[In all my life, I have done no wrong, except that for my sister-in-law, I have endured every kind of amorous sin]
Feng Yueyin never expected to trip and land inside a male-focused career novel.
She’s even become the widowed sister-in-law of the cannon-fodder female character who shares her name.
The book’s male lead, Li Shiqing, was born into poverty, passed the imperial exams, and ultimately rose to become the chief grand secretary. The female lead is Xue Yu, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jiayong.
The male-focused novel doesn’t dwell much on romance, but the leads have a wonderful relationship. The only obstacle between them is Feng Yueyin.
The original Feng Yueyin came to the capital to seduce the male lead. He was already wary of her, and after several failed attempts, she was driven away. She was then killed by bandits on her way home.
Feng Yueyin shudders and looks at the male lead, Li Shiqing. She resolves to keep to her place and become the perfect sister-in-law.
She’ll serve the male lead as if he were her own ancestor,
save up some money, and move out as soon as possible. She absolutely won’t get in the way of the leads’ romance.
But the male lead stops her time and time again.
As she watches longing and resentment roil together in Li Shiqing’s eyes, she realizes that things have completely gone off course…
His elder brother was nearly forty when he married a woman twenty years his junior, and Li Shiqing had always resented it.
Then his brother died suddenly, and his widowed sister-in-law came to the capital alone to seek refuge with him.
“Uncle. My, my husband said before he died that, that I could come to the capital and stay with you.”
Li Shiqing quietly scrutinizes the beautiful woman before him, who can barely get her words out.
Just a few days ago, he received two letters. One was from his nephew, Li Qingyun, saying that Feng Yueyin had a lot to do with his brother’s death.
The other was from his nephew’s wife, saying Feng Yueyin had no children and had seduced Li Qingyun into sleeping with her, hoping to get pregnant and pass the baby off as her brother-in-law’s posthumous child.
She even went out of her way to warn him to beware of this young sister-in-law’s talent for seducing men.
It's very depressing, at least for the heroine. I finally understand why some time-traveling women in some novels go crazy. It is difficult for people to survive and change when they encounter a social background like the heroine. I don't want the heroine to be with the hero. It's best to go out alone or let the heroine go home. She needs freedom, the kind of freedom where she can do whatever she wants without being suppressed by ethics. This kind of freedom cannot be given to her even if the hero likes it no matter how much he likes it. What's more, I don't think the male protagonist is worthy of her, because as a scholar-bureaucrat himself, the feudalism in his bones cannot be eliminated. Let him and Xue be together. They are in the same class and in the same era, but they will fit together better.
I was really depressed after reading the first 10 or so chapters. I felt a little better after the male protagonist was released from prison, but... Sigh... I really don't know how to express my feelings. On the one hand, I lament that the author's writing is very delicate, the clothing, the theory, the help of the male protagonist's brother, Wu Niang, the philistine in the tooth shop, the male protagonist's progression from disdain to guilt to slowly liking it, let me see an antique world; On the other hand, I read more than 30 chapters, and the male protagonist had a slightly better impression of the female protagonist. After reading two more chapters, I felt more and more like a free soul forced to be enclosed in a shell, which made me imagine that in ancient times, people who were oppressed by various class systems and ethics could not breathe. And I myself was abandoned by my biological mother in this world, and I suffered from all kinds of ups and downs and rumors... The male protagonist makes me feel that he is indeed talented, capable and good-looking, and the female protagonist is very good at cooking, tough and charming. Although I was attracted by the writing, I don't want them to be together. The male protagonist, an Aboriginal, should be with the Aboriginals, and let the female protagonist go... Or maybe she is also an Aboriginal if her memory has not been restored yet... The book is very good, but it's not suitable for me. I'm too fragile, or maybe I shouldn't have opened this book in the middle of the night, which caused me to break my defense...
