Beauties at the Crossfire

Adulterous wife betrays husband but thinks she is virtuous and dutiful

This show was written by Chinese female scriptwriters who are idiots and it was especially written for divorced or left-over women who believe their extreme feminist beliefs are normal.

The story itself was totally incoherent and has no plot to speak of and no rational continuity between scenes.

But there are cultural and moral contexts from different eras that are badly mixed up. In other words, a cultural moral situation from the 1920s is treated as if it is the morality of 2000s and beyond, and at other times the duties of husbands/wives are treated as if they are in the 18th century. And sometimes behaviors from wives, husbands, etc. which would not be tolerated in the 1920s are excused as if the characters are in 21st century with its loose morals and laws.

Here are some observations and these are definitely spoilers:
1. The FL is compelled to marry the ML while she prefers ML2.
2. FL frequently meets the ML2 while deceiving her husband ML.
3. So, from ML husband's perspective she is cheating, committing adultery, lying, deceiving multiple times with ML2. And the ML husband is AWARE of it all.
4. So #3 is ridiculous in the 1920s. At that time husbands would have immediately killed such a wife. But in this ridiculous show, the husband not only tolerates adultery but keeps letting his wife go out freely to meet the ML2.
5. Despite being married, the ML and FL don't have sex. Seriously??? Which idiot wrote this scene? Eventually, husband ML makes his wife have sex with him.
6. But #5 is treated as rape in the show even though such a concept did not exist at all in the 1920s. At that time ALL WIVES were expected to absolutely have sex with their husbands on demand and husbands had the full authority to override wife's objections and compel them to have sex anyway.
7. The FL frequently visits her paramour ML2 but returns to husband she is betraying after each visit because of her duty to her family and her husband.
8. But FL had no shame in betraying her duty to her husband by meeting her paramour and giving him valuables including a Jade object despite her husband wanting to see it.

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