Rate 4/5
Translation 104 COO 202
Summary:
In her previous life, she treated her mother-in-law like her own mother, treated her husband with respect and affection, devoted herself to her stepson and stepdaughter, and looking back at herself, Guan Suyi had a clear conscience. But in the end, she was ruined, exiled, and died alone. When she was about to die, Guan Suyi summed up her tragedy with one phrase: doing too much and saying too little.
After rebirth, she decided to say nothing, put on the hypocritical face of a good wife and mother, strive for the reputation of a gentle and virtuous character, bury all the enemies in the pit, and ask them to be grateful and remember her as their benefactor for the rest of their lives.
Review:
A good novel and good plot. It has different view with others rebirth novel. But a bit boring if you're not interested with the Chinese Philosophy. MC a bit mary sue and perfect.
MC married Zhao LuLi a marquis who lost his first wife. ZL has a son and a daughter. MC marry him to save her family who become poor after her grandfather is sick. MC took care ZL children and mother but ZL children got close to ZL concubine who is also the first wife cousin. In the end MC was chased to her hometown. The stepson beg her forgiveness because he lost a leg due to ZL concubine. He just realise that MC is strict to him for his own good. He also told MC that ZL first wife is actually the concubine in the palace. She abandoned her husband and children in order to enter the palace.
MC then rebirth before she married to ZL. She tried to avoid him but ZL ask an imperial decree to marry her. In the end MC accept her fate but she won't care about ZL family. ZL daughter then realize her own mother intention then she began to learn with MC. ZL son still sided with his own mother and didn't believe MC until he is ashamed due to his teacher is actually a lecher drunkard. In the end MC separated with ZL. She keep refusing ML but in the end she relented.
MC is from a scholar family, she argue the others making a fame. I think the beginning is okay but overtime it's a bit beautified. Every time MC argue and make the opponent miserable and become like her own family from the last life. It was said she need to be woman with virtue and magnanimous but actually she is not. Everyone will think she is a perfect woman who can manage the family, a good scholar too even better than her own grandfather who is now the emperor teacher. ML several policy also based on MC view.
It is a good novel and a good face slap but toward the end I got bored because MC seems mean to be a perfect person without fault....