Marriage of the Di Daughter

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The young lady from the Xue family was talented and beautiful, and married the dream husband at the age of 16. They had a loving and harmonious relationship and were together for 3 years when her husband attained the title of Imperial Scholar.

Now that he had attained glory and honor, he was dissatisfied with his commoner wife. He craved power and wealth; in his quest to become prince consort, he regarded her as an obstacle to marrying the princess and was willing to mu*der both his wife and children.

The arrogant and willful princess stood before her and ridiculed her: “So what if you are exceptionally beautiful and have unparalleled talents? After all, you are only a small official’s daughter, for this princess to crush you – is just as simple as crushing an ant to death!”

Her reputation was smeared, she committed su*cide by hanging, her brother was mu*dered while seeking justice for her, and her old father fell ill from the chain of grievous news and passed away.

During the 42nd year of Hong Xiao’s reign, Yanjing’s no. 1 beauty, Xue Fang Fei, passed away. She reincarnated into the body of the Grand Secretariat’s daughter, Jiang Li, who drowned and was granted new life!

She got into a prominent family and engaged in dirty, underhanded dealings non-stop. She came across all sorts of bad characters, be they monsters or freaks, she dealt with them accordingly. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

Once she was soft-hearted, but now she has become heartless! Jiang Li swore never to be an insignificant character again, and never to allow anyone to trample over herself again. This lifetime, she would seek justice by having her revenge and resolving this blood feud!

He is Northern Yan’s youngest duke, he is unrestrained and beautiful, he is capricious, and he collects the world’s strangest flowers.

Everyone said that the Grand Secretariat’s second daughter is spirited and lovely, pure and kind, and that she is likened to a white lotus.

He is clad in beautiful, red clothes, and retorted with a smile, “A white lotus? She is clearly a man-eating flower that eats people without spitting out bones!”

Jiang Li: “Duke, careful you don’t break your hand.”

Ji Heng: “Such a ferocious man-eating flower, of course I’m going to snatch it home to safeguard.”

An unrestrained hunk vs a daughter from an aristocratic family. The pair of wolves in sheep’s clothing join hands to tyrannize the world.

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sayuummi
New sayuummi rated it
June 8, 2025
Status: --
Critical Review of

Marriage of the Di Daughter

(The Double, Netflix adaptation)

... more>> First Impressions: Generic, Slow, and Poorly Constructed

Right off the bat, Marriage of the Di Daughter opens with one of the most overused formulas in Chinese transmigration novels. A peerless beauty, known as the most beautiful woman in the capital — so beautiful she could “destroy a city.” The author repeats this endlessly. The protagonist is betrayed by her husband because a princess takes an interest in him. So, to make the princess’s marriage “proper, ” the husband and princess simply decide to kill the main character. She dies disgraced, her reputation in ruins.

The twist? The protagonist transmigrates into another body. But here comes one of the most frustrating aspects: she is no longer a stunning beauty. In this new body, she’s merely described as having a “clean appearance” — which basically means she’s considered plain or even unattractive. And this is never addressed or developed. The author keeps referencing her past beauty but completely skips over how the loss of that beauty affects her — emotionally or socially. It’s a massive narrative gap.

The personality shift is also rushed and unbelievable. She died because she fell into a dumb trap, but after transmigrating, she suddenly becomes cold and calculating. That would be fine if the story had shown she was smart and sharp before — but it didn’t. She used to grovel to her in-laws just to please her husband. And now, overnight, she’s a strategic genius? No build-up, no internal transformation — just a complete personality reboot with no explanation.

The Writing Drags... and Drags...

The author’s writing is painfully slow. And not in a good, character-building, tension-setting way. It’s slow because the narrative is cluttered with useless details. An entire chapter might be spent describing the appearance of the protagonist’s half-sister, her stepmother, her father — all in excruciating detail. But when it’s time to describe the protagonist after transmigration? Just two lines. Two lines. For the woman carrying the whole story.

This excessive and misplaced focus smothers the plot. By chapter 22, she’s just arriving home. By chapter 50, barely anything has happened. Chapter 400? Still feels like the plot hasn’t started. Every scene drags on as if time has frozen — the color of a wall, the look on someone’s face, the breeze coming in from the window. None of it moves the story forward.

One-Dimensional Characters

The romance doesn’t help either. The relationship between the protagonist and the male lead is shallow, built on repeated twists and lazy drama. There’s no real chemistry, no emotional payoff. And the so-called twists? Predictable and tiring. None of the side characters are memorable — literally none. Only the FL and ML seem to have any sense or sanity. The rest are a parade of bitter, immature adults.

