[Hilarious, satisfying power fantasy + court politics and infrastructure projects + wastrel's comeback + indulging a spoiled wife]
Yu Wenxiao, a modern-day elite, opens his eyes to find himself the capital's most hated wastrel. He's deep in debt, and his enemies fill the entire court. To make matters worse, he has a spoiled, high-maintenance wife, Su Mingyue, who only knows how to waste money and compete with others. Every day, she sobs, "Husband~ They made fun of me again for marrying a good-for-nothing!"
Yu Wenxiao: ...This is a hellish start?
Fine! Watch as I use the imperial examinations to slap my foes in the face with one hand and make a fortune from infrastructure projects with the other. I'll tear this broken script to shreds!
But... is standing up for my wife actually kind of satisfying? The way she throws her weight around under my protection somehow feels more rewarding than becoming chief minister.
Years later, Lord Yu, whose power holds sway over the entire court, sums up his secret to success: Nothing to it, just practice. Dote on your wife, slap your foes in the face, and build things!
(Some parts may not be written very well, so please don't scrutinize them too closely. Feel free to offer suggestions and I'll revise them.)
I'm from the south, and this article is just like my stereotype of Northeastern dialect, "do haer, do haer, what the hell" After reading the whole article, it was all "blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah". I was really afraid that something like that would appear.
The heroine's design is not very good, and I feel like she is always being unhelpful. And after all, the heroine is also a lady from the Duke's palace, so she still wears last year's jewelry. Is this reasonable? There is a dowry when you get married, so you don't have to wear new jewelry. Moreover, the content of the article is contradictory. It is obvious that I already knew something before, but after two chapters, I did not know it again. I thought I had remembered it wrong and went back to read it. It turned out that I had forgotten it after writing it down.
Fortunately, it's just so messy that it makes my head hurt to look at it.
The order of things before and after is confusing. It is clear that things that have been experienced before are now changed into things that have not been experienced before. I even doubt that I have seen it wrong.
The writing is very good. The only dissatisfaction is that the protagonist is too aggrieved. It would be great if he was the kind of person who can stand up and become the emperor.
It's pretty good, but the writing is a bit messy.
Why do I keep repeating the scenes I have written? One moment I am summoned by the emperor, the next I go to court, and the next I am summoned by the emperor again. I wrote one scene three times. It's so confusing.
I just like watching this kind of machinations
Too messy and not good.