Deirdre19

Ah, I see... she's the one behind the Empress Dowager's jealousy. I must have missed that bit, thanks!

I thought the whole clan was exterminated... how come she's still alive??

They might even come back trying to convince everyone that they are someone completely different without bothering to wear a mask or change their clothes and hairstyle 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully LoA will spare us such a suspension of disbelief....

I doubt that this is what will happen. The ML is the lead actor so it would be unusual not to have him around in all the episodes. This is the reason why I was questioning the choice to turn the ML into the lead rather than the FL who has a continuous presence in the story.
I would assume that they probably start the story at the point when the ML becomes more involved and then tell the part of the story before that in a series of flashbacks.

Yeah, in some scenes she looks like she's an escapee from Journey of Chong zi where everyone got gifted clown make-up.

It's not so much the plot that is bad but the way it is presented and (not) driven forward. You call it a well-planned revenge plot, but we didn't really get see anyone being busy planning/organising any of this. It must have been the elves who did it while everyone else sat around chatting and drinking. It would have been so much more compelling to show the viewers some bits and pieces here and there to intrigue them and then let it all come together in the big scene during the birthday banquet.

I didn't read the novel (yet) but in the drama he is my favourite character. He is the only one who has realised that you cannot make an omlette without breaking some eggs.

The excessive white-washing of both the ML and FL is really ruining a good story. Somehow the only one who's got any bite is LMX.

That's one of the reasons why I like LMX so much. He isn't one of those boring goody-two-shoes.

Same on LoA - some clowns even down-rated episodes that haven't aired yet.

It's not that he's stupid, but he is so beige! How can he ask the women who he supposedly loves to deny her identity forever and drop her life's purpose just for the sake of not stirring the waters. That just shows he doesn't know her at all!

Sadly, not soon enough... it's ep. 25 today and she's still around being completely delusional and getting on everyone's nerves.

I understand your disappointment with the HY character in the drama. I also find him rather 'meh'. It would have been good to show some more of his inner struggle between supporting Anle and being loyal to his family.
Him testing her to make sure she has solid evidence was ok, but the fact that he wants her to live on as Anle is just ludicrous. I mean he knows her character (and presumable loves her for it) so how could he ask her to stop being who she is just for the sake of keeping everything quiet. The writing really puts him in a very bad light.

MDL should know who these people are. They should be banned from ever rating anything again.
It should be technically possible to block episodes from being rated before they are aired. It would be the easiest way to stop this kind of thing.

It's a secret plot to make us all learn Chinese... 😂😂😂😂

Just had a look at the individual episode rating...
Can someone please explain how people can already rate episodes 25-39 before they even air? Needless to say that the rating isn't good. Do some people really have no shame?
Also, is there no technical possibility to block episodes from being rated before they actually air. It is quite clear that this is a fake "rating" that should be cancelled.

Watched episodes 22-24 tonight and they were actually pretty good.
Yes, the outside setting still looks artificial, some dialogues are still just words without impact on the plot and the Fake still got too much absolutely pointless screen-time. BUT, at least the plot is moving forwards a bit and we finally get to see a bit of the inner conflict in HanYe and in Anle.
Luckily while everyone else was busy with trivialities, LMX's elves have collected the evidence and prepared everything. I can only assume that they are elves and work at night, because we never get to see them.
Also on the plus side, in these past three episodes only one person got to take a bath and it wasn't the Fake.

As I have said many times before: novel Han Ye seems to be an interesting guy, drama Han Ye, not so much. They really ruined what could have been a very nice, layered role for GJ.

Yeah, that why I said "seriously blaming" because I don't consider these comments qualified criticism and just ignore them.

I've not seen anyone here seriously blaming the actors. It is quite clear that they did the best they could with the little they were given.
For me, this drama's main weakness is the writing, with the whitewashed characters that lost all their edge.