Her maternal family, for instance, literally resents a 5-year-old child who just lost her mother. That’s the level we’re at. Everyone is exaggeratedly cruel or irrational for no real reason. It’s drama for drama’s sake, with no depth or believable motivations.

Final Thoughts: You’re Better Off Watching the Drama

So — is this novel worth reading? Depends on what you’re looking for. If you want scheming, revenge, character growth — look elsewhere. The story is confused, the plot goes nowhere for hundreds of chapters, the same clichés are repeated to death, and the pacing is exhausting.

The Netflix drama, The Double, which was loosely based on this novel, is far superior. It takes the same core concept and actually does something interesting with it. If you’re curious, watch the show. Don’t torture yourself with this novel unless you have an incredible amount of patience.

I give it a 2 out of 5, maybe 3 out of pity — because I still like the author. But compared to her earlier work, like The Rebirth of a Malicious Noblewoman, which was brilliant, Marriage of the Di Daughter is a huge disappointment. It lacks coherence, pacing, and emotional depth. <<less
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l8rose
New l8rose rated it
June 7, 2025
Status: Completed
3.5 But rounded up.

The final antagonist comes out of nowhere and the ending is kind of terrible. It genuinely felt like the novel was two separate stories that had been glued together.

The MC is Xue Fang Fei, a woman who was mu*dered and then reborn in the body of Jiang Li. She ends up attracting the attention of Duke Su in her quest for revenge for her untimely death while resolving the reasoning behind Jiang Li's fate. While she is incredibly smart, she's also incredibly dense when it comes to... more>> the ML and merely thinks he's helping her because he's interested in watching things play out.

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So the MC was initially defamed and then killed by a County Princess (half-sister to the current Emperor) because the Princess fell in love with the MC's husband. The husband let this happen because he wanted to climb up by marrying the Princess (and she did provide good things for him and his family). However, it's very clear that the husband does not like the Princess. He just doesn't regret his action until things begin to fall apart.

For the original Jiang Li, it's the fairly standard "tricked by the stepmother" plot but then we learn that this stepmother had also mu*dered Jiang Li's mother before entering the household. The stepmother wanted to marry someone of significantly higher rank than her childhood sweetheart which was the Jiang family so Jiang Li's mother had to die. This woman also had an affair with her sweetheart after getting married and had a six/seven-year-old Jiang Li push her so that she would miscarry the child. And she also accidentally mu*dered Jiang Li's half-sister from a concubine by maliciously kicking her (you know, for good measure so that we know she's evil evil).

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The ML is Ji Heng, the Duke Su. He is described as incredibly good-looking, yet also incredibly cold to those around him. He becomes interested in the MC almost immediately because she does things that don't make sense without the context of her being two people. Gradually, that interest turns into him falling in love with her and he begins to help her whenever she needs it. His backstory is arguably worse than the MC's double life-time tragedy but we don't find any of that out until the second half of the book (which is why it feels like two separate stories).

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So the ML had parents that loved each other. His mother was the daughter of a fallen noble family who had been sold into prostitution. The ML's father married her as his primary wife and refused to give in to the Clan Elders who looked down on the woman. They were incredibly happy together and the ML's mother was apparently a happy-go-lucky kind of woman.

Which is what made her become hated by the Empress because she had everything the Empress could not have (the sole love of her husband, a high position without restraints, etc) and because she had come up from "nothing". Basically, a "how dare this lowly thing be able to be happier than me". So the Empress orchestrated the ML's mother catching the Empress's affair with the Emperor's brother. She then convinced the Emperor's brother to kill the ML's mother (despite him being sworn brothers with the ML's father) because she was pregnant with his child.

The Emperor's brother decided to ramp things up to eleven and had his men r*pe the ML's mother first and then toss her corpse at the door of the Duke's mansion. When the ML's father discovers the death of his wife, he begins a single man quest to find the ones responsible. Including confiding in his sworn brother about how far along he is.

Which leads to his sworn brother, the Emperor's Brother, to choose to mu*der him. The ML's father manages to be brought out of the kill zone by his only surviving soldier but he remains in a coma until three years prior to the start of the story and that's when he dies.

The ML is the one who made the choice that eventually killed his father as he was trying to cure the poison that kept him in a coma.

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We're dropped into the story just as the MC's first life is ending and her rebirth as Jiang Li. From the beginning, we're on a need-to-know basis with events in this story. A lot of things are only explained as they happen or just prior to a big event. Events that are supposed to feel full of suspense often fail to have a significant impact. Especially the final arc.

