I feel like the rating for this is lower than it should be. This is a story with political intrigue, revenge, reincarnation, and atonement. The characters' personal motivations are overall clear and each plot point stays connected from one moment to the next. It wasn't as confusing to read as the comments make it out to be. Maybe it's because I was able to binge read instead of wait for each chapter update.
Spoiler warning though, the unnecessary rape between our main couple is understandably a turn-off to the story. I feel like I've read plenty other "taming a tyrant" type plots with this cliche so I had an easier time overlooking the issue. However, this story does not romanticize the rape and instead shows the immense mental damage and cruelty inflicted on the MC. This makes it all the more satisfying when you see the ML self reflect and strive to be better after understanding his mistakes. The relationship is able to progress to one of mutual respect and kindness between the two.
I also see the many complaints of a rushed ending and while I agree that more to the story could have been delved into, the main storyline of our couple and their internal motivations were resolved. Some side stories about the God, MC's further rise to power, the Empress Dowager's eventual demise would've been nice to see, but ultimately the story chose to end once the main conflict and resolution took place. The main ending itself was a little rushed but I don't think it took away from the overall read. All in all, this is an "I can fix him" cliche story that is done well in a historical drama BL reincarnation setting
I feel like the rating for this is lower than it should be. This is a story with political intrigue, revenge, reincarnation, and atonement. The characters' personal motivations are overall clear and each plot point stays connected from one moment to the next. It wasn't as confusing to read as the comments make it out to be. Maybe it's because I was able to binge read instead of wait for each chapter update.
Spoiler warning though, the unnecessary rape between our main couple is understandably a turn-off to the story. I feel like I've read plenty other "taming a tyrant" type plots with this cliche so I had an easier time overlooking the issue. However, this story does not romanticize the rape and instead shows the immense mental damage and cruelty inflicted on the MC. This makes it all the more satisfying when you see the ML self reflect and strive to be better after understanding his mistakes. The relationship is able to progress to one of mutual respect and kindness between the two.
I also see the many complaints of a rushed ending and while I agree that more to the story could have been delved into, the main storyline of our couple and their internal motivations were resolved. Some side stories about the God, MC's further rise to power, the Empress Dowager's eventual demise would've been nice to see, but ultimately the story chose to end once the main conflict and resolution took place. The main ending itself was a little rushed but I don't think it took away from the overall read. All in all, this is an "I can fix him" cliche story that is done well in a historical drama BL reincarnation setting