Da-mimi

hmm.. this is the first Sun li drama am watching .... saw few snippets of her dramas here and there , but this one totally captivated me . She is such a brilliant actress - will watch her The Ideal City now..

i dont know but it would be interesting if the writers take the romance route. they have to be very creative to make 2 very different people -who dont match in any way to fall in love , and to convince the audience of its genuinity , .. that would be fun if they could accomplish it..

i didnt think i will like this show. but this will remain one of my favorite shows that I will watch again and again - for sun li... what an actress

xiao zhou seems equally bad , atleast till ep16- no appreciation of her talent , or see that underneath all that supposed arrogant personality lies a warm person who deeply cares about people she meets , even if they are relatives of her scum bag ex . wonder why her niceness is not evident to her colleagues , ex or xiao zhou

Man li is really a super woman - with no great academic credentials , but to rise in such a competitive field , and ace it , what a talented woman!- am surprised there are not enough people on the show who are appreciating her talent or success - her son and father are the only ones who are her genuine admirers . Her Ex , though a doctorate , may have reached pinnacle in his area of study and a rising star in his field , netherthe less he is nothing before her.. if thrown in a desert , she will make kimchi out of cactus and not just survive but create an oasis for people around her. Her ex, will just wither , wont survive even if left near an oasis..

FSF was 44, JT was 34 and Z Y R was 22 when they filmed this .... ZYR falling for JT 12 years his senior ..and FSF and JT has a gap of 10 years .. thanks that it is a good drama that reels you in tightly ..

at this rate only zhuang siyang will survice this drama

consort miao's death - really ! zhuang siyang claimed another smart and noble lady ... i wished till the last moment there will be some way she will be saved.

watching ep24 , that tiny snippet of xiwen made me realise what a fabulous actress she is , and her voice is so surreal-

watching ep24 , that tiny snippet of xiwen made me realise what a fabulous actress she is , and her voice is so surreal-

nah , after ep23 , i have to say Ruyin will end up causing her only child's death - she had a great opportunity to free herself of a certain end. she chose the worst path to thread. yushan will rue the day she said yes to this marriage.

he is willing to sacrifice all his children to survive and for his ambitions. but what made ruyin sacrifice her only living child. she cant be selfish like her husband where her daughters welfare is concerned

Whay a wield world , just because yinxi's aunt was worried for her position in the family after the new wife has arrived she tried to check mate her with talk of concubine snd chambermaid. Any other person may have accepted the aunts proposal , good that yinxi put a stop to that discussion

i thought ruyin will become wiser after her son's death , she showed slight improvement after ep18 only to slide into dark mode after yuchi's death - surprised it is yunshan , who become enlightened after yuchi's death and rightfully places the responsibility of her brothers death on herself and her mother and refuses to become a pawn in her mothers hands - it would be interesting to watch for her character development, if any, post this.

there are so many foolish characters in this series - fu yunxi's aunt is one of them. what was the necessity to start a fight with a new bride ? her nephew married after refusing to marry ,for a very long time - she picked a fight just like that , talking of concubine and chamber maid not even a day after the marriage , how disrespectful to the new wife. if hanyan married for love, and came to live as a wife only , this would precisely the reason to make aunt;s worries come true. wierd lady! creating chaos in a peaceful household over silly reasons

ep20

By ep 18 , Zhou Ruyin realised there is more to life than the narrow tunnel she has been travelling through, with meaness and ruthlessness, thanks to xiwens generous lecture. Her response to yushan's request to stop hanyan -yunxi wedding is unlike what she did before . In her previous avatar she would have tried something our of spite, now she has started seeing and understanding more than she has seen or understood before. But yushan's taunt that he is a useless person got Ruyins only son indulge in a foolishness that proved costly to the Zhaungs .. they lost their precious and only heir .. Will it open Ruyins eyes and make her take a different path from now on and save her only living child? She had already lost jer elder daughter and only son inadvertently due to schemes played by her husband . Will she look at her husband with new eyes or burn with hatred for Hanyan. What decision she takes will deceide if she and Yushan will survive this drama or kick the bucket like rest caught in the revenge.
As for zhuang shiyang , his monologue with xiwen - why he fell in love with her and his resplution to protect her in his twisted way highlights he is incapable of loving purely or understanding it. A son's death is not going change it
He will weep shallow tears , that about it. His focus has always been his sole survival .

this is the first drama where the villain is such a coward stooping so so low , taking out much smarter people - his teacher (xiwens father) , xiwen , yuwen , pei mafia head, the chief minister who got fu yunxi to infiltrate pei gang as spy- all brilliantly smart- all fell in the hands of such a lowly person, who plays in the shadows , crawling before them in the light and stabbing them in the darkness. very unlikely villain

the yuwen - xiwen arc is so tragic! for someone with such brilliance /cleverness , to die so powerlessly makes it more gut wrentching.

this is the 1st time am liking the wedding attire in a period drama, simple design but the deep marron attire with contrasting shiny embroidery patch work (or is it a shiny cloth material ?) is really making both of them glow..