Bowties are cool

I think its because he is a little tipsy

Yes, it was like that in the earlier episodes.
It took them a while to realize that they liked each other, and then have the courage to say it out loud to each other. Most especially the ML, he liked her way before she liked him but it took him forever to say it to her so much so I wanted to punch him but now they are together and its just like being in a warm cozy marshmallow

8 episodes are available on the wetv website if you use a vpn and set the region to Taiwan- but like I said, no english subs

Channel manager said it will be subbed tomorrow

I thought I was being clever and searching for it on wetv using a vpn and while I did find the first 8 episodes, they still don't have eng subs.
For those interested. the region is Taiwan

I caught the premier on youtube and the subs will be available tomorrow. I had to stop watching midway into the first episode because the show is too good to watch without subs.

Thanks for the review

Shiyi seems to be the ultimate concubine repellent. The lyric, another one bites the dust, keeps coming to mind when I think of this drama,

lol, I love that excuse. I usually go with I am too lazy but bored works too.

Now, to be fair. the mother of the illegimate child was a dancer/actress or performed in a group. Fifth son was having a fling with her before he married his princess - a title conferred by the emperor. The actress and her brother came to this guys home when he wasn't there and the mother not knowing that the lady was pregnant / I think the lady herself didn't know at that time- the mother gave them money and told them to get lost and never even told her son. Considering how much she likes have more grandkids she would have kicked that lady out of the house if she knew. nope, she would have kept her until the baby was born then got rid of the mother probably.
She didn't want that lady to stay around because it would have jeopardized the really important marriage of that son. Its all about alliances and stuff like that.

I like the title suggestion because it fits so well.

What I minded the most were those mustaches - they were the true crime of that scene. As for everything else, yes. Although I think since the boys are older they get sent to like an academy or don't they have to take the imperial exams or something like that.

Is there a rule that you can only have relatively levelheaded female character in a drama or what?

The only thing I will say in SH's defence is that he was drugged. Ohara took advantage of his inebriated state and then got pregnant so he did the decent thing like the goodie too shoes that he is supposed to be and married her. She basically raped him but whatever. Am not on his team but I can't get onto HJ's team either. Would it be too much to ask that our heroine had a decent guy who while not perfect is not so much of a fixer-up so to speak like HJ is or lame like SH

Yeah. I also don't think our heroine has it in her to be as cruel to them as they were to her. All that she has done so far has been so weak revenge-wise.

I so badly want to rewatch this but I don't think my heart can take ep 40 at the moment!

OMG, I just realised that the SML is the same guy who played the reprehensible character in story of Yanxi Palace. I only remembered him from Arsenal Millitary academy and I really like his character in that. Lets hope I can forget him from this too because this is not a flattering character

If you like slow burn stories then go ahead. Fair warning thou, there are some tropes that are recycled but overall, I enjoyed the story.

I think she felt quilty for all that she put Shiyi through in the beginning especially with Qiao

Lawyers got involved, it became a business. Just like how weddings have become commercialized

All it takes is a piece of paper apparently, it can even be recycled as was done here.

No shame in it, we are all wrong at one time or another. Good on you for taking it stride.