Bowties are cool

so, some clarification. while he did eventually get a concubine because Minglan was put in a position where she couldn't refuse the gift of the concubine without being considered disrespectful to his family elders. He never even looks at the concubine twice so she is a concubine in name only. And he got very mad at his wife for accepting the concubine but while he can get away with being disrespectful and not caring, she can't. so its a fine line she has to walk.

As to the length, the story is that long because its a character driven drama. There are things that happen even in the first episode that explain why the FL behaves the way she does in episode 60 and so on. Its a slow start, the earlier episodes are character building for both the ML and FL.

Nope, season 2 has the similar premise but different characters.

here is the link to the machine translated novel -https://novelmao.com/concubine-raiders/
There is also an ongoing translation, I'll edit this and add the link if I find it later.

Strictly speaking, the synopsis should be changed from saying "Adapted" to "loosely based on"

I think even if it was an accident its still constitutes a serious offense against her husband so someone looking to make trouble, her mil would be justified in punishing her for said crime. He is a peer of the nation so causing him bodily injury directly leads to consequences that can affect the lives of citizens.

I think they have used that same shot in an earlier episode to denote time passing. At least I am sure it not the first time that I have seen it. Good catch, thou

There is a discussion page that goes into detail about the wives, concubines and children. Read at your own discretion since you are in the early episodes and all that info you will know by ep 8 but still spoilers duh!

Dude had a whole onesided relationship in his head with her imagining what might have been and now finding out that she is off the market has really been such a disappointment. If you recall even in the earlier episodes Shiyi has never entertained the idea of liking him even way before she got married. Remember what she said to Hupo about making sure to repay his kindness after he helped with the rice incident.

She only gets better and better.

I included my fave ajumma actresses too because they slay every single time.

Am pretty sure that its this one - https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc002000w08m6u/p0036poqs0v.html. I couldn't access from youtube for the same reason but I had already seen it from the Chinese wetv website.

It looks like Concubine Qin from the back, I know the hair style looks like Dongqinq's but that's a single girl hair style which I think the concubine would use to sneak out of the house. The only question I have is how is she related to Ou since we know she used to be a maid for the mother in law. Oooo, she is like one of those sleeper agents that was installed to spy on them from way back. She may even been related to the frameup of the old marquis and his son.

Patience pays! I have more respect for Xu linyi because unlike some on this page who wanted to force Shiyi to be ready when she clearly wasn't, he realized that you can't force someone to take that last step to trusting you.

Story of Minglan is worth a watch if you liked this. Ming Lan is second only to YL.

We'll just add that to the ever growing list of stereotypical depiction of people and places that this show has got going on.

Am curios if you started it and if so how you are liking it? YL will forever be my fave female lead in any Cdrama

The most unrealistic thing is the ending scene - Like as if someone with twins babies can just go on a vacation without any luggage!

Your best bet is something like general's lady or Cuo Dian Yuan Yang.
One wife, but schemes external to the couple.

Yes, its worth the time. I wasn't a fan of the ML before this show but wow was he good in this. Yes, his character grows on you because he is wicked smart, funny and mischievous and that all combined to make him hotter as the show progressed.

He has a serious case of plot armor!