when slavery system still on, all around the world just like that. Believe me. Its not just china, even europe, us, uk, asean had these kind shitty plot irl. Thats why people try to write-off slavery system to make a better world we lived in rn.
Its just happen many authors in china find historical story more interesting and thats not the case for other country. Unfortunately not many anchient manhwa about other country. Well, You can easily found Korea and China manhwa, and a few of japan manga. if you're curious with europe, check painter behind the curtain.
Sorry my eng so bad. My brain not functioning well rn
Can't believe I have found myself on another one of these stories. Incredibly cruel male lead that mistreats the other main lead then a typical jealous woman who is also cruel to the servants. The the cruel ML falls in love with the other main lead while the other FL remains cruel and gets punished in the end. Oh, and the cruel male lead stays cruel and is only nice to the other main lead!
Since this is mostly the typical storylines of Chinese manhuas, makes me wonder if abusive men are rare over there. They are very romanticized in many many stories. It also follows the typical abusive guy pattern - abusive - becomes nice - gets jealous - abusive - becomes nice. In real life that is how abusive people get away with abuse. Tend to the wounds you inflicted. But somehow in these stories, it is presented like some revolutionary sign that he is a good guy.