By coincidence, I read this one a while ago. The novel is very long, but finished. The family dynamics of MLs family are mostly very good, except for the drama with his uncles/aunts/cousins. As usual in these novels, the beginning is strong. In this novel as well. Later, I got a little bored, but I read most of it, and it was worth the read. A short description When they got married, they did not consumate the marriage, it takes hundreds of chapters before they do. She still lived with him all the same, and they share a bed. FL started making her fortune from MLs house, with the help of all her in-laws. She lives a good life with them and they all get along well, except for MLs slightly confused father (nothing big). Sidenote: MLs mother is awesome. FL meets big people who help her along in her moneymaking journey, and gets rich by farming. When she starts making money, she initially has to hide from her father, who is only interested in his own benefits. Later she gets exposed, but uses the big people as a shield. Throughout the novel, she never reconciles with the Qiao family, the feud just gets bigger. The Qiao family does not play a very big role, but they pop up from time to time, as antagonists. Later in the story, ML becomes an official in the capital and she follows along. In the capital he encounters peach blossom drama, which influences their future trajectory. Due to that, he gets appointed to work outside, in a remote, dangerous place, and FL follows. ML (and FL, who hides her merits and fame) clear up the dangers, and live a good life as local officials. When the emperor dies and the princes start to fight for the throne, ML initially does not mix in, but later is forced to fight or die. ML and FL advance together to seek a safe and stable environment for themselves and their family. When they do, the story ends. The novel is very long, so be aware of that. Red line is ML and FL, who grow together, gaining wealth and power. FL is a mostly well designed character. ML is not very annoying. In this novel, FL does go out and make money, ML does not object to that, even encourages her, and helps where he can, which is good. They are more natural partners than most in these kinds of novels, which is why I don't find him very annoying (just a little). This is also a big reason why I could finish reading most of it. All in all, I do recommend. 4/5
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LIKEof course! in these stories, the FL is so strong and capable, that a ML does not really add to her, but more becomes a burden, from which she has to hide things. that is why i find most MLs annoying, as well as this one (a little). at the beginning of the story, whenever FL wanted to do something, he had to follow her. Like, when going to the woods, or when going to the town, etc. that was when he first started to annoy me. later, there were other things, but i can't really remember them. it was probably an accumulation of little things. ML was mostly okay, though, to be fair to him.
anajera1907:Can you tell us what you find a bit annoying about the ml
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huahua:of course! in these stories, the FL is so strong and capable, that a ML does not really add to her, but more becomes a burden, from which she has to hide things. that is why i find most MLs annoying, as well as this one (a little). at the beginning of the story, whenever FL wanted to do something, he had to follow her. Like, when going to the woods, or when going to the town, etc. that was when he first started to annoy me. later, there were other things, but i can't really remember them. it was probably an accumulation of little things. ML was mostly okay, though, to be fair to him.
it takes a long time before you'll see any of their own children, because the consumation of the marriage alone took hundreds of chapters. when the child(ren) do appear, they are cute, but there is no big role for them. centerstage are fl and ml, not their child(ren).
Lare_Bear:Do they end up having cute babies and do they get alot of appearances?