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At home, she was invisible; after marriage, she was a decorative vase; in the end, a sea of flames buried her, and not even her corpse remained. This is the portrait of Han Yuxi’s previous lifetime.

Given a chance at rebirth, she strives to improve herself, wishing only to no longer serve as a foil or a pretty face. Then, she will seek out an exemplary husband and live a life of peace and prosperity. Alas, things turn out contrary to her wishes—she marries a man who bears a blood feud and hatred as deep as the sea.

She turns the world upside-down, but her road to happiness is strewn with setbacks and the sweetness that comes after bitterness.

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The Record of the Di Daughter's Rebirth
嫡女重生记
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05/18/25 Xin-Shou c625
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roake
roake rated it
May 7, 2018
Status: complete
This is one of my absolutely favorite rebirth story. It covers her childhood through adulthood and her children. The first part of her novel covers her rebirth and childhood from the age of 4? I love watching her grow. There's no cheat, just hard work. She works very very hard to overcome her deficiencies from the previous life. She does use her knowledge of future events, but the novel also shows you how that knowledge is not everything. Knowledge alone will not improve your life.

The novel is very long... more>> at over 1600 chapters, but the story covers a lot of ground. It's a well rounded world, full of characters, and events.

I am sharing my edited MTL version on blogger @ roakemtl. It's by no means perfect, but easier to read than just plain MTL. I'm doing this because I LOVE this story that much. I will also share my other edited mtls when I have more time. <<less
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Delorra
Delorra rated it
August 20, 2019
Status: Completed
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This novel is long! But it was a worthwhile read. I personally think the alternative title "The Record of the Di Daughter's Rebirth" describes the plot better. The story isn't just about a woman's personal rebirth story but it also details the historical record of the rise of a dynasty. The background depiction is very realistic.

The narration starts when the MC was three or four, showing her childhood struggle and education as an unfavored official's daughter, to assassination, to imperial decreed marriage and exiled to the boarder and her and her husband's rebellion against the corrupted government.

It shows her challenging society rules by taking care of governmental affairs despite being a female, being labeled as a shrew by refusing to accept concubines for her husband, raising and educating children, becoming empress and establishing a new dynasty, raising status of women (unfortunately not by much), watching the younger generations raise their own children then finally her death at the age of ~90.

There are a lot of major side characters. The MC and ML together have six kids, two girls and four boys (three of them are triplets!), each with distinct personality. These kids later got married then have their own kids and grand kids.

I lost track of their population by the third generation. Adding in all the major families in the capital and Yu City, there are more than a hundred side characters by the end of the novel!

But that doesn't prevent me from getting attached to the major ones like the MC's immediate family after almost 2000 chapters together. I should have stopped before the long extras, which was at least 500 chapters.

Extras are meant to be fulfilling! But here, it's so sad! MC and ML just grows older and older, eventually passing away one by one. What was even sadder was that there were foreshadowing that their dynasty wasn't going to last. When they died, all their kids and their families aren't picture perfect either. They each have problems.

One of the major points being hammered out throughout is the changing world and human personality. More than 80% of the characters being introduced in details started out as fairly good but as you keep reading, they ended up doing something unacceptable.

Everyone, including the MC, has flaws, especially the children. The MC had to clean up after them a lot of them even after they grow up, especially Yun QiXuan, their third son. That guy has fish eyes and falls for all kind of beauty traps.

Many of their daughter-in-laws and granddaughter-in-laws start out as kind but turned to villains! Putting personal interests before family, forcing concubines on their sons, adding pressure on their own daughter-in-laws to have kids!

One of the most regrettable things is that despite the MC and ML being monogamous, two of their sons have concubines. One of them was the succeeding emperor with 18 concubines, which as expected led to siblings of different mothers killing each other. Anyway, asides from some parts in the extras, the overall novel was very satisfying overall. Definitely recommended.

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Anner
Anner rated it
August 13, 2022
Status: c36
I'm relieved I read the spoiler section of this novel and skipped ahead to chapter 1052 onwards before spending too much time on this novel. This is definitely a more realistic type of novel, where the romance isn't earth-shattering or passionate ... more>>
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(said by the ML himself in chapter 1065 where he compares his passionate past-life love for Liu Shi with his comfortable, after having children, love for Yun Xi). He even says if his daughter hadn't arrived he might have made a mistake with Liu Shi.

