I just finished episode 8 and I don’t know if I can bear to watch much more of Xun Xu’s stupidity. The fact he let Li Miao manipulate him into signing his own mentor’s death warrant after Li Miao made his untrustworthiness completely obvious the very first time they met, when he told XX he would keep the existence of Red Emperor secret and then turned around and revealed it to the entire agency and put XX on the spot… Like, how can XX still buy LM’s bullshit, and on such a grave matter as Feng Ying committing murder too? “I’ll let you keep investigating, but in the meantime just sign this little meaningless report right here; I promise I haven’t been trying to take down Feng Ying since day one to the exclusion of all work-related concerns.” “Sure, boss.” Just aargh.
And knowing XX is infatuated with the Wei spy posing as a musician/courtesan in Nanzheng I can already tell that even if/after he finally gets a clue about LM, he’ll do even dumber shit for pussy. I can’t, I just can’t. It’s giving me too much stress.
Chen Gong, meanwhile, is blatantly going to die at the end because he’s good at everything and has no room for “development” (i.e. getting less stupid like XX will have to do).
She better do 👍Either her or Lee Tae....I don't know who ,but someone better kill him
I actually think of all the characters who have cause to want him dead, the one who most deserves to land the killing blow is the Queen Dowager. My hatred for him reached new heights when he was manipulating her by pretending to reminisce about their relationship—when he was the one who stole her youth, life and happiness from her in the first place, and exploited her feelings for him to further his political ambitions.
If the writer is on the same page as me, she’ll give the Queen Dowager some character development where she realises how deeply Park Gyewon has wronged her, stops clinging to a fantasy version of him that loves her, and ends his miserable life.
Left State Councillor Park is one of those villains you love to hate, so I can’t begrudge him his victories, but he’s already had too many of them. It’s been six episodes! I need Lee Tae and Yoo Jeong to stop crying every time they see each other and start plotting to take him down. He needs to be taken down a peg because so far *everything* has gone exactly as he wanted. The only thing he hasn’t predicted/had control over is Yoo Jeong’s real identity, so I assume that will be a big part of his downfall. But how? She hasn’t shown a lot of determination to take revenge on him for killing off her family yet.
Mirae's mother is kind of a control freak. She's nice and mostly sympathetic so far, but I fully expect her to flip out and cause some fuckery for Mirae and Hyunjae at least once over the next 46 episodes.
Also, I wonder if MR's brother will get his own romantic interest. He's getting a subplot of his own with the restaurant inspections so far, which could mean the writer has plans for him.
I still don’t understand the problem of female lead why does she want to divorce? Please enlighten me
Her husband lied about many things, including his educational background and the fact he had a child he didn't want Mirae to know about with a woman he was still sleeping with (according to the child's mother at least).
Since their marriage was basically arranged by the groom's mother as a union between two wealthy singles with comparable social status, it was not a love match and they didn't know each other well before they married.
So when Mirae found out about her husband's lies, she had no reason to try to reconcile with him; it's not that someone she loved betrayed her but rather she realised she had made a deal with her husband and his family based on lies and had been conned.
On top of everything else, when she tried to leave him, her husband turned out to be a huge dick.
Honestly, I understand and support Mirae's desire to get a divorce, but at the same time I don't have a lot of sympathy for her. Her troubles show why jumping into a marriage with a stranger based on your families' similar circumstances (or the fact your "levels" match, as Koreans like to say) is a terrible idea.
Just a question: is it that hard to get divorced or get a marriage cancelled in SK? I don't know the laws and…
Until relatively recently SK didn't have no-fault divorce IIRC, which made it much harder for couples to divorce when only one party wanted it. That's what I've gathered from dramas, at least; I welcome corrections.
I dropped Gentleman and Young Lady after two episodes because of how bad it looked and it was sad not having a weekend drama to watch. Then this finally came out and the first episode was exactly what I had hoped for! Fun, not too frustrating or dramatic, multiple couples/main characters I can become invested in. Obviously it’s only one episode, but I’m optimistic.
After Night Wanderer got canned, this is my most anticipated modern romantic cdrama. PLEASE no tax evasion/cheating scandals until after it airs! It's my only reason to live!
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And knowing XX is infatuated with the Wei spy posing as a musician/courtesan in Nanzheng I can already tell that even if/after he finally gets a clue about LM, he’ll do even dumber shit for pussy. I can’t, I just can’t. It’s giving me too much stress.
Chen Gong, meanwhile, is blatantly going to die at the end because he’s good at everything and has no room for “development” (i.e. getting less stupid like XX will have to do).
If the writer is on the same page as me, she’ll give the Queen Dowager some character development where she realises how deeply Park Gyewon has wronged her, stops clinging to a fantasy version of him that loves her, and ends his miserable life.
Also, I wonder if MR's brother will get his own romantic interest. He's getting a subplot of his own with the restaurant inspections so far, which could mean the writer has plans for him.
Since their marriage was basically arranged by the groom's mother as a union between two wealthy singles with comparable social status, it was not a love match and they didn't know each other well before they married.
So when Mirae found out about her husband's lies, she had no reason to try to reconcile with him; it's not that someone she loved betrayed her but rather she realised she had made a deal with her husband and his family based on lies and had been conned.
On top of everything else, when she tried to leave him, her husband turned out to be a huge dick.
Honestly, I understand and support Mirae's desire to get a divorce, but at the same time I don't have a lot of sympathy for her. Her troubles show why jumping into a marriage with a stranger based on your families' similar circumstances (or the fact your "levels" match, as Koreans like to say) is a terrible idea.