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I don’t officially rate books I haven’t finished unless they’re truly terrible. But my unofficial rating would be 3 ⭐️.it’s an okay book a little dull and a bit of strangeness. The baby crying in the womb and people on the outside hearing... I thought it would mean some sort of magical element but nope. It doesn’t really feel like it has a plot things have just happened with no real direction. I’m curious about a lot of things like MLs relationship to his mother the scar on his neck how did he know about her being in the palace and why become emperor? But I feel like I’m slogging through the chapters and only enjoying a few moments before just muddling along. I’m taking a break but maybe I’ll come back.MC has kind of a bland and meek personality that is supposed to be unbothered yet knowing and cool. She’s only sharp when it comes to medicine matters but so far those scenes have been limited after she gave birth/married. I like a bit more energy and kick to my MC especially towards the ML. She lets him keep misunderstanding things and says she will clear it up but 1) ML thinks he knows better and talks over her (and she’s like we had our first fight as a couple like no that’s not cute) 2) it to the third party to clear things up but only to ML she doesn’t know he knows but now he has a whole other misunderstanding. her rebirth hasn’t really been used much to her advantage, the only thing was remembering ML didn’t die so there wasn’t any reason for her to stay in the city. All that did was get her a marriage, with the noble ladies misunderstanding her to be some master manipulator/schemer. there’s also no revenge since whatever happened in her last life didn’t happen this time and she’s not going to help out her blackmailer. Maybe it’s her code of ethics as a doctor but personally I found that boring since I do like the type of MC to even the scales bc they know the other person is still wicked at the core.ML is usually the type I like but I got kind of the ick when he talks over her, has a weird flip flop interest in their son sometimes he wants to know more about him (and by extension his wife) and is amused by him and sometimes he doesn’t seem to care, while I know it’s for a good reason I get kinda grossed out when the devoted SO lets others believe he’s a cheater. TBH I don’t feel like they’ve had any real emotional depth to their relationship while they act like a married couple, they don’t communicate much and MC has a weird thing about not letting him know her fondness for him because it stems from her original hero worship.