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It was the beginning, but yet the story still seems to progress where it should go. With her jumping to her death and her sister being implicated in this mess, whether she was saint or villain. And she still had hope changes were made in the story, but after the forced scene in EP 17, the girl have every reasons to do what she thinks is right to change the course of the story. It s like not being able to look away at a slow car crash. She clearly know the prince is not that treacherous villain she thought he was in the begining, but as he said to mr Li, she will choose her life over his. And that's totally fair

Is it because they are not together by the half of the series you think there is no development in their relationship? There is clearly a shift from both their sides, with male lead s shift being more radical, but there is development. The script and SYM s logic is keeping the progression from growing faster, but they are not in the first point they were from the first 9 episodes where they were both deceiving each other, even planning to kill the other if discovered.
Her treatment is justified. How many time in real life we only relied on rumors or news on someone to forge an opinion about them? Now double that with first experiencing very painful moments with that person, and knowing even if you were both given a second chance in a new life, you still will have to be forced to suffer with said person .
The actress fell into a script. Normally, she does not need to care too deeply about anybody there, since they are paper person with no depth characters that only exist to move on the plot. While she is slowly getting to understand them better, there is still a barrage between them, as we saw it when she and her sister were talking about people they love. The only reason she liked LSL was because she considered him as a special character who is new in the script and that could help her break from it. Well spending time together deepened their bonds and she started to catch feelings.
Let's not forget that she agreed to work with him only after reading his heartbreaking story. Which imply she could soften to NH if she knew better what he went on a daily basis.
BUT. She knows the suffering her character went because of him and have no desire to follow her footsteps. Besides, their first encounter was terrible, and him repeatedly trying to kill her did not help. ( I don't know for you, but understanding someone who tries to kill me just to get on someone else is where I draw my lines) . Besides, she did try to give him a chance. First, when they captured his officer when he was trying to impeach CGH, second, before the unskipable scene from 17. Even when she was trying to get him more, the script kept on messing with them. She is not very smart and bright, but she is certainly not that dumb girl with unjustified judgment people want her to be.
And honestly, in real life, with the kind of data she had , and surrounded with rumors, people would have made worse decisions than the ones she did.

I completely forgot about that. The man is misunderstood and his whole life is built on bad rumors, I give him that. But he is no saint and can take blows very well. At the end of the OG strory, does he not triumph and vanquish all his foes? Meanwhile , in the OG story, she get used, cheated on, abused, then nobody even help out when she kills herself.

The man tried to kill her and ceased only when he understood harming her is harming himself, and she is alive only because the script allows her too. She had no reason to side with him in the beginning

She has all the right to feel that way. She does not see the part of the story the viewers see. And so far, her relationship with the prince has not evolved because of herself and as well as the script..and even if she wanted to see him in a new light, so far, she still believes the script will do her dirty. His quest for power will cost her her life, and after the events where she has been forced to follow the script in EP 17, and when the scene with her sister happened in EP 22, even if she is thinking wrong about him, she can't afford to trust either him or the script.

I agree. What a lot of people are àctually missing is she has zero reason so far to trust the ML, specially after the sister s episode. No matter how hard the Ml wants her to see him in a new lîght, she is too densé to see it, and the script is not helping the evolution. We are that compassionate with ML only because we saw his full part of the history. And i am sure the female lead would soften up to him too if she knew . We saw how LSL s book helped them deepend their bond and relationship.

She did try to eliminate him, and she knows the story is favoring him because he is the ML. And she does not feel connected enough with the characters to want to go extreme for them. The only person she really bonded so far with is LSL, but mainly because she thinks he is a special character who can help her break out of her fate.
Actually she just want to stay away from the ML and the script, and living a lavish life while she can in this world.
I actually can't see why people are hating on her. She was never been described as the brightest, and her silliness help lifting the tension of the story which is quite heavy despite all the comedy.
But yes, I am really interested to know how their story will unfold. People want them to get together already, but I am okay to have them taking their time, due to all the misunderstandings, and how the script want to do them dirty so much

People here pitying ML and bashing FL over it while forgetting she so far has solid reasons to be wary of him, even if it s a whole misunderstanding is the exact point Li ShiLui s book has been trying to prove when ML wanted to befriend FL via LSL s story: handsome, strong, yet miserable.

