He's quite contradictory that I just can't imagine him being the emperor. Actually, I can't imagine all of the Chu family being the imperial family living in the imperial palace. They are just too warm and lovely 🥰

It's intriguing to see the (hidden) battle between the smart (and foolish) ancient people and the arrogant transmigrator. FL was totally 'I-don't-care-about-you', but the transmigrator was conceited and vain, thinking that FL was always out to get her, and that everyone living in the feudal era is undeveloped and uncultured. She got what she deserved, looking down on people like that~

His father (who I believe is also the male lead's father?) is pretty awful but it's in this sneaky hidden way and the younger brother is understandably attached to him. Their mother divorces their father, which is completely justified and he doesn't get treated half as bad as he deserves.

Basically, a couple things happen where the brother makes some bad decisions, acts like a normal 12 year old boy, and they leave him with the father's family. I think this is cold hearted and dumb, if they care about the boy. The father's family start poisoning him against them as soon as he's left and I just feel really disgusted by it. Especially since it seems they've decided that the little boy is a lost cause because he doesn't want to go to war and spill blood. It's really sickening.

I hope the little boy is given another chance, especially since similar novels redeem little tyrants who are much worse than him all the time. He's a sweet kid. He's just a bit spoiled and believes he's smarter than he actually is. I'm twice his age and I'm also afraid of going to a battlefield so I was sort of offended when the story acted like it was this huge moral failing of his.

If they give the younger brother a bad end or try to make him out as evil...I think they might since the FL saves the life of this soldier who she says killed the little boy in her first life. I thought it was strange that after that revelation, they story still treated this soldier as someone I should like.

MC's father started out as a scum. He's not emotional and always checks the pros and cons of things before acting. Thus, he will choose to neglect his child if this child does not bring him any benefit. That's how he used to be towards MC. Because MC wasn't bringing anything to the table (at first), he basically neglected her and let his wife (not MC'S mother - MC's mother is dead) to mismanage everything related to MC. This was the reason why MC was cold towards her father after rebirth. The father redeams himself SLOWLY throughout the story. At the end, you'll actually start to feel bad for him because even when he changed his ways, his children basically no longer need his warmth. He became a good father at the end, but his kids are still not as warm towards him.

• MC knew who her husband-to-be is before even meeting him, so when they finally meet, she already has a positive attitude towards him + ML IS HANDSOME. On ML's side, his first meeting with his fiance is a life-saving one. MC basically nursed him back to health + MC IS PRETTY. Of course, he'll also have a favorable impression of MC early in the story.
• The story's setting is ancient china. In this time, you don't meet a person from the opposite s*x unless there's some banquet held to give these ladies and guys an opportunity to meet. The male that MC meets most often is ML who she knows is her fiance. The same goes with ML. They also almost always meet in secret which gives them a "world without outsiders." Of course, they'll easily get romantic feelings for each other.
• ML's mother and sibling as well as MC's father and sibling are very supportive of their relationship. Supportive family = more opportunities to be together.
  
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His father almost killed both his mother and brother, he was told so, yet he stubbornly insists on not wanting his parents to separate to the point where he cut an axil on his mother's carriage to cause an accident and have it flip over. He could have seriously injured her or even killed her if his genius plan worked, all so his father could play saviour and they could have a chance to reconcile. He would rather help his father who attempted mu*der, twice, than stand by the side of people who truly care about him.

Also, he was given a choice. He made his. If he chose to go to the military the ML would have had people looking over him. His lack of faith in his family is telling, even if hes only 12. In the time period they live, 12 yr olds, especially male ones, shouldnt be so naive. The MC also has a brother his age and even he knows good and bad, who treats him well and who doesnt and the differences in attitude he should have between these people.

You also cant ignore the circumstances under which they live. Their entire family and those who depend on them are living on a wire. One wrong move, trust the wrong person and everyone falls to hell. (The novel the MC talks about clearly shows that they did fail to realise the truth and payed for it) This '12 yr old' is perfectly aware of this, yet he prefers to side with a father who's obviously already betrayed the family

Actually, I suspect this kid isnt even of the Chu family but was switched the abused little girl in the Jiang family.

like the MC acupuncture skills. I'm supposed to believe she's a genius because she read her grandpa's notes? With little to no training? Seriously?

In this one, the author pits a reborn person against a modern person that transmigrated.