Baochai is not a lover. Abandoning wealth for love is not something to be ashamed of. The question is whether you are prepared to bear the consequences.
Wang Baochuan did it. Even though she had been eating chaffy vegetables for eighteen years, she never entered the prime minister's house. She did not go back to beg her father. She just bowed her head and her mother would take her back. Her father would not blame her too much. It had nothing to do with whether Xue Pinggui was good or bad. This was the embodiment of Wang Baochuan's personal character. This was her responsibility to bear the consequences. She said that if you don't regret marrying a bride, you won't regret it. If you don't regret it, you won't regret it.
Is Xue Pinggui a scumbag? For Dai Zhan, yes, he abandoned his wife and son and returned to the Central Plains.
But for Baochai, I couldn't curse these two words. She gave him three high-fives and gave up her daughter to live in a cold kiln. Why didn't he lose the throne and run to Chang'an to die?
Putting aside the brainwashing videos of digging wild vegetables, let's take a look at the story of Wang Baochuan and Xue Pinggui from another perspective.
Purpose: They are just characters in the story, why are they being reviled like this?