My thing is...what did she think was going to happen to her son? Even if he didn't want any of that to happen and wasn't involved, he'd be punished anyways because in the time setting (even though this is fiction) when someone did something wrong, their entire family was punished as well. She really thought he'd be speared cause he was "clueless" and the emperor's son? Girl please. You are not that bright.
Yes, he was quite hard on her, but that provides a lot of room for change. Once the Realisation of what he has…
A lot. He coerces her into being his mistress and coerces her into having sex with him. Also keep in mind, that being a mistress is lower than being a concubine or even a slave concubine in some cases because at least you belong to the household and have some rights-ish.... There are other things too but he's not a good person. Slowly as the novel goes along, with certain events, he starts to realize how terrible he is. Haven't finished it and idk if I will. I wanted to continue because I heard the elder sister's romance is good but idk.
Tbh, I liked the changes they made to the drama because I really hate the ML in the novel. I just can't look past what he did to SZ in the novel. Haven't finished reading it and probably won't.
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You have to use google translate or deepL though if you don't understand chinese. There isn't any eng sub that I know of.
You have to use google translate or deepL though if you don't understand chinese. There isn't any eng sub that I know of.