Mailyn

I thought that he was the younger Yang brother who was sent to the monastery but the director could have been misleading us with that scene.

You make your feelings / thoughts about the FL quite obvious but what are your thoughts on the ML? (Just curious.)

@emotionallyevil: Was it a dream? I wondered for a second whether she herself has him locked up somewhere because we did see that she might not have forgiven him for her sister and Mrs Yang being taken away. But that could be a second red herring that this drama has deliberately dropped.

@Kaihua: I don't quite understand your comment about spoilers. What about the non-haters or even lovers of RSB? Some of those, too, probably want spoilers. But you are right about some people having double standards re the leads.

I don't know. Just an idle thought - do you think that his 'junior' or even the FL has him locked up somewhere?

If you are right, I missed that. I will rewatch. But if you think about it, the monk (whether the fake or the real and the young Yang were both brought up in a temple so would have the same 'buddha' thing going on. Anyway, we'll see soon.

Also, he is usually of a neutral, calm disposition but when he was watching his brother get his comeuppance, his demeanour changed. It was obvious then that he had something to do with the Yangs (whether he was for or against them).

Thank you. It does not surprise me at all. And looking it up just adds to your knowledge base.

The fake guy is (probably) the Yang brother who was sent to the temple. (We learned this during the Madame Yang trial.)

If you mean to say that your country has a traditional tea culture - why is it surprising?

It was quite easy to work out who caused madam Yang's death after learning that the Yang brother had been sent off to a temple. The arrival of the beggar confirms it. (Unless these are all red herrings.)

spoiler re ep 28:

Not necessary in the sense that season one had a happy ending and was not left unresolved in any way (that I remember). So, you could watch season two with the leads already married as a stand-alone drama BUT... if there are references to things that happened in the first season, you won't know what they are talking about (unless it is explained). Better to watch Season 1 first as it is worth watching IMO.

Not at all. I don't take any drama seriously because it is not real. My comments are directed at your use of ridicule and false logic to sway other people especially when you yourself have misrepresented the facts. If my students did the same, I would comment thusly.

The scholar has actually shown sharp insight and moral clarity. Your insult ‘learned man’ says more about your bias than about the scholar’s abilities, and the ridicule embedded in that phrasing (which also happens to be an ad hominem fallacy in this case) is nothing but a persuasive tactic meant to sway readers emotionally rather than logically.

I thought the outfits, props, and subs were bad, too. And what was that with the FL making fish-like expressions? At first I thought that she was retching!

Thanks for the extra info. To be honest, I miss bits of what I am watching because I am focussed on translating the Chinese subs when available rather than the Eng subs as I am learning Mandarin - with a historical bias.

I don't know if it is just me but the first ten minutes of this drama, which does not seem to follow the synopsis, were so bad that I dropped it straight away. I thought that it was a budget web drama - not a 45 minute drama. Perhaps I need to try again or look at other episodes to see if there is a change or some improvement before editing my post.

It is currently on Kisskh

Presumably the subtitles (for this drama) on Kisskh are the same as those on IQIYI - a mix of good and bad subs?