A smart protagonist and adorable ML is always good. Also, I don't loathe her mother, she's messed up and abusive, but she was also LOANED to the emperor by her trash husband - so him getting poisoned is only fair. She gave birth to her daugher (the FL) after she came back home, so some insanity and bitterness is to be expected.
A smart protagonist and adorable ML is always good. Also, I don't loathe her mother, she's messed up and abusive, but she was also LOANED to the emperor by her trash husband - so him getting poisoned is only fair. She gave birth to her daugher (the FL) after she came back home, so some insanity and bitterness is to be expected.