I don't want to waste my time reading more than a thousand chapters about the main couple having six children reaching their teens, not to mention all the contributions Yun Xi has apparently made for the ML's cause, only for the ML to be infatuated with a dream version of another woman he loved in his last life. This is too disappointing. If this had happened at the beginning when their relationship wasn't stable, I would have been able to look past it, but after all they've been through together over such a long time, it makes him seem like a thoughtless and irresponsible man and I don't want to waste my time on him.

And even worse, even Yun Xi herself knows that even if he didn't sleep with Liu Shi and finally (due to the daughter's threats only) sent Liu Shi away, people will still think she was his woman and he only sent her away because he was scared of his jealous and vicious wife. So FL is still getting the worst of it because of his selfishness, yet the ML never once thinks about what his actions would do to his wife.

Reading up to 1089, he may say he was careless but he has yet to really reflect on himself, which becomes especially clear when his daughter asks him how he would feel if the FL took in a male musician and listened to him play every day. It seems the ML is more concerned about possibly losing the children and being lonely and losing his comfortabl home life than truly caring and loving Yun Xi.

The last straw for me is when between chapter 1130-1140 the ML's childhood friend and subordinate plans to rebel and kill the FL's brother and the ML tries to hide it afterwards from the FL to protect his friend. He is a weak-minded person who should never have a position of power in anything, and the worst is all characters always keep saying that, including the ML, and yet the ML keeps making disappointing and useless decisions to protect his friends. But this one is utterly unforgiveable, but of course the author brushes over that for the sake of the ML and makes the FL mad for all of five seconds. Poor Yun Xi, now I wish this novel that had potential would have been written without a male lead.

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Dioning
Dioning rated it
December 3, 2019
Status: Completed
I love this novel but the problem with this novel is that there are too many filler chapters, too many details in each chapters and there are lots of characters to remember. The MC is a beauty but not so beautiful that everyone would want a piece of her. She is smart, not just describe as smart by the author like many other MCs but keep making s*upid choices. This MC is actually smart as in always think about the big picture and not revengeful. Even though she is smart... more>> and powerful, she also respects and loves her husband, in return her husband also respects and loves her. She really knows when to advance when to retreat. A very good politician. Though the ML is a powerful general but he is not without any shortcoming like many other "perfect MLs". He has good martial arts, loyal, righteous but he isnt flexible nor he is as smart and cunning as the MC. Both of them understand their shortcomings and realized it from the early days of their marriage, that without each other they couldnt protect their family nor
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become the founding Emperor / empress of their dynasty

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They tried to raise their children according to each of the children personality and tried not to coddle them especially the MC. Though they spoiled the 2nd girl a bit much than the others because
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she born premature

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They actually act like a married couple and tried to communicate with each other. There arent many misunderstanding and the ML is not a leecher but he isn't a saint either.
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There is this one incidence in which the ML met his former paramour in his past live when he tried to find a music teacher for his 2nd daughter then let this beauty stayed on his residence because he felt that her face was very familiar to him then kept dreaming about her. Her music also could calm him (he used to have insomnia) and I suspect if his first daughter didnt rush to find her father, there would be an accident, afterall this paramour was a very beautiful girl with dignified and talented nature which is the type that ML likes. Then the girl got drugged by her maid, feel hot and the likes when she was playing music to the ML but fortunately his daughter came. Of course he called a doctor before his daughter came, but who knew how many accidents would happen in the future and who knew when the ML selfguard would finally slip out ? But because of this incidence, the ML realized how careless he was and how important his wife and children to him and had to crawl hard to get MC forgiveness. Then he remembered his past live and treated the MC better than ever.

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I suggest that you guys only read until the ML/MC
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retired or even earlier when they finally become the rulers

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Because after that, it fills with filler chapters much more than ever. Then skip it until the few last chapters when ML died then MC if you guys like this sort of separation story.
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I also couldnt understand why their first son had so many concubines when his mom raised him as a feminist and he was very steady when he grew up. His mom even guided his empress how to treat him as husband first before as the emperor which is what he wanted. Of course his sons then started killing each other and finally had to make his grandson as his heir, even then it was his mom who help him to choose a heir.

