The third sister ended up being taken by the emperor to the palace as a concubine. Taken is a strong word (but I am admittedly biased because in my opinion, the emperor doesn’t deserve love. I understand having other women and that no woman can’t gatekeep the emperor and all but does it have to be her maid? In her own bed while she was pregnant causing her to miscarry?) because the third sister fell hard for the emperor that she came willingly.

Spoilers: The mother here is gentle, timid and softspoken like the mother in “Eldest Sister, Why Haven’t You Married Yet?” BUT MC’s mother here is better in my opinion. She at least tries to stands up for her children. She did her best and has this eversuffering “fawning response” especially when her husband died but when she found out that her sister in law (MC’s aunt) is spreading rumors about MC, she tried to like confront the aunt that lead to her being pushed into the ground while being pregnant with MC’s youngest sibling/only brother. The mother died but before she did, she laid in the guilt real thick to get her way. She was bleeding to death when she begged for a separation to pave the way for MC and her siblings because MC was subtly pushing for the separation for the longest time now.

I understand that MC’s mother’s last dying wish is for all her children to marry for love and for MC not to fight but damn... I don’t know if I could ever share a meal, share a table, live in the same compound as someone who caused my mom’s death, sold me off in my first life, caused the death of my youngest sibling in my first life and maaaaaaaany more. Like for real... what the f*ck?