Lol I was like. Okay boi, you now not even the purest water can wash away your sins in her eyes

That s a very good point.. besides, the emperor is very smart and cunning himself, and he does know how to plays events in his advantage. When he figured out his son love SYM, he made a plan to make him step down from the prince crown competition, and even took 10 k soldiers from him. I really want to see what are his real intentions. He is too smart to be reduced to only an abusive father

I can't really understand what people are reproaching the episodes. We already know the keys points that will move on the script, and SYM has already written them. Next move will be for EP 22, and it's clear the episodes before will be leading the way so the scene can happen, while some episodes after will deal with the aftermath. It has been the same for EP 3, 10, and 17 so far. So while the characters are out of the script, they are doing whatever, and we are learning more about them. I get that some episodes are more exciting than others, comedy or story wise, but that does not mean episodes not meeting the expectations you have for them are bad.

I think there is more to it than a simple hatred for his family, or the cause of them late empress s death.
He was biased against his son even before the empress s death, and mom s male lead said he forced marriage on her for political purposes. And the beff he has with ML s Uncle has been there before he was born.
I think that he knows the full potential of his son, knows he has powerful back up, and wether it is through rebellion of peaceful accord, he can snatch the power from the potential crown prince anytime. I think he is purposely pushing his button to make him react or do a mistake, so he can know what he is really scheming. And I do think he really wants want an heartfelt conversation between them , but too many waters has passed under the bridge, and he is now prisoner of this loop of violence and abuse he created for him and his son.

I am the only one who is enjoying her roasting him in front of his persona? Lol and I noticed he is okay with people badmouthing him, even if he is upset, as if he had accepted this, but is totally in a mess when she is doing it.
And watching some comments here and for other dramas, I think we should give the team production some graces. Some drama can be bad without little salvation points, some can be just not your taste, or the thing you should be enjoying in a moment of your life, but let us at least appreciate the hard work every body put to make those shows available to us, and not reduce them only to romantic scene, political intrigues, comedy, or even actors that goes with our tastes. Like I saw people praising okay dramas like they were masterpieces, only because there was something that captivated them for the whole série..and i have seen people dropping one, or keep on badmouthing it till they finish it just because it took a road they did not like.
I think reducing the hard work of a whole team on our whims is a real insult to them. Let's be more fair in our judgements ! 🙃

Nah, I think she is her own person. I have watched some of her drama, and she is a real delight. And physically, I thinks she looks more like the girl who played FL s cousin in prisoner of beauty than Bai Lu

What killed me is the fact that the woman asked him 2 taels and there is no change. Normally in dramas, it's always the leads that offer an exaggerated sum of money ( a1 or 2 tael sometimes) and ask the vendor to keep the change. Took me 30 sec to get the connection 😂😂😂

I think we may see the key scene happening almost the same way they were described when FL was reading the script. In EP 3 in the script she was saved from the water, and this scene happened exactly in ep3. The same way, in EP 10, we had the festival scene, and in our EP 10, the festival happened too. I think EP 17 should be her marriage with SML. I will follow to see if they will keep up like this

Don't forget that you , as the viewer, only know his side of the story. And she already went to the script and know full well how her character will grow miserable and provoke her how death because of him. Their encounters so far have not helped the situation. You are the only one who know he is not that bad. Nobody else does.
It s like this Severus Snape situation. Everyone was hating on him for 6 whole books, till he get his moment of grace and everybody knew he always was on the good side.
We need to learn to treat informations right, and understand the characters accordingly. She is behaving the right way, and in her shoes, I would totally do the same, because all the informations I d have so far would point to him trying to kill me ( which he has been actively doing, and still plan to do if she ever discover his plan to befriend her as the mask guy)

I do think she looks more like the actress who played A' fan, the FL s cousin in prisoner of beauty.

The song is actually fire 🔥🔥
My fav part was camera showing ML s evil smile when the singer was like :" the groom was happy"

And seriously, we should put the blame where it really belongs. To the villain ( forgot his name). If he has not mingled with their tribulation, things could have gone smoother, even if they had made the same choices.