As for the contents, following words: fake it till you make it. This novel is full of incompetent people jumping up and down pretending to be competent. It's fun for a while. The whole country was reborn based on MC's golden finger, and MC stayed clueless about the fact that like a solid half of the people around her can hear her thoughts, despite them blurting them out in three seconds or less after hearing. It's like they didn't even try to conceal it. Ah, no matter — no one ever promised that MC's brains didn't degrade to the level of a newborn baby, it's understandable. But frustrating.

I skimmed chapter 130 and MC is still a baby, and there's still blocks of MC inner monologue. In all seriousness, I recommend finding another novel or simply closing the browser to pursue your childhood dreams.

none of the concubines end up in the cold palace. The empress is still the empress. Presumably out of respect for her father, the emperor shows no interest in divorcing the empress; however, even at the end she hasnt given up on her son being named crown prince and probably will end up in the cold palace if not divorced if she catches wind that concubine liu's son is the crown prince because she cannot act maturely despite her status. The emperor's relationship with concubine liu is more akin to a trusted confidant than the traditional role of a concubine, and I would have liked to see them develop more of a couple vibe, but regardless: even if she stays as a concubine, when her son becomes emperor she will be the empress dowager regardless of the presence of empress tong.

other things left open ended or unresolved:

• • lower concubine chen is never brought up again, and concubine min moves to concubine liu's palace after she's promoted, so presumably shes just stuck being a nobody in a harem the emperor largely ignores.

• • while one arc makes it clear that the fifth prince wins the respect of most of the other princes, its not known if the crown prince ever realizes his mother's folly or if the third prince attempts to reform himself.

• • the MC is considered the third princess but its not mentioned if the other princesses have passed away or if the author deliberately excluded them from the novel.

• • min rou's daughter is apparently the future crown princess/empress but shes never named or talk about beyond the arc where min rou leaves her husband.

• • the king of chu has a good relationship with his empress but its not known how she reacted or felt after presumably learning her son tried to kill his dad twice in order to keep his position as crown prince. I would have liked to know since she was one of the reasons the prince grew up selfish and out of control.
    
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The imperial harem and their rivalry. Seems like we just forgot them along the way. What happened to the other consorts, concubines and the empress? The rivalry of the princes? What about the OG protagonists? We never heard a sliver of these guys till the end.