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P.s. I MTLed this novel and english is my third languange so I m sorry in advance if there are too many grammatical eror on my review. <<less
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Justpassingthrough
Justpassingthrough rated it
February 25, 2020
Status: --
As a novel the writing and translation are both good. But I honestly can't make myself say its excellent or even a 4 star read. It has major flaws. The first is that its long. Really, really long. When I saw that the novel had 1500+ chapters I was expecting short chapters, but no. The chapters are about the same length as TBAVW or ETT but the novel is like 10 times longer. Theres a lot of detail, descriptions and characters and at some point it just becomes too much.... more>> The romance doesn't even start for a really long time.

The second major flaw is one I find a lot in light novels. Which is that there's just WAAAY too much drama. Everybody and their relatives is out to get the MC. There's no break. You deal with one another pops up. It doesn't matter wether the MC is in front of them, hasn't really done anything to them or even if she's like miles away. She might be an obstacle to someone and so they try to kill her. Add to that the typical trick of authors which is to give their MC's as little to no help as possible from anyone except the ML and you just end up with so much drama. A lot of which is for s*upid reasons.

One of the reasons why I really enjoyed Legend of the concubine's daughter minglan was that the author handled the family situation really well. When they were young they really did seem like kids. Their schemes were not very good and mostly taught by their mothers. But in this novel the MC starts off at 4 yrs old her 3rd sis is 5 and they and the other sisters are all too mature. I couldn't help but feel that the author should have started at a slightly older age like at least 10-12 yrs old instead.

There were also plenty of times when I just didn't get the MC. Ex: She given an opportunity to learn from a really good teacher but of the from the arts she refuses to learn music, art or poetry on the basis that "they weren't useful". She doesn't have the talent for music so thats fine, but she doesn't even try poetry and just abandons art even though she has talent. She keeps saying she'll learn from her previous life and that she doesn't want to be a vase. But then refuses to learn skills that noble women are supposed to learn. What society is she planning on living in? Bear in mind, this is not some modern woman who transmigrated. MC is a reincarnator, this is the only society she has known. Also, she's 4 yrs old physically when this happens. Plenty of time to learn. <<less
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Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro rated it
August 5, 2019
Status: c450
I took 1 star off because I got bored halfway. There are too many stories and details to tell. Too many tensions without enough filler/release/fluff.

Despite all of this I enjoy this because it is goodly written and greatly translated. MC is actually very realistic. The characters are relatable with their backstory and motives. So if you want escapism (which what I looked in this kind of novel) you won't find it.

My gripes about this novels:

1. Everyone and their mother is out to get MC. Figuratively and literally speaking. It gets... more>> tiring after a while since this is the case everywhere she goes. Even when she's far away people heard what she did, thought she's crafty/sly, and she needs to be killed. Repeat ad infinitum.

2. Face slapping is not satisfying. The high point of reincarnation novel is usually how MC face slap and turn her life for the better. I appreciate her laying low while quietly making up and not taking other's resources. But for her every progress there is like one more people added that want to kill her.

3.
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she is not the only one reincarnated. This one is even more atrocious since she took all future resources. She realized MC is a reincarnator too so she tried to kill MC. She is actually like a parody of other reincarnation MC. Yeah author, I see what u did there

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It's still worth the read despite my complainings :p <<less
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Gavella
Gavella rated it
June 8, 2018
Status: c629
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The plot is very satisfying. As a rebirth novel, it's some exagerrating. But it made you love female lead so much. The villains are not some extra s*upid except kings and her father. Well but as far as I've read, there's not so much villains. The female lead went step by step. Every achievement is worth it. Their love story is not love at first sight. But it's well written.

I can't put down this novel as I want to know what will happen next. I gussed from the start that male lead is Yun Qing. But not surely. It took a long time to their meeting (although there're scenes in childhood; it's not some important) . The female lead growth is what I like most. The female lead start from zero.

That's not all I want to say. There's so much more. But I can't write the review really well. I can assure that this novel is worth your time.

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omgsijin
omgsijin rated it
November 20, 2020
Status: c153
it was really good at first... MC aint mary sue but also not op. then the story went bad.. exhausting to read. forced drama just to prolong the story. good characters went detoriates for the sake of drama. also ML aint the typical douche but st2pid cheater. non-redeemable.
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alrahe
alrahe rated it
January 30, 2021
Status: --
I'm exhausted. Actually this novel is good, it's worth to read about the character building of FL. But I feel tired seeing people around FL took FL's hardwork for granted.