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After the revelation and completion of the ML's story, we're treated to the news that he died on the battlefield. The MC refuses to give up and states that they promised each other that he would return.

So she states she will protect his manor, his things, and his title. That she would never remarry and just become Duchess Su and stay in his manor. Never mind that they weren't actually married before he left for war.

All of this turns out to be a test by the Emperor. If the MC could hold out for a year with being a "widow", then the Emperor would never question her attachment to the ML. If she failed, he would execute her and the ML was not allowed to question his decision. One of those Imperial bets that the subject doesn't have a choice in.

After we go through a slighly painful arc of her just missing the ML and refusing to go with the Jiang Family, she reunites with him at a festival. It's then heavily implied that nearly everyone else knew that he was still alive. Just not her.

And she's okay with that.

I get not being able to go against the Emperor, but the author just glosses over her feelings like they are not important. Yes, she was practical and preferred reason over emotion but that is a full year of being told that her lover was dead (repeatedly, I might add) and that she should move on with her life. I'd be pissed.

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I did enjoy the three families that the MC interacted with. The first family we get to know is the Jiangs, who showcase the dynamic of competing with one another. They're the typical terrible family in these ancient China novels with concubine daughters competing for better lives, scheming wives trying to get ahead and just lots of death (or just problems).

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Jiang Li's father, the MC's "second" father, is very opportunistic. He will do things that will benefit himself or the Jiang family. Including siding with other powerful families that he thinks will help him raise up the Jiangs. This is ultimately what leads to his downfall as he tries to marry the MC off to the cousin of the Emperor.

His wife (the MC's stepmother) is a terrible human being who tricked him by becoming everything he loved so that he would fall for her at first sight. She then mu*dered his first wife, his first daughter from a concubine and plotted to remove his second daughter from the picture so that her daughter could get the marriage that had been arranged by Jiang Li's mother. The stepmother's daughter ends up running away from home, briefly becoming a concubine in another house before overhearing the County Princess discussing a secret. She ends up in the County Princess's private prison, where she is tortured into madness and has an eye removed.

Then there are the side branches of the Jiang family. One daughter decided to take advantage of a plot against the MC, but ended up falling into a bigger trap and marrying out as a concubine. Something the girl's father disagreed with, as he knew what it was like to be the child of a concubine and wanted her to marry into a normal family as a main wife. The other branch schemed against the family by revealing information about the MC to her enemy, which resulted in the family splitting.

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Then there is the Ye family, which was Jiang Li's maternal family. After Jiang Li's mother died, they came to the capital to get her, but she was taught to say terrible things, so they cut off all ties with her. Eventually, the MC reconnects with them, and we are introduced to one of the MVPs of the story, Jiang Li's uncle. This guy becomes the go-to for most of the MC's problems (he's literally the "I know a guy" character) and is 110% game for everything the MC does. The only decision she makes that he questions is her association with Duke Su.

The other family is the Xue family. The MC's original birth family. Initially, we're told that her father and brother are dead, but we quickly learn that this was just a ploy to drive the MC to death faster. While the brother is dead, the father is very much still alive, just insane from torture and the loss of his children. The story actually spent some time on writing out the Xue patriarch requiring care before he recovers. One of the first arcs covers her rescue of him and then he remains as a side character for the rest of the story.

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It also turned out that the brother wasn't actually dead either. The County Princess had locked him into her private prison. He was tortured, had his leg bones crushed repeatedly, and had his ability to perform martial arts destroyed.

His rescue from the prison was actually an accident on the part of the ML. He encountered a mangled survivor, who wasn't insane, who asked for help. So, in a random moment of charity, the ML takes him out and pays one of his friends to heal him. It's only much later that there is a chance meeting between the MC and the brother which results in the family being reunited.

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Another good part of this story is that the MC actually does tell other people that she is not the original Jiang Li. While the Jiang family never learn, she does tell the people who are the most important to her. It's also one of the stories where the ML already figures it out before he's told, but waits for the MC to confirm.

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Also turns out that the MC is the reason the ML did not kill himself after his father's death. He heard her reveal her thought process when she was practically abandoned by her ex-husband's family during a holiday. It gave him the will to continue and seek revenge on the ones responsible for his parents' deaths.

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The story is fairly enjoyable, but then the ending comes, and it leaves a lot to be desired. There are side stories but nothing that really enhances the story.

