It seems that keeping the second prince away from the wars and making him study worked out well. In the other kingdom, they also kept their prince away from the wars so he could become emperor, but he turned into a dissolute man.
Before taking revenge and allowing himself to be used, Murong Yao should have asked: "Hey, friend, why didn't you ask the emperor to send people to look for us when you returned? I resent you for that. Maybe he would have found out what really happened. Although I think the evil person inside him would have found another excuse to murder and trample those beneath him, just like the rest of the villains in this drama. He doesn't like him now either because he doesn't want to be emperor and couldn't help them..."
Fabulous. Could it be more cliché? But when you have good direction and good actors... Love Scout came to mind, a hackneyed theme with reversed roles and boom...a success. If you can notice a change of course, I think everyone noticed, and certain themes were relegated to put the emphasis on business. He, an unscrupulous guy, chose a liar whose entire background he knew because he ordered a thorough investigation to make her his wife and maintain that marriage for life. One can wait for the development after the truth comes out... And someone said: Why waste the opportunity and promote China more? Lol. She... is beautiful, her performance was impeccable, and he lived up to the character. That abrupt turn from heedlessness to comedy and business affected him more than her, from cynic to a rogue winning back his wife... An excellent drama nonetheless.
I'm enjoying these episodes. I'm not sure what the writer and director intended, but the allusion to "Barbie" suggests that she is playing the role of a sophisticated doll, and if he's acting like "Ken," it could show that he's playing an idealized version of a perfect romantic partner, while behind that role there's emptiness and inauthenticity. If you've seen The Matrix, it's a question of choosing between illusion and reality. If Shen Haoming does something that makes him seem like a ridiculous or exaggerated "Ken," it reinforces that he's out of place and that his public romantic gestures feel more theatrical than sincere. Now that he's bought the Vespa… Princess Ann goes from being secluded, controlled, and bound by royal rules to riding a scooter for the first time; she is in control of its direction, literally and figuratively. How will Xu Yan react to that? The scooter scene makes me very anxious, lol.
"Roman Holiday"...before they even mentioned it, when she's waiting for Jiang Liang, it reminded me of Audrey Hepburn; her hairstyle and dress looked amazing on her. The camera zooming out from the posters for "The Kid" with Charles Chaplin got me thinking...is that a clue? Great episode.
Xu Yan is so polite, sensitive and kind, as she gently behaved like a loving wife all I could think about was what jerks her parents are and what a great job her grandmother did raising her. She's making progress, "unpack your own stuff", Lol.
She keeps acting high and mighty whenever she talks to him...
They both act so confident, as if one never hid a child and chose a wife on demand, and the other never hid a family (a terrible one, by the way) or failed to bring the person she loves most to her own wedding. After everything, they really need to come down a few notches.
She... is beautiful, her performance was impeccable, and he lived up to the character. That abrupt turn from heedlessness to comedy and business affected him more than her, from cynic to a rogue winning back his wife... An excellent drama nonetheless.
Quiao Lin... She's not thinking straight.