Lizzy

Unfortunately I’m in the same boat. People are suspecting she will find it out in episode 26-27. They reunite in like 24, then he creates a fake Marquis to keep hiding the truth from her. 🙄She finds out a couple episodes later I guess.

Interesting. Does the Marquis ever give a reason why he kept the secret from her?

I am totally at a loss by this point why he is now actively creating a ruse to maintain this lie… it doesn’t make sense to me. The lying / keeping secrets tropes have had me drop dramas that I started off loving. Like does the novel ever give a reason why he did it? And you’re saying that he did not create a fake marquis in the novel?

ep 24

Does he ever explain to her why now he is going out of his way to lie?

They are probably gonna reunite in 24 and she will find out who he is. They will get back together I’m assuming… but then XZ discovers that her parents are connected to his dad’s death, right? So they kinda break up AGAIN at some point later on? Any idea how long the second separation will last and how close to the ending of the novel / drama it happens?

So clarification about the timeline of stuff coming up with the leads—

Seriously thank you for this. I didn’t know what to make of the cliff scene until you gave your interpretation of it and it makes SO much more sense to me now! I was wrestling with it for a while feeling pretty stumped by it. 🙏🏻I also like your thoughts on his reasons for keeping his identity a secret. It would make sense if he liked how she treated him like a normal person and didn’t want that to change. And perhaps there is an element of him worried scout letting her down. I do hope that we get a scene of him explaining his reasons to her later on.

They were really XZ’s men, but she didn’t know that. The last thing she remembers was being chased by the crazy psychopath, so she perhaps thought that she was found after falling off the cliff.

Yeah this interpretation makes a lot more sense than if he truly didn’t know about the wristguards.

Yeah I saw that too. He could have just looked at what she was holding and been like “oh” 😂In the novel XZ was pretty jealous and possessive, so maybe they were trying to bring that out a little. But yah, it was an… interesting scene and I wish that someone could explain the whys 😂

In the grand scheme of this entire drama it was a pretty minor “huh?” imo. But yeah. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I agree. I wonder if that scene was in the novel or if, idk, it’ll be used for something else in the future.

I may have to go back and rewatch, but I also wonder if part of the reason he isn’t telling her is because of his investigation into what happened to his dad. I think I remember him way back discovering that there may be a connection between Chuyang’s parents and his… so maybe he wants to clear up his investigation and revenge plot. Idk. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I wish we had a clear reason. It makes it hard that we don’t, buuuut it looks like our leads may not have any screen time now for another handful of episodes so to me it makes the keeping secrets easier to tolerate. It was a little weird in 19 with him not telling her on top of the cliff. Better that they are completely separate until she knows 😂

good luck 💀

I know this was asked before, but there have been too many comments since for me to scroll back. Would someone mind explaining again what the significance / meaning of Zheng’s epic headdress was when he made his grand entrance back into the political world? I remember someone explaining it yesterday. I’m rewatching it with my partner and I wish I could remember what was said about it. I appreciate it 🙏🏻

It was nuts. Give this director a reward or something 🫣

You can watch the whole of episode 16 and be okay 😊 Things are still OK at the end of that one.

Probably. Perverted b*stard.

I have watched the drama so far on IQIYI and Netflix (I’ve rewatched episodes on the other platform to compare). Yah the subtitles on Netflix suck compared to IQIYI. I have heard that others prefer WeTV over the others, but I haven’t watched it on that one to compare.