Overall, not a reread, but it's an okay recommendation to pass the time. <<less
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DameSkyler
DameSkyler rated it
May 23, 2019
Status: c1
If the translator can translate like this all the way to the end, I would probably be the happiest person alive. I've just gotten off reading translations that were amazing in the beginning, then was abandoned, before being hacked to pieces by another translator and it never took off in the end because... well, it's unreadable. (Another novel in this rebirth genre. Another reviewer shares the same thoughts.) I could tell the translators worked hard on this, kudos to them, especially Blooming Translations. Thank you for your efforts. Everything flowed... more>> very nicely.

This work has potential to be another breakout star, the other being Malicious Empress, both from the same author.

After reading similar and mediocre titles, finding out my fav novel Princess Wei Yang was a work of plagiarism (putting this here to alert ppl to avoid reading it) and with the near completion of Malicious Empress, the title came at the right time. <<less
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Rahan06
Rahan06 rated it
May 17, 2019
Status: Completed
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It's a good story. If one like " the rebirth of the malicious empress" story then you will like it. Because both has similarities and also not.

The MC came back as Jiang Li. Then she started her plan for revenge.


And also this story is like author other stories slow romance. After 200+ you would get to see romance.

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Ah yes. The romance is so slow that after ML kissed MC when both ML and MC confirm their feelings for each other then you got to see couple romance.

Oh yes her past life family members they are alive. She found them.

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As always Author tried to describe the ML devilish handsome. But XJX is the best ML ever for me. The ML is Too much OP. He is also pitiful. I enjoyed the story. But not much as Shen Miao story.

There are many schemes in the novel. But I enjoyed most until the stepmom death arc. After that new turn 200+ I didn't read clearly except the chapters the couple confirmed their feelings and read the ending fully (last chapter --a truly long long chapter). But the ending was really emotional. I almost cried. There's also couple separation for a time period at the end part.

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whitespade
whitespade rated it
February 15, 2021
Status: Completed
Before reading this novel just know you will die before the translation will finish and the MTL is pretty hard to understand so better of reading other novels in the first place.

The story is pretty good. MC and ML is a bit mary sue and gary stu but if you like these kind of leads you will like them. The schemes are not too complicated and the face slappings are moderate and not overboard. The pace is a bit slow and you could skip several paragraphs just describing someone's beauty... more>> but all in all not bad. <<less
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dancebaby
dancebaby rated it
May 28, 2019
Status: Completed
Malicious Empress brought me to this novel and, like it's predecessor, this one doesn't disappoint in terms of plotting / schemes / face slapping. Plots actually make sense and the fast pacing makes for a fun, page turning read. 5/5 for this part.

I was, however, quite disappointed with the romance - bland and not at all well developed in my opinion. I give it a 2/5. I couldn't help but compare it with the perfect progression in Malicious Empress - although it was slow, we had hints starting from... more>> early on and there was incredible chemistry / sparks in every interaction. The romance here paled in comparison and was non-existent or flat for most of the novel. Seemed like the author put things on the back burner, suddenly remembered the romance at the very end and realized she needed to cram in a lot of ground all at once...

Major spoiler!!!

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200+ chapters in, out of 240, we get the first kiss, confession, marriage proposal all together in the same scene at once. This scene was sweetly written but just terribly sudden and rushed, and I wish the author did more to let the romance and tension build from the very beginning. Until this point the MC didn't know the male lead liked her and to be honest, I could barely tell either. Sure, the ML helped her out a lot but it always seemed awfully platonic.

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Also mild annoyance with the ending - the author seems to like to use a similar troupe in all her novels for the last few chapters...

Major spoiler again!!!

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of some sort of "forced separation" between the main leads for the last few chapters. In malicious empress it was the coma, here it's one of the leads "going missing" - both times I thought it was too contrived and just lazy writing especially in comparison to the exquisite and well thought out plots for the rest of the novel.

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Overall still an enjoyable read and despite some minor gripes, love this author's works. <<less
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ashc00
ashc00 rated it
February 18, 2020
Status: Completed
This story is less cunning and gory compared to the other two novels but the storyline is quite satisfactory. I do love all FL created by Qian Shan Cha Ke. Jiang Li has a different charm than Shen Miao and Jiang Ruan. Compared to other two, she is more expressive and less violent. She is also more gentle and kind.

ML is a husband material!

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ML knows how to cook and his dishes and desserts are superb XD. He is also the most gentleman, can sing opera and less shameless. His temperament is between Xie Jing Xing and Xiao Shao. Xie Jing Xing has Mo Yun Army, Xiou Shao hold powerful assassin group, then this ML is a spy master.