The ML looks pathetic for me, I thought he's kind of savage guy but actually he has a weak heart.

And I also a bit disappointment seeing Yuchen (FL sister) development. She's my second favorite character in here. I feel bad for her, actually she has a fate to be empress in past life but people ruin her fate. I wonder, can... more>> author makes her reunited the FL not make (force) her to be the concubine of the villain. The drama leave a bad taste in my mouth. <<less
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mitsie
mitsie rated it
October 7, 2019
Status: c86
I feel that since novel is newly translated, there aren’t many reviews yet - but this definitely deserves five stars! I’ve read Princess Wei Yang, and this is comparable, but different in its unique way. I love the translating that Xin-Shou is doing. All explanations are provided, and the English is clear to read.

My only complaint is that I want more chapters!!! We’re only at c86, but there are 1600+ chps?! I honestly love the main character and her straightforward and clever character. Ahh!! I want more! Thank you Xin-Shou!... more>> To you all, give it a try! You won’t regret it ? <<less
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CaliforniaMaki
CaliforniaMaki rated it
June 23, 2021
Status: Completed
I read mtl edit which is quite 80% readable. Ofc some events made me confused but I just plowed on through.

Man read this after a couple of weeks because it's 1600+ chapters long for the main story! Heard its 2k+ for the extras

Anywho! Man! This is one of the best slice of life historical novels I've ever read. The details of Yu Xi's childhood to adulthood were so wonderfully written and she seems to be the golden standard for smart, intelligent FLs!

Characters were well-written that had their share of successes... more>> and failures. Some you'd like, others whom you thought you'd like are actually quite disappointing. Man the rollercoaster I went through while reading this is just WOW! Which is why I really stuck to it because this is GEM status! Most of the characters have a life of their own and we get a glimpse to their lives.

I feel that the author is very knowledgeable since she didn't skimp on the culture, tradition and interactions of the people at that period. The ceremonies were written intricately, the nuances of the difference in status be it nobles, commoners, masters and subordinates. I'm a historical junkie and this attention to detail is just superb! What I like most about this is:

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After rebirth, she surely gained additional knowledge but she never tried to stand out because people would assume she was possessed and my gosh was that satisfying!!! Which I def agree with if people suddenly do things differently the people surrounding her would catch on and the audience in this novel are pretty smart!

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I didn't plan on sinking my teeth in any novels but this one hooked me right into it. I can't really say more because I might spoil everything. You shouldn't pass on this story!

Last thing to say is this events wouldn't havr happened if no one provoked her. All she did was just to survive 😊 <<less
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ShenMiaoFan
ShenMiaoFan rated it
April 23, 2021
Status: --
Awesome novel, Han Yuxi is not too OP, talented, or a national genius, but she is not defenseless either. Another reason why I love this novel is because there is no perfect or all-powerful male lead, and it is Han Yuxi (the main character) that is in the spotlight most of the time. Currently, this is my second favorite novel, the first being the Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage.

Hope the future chapters are still as amazing!
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OKDR
OKDR
September 8, 2020
Status: c2285
I give this novel 3 stars for several reasons.

I do believe it is a good (and addictive) read and it is a different take on the genre of what we're used to. However, it does has its own short-comings due to the author's own flaws.

The good aspects of this novel is that the characters can be relatable, there's no OP person (not even the one comments highlight as the main lead's "cover" for her rebirth) and the side characters and even some minor characters have interesting enough stories to just... more>> not make you hooked up on the leads.

The dialogue building is also good (well, it is the main corpse of the novel) and the people portrayed are rather average people of those times with a twist of modern ideas, introduced by the main lead's own inner development. The author doesn't strive to make anyone too outstanding, even knows how to fade a little the protagonist's halo (Yuxi can't never catch a break). However, the main lead those become unreasonable too perfect on the extras (in the meaning she's able to resolve too much drama she shouldn't be dealing with on first place).

Yuchen, the sister that's apparently so outstanding that allows the main lead to pass unnoticed as a rebirth soul; is not that perfect, and she's actually the real antagonyst of the novel and midway her fate reverses and all her short-commings start showing up.

