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The Story of Minglan is excellent! It's just the episodes are long 😭
A Dream of Splendor also good recommendation.

My personal fave: Royal Rumours (Xu Zhengxi, Meng Ziyi). It is pure romcom with equally strong leads: crown prince with the daughter of the generals. No breakup, no misunderstanding (at first they doubted e/o though), only slight jealousy that comes off very comical.

Just like AtsukoM and Ninan have explained, few characters here have two names: birth name and courtesy name.

Song Mo = Song Yantang
Ji Yong = Ji Jianming (Yuan Tong is his Buddhist name)
Wu Shan = Wu Dezhen
Wei Tingyu = Wei Peijin

When people received their courtesy names, they will be called by it. If someone calls him by his birth name, it is considered rude and shows that their relationship is not close.

Shou Gu is NOT courtesy name. It is Dou Zhao's nickname she got when she was a kid. Only her family calls her that.

Proposal: ep 17
Marriage: ep 19
No breakup, no misunderstanding, no doubts.
Pure love, trust, respect, communication, and admiration ❤

His hatred towards Song Mo will be explained piece by piece from ep 25-27. The novel explained it with more details.

I highly recommend Royal Rumours (Xu Zhengxi, Meng Ziyi). It is pure romcom, with no breakup, no misunderstanding, only slight jealousy that came off comical. It is very lighthearted and only 24 eps.

I knew it! Ji Yong is no different from the book! His ambitions and his love for Dou Zhao have to walk hand in hand. This sneaky man 🤭

As today the drama will end for those who purchased express package, there will be A LOT OF SPOILERS online. Refrain yourself from checking about the drama, whether it is weibo, tiktok/xhs, ig, twitter, even MDL if you don't want to see any spoilers! 😱😱😱😱😱
And for those who have watched the ending and want to share, please kindly use the spoiler button 👍🏻

No need to apologize. They tend to make us become the vip, then svip, then we have to pay more if we want to watch the ending faster by purchasing express pack 🙄

New schedule is out!
https://mydramalist.com/photos/yWBq7K_3
I said this a few days ago! ZhaoMo cp going picnic, wearing light blue hanfu ❤
Let's protect them until the end!

As well as Meng Ziyi as the villain 😆

It was Dou Zhao that made him take imperial exams. He is ambitious and eager to be the prime minister. He has been genius himself, that's why he is infatuated with Dou Zhao whom he thinks equal to him. He is not a bad guy, esp near the end where he keeps reminding her to stay away from politics and protect herself. He hates Song Mo until the end though.

I believe this is the happy ending scene! Look at her hairdo. Usually for women who have reached their 30s.

Song Han is one of the villains even on the book bcos he is the exact copy of Song Yichun. His story with Miao Ansu is also written on the book. Ansu is NOT a villain, she is a victim. Soon she will realize and vents her hatred to Song Han👍🏻bcos in one scene she will stab him. The only difference is Song Yichun is still alive until the end on the book.

On the novel, Ji Yong is more annoying. He can harm and hurt people with a smile and proud in his eyes. He looks down on other people except himself and Dou Zhao. He once sold Dou Ming to human traffickers, and it traumatized her. He also threatened Dou Ming to seduce Wei Tingyu. He then schemed to frame and harm Wei Tingyu and felt satisfied, thinking Dou Zhao would be grateful. He showed no remorse when Dou Zhao confronted him. He works for the crown prince and helos suppress the rebels with Song Mo. Ji Yong isn't evil, he is just narcissistic. He always thinks what he did is right. Idk why they made him as the villain in the drama 🤦‍♀️ I still hope it was just an act to trap Prince Qing.

It is understandable if we can't tell the differences 😭 I'm still confuse too. All I can say is they have different personalities.
For the twin maids, Suxin is the big sister, calm, composed, mature, has a deeper and slightly husky voice, slightly taller I guess. Sulan is younger, a little bratty and blunt, a bit boyish, with higher voice than Suxin.
For the male servants, they also have similar personalities with the maids, one loud, one calm. Someone said the men are 42 y.o! Shocking! They look so young, as if 25-26!

Song Han was being locked by Song Mo. Dou Zhao threatened Song Yichun to choose between Song Han and himself, he chose to save his own face instead of his son! He then opened ancestral hall to kick Song Han out of the family registry. Out of anger, Song Han bit Song Yichun's neck to bleed, causing him unable to speak for the rest of his life, even gets bedridden 😆 Good punishment for both!

It takes time to edit and wait for reviews. They might need to re-edit. However I saw someone posted on weibo that the drama might air in summer 2025.

Congratulations on finishing the novel! I have read it 3 times bcos it is so good 😭 I love the dynamics between the leads. Tsundere ML with coquettish FL. Sadly my fave characters: Qian Baimei and Xu Yangui don't exist in the drama 😭😭😭

At first I ignored Su Yan although knowing she is the villain. But from ep 27 onwards, I really want to chop her head 😡 This original character is so annoying! She keeps using excuse "imperial this, imperial that, etiquette this, etiquette that". Eat it yourself then! Maybe you'll become the empress after you eat etiquette 😡

Even on the novel the main couple always remain strong, united and loving. There is never a moment of misunderstanding or doubt bcos they grow together and live as parents after they have a son.