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He is handsome of course (but couldn't beat Xie Jing Xing in terms of description XD). I love the banter between FL and ML and I think ML background is the saddest among the previous one.

FL has similar premise like FL in ill-fated consort.

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She was sent away to nunnery because of step mom, father is a high ranking official, spoilt step sister, mother died early and mother's family is kind to FL. But the difference is FL father has conscience and he has regrets towards FL. He tried to redeem his mistakes but still couldn't perform his part as a good father to Jiang Li. But FL is not cruel enough to scheme against this father to death or let the family miserable, but his ending is quite enough karma for the real Jiang Li according to FL

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The story focuses more on the schemes by FL and ML, so there will be less story about the people around them (like the servants, FL maiden family, ML friends). Even I think FL maids and ML subordinates are quite bland. They are not gossipers like Cong Yang or Lu Zhu. However I love ML grandpa so much! He is a moodmaker throughout the story!

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But he died later and that saddened me the most T.T

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This story is worth the reading although I still wish the author to expend the side story more. <<less
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ByleeM
ByleeM rated it
June 6, 2024
Status: c125
Guys, we finally have a drama! I was expecting to meet Empress Shen on the big screen first followed by Jiang Ruan but We get A-Li and Duke Su (Whom I adore 💗💗...I swear he's on my top 10 list of favorite ML in BG Chinese historical nouvels). I've only watched a few episodes and it doesn't stick exactly to the novel (Theres no actual transmigration) but it doesn't alter the story too much. So far? They've done it justice I hope it stays that way. The nouvel is amazing... more>> if you couldn't tell by my happy commentary about the live action. <<less
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Flying Jade
Flying Jade
May 16, 2021
Status: --
Instead of reading all the fillers in the chapters of this book, why don't I go read a history textbook on some dynasty instead? At least, the trivia info could count as making me more knowledgeable.

Honestly, the story stagnates on these info dumps on this and that person, their backstory and connections. And instead of easing us into this info with the MC, the MC already knows all this like the back of her hand. (Despite being a small officials daughter who did not even grow up in the capital... more>> before, she seems to know every political intrigue of the capital)

The MC makes one random boring move, a couple of filler paragraphs or chapters later, they tell us this move is going to have big impact and go on into filler explanation to tell us why.

NOT EVERY THING NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED!

You don't get to explore and do things out with the MC. There is a feeling of being left behind.

And instead of long paragraphs of explanation, I wish the characters actions, dialogues and scenes were what we used to get to know this world and it's politics instead. <<less
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makana
makana rated it
June 1, 2019
Status: Completed
The plot is slightly different from the usual reincarnate/transmigration novels, and the female lead isn't OP and do know her limits. However, your male lead is the typical OP male lead, which is totally acceptable, given the premise of the story. Romance portion is super slow, as it only blooms near the end of the series.

I do enjoy the male lead from "malicious empress" more, as there is more story with him than the male lead in this one.

It's a rather complete story, and is not needlessly long.
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ricachuu
ricachuu
May 5, 2021
Status: Completed
I've read this novel after reading the Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort as it was apparently made by the same author. I did realize that I've read this before but forgot to leave a review so I just decided to reread this. Compared to the Ill-Fated Consort, this novel was much more human... more flawed. Although FL is indeed like a second life in another body and changed into a more cruel, calculated, and calm person, deep inside, she still kept her human emotions and feelings. Unlike Jiang Ruan who... more>> is an expert at understanding people's minds and predicting her enemies' actions, FL (Jiang Li) is more flawed and even her plans and schemes weren't certain to succeed. She'd make mistakes like overlooking other possible enemies and letting emotion and feelings control her sometimes but that's the thing that makes her more relatable. You can clearly understand her feelings, aspirations for revenge, and her struggles.

As for ML, you could say he is an enigma. From the start, you would end up wondering if ML stood on the opposite side of MC but he really actually is just watching everything like a play. He just watches the play and is interested in the 'plays' that MC creates, but he won't be part of the play (that did change later on because of FL lol). It's difficult to really decipher ML's thoughts and even after finishing the novel, I really didn't know when ML fell for MC. Their feelings for each other weren't sudden and passionate, rather very slow as if slowly creeping into their hearts as time passed. Upon reaching the end of the novel, you'd finally be able to realize why ML was such an enigma and why he fell for MC. You'd also know why they were so entangled in MC's second life as Miss Jiang
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because ML heard MC (when she was still Xue Fangfei) sing in her courtyard on a swing when ML's father died because of ML's decision. ML gained courage to move forward because MC was s*upidly brave and positive. He even thought at that time that it was so regretful that MC was such a great flower planted in the Shen's backyard where she was always suppressed and thought that it would be great if she could've been his instead. Though this still wasn't the reason ML fell for MC but ML did remember and MC later dreamed about it.