I haven't seen such a good book in a long time. The plot is reasonable and emotional, and the various threads are intertwined. It's really enjoyable to read! How could there be such a delicious and perfect article! The teacher is really a genius!!! Moreover, both the male protagonist's officialdom line has various trade-offs, the family line is also confusing, and the female protagonist's career line is also booming!!! The most important thing is that in so many plots, all kinds of emotions are delicious!! The friendship lines are great too!!! I'm so lucky to meet such a good writer!! The teacher's writing is indeed very good, the story is eloquent, and the emotions are lingering and pathos. But with the recent updates, I've started to skip chapters. I feel that the male protagonist is not worthy of the female protagonist, so he might as well be with Xue Yu, at least with the same views. Moreover, the male protagonist has always said in his heart that he is madly in love with the female protagonist. He tries to avoid getting into trouble with the female protagonist, embarrasses her, and most of his help is just simple care. On the contrary, the heroine was detained for all kinds of courtesy because of paperwork, came back to visit the hero, and then was dumped in the face. You may feel loved from God's perspective, but your actions cannot lie. Maybe it's because the serialization feels very slow, and I feel like my career has stagnated, my emotions have stagnated, and I'm stuck.
It's quite interesting. I'm curious whether the original owner really did those things or was wronged. Even if he really did it, there must be some reason. The original owner is pretty, but why did he fall in love with the male lead's brother and he's so much older? I don't think that Li Wenyan is a good person. Could it be that he wants to force the original owner to catch the thief, and after being discovered, he will blame everything on the original owner for the sake of reputation? Then the relationship between the male and female protagonists is progressing very slowly. At present, it feels like there is only a little bud of ambiguity. The two of them still put their own interests first, and I don't know how it will develop in the future.
Hello everyone ⊹꙳ ˶˙ᵕ˙˶ ⊹꙳, I usually don't read comments during the serialization period, but I will take the time to read some after the series is finished. I was too busy to read the last two books, but this review book is already the one I have read the most. First of all, thank you all for liking this story. I also saw some questions from you. Some readers may think that the heroine is too frustrated. In fact, I understand. When I was writing this story, I read Chen Baoliang's "Women's Lives in the Ming Dynasty" again. The book described more restrictions on women than I had written. I was also very frustrated after reading it. I referenced some of it. It is doomed to fuse the soul of a modern heroine into the ancient times, so I also consciously made the heroine "smarter" in the middle and later stages, that is, to make her refined and self-interested. Including writing the final ending of the little beggar is to make the heroine subconsciously realize that modern times can no longer go back, and understand that the great era and environmental structure, productivity and production relations are here. I actually also wrote about the male and female protagonists discussing the widow's remarriage debate, but in the end I deleted it because it would be boring for readers and it would deviate from the theme and character. But in the future I really want to write a book where the heroine travels to the late Ming Dynasty to conquer the world, hahaha. The male protagonist is arrogant in his heart, but because he has read various Confucian classics, he is in a state of confusion towards the female protagonist. The scholar-bureaucrats during the Ming Dynasty really gave me a tangled feeling. This period was also a period when the feudal system and personal thoughts were in conflict. I also use this impression to describe the male protagonist, so I will use more ink. This book started in a hurry. I was hesitating between whether the heroine should travel through time or be an aboriginal. In the end, I chose time travel. If she was an aboriginal, it would have been more depressing in the early stages. I wanted the atmosphere of the book to be more relaxed. After I finished writing, I felt that the supporting characters were not enough, especially in the later stages. However, I am very happy to be able to finish the book without the eunuch, and I will try my best to finish the book without giving up in the future! ˃̶͈ ꇴ ˂̶͈ Finally, let me promote the new book I will publish at the end of the month, Beautiful Evil Girl × Son of the First Assistant. This book will portray more of the heroine! Thanks to everyone for checking out my book!
Why is there no one?????? This smells delicious!!!!! Get me fired up quickly, and I'll update 800 chapters a day! The first 20 chapters are a little flat, mainly because the male protagonist is still a bit old-fashioned in the first 20 chapters, but after chapter 20 it starts to get interesting!!! The yandere smell is coming out! It smells so good! It turns out that the old-fashioned attitude in the first 20 chapters was just the male protagonist hiding his abilities and biding his time to suppress himself. He did this deliberately because he was actually quite wild. This is the most fragrant! This kind of ascetic person indulges in sexual desire, and the restrained person goes crazy. This is the most fragrant flavor! I'm so afraid that the author won't write anymore! I haven't had the most delicious bite of rice yet!!! Why don't you add it to your bookshelf collection? I really want to see the male protagonist go completely crazy and stop pretending and take the female protagonist as his own!! Should the author consider refining the copy? I feel that the current copywriting stops a bit abruptly and does not show the context well.
