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Exactly. Even now I still think it’s still admiration as he hasn’t spent much time with her yet.

Ok, I had to wait until after 10 episodes to make a comment. I love the humour in this drama. Not in your face kind of humour, but subtle. My preferred type of humour in movies.
Most of the actors here know how to execute their line of humour naturally.
I hope they don’t ruin the drama mid-way since it’s has part 2.

I don’t think it’s love at first sight. It’s more of admiration and mesmerised by the FL. A lady at that time being knowledgeable to give clues (military even) without saying or doing it obviously. He is shocked by how smart and different she is from other ladies.
Every other girl wants a suitor and handsome/rich man, FL is all about building, smart learning etc.
Of course this could be confused as love, but not yet. You can’t love who you’ve never seen. 😆

Finally finished this. Loved it! So different from recent C-dramas that make the female characters look stupid and irrational. It is not perfect, but better than most (a big step for C-drama land).
First time also I’m seeing something with the male lead. I love a masculine man (🤣🤣) and this is far and in between in C-dramas as well. I am tired of seeing feminine looking men as male leads.

I hate this most about C-dramas. They pile up issues towards the end of their drama and never clearing them up at the end. You wonder what was the essence. I felt the past 4-5 episodes had a lot of fill ups and unnecessary scenes that could have gone into clearing up some of the conflicts and secrets.

I think it’s because she’s letting it affect their income. She could be famous now and praised, but still broke 🤣🤣. What is the use of fame if you’re homeless and hungry.
Her pipa was always a side attraction that brought in the customers which of course doubled once she became famous.
She could have exercised more tact in wielding her fame not suddenly acting better than her sister friends and looking down on their source of income.

Few minutes in and I know this is something I will probably enjoy. The cast too are serious actors.

Loved this. FengXiao and ZhangXian were the highlight of this drama. Tip top acting. Every other character paled in comparison

I even thought the writer was trying to pair Zhang Xian with Gu Lei’s widow. Maybe they changed their mind 🤭

Wow! That’s sad. She indeed fell hard for her husband or at least the idealised version of him (childhood sweetheart). In a way, she’s like Zhang Xiang too, loving someone for so long that it takes up everything.

Did she leave her husband?

Give it a try. It’s quite good and filled with emotions.

Exactly! All that emotional investment gone to naught.

Argh 😠! C-dramaland is plagued with deficiency of how to properly end their dramas.

Their ending is often chaotic and not given proper closure. Directors need to be properly trained.

I’ve seen only very few C-dramas with proper endings.

Anyways this was entertaining until the last 4 episodes. No need introducing events you can’t do proper justice to in the last couple of episodes. It will always make a good drama go bad. 🤦🏾‍♀️

I love when Asian men are masculine 🙊. There’s too much feminisation of them. But I guess that is what appeals to people in Asia.

Her bio mum, she calls her “Yi Niang” is a concubine and doesn’t like her because she’s a female child. Even abandoned her initially when she was a new born and after taking her back was mistreating her and one time left her and took her brother and ran away. This, she was adopted by the legal wife she calls “Mu Qing”.
The legal wife who adopted her loved and accepted her and she sees her as a real mother.
In ancient China, there could be only one wife. Others are concubines who do not have legal status and limited rights in the family too.

Her bio mum, she calls her “Yi Niang” is a concubine and doesn’t like her because she’s a female child. Even abandoned her initially when she was a new born and after taking her back was mistreating her and one time left her and took her brother and ran away. This, she was adopted by the legal wife she calls “Mu Qing”.
The legal wife who adopted her loved and accepted her and she sees her as a real mother.
In ancient China, there could be only one wife. Others are concubines who do not have legal status and limited rights in the family too.

She works with the bad guys. She’s the person designing the fake notes.

Yes, wrote too soon 🙊. I get it now.

Who can answer this for me please, Ep.9 I’m wondering why the girl at the brothel suddenly led them out to the imperial park when she actually didn’t access the place from there. Strange. Could be a plot hole?