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I also liked how the Jiang family in this novel was pretty good compared to RIFC's Jiang Family. The father (Jiang Yuanbai) was just a flawed father and was only fooled all those time by his second wife. He and the rest of Jiang Family did their best to compensate to MC. Sadly, MC really isn't Jiang Li, but at the same time is, and is also Xue Fangfei.
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Xue Fangfei's dad and brother are still alive yaaaay! A lot of really good family support for MC and also the Emperor in this novel was really smart and still pretty good. The only thing that I wasn't satisfied about is that I wasn't able to read about MC and ML's children :<<<

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Over-all a very nice read~ ML belongs to a very rare ML archetype (unpredictable, moody, glamorous and enigmatic) so it's very fun to read about his interactions with FL/MC. <<less
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darkelf01
darkelf01 rated it
February 5, 2021
Status: Completed
Loved this so much.

If I want to compare this work with another novel, I'd say that this story is a better, more refined version of Princess Wei Yang.

While Wei Yang's story would make you both sad and tired albeit the excellence, this one isn't that bitter or fraught with senseless cruelty. Everything the FL did is within clear reason and it wasn't overdone.

Also, I'm happy that the FL actually have a reliable partner in crime ML for once. Pretty much, this kind of historical stories are usually laden with MCs... more>> who are capable solo fighters but being in a co-op with the ML makes this novel a whole lot better.

The slow part of this story is nicely paced. I've never been bored for once. You can actually enjoy the slowness as a breather before you're frantically reading the middle part 😂 <<less
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OP_Female_MC
OP_Female_MC rated it
September 9, 2023
Status: c4.1
The translator is too long winded, most of the time the translators comments and the definitions are longer than the chapters! I've tried reading this several times and cant get into it because of the translators rambling and the footnotes make it seem more like im studying for an exam on ancient China than reading a face slapping novel. regrettably I give up on this novel at the first hurdle.... again.
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rosesakura95
rosesakura95 rated it
May 1, 2020
Status: Completed
Enjoyed the story so much I had to mtl it!! Totally worth the time I spent on it!!!

The ML and the MC build up their trust in each other as the story goes on, not like other stories where the guy starts overly pampering the girl without us understanding from where this "deep affection" came from.

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The only character that I really felt sorry for was Yin Zhilin, I don't know why but I feel like his parents just broke the guy into becoming a mad character. The guy was a really kind person and then one day his dad crashes everything in his life, basically we can say that he was forced into breaking down to become the final villain of this story. He had to pay for the crimes of his parents when all faults lie in their selfishness, especially his mother, that empress dowager is just disgusting.

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The ending is fulfilling!! <<less
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Honefuusen
Honefuusen rated it
September 5, 2019
Status: c153
I have read all three novels of this author, I can safely say, this novel is carbon copy of the other 2 novels of rebirth. This whole troupe is an on going trend with this particular author. Anyway, if you have read rebirth of malicious empress from military lineage and rebirth of ill fated consort, you know 100% of what to expect.

Only difference is the MC family background, circumstances of rebirth, revenge target, and
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the type of separation the CP faced

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Slow moving romance plot at the start and then a humongous rush of romance near the end. I'm not even surprised.

However, compared to the other two, I think this one is the best in term of story telling. The story is engaging and it's compact. Due to the background of both MC and ML, I think this novel is the most ancient china-esque of this author works. I can see her improvement from the other 2.

I love both MC and ML. I just wish there weren't so many description of how handsome ML is, alas.

There's a lot of foreshadowing about incoming face slapping and it's fun to think with the MC of what could actually be happening and how to counter it. The MC is both intelligence and smart. She's more stable than empress Shen, though it pains me to say that. I love Empress Shen.

The political turbulence is quite intense, and the fact that this rebirth isn't the go-back-to-the-past kind of rebirth, complicated MC's revenge.

