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Thank you, cause I really was a bit confused on why they would use the word goat.

Translation is right. The Empress Dowager is the mother of the current Emperor and the Princess and the Prince (Yan Lin's friend) and I forget her relationship to the Xue family, but she may be the sister to the Xue guy.

I know Xie Wei's mother is Old Yan's sister and his father is Old Xue. He has both Xue and Yan blood, but is partial to the Yan side mainly because of the events that happened 20 yrs ago. If Old Xue's daughter (the b*tch that sent Ning up) were to marry the Prince she would technically be marrying her cousin (which is not uncommon). Old Xue's daughter is Xie Wei's half sister.

So far that is all I have got out of all of it, lol. There is a lot of connection between the Xues and Yans.

The translated subs say " ...by acting the goat, right?" I have not heard this particular saying in a costume drama before. Was it translated wrong and if not, what does she mean by acting the goat?

yes

Especially when they are your biological child, I just don't get that. How can love and show respect and want to do everything for someone else's kid first and not your own?

Such an underrated drama. I really enjoyed it, except for the ending. It is hard for me to rewatch dramas, even though I thoroughly enjoyed them, when the ending sucks, like Song of Glory and Rise of the Phoenixes.

you'll change your tune pretty quickly, I think he is to forward and clingly ( imo ). I love her push/pull relationship with Xie Wei. A lot of people want her with ZZ, but I am just not feeling it myself.

Yes, I like how he said to her, you should never show your weakness or show anyone about who you care about, because people will use that weakness. (paraphrasing) I have a huge feeling he was talking about himself in regards to her.

here is a link that someone posted from the comments a day or so ago... ( I bookmarked it to read later)
https://www.mtlnovel.com/kunning/chapter-1-sunny-and-snowy/

I love where there is as smart and clever FL. One of the reasons I love Story of Ming Lan and LLTG so much. A few other mentions are The Princess Wei Young, Rebel Princess, and Rise of the Phoenixes (although, I hated the ending of ROTP)

Episode 11 pretty much solved the answer, at least from what I am watching right now.

LOL so THIS!!!

Yes me too! They are the only two dramas I am watching right now (except with a random K Drama on the side). I don't even know which i like more either. I like OFL's cutesy and sizzling romance. But, I am loving the story/plot development of SOKP and ZLH in this role, he is so good.

Thank you, I missed the comment. That explains so much.

3/4 (if you count Shi Yan's Uncle Guan) couples weren't enough for this drama, let's add another couple (Shi Yan's secretary and Shu Yi's work colleague) because the MLs don't need that much screen time anyway, right? (sarcasm and if you have seen the previews)

LOL, possibly!

Even though there are a small/few minor inconsistencies overall it is still a cute drama, even with the slow moving relationship. The second couple is still grating on my nerves though, they seem to be to toxic for each other.

Silly out of the blue question: Is it just me or is there a steering wheel in the back seat of Shi Yan's car? It just seems like the camera always has it showing and it seems so weird to me.

I thought the same thing about the trip and the car. He said he doesn't like to ride in anyone else's car. I was like but you flew there? Did your driver have to drive all the way there?

Oh wow, that just makes things even more interesting.

I didn't know that, no wonder I am liking the story so much.