The Story of Minglan: Starting as the Third Son of the Rong Family

Mo Lan is unsuitable to be the matriarch unless the protagonist can influence her from a young age. A wife should be virtuous, not beautiful. A matriarch is judged by her vision, interpersonal skills, ability to manage the inner quarters, and capacity to oversee the business; it's not a matter of arbitrarily assigning roles.

Seeing that the female lead is Mo Lan, I immediately lost interest in continuing to read.

The author is impressive; out of 6 books, 5 are fanfiction of "The Story of Minglan".

The writing doesn't focus on Lin, nor on this side, nor on Minglan. It's purely like a troublemaker. There are only two storylines: the struggle for the crown prince and the Sheng family's storyline. Both are written to death, jumping back and forth between them after dealing with one side. Leaving aside the crown prince struggle, if the Sheng family doesn't even respect her, why put on this show? It seems annoying, immoral, and utterly brainless.

To be honest, could you please use your brain a little? Given the protagonist's situation, his career path was already ruined within the first eight chapters. You've displeased the emperor. No matter how much favor your sister enjoys, it's all useless if you offend all the officials in court. You dare lead troops to the Duke of Qi's mansion to act tough and collect taxes?

Haha, Mo Lan as the female lead? Does she even look like one? Is it her looks that give you the illusion, or her advances that make you like her, or do you enjoy the feeling of being betrayed in your darkest hour? This isn't just a challenge for the readers, it's a challenge for the author's own wallet. (This is clearly a work of love.) 🤔🤔🤔

You transmigrated to a war-torn era, born into a peasant family, and are just an ordinary person without any special abilities. Even with your commander-in-chief dead, you still manage to achieve merit? How much do you look down on people from ancient times?

This author seems like an idiot, always stepping on landmines. The worst part is that these landmines are the kind that even a normal person would never do.

I've read all the other books, but after reading the synopsis of this one, I suddenly don't want to read it anymore.

Personally, I'm quite satisfied with how the plot about her was handled, because I added some popularity to her. In the original novel and the TV series, she was too contradictory. She pretended for half her life, and then suddenly stopped pretending. In my opinion, there's only one explanation: she doesn't like who she is now. So I chose to write it this way, allowing her, briefly, to be herself again in front of everyone, to be the refined young lady she once was.