Being a Stepmother Is Tough: I Won Over the Kids and Cleared My Name!

After reading over 400 chapters, my first impression was that the language and plot were too bland, and I skimmed through many of them. My second impression was that there was too little content about the male and female leads, and too much focus on the people around them. The main storyline was too unclear, and it felt like just a group of people's daily lives.

The author writes very well. Ordinary, uneventful days. The relationships between the characters are portrayed very realistically. Life is just like this. And it's set in ancient times.

Speechless. The supporting characters have more screen time than the main characters. Once they arrive in the capital, it's purely political infighting. The child is practically left to fend for himself. The female lead's career is completely sidelined, with only a menstrual belt and some aloe vera gel. After chapter 800-something, I had absolutely no desire to continue reading.

Good job, keep up the good work!

I watched the whole thing. This book does depict some of the cruelty of ancient times; it doesn't portray the royal family as peaceful. However, the overall power struggle plot isn't particularly mind-bending. But for some reason, I still felt a little mentally exhausted. Yet I couldn't put the book down; I desperately wanted to see it finish. Finally, it was over, and I felt a sense of relief.

In ancient times, mothers were always the most powerful. Management was handled by concubines and stepmothers, but in your case, it's become the case that the eldest daughter isn't the most powerful, and the youngest daughter is the one who suffers the most. She's lonely and wants to be persecuted; she gets annoyed just seeing you. Your complaints are all trivial and irrelevant; you can't be assertive at all. Thumbs down.

It's all about mundane family matters, with the whole family relying on the female protagonist alone. The conflicts are very basic, just petty jealousy and backstabbing among neighbors and sisters-in-law. I lost patience after about 100 chapters.

📍The first part is a heartwarming farming story, which is actually quite interesting. It follows the heroine's arrival and how she gradually changes the family's impressions of them, until the male lead wakes up and they fall in love. They handle household chores and their family members' emotional issues, and together they prosper. 📍The latter part is more about political intrigue.

Is there really no one who can write a good one?

Towards the end, the writing about the female lead and the plot felt less exciting. I thought Prince Rui was perfect for the role and would be emperor, but he gave up and was murdered. It was alright for Qing Kuang to be emperor. I barely managed to finish the novel.