When you've read too many court drama with complex MCs who took chapters to scheme something, simple MLs like Jia Bao are like refreshing breeze. Sure, this novel did dealt with questionable themes which might be your personal squick, but that's common in novels about ancient China, so that's that.

My real rating is 4.5 stars because the author likes to describe unnecessary things i.e family lines and court relationship in long paragraphs. I can't care less about who is whose daughter or this concubine is this super important person's niece.

This novel is like a extra story from tragic novel. The gong is fulfilled his obsession to shou... The plot is ok.. everything is decent.. it's fluffy sweet and good for light reading. But everything is like shoujo novel.. even when the characters do something weird everyone seems to accept it.

I'm slightly disgusted with the gong... He rebirth after being emperor 30 years. So his mental age is like forty of fifty but he is lusting 14 years old.. which ok for ancient story... I just can't accept he kind... more>> of mol*sting shou before shou officially enter his harem....... <<less

In the past life he's a r*pist (altho it was influenced by alcohol but still), and in the second life he become a groomer.. This gong really 🤣.

I read this in hopes that my wounded and troubled heart that suffered from a dog-blooded court drama I've read be healed.. I was indeed healed but MC's actions made me face-palmed most of the time lol.

Tbh, the plot and characters were not that great. And MC's sudden turnover of feelings from 0 to 180 still weirded me out. But I guess the... more>> fluff and pampering manage to make me stay. A wife-s*ave is still better than a gong that only knew how to brew misunderstandings and toxic relationships *nods head*. <<less