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You know what's interesting and that wouldn't surprise me. if Jian Jun whatever how you spell her name is. What if she is was actually from this time, but somehow got transported to a different time. And she was actually part of the aristocrats. And somehow she and The Aristocrats manipulated our MC fate. And that's why the MC Didn't get her rightful Happy ending.
That might be true .. (⊙…⊙ )
So the reason the prince treated Aristia horribly was because he was being controlled by the aristocrats!?