I don't think there's any real sisterhood regarding the main lead and her siblings in this novel either. Everything is just cordiality for profit, and up till the end, it is just mantaining the posture for the blood-relationship and the past upbringing together in the backyard.

However, there's a nice brotherhood among the main lead's children.

The bad aspects of this novel are the fact the author keeps forgetting things that do affect the consitence of the story, increasing those mistakes in the extras, that also happen to be so long.

Another bad thing, mostly seen in the extras, is that sometimes she spents so much energy and time to develope a character and its story to end it in a very anti-climatic way and way too open. Sometimes, characters make a turn for the worst that seems too forced, and I am not talking about the main lead's children (which is carefully planted and developed before the extras), but side characters that suddenly become unreasonable or greedy beyond what's realistic according to their previous development.

Her descriptive narrative is also lacking. I don't mean describing things, places or outfits, but actually describing the character's moves, inner thoughts and, more importantly, the love relationships are too plain. Even those that are promising in a romantic level, are barely narrated. One doesn't require novels to have smut, lime or lemon, but there's not even a skillful narration of any couple's bed time in terms of affection, not even the wedding nights. It is too half-arsed and it can't even be considered subtle.

None of the love relationships portrayed are trully passionate. The author does emphatize on family love and love built over marriage and couple's trust. The few characters that are actually smitten with their fiancées/spouses are barely crafted, and reading it falls too short.

However, all the politics, ideals and even the values the author wants to transmit are well enough written into the story.

Despite being a rebirth & revenge novel, the theme of revenge becomes secondary after a while and slowly disappears to give space to other ideas such as the women's situation in ancient times (in China) and the differences within' classes (even though, there's still some clasism kept through the whole novel).

Those who like the usual rebirth & revenge novels where the female lead is constantly counter-scheming and punishing others, may feel disappointed with this one, but still, I'd think it's worth to give it a chance.

The translated version is quite good and, although there's still hundreds of chapters to finish, it is enough to get you enticed, the MTL is not too hard to follow and you've got spoilers and the spoiler's forum ;) <<less
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ylial
ylial rated it
February 20, 2020
Status: c339
One of the Best bg novel I've read. Though he chapter 1 disappointed me (Prior rebirth, the MC is so slow-witted. Even me an who is a foreign (non-chinese) knew some of their cultures yet the MC did not know the consequence when she returned after a long absence), however, succeeding chapters are honestly good. The MC is normal and has lots of flaws. She works hard to improve herself and not to compare herself with her perfect sister who is loved by her father and grandma. I love her... more>> ideologies and how she does not kill someone. She retaliates but not too much. She still kind hearted despite her cunning mind. I love watching her growth. However, the story has too much side stories/filler and it gets boring. I like this since the side chara's also propel the story to move forward (not the usual 2d novels). Probably kinda disappointed when the MC married since d story doesn't meet my expectations. The only good thing is the MC's growth.

Below is not a spoiler but my personal tracker

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https://m. Fpzw. Com/book/97916/20015951. Html

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Catoast
Catoast rated it
August 2, 2019
Status: c68
I really am enjoying this novel so far. It's quite different from those I have read previously. Their concepts don't differ but the details are refreshing. The MC is not all-knowing or incredibly talented due to past experience from previous life. She learned many things after reincarnating but she still makes mistakes, which makes sense due to her not having the experience of going through the harem of the palace like other novels.

Another refreshing detail is how the beloved daughter that usually appears in these types of novels does not... more>> hold evil intentions. Usually, the most beautiful and talented daughter of the household would be arrogant or two-faced, leading to MC surpassing them. However, the beloved daughter in this novel is not arrogant. She is talented in many aspects to the point MC can not surpass her despite her two lives. But the MC shows something different rather than the endless talents other reincarnation MCs have - perseverance and determination. While others do obviously endure and are determined, this MC truly shows it by constantly working hard even if she can only be equal to the beloved daughter.

