Mailyn

I am not sure how many episodes you have watched but I have only watched up to ep. 31. How has the FL moved on, exactly, and, as 2nd ML has just married FL's friend, why do you think that he will start flirting with FL? Thirdly, introduction of which love interest for FL?

I see. Thanks.

Parenthetically, many older people who once termed themselves as having 'Asperger's' rejected the term after Herr Asperger's ties to Nazi experiments on children was discovered.

Thank you very much for the link but I should have been clearer. I wanted to know: What is a 'reservation' in this context? Does IQIYI and WeTV, etc, decide what to air depending on a voting system, for example.

Reservation...?

I wish the 2nd male lead could have died faster and given more screen time to the ML in the last episode.

I wish the 2nd male lead could have died faster and given more screen time to the ML in the last episode.

With a mother like that, no wonder the crown prince was neurotic.

Shangguan Qian: Your...ahem...cliff note (as it were) needs to be marked as a spoiler!

Okay, thanks. I thought that you were speaking to somebody in particular and I wanted to see what they had written.
I agree with you, by the way. There are far too many hateful comments. But make sure that you understand the difference between sincere opinions (whether you agree with them or not) and the deliberate (or mindless) hatemongering which proliferates these pages.

There is no reason for it to happen in this life because FL did not side with their mother's clan to pressure him or force him to marry as before, etc. She realised her mistake and took his side in everything this time around.

Lovelylulu: Who are you addressing here? I can't see anything in the nearby comments to suggest that anyone is spreading hate.

Thanks for explaining. I had heard about Chinese fans but was not thinking properly. In the West, as far as I know, fans don't do such things. (Well, they never used to, anyway. ) Although I love Sageuks and Chinese Costume Dramas, I am not a 'fan' as such.
I did wonder why some dramas get s special episode after the others finish airing.

Agreed!

No. He has always loved her; watch on.

Andre: Thank you for taking the time to write a lengthy reply. I do not know whether your first language is English or not, so I may have misunderstood part of what you were saying. Nonetheless, I am glad to see that you have such insight.

I do not know how any morally well-adjusted, thinking person could 'look forward' to the boat scene. Perhaps many were misled and did not have the full facts. (I hope that that is the case.) I wonder if it were mainly male or female watchers who were 'looking forward to it'. Regardless, many immature, unthinking people may, as you say, be led to believe that such a scene is romantic (even if they themselves did not initially think so).
Perhaps we need to tell people, politely and neutrally, that this behaviour is wrong.

That said, I enjoyed the scene for what it was.

I wonder, would the producers ever know what the fans think and would they even care - especially if the drama makes a lot of money?

Andre: Although I understand your sentiment, I would like to point out that the scene was not intended to be romantic; it was an example of a man's basest instinct. This, (to us, now) unsavoury (but also) uncharacteristic behaviour (on his part) was a culmination of over twenty years of his wife being with or wanting to be with another man.

Had he not stopped when he did, things would have been different, and I would have commented differently.
To put my comment in perspective, how many of you are aware that in the 1970's it was STILL legal in the US and the UK (among others) to 'rape' one's own wife! I find that far more disgusting!

Well said.

This drama is intended for a more mature audience.