The Red Chamber Succession Struggle

Sixteen short chapters The story already features a cast of characters: an emperor emeritus who is unwilling to abdicate, a concubine emperor who inexplicably ascends the throne, a crown prince whose mother has died, a second imperial uncle who is constantly plotting against his nephew, a new imperial uncle who has been scheming during the coup and continues to dig pits afterward, an empress…

The seemingly turbulent court struggles were actually nothing more than underhanded schemes and intrigues. On one hand, they used the Donglin Party model to pressure the imperial power (Wen's death in remonstrance), and on the other hand, they employed the Qing Dynasty's slave system. This dynasty, barely three generations in, was already on the verge of collapse. The royal family was a joke.

The author fails to grasp the true meaning of an imperial society, resulting in poorly written ancient Chinese literature. What is imperial power? Even the most ambitious civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, aside from disputes over the succession, would not easily provoke princes; the imperial family was not to be trifled with. The fear of imperial power was deeply ingrained.

Could Lin Daiyu be a princess with that kind of personality? It would be better to choose Jia Yuanchun as the princess and Lin Daiyu as a concubine.

To illustrate, consider this: the Duke and the Crown Prince's rebellion failed and they were killed. However, the Duke's family wasn't exterminated, nor was his entire household wiped out. They weren't even stripped of their titles; their social standing was merely lowered, reducing their household to that of an earldom.

This book doesn't seem very good. If it weren't for the "Dream of the Red Chamber" label, it wouldn't have so many collectors. The recent comments are all positive; were these negative reviews deleted? That's strange.

This is a bit far-fetched. Someone on the outskirts of the capital was raising several thousand men, who were then sent to kill princes. Even the end of a dynasty couldn't have been more extreme.

Sure, a story is interesting when the opponents are evenly matched and each has their own methods. What's interesting about a story with a god-like teammate and a pig-like opponent who sweeps all the way?

The protagonist is like a dog, incredibly stupid yet always jumping around, constantly being bossed around by all sorts of people, and utterly toxic.

Keeping hundreds or even thousands of armored assassins right under the emperor's nose? And they even assassinated the emperor's own son. The son, having just led reinforcements to kill rebels, would return only to have his first worry be the Ministry of War impeaching him for treason! Then they'd discuss marriage! Keeping a private army, especially armored ones—shouldn't that be the most important thing?!