The Brocade-Clad Top Scholar

I finished watching it, and overall it was alright. However, there are two problems: one is that the pacing is too slow, there's no main storyline, and it's somewhat dragging; the other is that the characters are very stereotypical and their intelligence is drastically reduced. I suggest the author reorganize the main storyline and speed up the pace.

A heads-up: those of you who want to read about the Zhu family matriarch and her gang still being disgustingly active hundreds of chapters later are mistaken. The protagonist could drug others at age 7, so why couldn't he drug this whole family? Secondly, in the middle of the story, the protagonist is rich and powerful.

I read novels for fun, but the extremely torturous plot in the beginning is hard to bear. The writing is good, but the plot is terrible. The protagonist is only 7 years old, how long are they going to keep fighting? 😓

Having read over forty chapters, I'm utterly disgusted by the family storyline. It's not that the author's writing is bad; in fact, the better the description, the more nauseating it becomes. Then, looking at the comments and chapter titles, I realized the latest chapters haven't resolved this family issue at all? What's the point of writing this storyline, author? Just to create conflict?

After reading the introduction, I want to say, what's the use of being the emperor's tutor, best friend, classmate, and benefactor? Even if you were his father, he wouldn't hesitate to kill you.

They dare not sell smuggled salt, but they dare to sell snowflake salt? Aren't they afraid of trouble from the imperial court for reaching the level of tribute salt?

Why do you write books that are so painful to read? I've read dozens of chapters, but when I look at the comments, they say a ridiculous family story is still going on after more than two hundred chapters! Before the protagonist's father died, he had already started his own family and career. After the family split up, there were two families with sons.

The Jiajing Emperor was cruel and ungrateful...

She managed to trick the prince out of the palace, push him into the pond, and then rescue him without being exposed; she managed to trick the prince into a fire and then rescue him without being exposed; yet she couldn't assassinate an old woman without any guards. She's quite filial.

Emperor Jiajing was by no means a kind person; he was also an ingrate. Therefore, this book made a mistake in terms of its selection of materials. Why not write about the Hongzhi Emperor? In the early stages, he fights against powerful eunuchs and wet nurses; in the middle stages, he assists a benevolent ruler in dealing with civil officials and nobles; and in the later stages, he disciplines his unruly children. A 3 million word book could easily be produced.