously what did ML promise that princess <.<) 🤷🏻♀️💯❤️
😡😡😡 c62 those fuckheads a year later now trying to convict FL of murder OF THE BITCH WHO TRIED TO KILL HER.
C64 😒😡🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 stupid fucking POS emperor. Wanting to torture the FL. Kill him with fire. Fuckhead idiot. I am STRESSED at that cunt DingYueXiang trying to poison FL. How the fucking fuck is she just allowed to be so goddamn evil with zero goddamn consequences. 🔪🔪🔪 and fuckhead emperor dissolving their marriage again.
C65 … was it… her… ex(?) that rescued her? 😱😱😱☠️☠️☠️ it was her ex who was blinded her. Omfg.
C67 goddamn FL is so smart to have that dye ❤️❤️❤️ and yay her younger BIL! 💯❤️ I am WHEEZELAUGHING younger SIL literally brought snacks 😹😹😹☠️☠️☠️
C71 awwww when ML plays at the qin gathering & FL then everyone joins them… and they get married the THIRD time ❤️❤️❤️
C72 O.o wait who TF is AnRouChen? 🤷🏻♀️ (oh wait is this the story of FL’s older SIL? Is the oldest BIL the former general? That was hm.)
C74 … so is this the extra story of FL’s “little sister” & the guard… 🫠🤷🏻♀️ … he’s more than 10 yrs older; bleh is this ~ok cuz she’s the one pressing? This is so awkward verging kinda gross how … super awkward the guard is.
C79 🙃🫠 DingYanS(h)an and the “mountain bandit.”
C80 🙄😒😐🙃 TBH I’m sick of this DYS arc & am annoyed she’s getting this sweet admirer/more sweetness than FL.
3/11/24 re-read C41 ❤️ FL being smart and distracting ML with kisses 😹💯☠️❤️
C45 ugh 😭😭😭 even the second time around immediately FL’s shenanigans to get divorced and all the reactions are still so heartbreaking.
C50 wait 😹☠️ did they break the bed fucking. 😹😹☠️
C51 FL was so fucking badass facing the fake LinRuiYao(?) - also I hate her 😡😒😡 (can’t remember how/why the original was someone she bothered with).
😿 c54 when ML is telling everyone how smart & great FL is and how she’ll definitely survive when she’s dying 😭
😡😡😡🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪 c64 I still want to beat the shit out of the stupid fucking emperor for saying to torture FL. And the assholes trying to go after the Long family. I hope the emperor suffers stupid evil stupid fucking fuck who fucking screwed up the case in the first place fucking asshole fuck.
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