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After a while we would only be able to hear his dialogues coming from backrooms and will not be able to see him 😂🤣.
I think they are doing this to glorify and focus solely on FL...Pull down others to lift up one kind of thing.

If you get past that you will enjoy the comeback of the plot.Indeed around ep 13 it irked a bit and the moments of situ character were a bit of rage bait but the dynamic between ML and FL will solve them later on. Ep 15 and further were good.
You can watch just the glimpses of the episode,and then decide if you want to watch further after ep 13,I think you will get past the frustration and get satisfactory results.

Yes , he seems timid and powerless infront of the ministers.

"How dare you "was good and funny .Both ML and FL were supporting each other.( though I hated the portion where the ML was lying about his identity even though there was no need to ?)
In LiTC ,the portion of keeping secret and lying is short ,the comeback was very satisfying .I don't know upto which ep you made it.. But If you pass through the small portion,you will get satisfactory results.Even their parting/break up each time is very short lived ( about 1 and half episode).Their acting as experienced ,even though both were inexperienced was funny 🤣.ep 19,20,26 etc are good, ep 28 -29 were a bit of laggy but after 30 , it once hain picks up pace.
And you should watch "River where the Moon rises".It's a well balanced and good drama.It has FL as MC, but when you watch ,it feels natural and all characters seem important.

Yes ! This one is better than that.In that drama , every 5min there would a cringe dialogue waiting for viewer.And it just kills the flow and spirit of drama.

Oh! You can say that too🤣🤣

🤣😂FL must be an Alien

VrindaAV I feel you😔

That's right!

Yes , balance is required,or else it would just feel annoying like forcefull propaganda and logic less.

I think he is the most innocent and gullible on one atleast.He is free of treachery,like when he heard Marquis of wuan was alive ,he was literally one of the happiest character 😂😂.But he is emperor,he ought to be twisted.

Thats right! they are good ones. In fact The Prisoner of Beauty ,Love in the Clouds,are one of my favourites.Fated heart and Generation to generation were good too ,Even though all these women centric and FL is the focus.These dramas didn't lower the ML's importance.
The Kdrama "river where the moon rises" had a perfect balance .It was also FL focused but it didn't downplay ML.
Have you seen the " new life begins",I was annoyed with that one because of the same reason of over propaganda (like blossom or what is happening in PoJ right now after ep 27).It just feels cringey when stated repeatedly while downplaying importance of others.

That's right!
It's like they are mindlessly pushing s propaganda.
But they are not realising the other side.
Like ,take the example of ML's friend advisor Gongsun .He is of lower status than Princess,so her pursuing him is burdening for him.So in that sense He should become emperor himself in order to marry her🤣🤣So he would be "equal to her'.
Btw Have you seen the " new life begins".I annoyed with that because of the same reason.

That's what I am talking about!
It just breaks the storytelling and makes it feel absurd and unnatural, like they are trying to make something true by saying it repeatedly all the times.
I am feeling exactly how you are feeling.
The storytelling for those portion is like - if she helps her its because she loves her,but if he helps her,then it means he is looking down on her.What the heck is this ?
This just unequal romance and unbalanced dynamics.In this trend they are just making -
MLs in love is fool and gets weaker, FLs in love get stronger and just makes fool of ML.
Balance should be there, imbalance in dynamics leaves s bad taste and annoyance.
I find the line funny-"I stand behind no one"- so all of them should just break the formation and stand in a horizontal line side by side each other to signify equality ( as others would also say I stand behind no one) and fight like that in straight line formation🤣🤣.

Which episode are you watching?

I am watching ep 27 -28 and ... everything was fine going in the earlier 26 episodes,until the FL started to throw a tantrum as we see in CDramas.
The " why rely on man .. blah...I can do it alone ...blah..You would not need me anymore cause you are of status.. blah ..I will not rely on you...I am free to do as I wish.. etc "and many more.
Why the heck?
Can't the ML do the same.He can also fight alone,he doesn't need anyone..Had he asked her to come to battlefield,did he ask for protection.No , she came cause she is worried about him and loves him so wanted to lighten his burden.
Then why is it wrong when he wants to help her and rely upon him.She acted a little entitled somehow and threw tantrum.When he wants to help her,she says " I can do it myself ."
(Note I am talking about the character not actress).
I don't know but these two episodes irked and irritated me and also the reason for her declining marquis is childish and has no point, just full of bullshit tantrum.I can't even know what the problem is if Zheng yan is Xie zheng Marquis.They both are the same as person.Its like she pitied zheng yan and thought that he needs and depends on her .But now that it is revealed that he is marquis xie zheng and need not be dependent on her and has power by himself,she thinks she would be belittled or what? It's like she fears he would outshine her if she remains with him?

There may be short love couple scuffle between them (as it's mandatory in cdramas 🤣) but the will easily resolve it cause they love each other wholeheartedly and... for now they have much bigger fish to fry.
And TXW is very good with facial expressions,so she did a good job👍

I think we can strike out anger,betrayal and heartbreak,cause she love him as her husband and a person.She already respected and thought well of Marquis Xie Zheng, So she would be just surprised not heartbroken.She may get a bit sad and pout by the fact that he hid his identity,but it would be momentary.

Yeah.. and I am enamoured by these three beauties.(TXW ,SK and princess royal).Can't take my eyes off.
And some characters make my blood boil , like the song guy and his mother,PM Wei ,empress.
The grey haired guy..I have to see more to decide whether he is a bit good or completely bad.
And the emperor, can't even decide whether to laugh at him or pity him.He just sits their and court proceeds by itself with the Li and Wei factions exchanging veiled remarks .

Yes ! In terms of expressions and cute actions TXW overtakes Song ..so it's tough to rank..haha!