120 - old fashion ruthless harem household
On the pretext of one child being legitimate, the main concubine kid plot to take some privileges away from her
They are bad and ruthless, true,
It’s a common household with a very unfair father and poisons ( deadly) as abundant as water in a river
These people are ridiculously ruthless
But a few of their claims are pretty founded ?
The world is truly unfair and it is really unfortunate that some might have a different status based on some archaic pro male system
Yet every women contributes to enforce that misogynistic system
And here they go aiming at each other, plotting against kids , women against women, sisters against sister, from a very young age : for the sake of a bunch of pathetic jerks who will add many other women to their collection ?
This sick hierarchy is also maintained by women
The ultimate power being the one of the dowager , having no more rivals, she oversees the harem of her son, brings in more women to add to the messy family business
Women are supposed to bring other women to their husbands : it’s a sin not to contribute to the male well being ? According to virtuous wife or concubines will obviously share, live under the abuse of the favorite or higher ranked, and always feel threatened or feel the need herself to threaten the life of other women and their children
You hardly can imagine a more toxic system
Our MC, supposedly a modern woman, has no trouble jumping in, and vastly contributes to the demise of, not one, but three sistesr, and soon a brother
Sure « they »started it
The non sens knows no limit, maids and nurses will be beaten to death yo cover the scheme of their owner
Yet again, the moder woman won’t hesitate o ruin them, to warn the bad step mon and daughter
And quposedly she’s a doctor
Waiy, she’s a modern forensic doctor
Yet she’s a perfect chinese practitioner healing the living ? Duh
As the murderous family seems to know no end, you also won’t escape the ambitious girl wanting to climb her new found husband bed, and more plot ensues
Then you need to add the commoner vs noble vs imperial status (forget slaves) and once more, the modern woman has no trouble wielding the power of her birth / bloodline / birth order / parental status to crush anyone « under » her by unfair and illogical principles
So yes, slap the girl, have her maid slap another one, etc. All of that is very easy to pull
Not encouraging a girl who wants to be independent is fine too
Meh
Really this is bad :/
It’s rather fascinating to see how the collective acceptance of toxic rules brings female to be the worst enemy of their own kind and how ridiculous it is for them to be so absolutely dependent on male who treat them like breeding stock under the guise of protection or morality
The amazing « love » narrative where so many gullible (and ruthless) girls will fight each other to gain a status that will never truly be safe, and how they will inflict the same fate on other women, including their daughters
I do hope more people see the many victims of this horrific and abusive system
Of course , villains are bad, their actions are unforgivable, but isn’t it unfortunate that modern writers still perpetuate these fictions without understanding that there’s truly some fundamentaly unfair situations that will bring the worst out of most, instead of justifying the entire thing in the name of justice ?
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