All in all, this novel brings me great joy. <<less
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nejeriv rated it
September 17, 2024
Status: --
No wonder she was invisible, she actually doesn't have a single good quality, constantly jealous of her brilliant sister, and too lazy to study. A whole chunk of plot is dedicated to her begging and scraping to become a student of that one popular teacher. There's a LOT of drama over her not being allowed to. And what does she do when she becomes a student? She... just... refuses to study. This and that subject is below her, she refuses to learn, she's too cool for school, and the only... more>> thing she agrees to do is paint. Why did she beg so hard to become a student if she's not interested in studying? It makes no sense. I have no idea what she's even trying to achieve, so I quit. <<less
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whitespade
whitespade rated it
December 5, 2021
Status: c1250
The MTL is fairly readable. Eventhough the translation is reasonably fast I can't wait. This is a masterpiece. But you must know that this is a kingdom building novel so eventhough the ML and FL are really loving the focus is not on that. Sometimes my eyes just lost focus when they talk about military things lmao.

Author is quite fair and give the antagonists brains so our MC actually have to work hard. So even if we know the end we don't know the process!
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frostcrystal
frostcrystal rated it
November 11, 2021
Status: Completed
Gloriously long and nuanced. You really feel like you're watching a real person grow up and grow old.

What I particularly like about this book is how a lot of characters change over time, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. A wonderful, wise, straightforward character becomes a foolish, doddering, short-sighted old person, and you mourn. A character who was approachable becomes influenced by an obsession which eventually kills them. This story is full of such other little dramas and stories, all interwoven into the main plotline. It's a... more>> lot to keep track of, so I suggest trying to binge it all in one go if you can. Even so, I would sometimes lose track of people.

Though there is a pretty strong bittersweet overtone to the story, especially with the minor characters, the main plotline is about as happy as you'll get. <<less
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Jade_ice
Jade_ice rated it
September 24, 2020
Status: c104
Nice through adventure. The lead is not infallible and tries to stay on the down low as to not stick out. She makes different decisions and treasures her life. It obviously effects those around her and she takes a lot of that into account. Thoughtful and interesting all the way through there are a lot of relationships and side characters that also affect the main lead. You end up cheering her all the way. My favorite thing though would be all the work the translator xin-shou (noob translator) has added... more>> in videos and foot notes to enhance the reading experience. There are a ton of references and material that has been presented to the reader that is utterly delightful. Even the translator notes at the end of each chapter discussing the chapter, memes on how the translator feels about what's going on in book or just the latest song that the translator is enjoying. I appreciate all of it! 💙 <<less
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eagerreadergirl
eagerreadergirl rated it
April 30, 2020
Status: c124
This is honestly one of the best rebirth novels I've ever read -- right up there with Malicious Empress of Military Lineage so far as writing quality, heroine quality, and translation quality goes! Although I've only read up to the translated Chapter 124, I am absolutely enthralled with this story and cannot wait for more.

The delight starts with the main character. Han Yuxi is an absolutely wonderful and incredibly human heroine who you can't help but root for -- not only because she's lead a pitiable past life where she... more>> was used and discarded by almost everyone around her but because she's so determined to live a better second life based only on her own hard-work. She doesn't get reincarnated with some kind of golden cheat or special knowledge that catapults her to the top of the social hierarchy. Instead, she has to grind out years of hard work and careful scheming to be able to slowly climb her way to a position of relative security -- one that is the product of her endless effort and guile. She's a wonderful and refreshing antidote to the usual rebirth heroines, who tend to either be paragons of perfection (
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which is actually pretty hilariously embodied in her "perfect" sister, Yuchen

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Honestly, what I like most about this story is that it's surprisingly realistic, despite its use of many over-the-top Chinese Novel tropes like evil step-mothers, cold and indifferent fathers, constant schemes within the harem, etc. Although all of those things exist, the author manages to write a surprisingly human and recognizable world where people have other concerns outside of the heroine, cannon fodder can sometimes be redeemed or at least sensibly back away from danger after enough losses, and a broader world exists beyond our heroine's gaze. It's a surprisingly complex world and one that feels almost as real as our wonderful heroine.

Additionally, if you read the translated story, you are in for a delight! The translator's words flow as easily as water and she has a delightful habit of including beautiful photo references to many of the items and even foods depicted in the story. These photos not only immerse you in the world of the novel -- they may leave you incredibly hungry. I know I ended up wanting to snack a lot after reading a few chapters!

Long story short -- even though I'm far from finished with the novel, I am absolutely enthralled by the wonderful heroine and story-telling within it. This novel is highly, highly recommended on my part! <<less
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