I have read many of the novels by the same author, I must say that I really liked Gu hui yan's character, but while reading, I always felt that the author tries to make Gu Huo Yan see as someone capable, a leader, a strategist, someone with a lot of experience, but personally, he was a terrible father, not that he sympathizes with Gu Cheng Yao, gu cheng yao was not very good when making decisions, especially in personal ones such as choosing a wife, and This is partly the parents' fault, Gu hui yan's fault for letting things go to his first wife, for not talking to her, in the end the one who paid for the lack of communication between the parents was Gu cheng yao, in that aspect gu hui Yan loses many points, personally I expected him to have a boy with Lin wei xi, because in general this author always makes the FL in his novels have first-born boys or twins, in short, of all the novels of this author Finally, I thank the translator, because this novel could not be I found it in Chinese and I had to look it up in English. Thank you

...I'm actually glad FL escaped from that ex husband of hers. But pity that the reason he's so muddle headed when it comes to dealing with the womenfolk in the courtyard is due to his parents not personally raising him to be rational. And he grew up sheltered and bamboozled by these people he thinks he has familial bonds with but who are eyeing him like a fat cow ripe for picking in their hearts.

Not to mention that it's the mindset of the eldest male son so I can somewhat understand where his temperament and path of logic are coming from.

For his father to be disappointed with his conduct, that is the responsibility of their parents who are supposed to raise him, no? But they were absent during most of their son's life. These things cannot be taught just by books or by just leaving their children to do whatever. Their son may not have needed for basic necessities like food, shelter, education. But he did grow up neglected and without his parents' proper guidance.

His mother also fed him with idealized stories of her supposed whirlwind romance with his father when it's becoming more apparent that it was most likely not true as he's away in war most of the time anyway and even her son is starting to doubt his mom's stories.

Considering the circumstances, this is just the way it is and that is how it happened, that is why he turned out this way. I honestly feel like he's somewhat pitiful.

I prefer this though, to having the characters be two dimensional with only one or two traits without depth of their character and how they're raised to think this way.

The transmigrator girl, however. Her IQ really dropped quite a lot. I'm a little disappointed that her ability is only up till there. She rested too much on her laurels after thinking she got her prince, got rid of the thorn of a sister who overshadowed her, and got her supposed happily ever after.

For all the "smarts" and advantages she had when she, a modern woman, transmigrated: charming people she met, being well liked by others, adapting into the ancient way of thinking like a fish to water, introducing her games...

But she's not doing anything substantial anymore ever since the FL came in through the door nor is she stirring things up with any of her "modern knowledge" gold finger after she was suppressed a few times by her mother-in-law. Like where did all that go???..