Huo Shuqin and Luo Susu were spoiled by the elders who educated them. Qian Yixiu also heard several stories about how difficult it was for daughters to find a good match for marriage because of their mean mothers. The reason given was that the "daughter resembles the mother."
Women like Lian Chuchu, who were intelligent, forbearing, and knew how to scheme, were too rare. In the end, the strategies they used involved becoming someone else's mistress and sacrificing their own lives. Although Lian Chuchu got her revenge, the man who found out the truth about her was unlikely to love her as he had before, and she could only rely on her daughter to live a forbearing life for the rest of her days.