narnianfairy

Blooming translation is good, but I finished reading it on MTL, which does not have the same quality but was tolerable if I rearranged word order and switched tenses in my mind as I went along. I simply couldn't leave it unfinished

he's a widower, so he's up for grabs. He's in mourning, but the wife cuckolded him in the eyes of society, though it was a set up. So, it's not as scandalous as it could be. What is truly scandalous is that they have a physical / intimate relationship without being married

in the novel he's reluctant initially. He's okay with watching all the drama she creates, because he enjoys plays and opera... she's an actress playing a part to him. But he slowly becomes fascinated with her

I don't mind seeing him again, if it's to see how badly he ends up

preach

licensed to carry a concealed weapon? Duke Su's name is her shield, literally.

and she's not even interested in those men... unless it's to scheme against them LOLZ

no accounting for bad taste 🤣

some she asked for, some she didn't

and in the case of some characters hope it hurts too when you do it, right?

by the end she'll be so indebted to him that she can only repay him with her life 😍🤣 which is exactly what he's going for

novel

he does actually. He rejects any woman that comes his way in the novel

nope

She thinks they're dead. But they're not. Nevertheless they suffer at the hands of the princess who imprisons them - the father for embezzlement (made-up charge) and he's tortured and goes mad. The brother is locked up in the Princess' prison, tortured and maimed. The father regains his wits, the brother however is left lame. But they are still alive and they get reunited

I am cackling when I think of it. Half-sister loses her fiance, runs away from home after her mother's death. Ends up in the Li household and gets discovered and recognized by princess after she overhears sensitive info. So, she gets locked up in the Princess' prison and tortured. Finally, half-blinded, she's saved. But she has gone mad, and is in a dissociative state. The cousin loses her virginity to the sister's fiance. She becomes his concubine but leads a miserable life. She's not given any attention by her husband and she's treated poorly in their household. And, YES, it is partly a result of Li's scheming.

such attention to detail! Did not even see the photo, but I am going to look for it now

a bit of a psycho... she makes me think of Ava Max's song😂

self-inflated, pompous a**

couldn't have happened to more sleazy people LOLz. But in the novel the second Li brother is kind of dumb, but not as problematic as the older brother. That plotline is different in the novel. The target is mostly Meng what's her name. It trips the Li brothers up too, because their scheme doesn't succeed but there's no direct consequence for them, as there is in the drama