@Roiya I agree with you too.
Women in many cultures back then had no choice but to fight with other women for a man’s approval, since the only way to have status, stability, or value as a female possession was through a man. But as someone who believes a woman is her own person and not the objectified offshoot of her father/husband/son... Qing Tian’s situation makes me nauseous. I’m more than a little annoyed the author is making it seem like she hit the jackpot or something.
She’s regarded as one of his many possessions, and it’s supposed to be natural for her to fight with the other women for his affections. Yuck. And to make it worse, he had promised she would be his one and only.
And! She’s trapped bc she already has a son/heir with him. She can’t just be “abandoned” by her husband and live peacefully bc the other women will try to kill her son.
This is such a crap situation. Poor Yi Wen.