JojoOnDatBeat

absolutely. historical cdramas are incomplete without the third act palace politics

Mr Darcy was nothing like this! He was an awkward, misunderstood, reclusive type who not once looked down upon any of the Bennet sisters for being women!

Fan Er

he is, of super close proximity to royalty basically. this implies he can be everywhere and anywhere because connections and power lmao

no worries, haha! feels nice to vent a little when the story is so promising but then things like this are happening

I get the pillow talk part and that she beat him up. but when she goes to tell her mother and sister about it we suddenly don't get back to the issue because there's a proposal waiting for kangning. that's crazy

this! literally I was like this is your male lead guys!!!! how can he be a great partner when he treats his future wife's sister like shit

I've been trying to be gentle with my takes because a lot of people here are taking unkindly to criticism directed at the male lead but yes! agree with everything you've said. I also cannot bring myself to overlook just how generally unkind chai an is towards his sister in law fuhui, whether directly or indirectly. people keep saying to wait for character development but how is it possible to wait for development to occur when the problem is not being acknowledged at all? the others (fuhui's husband and that yang fellow) are more overtly bad but characters like chai an are more insidious and dangerous because so many men even today are like him. they even gravitate towards women like kangning just to tame them (not saying this is happening here). the fact that the writer is a man unfortunately does add to this icky feeling.

for sure

we're in the same boat. I love the women here and their bonds are lovely. would prefer if we could do away with the romance bit entirely but alas

yes, their matchmaking doesn't go through because of his mother's behavior but I'm honestly glad it didn't because I personally think the kidnapping issue needs to be addressed and cleared before we move on to being lovey dovey. Though I doubt it will, judging by how the scriptwriting is.

not sometimes, the scriptwriting HEAVILY agrees with this behaviour.

IT WAS SO HORRIBLE I CAN'T LOOK AT THE MALE LEAD WITHOUT THINKING OF HOW HE CONVINCED THAT SPINELESS ASSHOLE TO GO ALONG WITH THIS PLAN. honestly was low-key happy the marriage got called off because they didn't address this issue at all and I know they definitely won't

I went into this blind 😭 still holding on to some hope that things get better in the coming episodes

this makes me so sad ugh I too wanted to see them the most

real

do you have a link 😢 this is so disappointing

I agree with you, he should know. There's nothing filial about enabling horrible parents

what? when? what he do?

Du Yang Xi, you're my only hope! please don't let me down