apopoi's manga / #Ancient China(2)

The mc is a transmigrator/reincarnate who did so in a hilarious way...she isn't the sharpest tool but she isn't dense too...I like how she is self-sufficient and independent... love how she uses her power...her dad and brothers are a plus...a loving family is always a plus...the ml is a refreshing take on the whole royalty ml trope..he is helpless against his brother(emperor) and he doesn't put emotions first...the imperial family seems to be cautious and threatened by MC's family as they have a great military power and politically too..the emperor isn't fully established yet it seems...the banter is fun...from as far as I've read I remember loving it and a smile was always on my face...anyway I remember being scared after the time skip as there wasn't much progress and I was afraid one of my all time favourites will become redundant and boring so I stopped...Since it is a Chinese manhua after all, it is dragged out and filled with cliches left and right with the usual trope..seeing the amount of chapters I'm afraid to continue from where I left off...What to do? I have such pleasant memories with this and I don't wanna run it..*sighs*

It's such a shame. It started off great, I loved their dynamic and interactions as well as their constant bantering and sparring. They felt like two boys who were best friends and knew eachother inside out. That was the first half. It was so refreshing to me how despite the MC being a uke held such power or authority and can refuse seme for anything and everything, how he drew the line and all. They felt equal. They were the same age and there was a power balance to it. That was before the timeskip. Our feisty and witty MC was nowhere to be found. He became so submissive and stupid. He walks around without using his brain. What was the reason he trained ten years in that ravine for? He is supposed to be as strong as seme and fight side by side but he is alloted to be a damsel in distress, letting his emotions get the better of him with the seme running things however he wants and him blindly and happily following. When they have sex, the seme like traps his hands and he can't resist..he just whimpers "St-Stop" but the seme ofcourse don't. The seme refuses to tell uke everything for uke's sake, man how I hate that type of plotline, yet fully expects the uke to tell him everything. Not to mention how he disciplines him by spanking him and calling him a "good boy", like that is so out of the blue? What is going on in the author's mind? I guess she wanted to trade a completely fresh and unique blb dynamic into an unhealthy, power-imbalance with the typical top and bottom. They are literally the same age, grew up together side by side and used to fight eachother yet now that changed..the seme and uke's personality has been changed to fit into what people likes and expects of a YAOI to be. I hate it. Not to mention this is a manhua so I should have expected it but they had Korean names so I was confused Baek is a Korean name I'm sure . I got upto ch35 but I don't want to continue