All in all, an okay read and a class of its own in the genre.
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MissaDavid
MissaDavid rated it
March 29, 2021
Status: Completed
I came here through Malicious Empress and I was not disappointed. I loved the clear distinctions between the two books. The ML and the FL from both books are very smart and think things through but I enjoyed the fact that both parties in this book wanted Revenge for wrongs committed and that they intersected in a way. I'm going to read a few of her others as well because I was pleased. The romance was more of a slow burn than Malicious Empress though so be warned. It was... more>> quite worth it though and the time frame is shorter than Malicious Empress. There's was around less than 2 years while the other was almost 4. <<less
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potxki
potxki rated it
October 30, 2019
Status: Completed
Well, another serve from the author of malicious empress. I've read this after the ill-fated consort, and it's another fresh take with the whole rebirth plot. Of course, the revenge and face-slapping are there, with less death than ill-fated consort (and I'm not complaining about ill-fated consort, come on, she has the most tragic backstory and her ruthlessness is totally justifiable though how I wish the princess in this novel met the FL in ill-fated, lol)

And I don't find the romance out of place? Like with the FL's previous... more>> experience with love and with ML's personality, I really expected the slow burn and initial denials of attraction. Inserting overt romance with all the conspiracies and plottings happening would make it more out of place because FL is in her one-track mission of revenge while ML is in the middle of cooking his own agenda that had started for so long and all these conspiracies seemed had turned him jaded about most people. ML finding her interesting and worth his help is basically him having a crush though he won't see it like that and just say he's only interested about the 'play' and how it will affect his own agenda, lol.

The romance didn't seemed forced or out of left field for me. It's just natural in the grand scheme of things in the novel. It would only just be a distraction for FL whose plans mostly depend on how other people plot against her and her more active approach requires her attention anyway. She's also juggling around three families. When everything almost settled down in her revenge-spree, that's when she has the time to reflect more about his relationship with ML. And ML slowly falling for her can be seen with his actions, him making exceptions for her and accomodating her is already telling.

Anyway, it's worth the MTL. I'll still read the translation because the translators really are amazing. <<less
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Minoru
Minoru rated it
October 28, 2019
Status: Completed
My favourite novel by this author. In terms of story development and progression I like it even better than "Military Empress"
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gryffinpuff
gryffinpuff rated it
August 2, 2019
Status: Completed
Great story!! MC is awesome and ML is cool!!

Really liked the way MC went about the revenge, her emotions are well portrayed.
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Really loved that her previous life- family members are alive and together, adding to her new happy life!

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Would have liked more sweet moments with ML, but his initial reluctance and then helplessness towards her is also beautiful! Can be read again once it is properly translated!!

A cute, heartfelt ending to an amazing story!
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haruhi91
haruhi91 rated it
June 8, 2024
Status: Completed
3.5 stars.

Pros:

Slow burn romance. It's always the best card of the author and what I most like in her novels.

... more>> Political intrigues are good enough.

The revenge is satisfying.

The ML's personality. I like how he considers himself a spectator of plays and becomes interested in the MC because she creates unexpected shows

Cons:

Too verbose. The same concept is repeated over and over or explained with meticulous details. Too focus on the ML's beauty. After the 30 times, I was a bit sick of it.

The MC is way too perfect, especially in the first part of the story, she excels in all scholar talents and never suffers a drawback. At least in the drama they made her more human, she only excels at playing the qin.

It's a bit disturbing how the ML has the MC constantly followed in the first half of the novel. I know he is suspicious of her but she can't smile, shed a tear or enter a shop or whatever, without one his guards reporting to the ML every her micro expressions, conversation or movements.

After the ML and the MC becomes allies, the MC stops being independent and always relies on the man to get something done. It was a bit disappointing.

Some plot points are really weak: part of the MC's extended family hates her, for years, because when she was 5 years old, she offended them. You'd think that an adult shouldn't take seriously the words of a child. She had to save them from a difficult situation for them to recognize that she is not so evil.

I couldn't take seriously the scene of the fake ghost talking. The author probably didn't know how to get rid of some characters so she came up with this easy way out.

Now that I have written both pros and cons, it seems I should lower my rating but, despite all the cons, taking the novel as a whole, it was entertaining to read. <<less
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Shortk
Shortk rated it
March 24, 2022
Status: Completed
This is a product of the year it was written, when rebirth revenge history novels I think were just getting started. In that way, a lot of things we now see as cliche for the genre were probably being cemented by novels like this. For that, I think a lot of people will find this very cliche (even me), but I forgive it because I understand context and I do like this type of genre.

I would say this is the weakest writing I've seen from this author just for how... more>> cliche it was personally. But it's still enjoyable and a page turner for sure. There are probably some things I would not forgive if it weren't for the fact I am slightly biased to this author. Just know what you're getting into is a classic bloodthirsty rebirth revenge ancient china novel, and you'll be fine and like it. It's still an exciting read.

