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The novel was a bit lackluster but I liked the premise of the second female lead getting the life she deserves. I just finished arc 4 at the point of this review, the couples are really cute. Also I like how for a lot of the characters the author takes the path of redemption for them rather than making it so a villain can only have bad thoughts. Like arc 1 with the mc’s brothers and arc 3 w the mc’s nephewsI do not believe the author is a toxic feminist, tbh I think saying that is a bit of an exaggeration. And I also don’t think the novel is super patriotic. Yes the author runs on the beliefs that the officials should do the best for their country which was very much displayed in the novel, but there were multiple instances of corrupt officials. There was no time when the author tried instilling that officials aren’t corrupt.All in all I really like the gentler solutions used in this novel, not every original female lead is evil, and not every original female lead gets a completely harsh ending. It’s a breath of fresh air compared to the other novels where the author tortures the original female lead simply because she’s the original female lead despite her not being that bad of a person herself. I like reading about a bunch of wife s*aves, it’s really cute.The only discontent I have with this novel is that I feel like the MCs don’t get identities that are challenging enough, they also hardly have to struggle to achieve their goals, it’s really smooth sailing for the main characters which can make it a bit boring to read sometimes, but so far it’s pretty good! Will have to see how the future chapters turn out and update this review.