The Aspirations of the Red Chamber

I love Lin Daiyu so much! Gather everyone, let's see how many Daiyu fans there are.

The author's romantic subplots are truly underwhelming. He's practically effusive in his affections towards every girl he meets. He promises Lin Ruhai, waiting for her to achieve academic success, to marry Lin Daiyu. He makes the same promise to Miaoyu, and then to Xue Baoqin. His relationships seem like child's play; how much of it is genuine?

In harem novels, the premise of the protagonist remaining chaste for a particular heroine is absurd. Author, you're trying to write a harem novel with a single female lead, and you're not pleasing either side.

The only flaw in this book so far is the princess disguised as a man to impersonate a prince. In any dynasty, as long as the emperor is intelligent, he wouldn't dare to treat the country and its people so lightly. This premise is truly melodramatic.

My impression of the protagonist has always been that, apart from Daiyu, whom he clearly intends to marry, he's content with changing the fates of the other women; whether he accepts them or not is irrelevant. Aside from Daiyu, whose purpose is clear, the progress in winning over the other women is entirely accidental.

The biggest problem is that if you're going to rebel, just rebel properly. Don't spend all your time fighting with the Jia family. Even if you bring down the Jia family, what good will your rebellion do? Do you think that destroying the Jia family means destroying the dynasty? In that case, I can only say that the protagonist's vision is limited to the Jia family.

I love Lin Daiyu

This Li Ming is definitely the younger sister disguised as a man. The second prince died back then, and in order to stabilize the situation, the younger sister disguised herself as a man. In the end, she will definitely be added to the protagonist's harem, hehe.

The male lead is too much of a sweetheart; he constantly blames himself, feels guilty, and feels sorry for women when they're sad. Will he be able to care for all the women in the future? With so many women, there will inevitably be people and things that cause them pain. Does his guilt and self-blame mean he won't care about any more women?

An outsider prematurely interrupts the storyline of Lin Daiyu and the other girls, which is initially quite interesting and more believable than a direct confrontation with Jia Baoyu over the girls. The pacing is well-balanced, and unnecessary conflicts are glossed over. However, the plot takes a sharp turn after the fight with the bald-headed monk 😥...