A Heart of Brocade

The female lead, having lived in ancient times for so long, still managed to elope and succeed—where did she get the travel permit? Marrying a poor scholar was already a sign of her folly. Sometimes, the female lead was too kind, even considering sparing Aunt Yuan's life, without considering the consequences.

He was betrothed as a wife, but eloped to become a concubine. He brought it upon himself.

It's unbelievable that the female protagonist in a time-travel novel starts by running away from home! Where's her travel permit? Without one, she's a vagrant, and vagrants have no social standing; if she gets killed on the street, she's dead in vain. Just walking into any village and it's a paradise? Do you even know what a family or clan is?

I've read this book many times, and I deeply feel that the author belonged to a generation poisoned by *Dream of the Red Chamber*. Even so, I still love this book; I appreciate many of the lessons it teaches, which are truly enlightening. I've finally found the official copy, and I'll definitely buy a copy when I have time.

Such a crazy female protagonist would definitely not be so lucky in ancient times. She can't possibly run away from her arranged marriage and then marry her original fiancé again. You're really dreaming!

No wonder there are so few readers. It doesn't match real life. The protagonist is clearly a time traveler. He is 50 years old before and after the time travel, but his behavior shows the intelligence of a 10-year-old. Is this a serious flaw or is the author nearsighted?

The central theme of the whole story is: going through the motions, doing things twice, inexplicably running away from an arranged marriage, damaging family relationships, marrying recklessly, giving everything to support a scumbag, being divorced, then going back to an ex, becoming a second wife and raising someone else's child—a truly heartbreaking situation.

I skipped through a bit, and the initial setup was incredibly toxic. The husbands chosen by her father and brothers were wrong, but her own choice was perfect, yet she still ended up ruined. She was destined to accumulate wealth from a young age but refused to voice her opinions; instead of running away from home earlier, she chose to elope, harming her entire family.

I don't think it will look good. A good horse doesn't turn back to eat the grass it already grazed; running away from an arranged marriage turns into being secondhand goods—it's all come full circle, back to square one.

I usually listen to audiobooks, and this article ends with all sorts of ********************************************************** I want to say I really hate stars!