Da-mimi

why is it always snowing during this entire series? did all the events happen within a month or 2 during the snowing period? very difficult to pin down the timeline

Xiwen and Consort Miao - such talented noble beauties, and such tragic lives.

Xiwen was clearly the better of the two , she was so clever to have dodged that 'polo match' bullet, while Consort Miao focused only on defeating Xiwen. I don't think miao figured what the actual prize of that polo match was and simply focused on winning. Do I think if she is a kind consort , may be not- having clearly seen a very painful life full of thorns and traps, she must have turned as much a mad hatter as xiwen did. . she couldn't figure whether she loved or hated Xiwen when they met after a long time. but still "noble" enough to give xiwen a chance to escape her gilded cage. she is perhaps kind in a very complicated way

nevertheless , even such a clever xiwen couldn't see through the scheme to keep her a cripple.

their talent and beauty is not a blessing, but a big curse. it seems the lesser talented and beautiful ones had a much easier , peaceful lives.

Because she said she is not looking for love and romance in marriage, and talked of practical things, he assumed best way to propose is offer practical things she wishes for.. he didnt know FL has started catching feels and have been lectured by her mom about love and its importance in life.. that caused all the trouble..

Still a very engaging drama, not a big a fan of M&A theme, but they bought me over with some interesting drama played around in this series ..

They always operate without a plan B.. they are such a lean team that there is no one to support them on possible alternatives incase something fails.. they are succeeding by a whisker every single time.. not that smart, just lucking out

is this true , i didnt notice. i was so immersed in the story to realise it was made with less budget- kudos to the team for making such a beautiful series where it still looked rich despite made on lesser budget

they could have fleshed it out to season 2 with the amount of meat this drama has.. surprisingly they arent milking it

ML always knew there FL was the one engaged to marry him. FL didnt know anything , about her family , its members , her supposed bethrotal , and the betrothed. from his side, she is the one he was supposed to wed ( and may have hold special place in his heart and mind though he ended up wedding her sister) , for her , other than her mom, i dont think she feels family with the rest - more so with a dead elder sister... so fu yunxis previous marriage to a stranger whom she didnt see, meet or have any emotional connect with - why would it matter .. he is the only male she knows somewhat, who helped her more than once in her plots , her survival and her familys survival and in saving her female friend .. and has capacity to help her avenge in future as well... is this not reason enough to like and form an emotional basis ..

it takes sometime to get used to ancient customs. many seem crude, but our ancients had their own logic in involving in these practices . it seems they had serious survival issues , and they went to great lengths to survive successfully

if you notice they havent been spending much time in flashbacks , they could have streched xiwen's backstory.. they told it very crisply.. am thinking that would be the approach.. no fluff , only meat ..

There is clearly a karger power behind all these happenings.. her father may have sided with them and reaped some benefits.. the story will still continue with FL pursuing thise behind all these events

Atleast her motyer would have died with satiafaction of bringing justice to her family , herself and her child

So harsh...that lady didnt even get to experience revenge and died herself... makes me think female lead ahould not have intervened and rescued tye family from.beheading ..

What if consort miao is the actual kingpin of the entire happenings... dont forget it is not easy to rise to consort level. One needs huge power backing towards the same. If some mysterious power helps her rise and the same power helped her take down xiwen's family and her ..may be jealousy or other reasons
. And now FL trying to take her help to get her mom divorce her dad.. will this backfire

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Is it that common to cough up blood ..is it only ancieny china thing 😂

i cant imagine the life led by the FL and her mom, constantly under danger without care and affection - her mom at least had some loyal servants around. our ancestors had it really rough . cant imagine a gen Z surviving such a life.. they cant handle simple hardships , forget leading such a ruthlessly harsh life...

true ..complete lack of humanity and empathy ...also, some of the behaviours of seemingly noble ladies is so cruel ..am surprised it is not called out by anyone there.

that is too much of a deep conspiracy for a 30 ep drama .. and i wonder it sits with current narration - .. will eagerly wait ..

Also the elder ladies trying to get FL's mom to drink so much tea , which am assuming would have caused her to poop involuntarily and causing deep public humiliation...what pathethic ladies... i wonder if FL's fame in her youth still burns these ladies after all these years that they want to catch her at her vulnerable, and hurt her