The MC is an amazing character. The author did a great job on the MC's characterization and the changes in his feelings for the ML. He started as this reluctant husband who's planning on offing the sickly ML during their eedding night to being this person who fell deeply in love with his smart but lazy husband. As a warning, he is not the kind, gentle, white moonlight MC character. He's smart, ruthless, and, as he was described, full of malicious feelings. He's like a beautiful but very poisonous flower. He can off anyone who tries to do evil to him and his loved ones. He's also very protective of the people he cares about, and one of those people is his salted fish of a husband, the ML.

The ML is, well, I really love the ML, he's enjoyable to read and the main source of joy in the story. When he transmigrated at the beginning of the story, he was just 17 years old, a high school student. Sometimes his age shows and it's such a contrast since his soul is in the bodies of grown men. His character is basically a salted fish, and just wants to live a lazy life. He likes fishing and laying down, just living with the MC, but he's a great character. As much as he is a salted fish, when push comes to shove, he's there for the MC. I love how very human the ML is. When his soul was in the body of the general and he was about to lead the army to battle, he showed weakness to the MC the night before he's about to leave. He admitted that he was a little scared. But when he rode to battle the next day and fought, he gave all he got. That's basically the personality of the ML, he's a salted fish but a very dependable, kind, and smart one. He might even be smarter than the MC who's a cunning and a Machiavellian character

I think they killed four major charakters.

• First the brother who mainly humiliated the MC, but he was only actually killed when he tried to take ingredients of MLs life-prolonging medicine and confronted ML, which resulted in ML throwing up blood and aggrevating his condition.
• Then we have the crown prince. ML wants to kill him because he knows the original ending for MC and that the crown prince would force himself on MC and cause MC to die in the original book. He is just too powerful, so MC and ML can only deal with him that way.
• Emporer (?). Well, they mainly play with the emporers health and manipulate him, but he was already sick at that point in time. I think they did have a hand in his demise, but he was already dying.
• The eunuch half-brother. Well, that one was the most justified imo. They tried to kill and scheme against each other and well kind of did. The eunuch pretty much killed the general.

Aside from these I don't think they killed any major characters or did anything too bad. And well considering the time in which the story is set, I think they are quite okay and humane.

They did spare the younger prince brother, they did not touch anyone in the Lu household besides the brother (and the trap for the servants) and they gloated over other peoples misfortune. The rest is just a bit of scheming which is absolutely normal in this setting. We also see that the MC will not go overboard in the extras where they are in the modern world. He is just behaving according to his setting, which is fair imo.

how the MC retaliated disproportionately to the ppl who "provoked" him. Or maybe such retaliation was justified but I just don't like that unapologetic evil part of him and the ML's condonation of it.

He brought disaster to the ppl who's not on his side and was unnecessarily cruel for the slightest provocation. Lyk we get it, you're a heavenly beauty but not everyone who covets you deserves to die, you know. He also acts as if he has no family to worry about. There are crimes that not only calls for his own death but for his whole family but he has no hesitation to do it. Tho ofc his plans always worked bec he's a genius and has a halo! But the lack of concern to do "bad things" when they're not yet at the point where he has to do such things, it's a bit of a turn off for me.

Xi Rong, the eunuch. He's so much lyk the MC in terms of ambitiousness, the scheming. When he delivered that last speech while being waterboarded about how the evil things he did will come back to him as a retribution, he kinda gagged our MC. But at the same time, why was the MC upset abt it when everything XR said was correct. When he was planning those things he had no hesitation but when someone laid down that those might cause bad karma, he's suddenly upset??? Gurll if ur evil, have the guts to admit it and not be upset when ppl mention it.

The only difference between MC And XR is that XR has no halo so during their (XR and the MC) confrontation, he inevitability lost, was tortured, and forced to kill himself in a garden he and his half brother is fond of. So for the readers who hated XR but loooved MC, they need to reflect on it.
So between these 2 evil characters, I like XR more because he knew what he was doing and the only reason he's in that situation is bec he got outwitted. No hypocrisy and he accepted its consequences. That tragic ending and his concern for XL also gave a delicious conclusion to his character. I loved it so much that I decided to end things there.

"So, do I have you?"

"En, you got me."

♡ (> ਊ <) ♡ kyaaaah... kek! (ɷ ꒪ཀ꒪) ɷ*ded*

LU WANCHENG'S DEATHS MAKES ME SAD, SERIOUSLY. But what I'm most anticipating is Lin Qingyu's reaction to it! I'm not sadistic or what, I just want to see how he looks like when he's hurt and is crumbling down because he lost Lu Wancheng. Currently, there are 38 chapters in CG (Thank you for translating this novel, CG!), and the 38th chapter is the first death of LWC. ML and MC were friends at this point so LQY felt empty because of it but I read the MTL and he'll move on from it (?) The first time LQY cried in the novel was when Lu Wancheng's spirit (in his original appearance) came to see Lin Qingyu after not seeing each other for months (?) because LWC's soul at that time went to General Gu (who was also mentioned in the first 38 chapters) and he died in the war (mentioned in the novel's synopsis). Lin Qingyu broke down because of it, and you can see how much he love Lu Wancheng at that point! I can't wait to read all of the chapters in the future!

Jiang Xing's confession: Liking you is the only thing I won't get tired of doing

Lin Qinyu was moved and was about to reply when Jiang Xing added, "Except sleeping."

Lin Qinyu:...

Jiang Xing: Liking you and sleeping are things that I will not tire of no matter how long I do it.

[Jiang Xing] smiled, "Qingyu, we have done bad things again."

Lin Qingyu smiled, the feeling of two people doing bad things together is much better than that of one person.

They sure did have the confidence in themselves and each other. Basically their opinion is, yeah, "I sure do have an amazing and attractive husband, haaah? You like him? Of course you do, my vision and taste are great. It's a pity that he will never look at you as long as I am existing. LMAO, well they're not wrong.

In Lin Qinyu's case, it was seen in the extras while Jiang Xing's was seen in the main story.

I ded, Lin Qinyu is the modern era is such a mood. He's pretty depressed coming to know that poisoning another person is against the law as well as getting in a relationship with Jiang Xing (somewhat). He could make a living with playing e-sports to get money for his tuition and daily expenses ah.

I don't believe it! It's already over??? But why aren't they back yet in the ancient world?

I'm gonna be optimistic and wait for updates. T.T