I rarely write book reviews, but this one is really different. The heroine's character is very normal and has no flaws. The emotional line is also smooth and flowing, with a lot of ambiguity and a sense of betrayal. The male protagonist is not one of those commonly seen on the market. The character is more three-dimensional and realistic. There are some small flaws, but the flaws are not concealed. Most of the political plots and some of the ancient historical economic and political theories involved are sophisticated, not written in vain, and it is a very high-quality book. It can be read as a farming novel, an upgraded novel, or a uncle and sister-in-law with a sense of immorality. Okay, that's all. @_@
The writing of this book is smooth and easy to read, and the plot is also relatively smooth. The actions of the male and female protagonists are consistent with their own characters. The score of only 7.1 Is really too low, which is a pity. Let's give the book a boost. In terms of writing style, the author's writing style is very smooth. You can feel that the world in the book is vivid, and it is very smooth to read. Then, the characters of the male and female protagonists are also more three-dimensional. The dialogue between the male protagonist and the female protagonist is also quite ancient, and it is unlikely that you will suddenly hear a very dramatic modern word in the male protagonist's mouth. The character of the male protagonist is a well-read Confucian classic, abiding by the rules, a bit old-fashioned, and a little yandere (sometimes I wonder if he is too repressed), and the character's behavior is quite logical. I read in book reviews that some people couldn't stand what the male protagonist did in the first 30 chapters or so. The male protagonist was really unlikable in the early stages. But if you think about it carefully, his behavior is actually normal. Who, after learning that the death of his brother, like his father, was closely related to his sister-in-law, her seduction of her nephew, and her lack of respect for etiquette (because the male protagonist valued this more in the early stage, so I mentioned it), would not be prejudicial and treat the female protagonist coldly and harshly? The perception of the characters has to change slowly, and the gradual transformation is very natural. The heroine is a food blogger who has traveled through time. It's really not easy. The background of this novel is roughly set in the period of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties, which led to very serious oppression of women. In the early stage, she was treated coldly by the male protagonist and was forced to adhere to rigid feudal etiquette. In addition, there were constant gossips about her status as a widow, and she was always being made pornographic rumors. The situation was really difficult. I think the abuse of women mentioned in the comment section generally refers to these. This is also a common problem in ancient novels. In fact, even in modern times, the living conditions for widows who are beautiful but have no one to rely on are quite different and very difficult. So when I was reading it myself, I was always struggling with the emotional line: the male protagonist's rigid adherence to etiquette really heightened the sense of taboo between the uncle and his sister-in-law, which was quite easy to argue with; but the female protagonist is a time traveler, and the gap between their concepts is such that I couldn't help but wonder, are they really suitable for getting together? However, this is not the key point of this novel for the heroine. This section mainly talks about the heroine opening a dim sum shop and doing business. He is going relatively smoothly in opening a shop and doing business. However, his business line is relatively ordinary, which is a very bland business line. I feel that the routine is to put modern dim sum and dishes into ancient times, promote them, and then they will sell well. Well, comparatively... How should I put it? Maybe it's too natural? (Currently, I have only updated more than 140 chapters. If this line is more exciting in the later period, just pretend I didn't mention it) On the other hand, looking at the career line of the male protagonist, he portrayed it better than the female protagonist. You can see him. The imperial examination was smooth sailing, suppressed by political opponents, difficulties in implementing the New Deal, etc. The male protagonist's career highlights will be more "highlighted" than the female protagonist's. Overall, this is a novel with no flaws, and the author's writing style is pretty good, so the score of 7.1 Is a bit too low.
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Such a beautiful article is actually serialized, let me read it!!!!! Come on, author! The teacher writes so well, why are there so few people 😢