The Master of the Red Chamber

To put it simply, the protagonist just returned to the manor, established his authority, and then suddenly a maid dared to talk back and disrespect him. And the protagonist didn't even bother to hold it against her, treating her like a modern 12 or 13-year-old girl… My god, was all the suffering he endured in feudal times for nothing? How can he judge things with modern eyes!

This deliberate portrayal of the protagonist's suffering, haha, there's a reason you're not popular.

Why do so many authors of *Dream of the Red Chamber* like to depict a morbid form of filial piety, even using it to govern the country? In these stories, sons can abuse their fathers no matter how heinous, and the sons are forbidden from resisting. Resisting is considered disobedience and unfilial, and being beaten to death is considered deserved.

From around chapter sixty onwards, it's a loop of "Grandmother Jia annoys the protagonist - the protagonist tolerates it because he is a junior - the protagonist has a quarrel with the Jia family, and Grandmother Jia gets angry - Grandmother Jia tries to ease the tension with the protagonist for the sake of the Jia family - the protagonist and Grandmother Jia make up," and so on indefinitely. I don't know if it's filler or if this is the outline.

Seeing this princess being moved to the first wife's quarters is quite unsettling, because this princess hasn't shown any outstanding qualities so far, and yet she's been forcibly placed in the first wife's quarters, pushing the female lead of *Dream of the Red Chamber* into the fourth wife's quarters. Frankly, it's a bit much. An original female lead is fine, but it shouldn't be so forced, especially before the character has even gained any liking.

The earlier parts were alright, but this princess is truly disgusting.

It follows the same formula as that novel "Saving the World," where the protagonist is all talk and no action, yet ultimately jumps into the cesspool anyway.

The princess was really unnecessary. There are already so many female characters in Dream of the Red Chamber, why go to the trouble of creating a new one? It takes up space and isn't even likable.

What good is the protagonist's unwavering loyalty to the emperor if he's still treated like a dog by the royal family? They even send him that ridiculous princess to disgust him, and the protagonist can't refuse her advances; he has to respect her ancestors. He might as well rebel!

Several novels about the Dream of the Red Chamber often begin with a more normal level of thinking, but become quite morbid later on. The protagonist, a high-ranking official, seems to have no official duties or social life, spending all his time in the garden and surrounded by women.