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2023-06-26 08:24

I’ll be honest here. I really liked this story the first time I read it. Even though I did not like Xi Ying at the beginning you eventually get to appreciate him a bit by the end. To me how he treated Li Rui was unforgivable no matter what, but I also did understand that they’re meant to be. The thing is I have read the book three times now and some things still do not set well with me till now. Whatever one may say you can’t refute the fact the Rui’s parents were not a good parents. They did not even believe her when the incident took place nor did they try to investigate what happened. Her father literally used his own daughter to protect his wife because in his eyes she was more important. He could not stand to see his wife in distress and unhappy, so he decided to sacrifice his daughter’s happiness for hers. Her mother is no better, until the end she could not even tell that most of the problems occurring in her daughters life and her family are related to her. Even Xi Ying said that she was a very stupid woman to not be able to see all of this. The emperor loving her was not her fault we all agree about that. But how could she not see that her daughter was the collateral of her naivety?? It’s because she’s how she’s that her husband dare take big measures without telling her. To me it’s like she was the real heroine of the story. All her life she got to be carefree and loved by everyone without having to worry about anything, while everybody else had to suffer and take the brunt of the stick for her to get a ressemble of happiness. I also believe that Yi Junjie deserved his chance with Rui. I know I said that Ying and Rui were meant to be, but I would have loved to see an alternate life where Rui and Junjie got a happy ending (that’s just a wishful thinking). The love of Junjie was more realistic and appealed to me a big time. He really did his best for Rui, be it before the incident, during the 4 years and after. As for Zhang Wei and Huiqin can’t say much about them. Was more engrossed in Xi-Li story. Sorry for the long rant just wanted share my thoughts.🙏

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