While drying up our eyes waiting for another episode of LYF, watch Love You Seven Times (2023). A comedy and the FL isn't as annoying as I had thought ie. no excessive cutie performance.
Xuan becomes emperor, has to marry many woman but not the one he loves, goes to war and attacks Haoling, conquers…
CX had already secretly been nominated by his grandfather to be his heir because XY's mother's condition to go to war against XY's father was CX would inherit the Xiyan state.
I've watched three episodes of LYST and so far, the pace is decent unlike LoA.
If the drama meets the above factors decently like LYF, it's good to watch.
Playing with the puppets was aimed to protect XY's reputation as a woman. So, CX was protective of XY.