r*pe scenes are common, death resulting from r*pe as well. The scenes themselves are not described, but the result is still really nerve-racking to read. So far these scenes ignore the MC as they are specific to how the s*aves were treated, but the mood of the novel, in general, makes me afraid of what lies ahead. The world was described as a cruel and absolutely violent one (in every sense of the word).

It is more realistic than most historical novels, simply because it is raw and faithful to the violent history of wars in the ancient period. It is also more realistic for sparing nobles from certain fates and yet showing that the fate of even those privileged could change quickly, as we see in the very first scene of the former owner of the MC's body who had to kill herself because her brother died and the new "owner" of the title would certainly not spare her.

ML suffers several r*pe attempts while his family or people around him are not so "lucky" and end up not being able to escape.

The first r*pe scene was a man trying to r*pe ML's younger sister who was saved by

ML'Ss

older brother who took her place, thus ML's trauma, which was continuously used throughout the novel.

MC's servant and her brother's former servant and lover: Xiao Xiu,

He becomes a valuable ally in the future, despite having done some sh*t out of jealousy, he was not even remotely transformed and villainized by his sexuality.

The ML

He cannot be considered completely straight since even though he thinks the MC is a man he enjoys physical contact with her. (No, I don't believe he "felt deep down that she was a woman and that's why he fell in love because he says himself, that he likes the MC in any way, and any form.)

ML's former "boss" a gigolo in the red light district:

He saved ML from being tortured for not wanting to serve in the brothel. He adopts ML as his servant. He is described as being moody, but never cruel, dirty, or villainous. ML even thanks him and is sorry for not being able to save him. YES, gays are portrayed as victims of s*xual violence too, and not all as pe*verts who want to ab*se others.

MC's brother: Everyone criticizes him for being frivolous and not giving importance to his position while giving more importance to "collecting handsome men" but during the story, the author says several times that he never forced anyone and even explains how he's become frivolous, giving depth to his character and not just putting him in a box of "pe*vert man" as some authors do with gay or Bi characters

MC: OK, so Mc's obviously is not a gay man, but through the novel, everyone sees her as such, and most people respect her in the same way, (after she proved herself as a leader) because they don't f*cking care who she likes.

If I could only desribe ML's past with one word, that would be miserable. His mother was a s*ave and if I'm not wrong, he had four siblings where each of them had different fathers. There's this one time where his younger sister was forced to serve a stronger male s*ave. He tried his best to save her, and then his older brother came. I think he said something that ML still didn't understand how the world works, then he entereded the tent and came back after dark with body filled with bruises/torn clothes? I think the older brother replaced his sister and that simply breaks my heart : (

Their mom could only cry and became blank. ML hated the male s*ave deep into his bones, and he promised to avenge his family. Once he became stronger, he killed the male s*ave. His mom probably knew but she was silent about it.

He was sold to a scholar who taught him many things and he was trusted by him. Unfortunately it aroused others jealousy and he was framed. The scholar didn't want to listen to his explanation, punished him, then sold him. That's how he ended up as the army's s*ave.

He had two friends there, a very beautiful and cold friend, and a very bubbly and innocent friend.

Another part that will probably break your heart, is when the innocent friend died. I'm not sure what happened, but I think he died after he was called to serve a general? The sad part is, he was so cheerful before he died as he was wondering whether they would get some rewards. ML and the beautiful friend laughed at him. It became very depressing after they saw his cold body.

ML was lucky since he was never called to 'serve' anyone. Unfortunately, the beautiful friend was numb already. In case you're wondering, the serve here means, serving others sexually and often times theey were called to be ab*sed (whipped beaten, etc)

that allows her to see people’s “auras”. Basically, when she looks at the different colours that make up someone’s aura, she can figure out what kind of person they are and what their feelings towards her are like. For example, people who feel negatively toward her project a gloomy black aura. As that person’s feelings about her change so does the colours she sees in real time. This proves to be a super helpful cheat because as a transmigrated girl who is forced to crossdress to inherit the position of the original body’s dead brother (who’s some type of lord or prince vying for power), she really needs to know who she can and can’t trust.

Because the ML was in such a bad place when the FL first picked him up, he becomes fiercely loyal towards her and later falls in love with her because she can’t help but pamper him a lot. As the synopsis suggests, he becomes a general and one of her most powerful tools at securing power.

CH80 on ruins this novel with the most braindead s*upid plot armor ever where MC shows up as Princess self and picks up Zhang Fu easily. It’s so s*upid. The next plot is even dumber and rushed with MC being betrayed and people dying.

They only EMPHASIZED how his brother was r*ped

Cheng Feng, my bias!

She's a monarch so having the ability to spot talent and know that they're loyal or not planning to kill you is the best hack ever! Hence, she was successful as a monarch.

BL couple in novel.. Either there wasn't one or I just didn't understand it through MTL 😅