Val W

It's my understanding it was arranged. (Empress ) We shall have to see how the script depicts it. As you know he has been attracted to her for a long time. hahahaha She must have finally come up to his standards. ♥

So how many times did you watch it to figure that out? It's not something I noticed. When they film they would do all the filming (usually) for that location where they are. So it could cast over years with costume changed to reflect the passing of time. << all filmed on same couple of days at that location. As to why side characters have the same costume I really didn't notice. What I do notice in a lot of C dramas they are not big on continuity. Like suddenly a character is in clean clothes when they lost their luggage or their hair is dry when they fell in the lake. Stuff like that. ♥

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The writer of script has a very good insight to human nature. There are nuances that each character has that give this drama some depth of characters. I have not seen this for a long time at least with the 220 Chinese dramas I've watched. I've given up watching certain types as they keep repeating the story just with different characters. Some genres I just don't bother with any longer. ♥

Yes Immortal Samsara is same old, same old. Too bad. Not knocking it it's something to watch in between this one.

hahahah. Yah drunk with herself.♥

I think YD purposefully held back her skill so her sister could shine. Her sister knew that she was not the strong one from their youth. YD is effortless when she learns something new. YY recognized her strength and knew she would not learn in a conventional way. Hence the copying of all the manuscripts. He's sneakily teaching her. ♥

I don't think he meant to propose to her that day. The "ladies" made up his mind. So in front of all of them (left them fainting in the other room.) he declared his love and his vow to only marry her in this life. ♥

Yah I saw it in someones translation of novel after I wrote this. Interesting. It looks really heart breaking.♥

I didn't forget, I admit it I was lazy and didn't want to remember more. Thanks ♥

The parent arranged marriages are the worst. Especially with the princesses done for allegiance with other tribes, clans, for business purposes, political purposes. Still happens today. So it could be worse for CSS they could have married her off to some brute. At least so far she is choosing her own marriages to some degree. ♥

It's called a trope. Piggy back rides, the stumble, falling in water, and many more are through out Chinese Dramas. Watch for it. *smiles. ♥

I think 90% of the people on here have posted about the Mother. She is the most hated character at this point. See 90% of posts below. ♥

Not all the platforms aired with same schedule. WeTV and You Tube different schedules. Some people who don't have subscriptions are viewing the free episodes. ♥

Also in the clips if you notice there are killing scenes. LBY goes on a killing spree. CSS is witness to it. The Emperor is not happy and sends him away to the border. Strips him of all his privileges. Hence LBY ends the engagement. She want to follow him but he won't allow it. 5 yrs passes and he has not returned so another arrange marriage with YS is created. However he does come back before they are married and snatches her away. ♥

I think he didn't intend to propose to her until "the ladies" went after her. Once he proposed the princesses were fainting all over the place. hahahahaha. Everywhere she goes she is prosecuted. He had enough. So he put his proposal forward so everyone could hear. He had real compassion when her Mother was running her down. She is young but her unusual personality drew him to her. Let the bonding begin.♥

I knew he was already there or deducted it but it never occurred to me that he was already in the conversation. And I thought he was so pure. ♥

I can see what you mean. Remember to herself she does feel unloved for 15 yrs of her life. She just wants to be accepted and loved. LBY sees this. In fact he prodded her to cry and get it out of her system. He is very understanding.♥

Totally agree. Yah they're too sensitive and go over board. Look over here not over there. hahahahaha ♥

It's funny though as I've seen other cultures depicted in Chinese drama costumes before. Plains people look similar to native american culture. Some of the embroidery is similar to Eastern Europe and Russia. I believe that cultures did cross styles all the time. China wants to think they are an island in Asian culture. Not so. The whole Asian culture especially Korea, Japan, Thailand all of them have similar cultures and ideals. I think at some point in the past they were one and got divided by wars and territorial skirmishes. Even architecture is similar. The erased history. Government control. How to hate the outside world? The sad thing is we are all human and only want to live in peace and prosperity. World wide not just one country. Peace♥