I agree.Critic I have, game is tending to grind.
Repeating exactly the same scene (cooking, cleaning) for 6/7 times without nothing change is not cool.
As gamer unfortunately I do not have huge amount of time to invest in repeating the same action over and over
I personally like the slow pace but I can see why people dislike it.
What I don't get is this: Since there are already cheats in the game why not add some more to solve these problems? For example get 100gold or something. That would cut down grinding time. Or reduce guilt / suspicion