There's something really interesting happening with the Dragon Boat Festival setting that I want to unpack, because I think the author is using it more cleverly than surface-level. The Dragon Boat Festival is traditionally about remembrance — of Qu Yuan, of loyalty, of sacrifice. But in this chapter, it's become a backdrop for something much more intimate and personal. The sachets (Five Poisons sachets) are traditional festival items meant to ward off evil and promote health. They're small, handmade, personal gifts. And yet they become the battlefield for an entire household's power dynamics. Li Wanran's sheep-shaped sachet is interesting specifically because it's ordinary. Not elaborate, not status-signaling — just cute. She gives it to Attendant Yi, not to Yinzhen. In a world where every gesture is political, her choice to give a simple gift to a servant rather than perform a grand romantic gesture for her husband becomes a quiet act of defiance. It's not rebellious in an obvious way — it's rebellious because she's refusing to play the game on its own terms. The sachet becomes this symbol of everything the women in the household are competing for, and also everything they're failing to communicate. Lady Song's sachet is about status. Zhang's sachet is about redemption and favor. Li Wanran's sachet is... just a sachet. And that simplicity is what makes it powerful. Yinzhen's fixation on not receiving one reveals something about him too — he's a man who operates in grand political gestures, in alliances and rivalries and drinking competitions, and yet here he is, hurt because his wife didn't make him a small handmade gift. The contrast between his public persona and his private vulnerability is the theme the chapter is building toward. The festival setting also adds a layer of temporal significance. Dragon Boat Festival is about tradition, about doing things the way they've always been done. But Li Wanran keeps subverting expectations — she eats before the host, she gives gifts to servants, she winks at her husband instead of performing proper wifely deference. The festival becomes a backdrop against which her quiet rebellion is most visible.
I appreciate the perspective that without a physical body, one lacks the capacity for emotion. After all, it’s widely understood that emotions stem from chemical processes in the body and have evolved to enhance our chances of survival.
The book is truly exceptional; the male lead is adorable, thoughtful, and compassionate. The female protagonist displays remarkable strength and determination in every situation.每当主角回忆过去，我的心总是为她感到心疼。而且，我特别喜欢主角与男主人公祖父之间的互动，他们相处得非常温馨可爱。
I want to literally explode everytime I look at that sh*t
that is just how the novels world works, blessings make you stronger and that puts the mages at a disadvantage
I think I'm one of the few heterosexual men who reads this type of novel, it's actually very good and I recommend it ?
Wut? Which is the new one?
This is good?
Same here O_o
I finished.Although the ending was rushed, it is still among the top 10 novels I have read
Why this novel rank so low??
The NOVEL'S EXTRA