You should just not have a too high expectation for the MC ok unfortunately. She's not bad at all. She just barely not a damsel in distress, but I forgive it because I'm biased. However, alternatively you could just say that if females weren't oppressed and could be come ministers of the state, she would be a good one. Man tho, I have to say I didn't expect to have the amount of baby rage towards the last villain that I do now because boy. Whew I would mu*der the person slowly and that's crazy because there were some terrible villains in here and I wasn't even bothered until
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the last villain said how he even got the ml's mom r*ped. Like ok. Wtf bro. Ok so she saw your escapade with the queen. You could have just mu*dered her and be done. But you tell me you made her gangbang r*ped and them killed her and put her on the doorstep of your "bff's" home? The gangbang was so unnecessary.

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you're f*cked up. Man the rage I have. I mean I couldn't believe that last villain got me to feel the things I did. I read this pretty unaffected until that person's shit.

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omfg. If I wasn't biased I think I would give this a 2 or 3, because I mean I understand where the emperor is coming from, but actually no I don't you little b*tch. The MC by no means would become like the queen dowager. They arent in the same position, love story, and f*cking personality so bs little b*tch. Second ok she knows too much information. SO f*ckING WHAT. OK THATS REASONABLE BUT EVERYONE INVOLVED IS ALREADY DEAD. That information is inconsequential. The emperor basically c*ckblocked for angst purposes bc honestly wtf is his character? And if we're gonna continue this rant. This book suffers from internalized misogyny that exist bc half the characters have misogyny in this time period and half bc the author probably had it at the time. Because although the princess was terrible and her ex also ended up dead in the end, THERE WAS SO MUCH FOCUS PN THE PRINCESS. Like ok she does deserve to die, but why wasn't the focus of revenge mostly on the ex? I know it was a 2 in 1er bc by punishing the princess she would ruin her ex's ambitions. This is fine as an entertaining novel. But probably her worse one in terms of how it's become dated over the years (considering it doesn't have the excuse of being the OG) because there lacks nuances that will be prevalent in novels following this genre in the following years after. I guess feminism really did increase over the years so that's good.

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Lucy Er
Lucy Er rated it
May 12, 2021
Status: --
I like the story, I like the main characters, overall it's good for me. I really don't have any story of the author that I didn't like. They have their own charms despite some similarities. I already finished reading this days ago, and now I'm almost done reading Reborn Star General but I still can't move on with this. I already moved on with Malicious Empress and Ill-fated Consort (even though I'm almost nearing the ending chapters} but this story really hit my heart!

First of all, I love Xue Fang... more>> Fei's character, before and after. She wasn't s*upid and gullible during her prev life (good parenting here!) which I really like, but sadly she was repressed and experienced miserable end. Fortunately, she was given a new life as she became Jiang Li. I really love this! Unlike Shen Miao and Jiang Ruan, Jiang Li doesn't have the knowledge of what was supposed to happen. She didn't return to the past but instead came to life with another body and identity on the same period. She began to avenge her family but she didn't lose her nature--herself.

Now, let's go to ML. Unlike Xie Jing Xing and Xiao Shao, Ji Heng doesn't involve himself in Jiang Li's movements. He just watches from the sides and enjoy it... like us readers. In short, he wasn't very nosy and offers help. At the start, I feel like if Jiang Li failed, he would just "If you die, you die." But oh well, our female lead managed to tie him up anyway and became the only person Jiang Li runs to when she feels incapable of something. She knows her limits and capabilities. Sometimes, I found her shameless but not shameless at the same time because Ji Heng really gave her a hand even though she couldn't think of anything to give in return and she was burdened by it. But it didn't mean that I did not like it. It just feels fresh from too strong and majestic female leads but ends up a damsel in distress because of the male lead--this story doesn't have this. That's how I felt.

Anddd one of the biggest reasons why I couldn't move on from this story is because of romance! I actually turned to BLs because some hetero romance I had read doesn't give me the "sparks" anymore and I found them meh. But the author's novels gave me hope and brought the "sparks" again. And Marriage of the Di Daughter has the strongest "sparks" for me. I love every bit of their interactions even though Ji Heng doesn't appear too much at the start (lol I think the maids even have more screentime at that part). Because of Ji Heng and Jiang Li's character, the romance has that impact to my heart. I love how Ji Heng reads a person, I love Jiang Li's character, I love them both.

At the end, it's a happy ending. This is a great read, I enjoyed it. But the end chapters feels extended and I didn't see their married life. But I can't imagine Ji Heng having children. I don't know who he is as a father but I'm sure it will be great and wholesome. A pity tho, it wasn't shown. <<less
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