QAS

Bai Ying Sheng wins the Widest Range of Acting Award. He had me fooled.

I stopped paying attention to Bai, and he vanished. He came back a dozen episodes later with a scheme to take Yun Yin to the Capital. Now, he's playing the vaillain. 😆😆

I am not sure, but it might have been around episode 12.

If he remains lowkey, he should end up with the cousin, who is nice, when she does not chatter.

So, I was right at at the start. 😆😆 Someone said he wasn't a prince in the first days of comments. It seemed odd that he fell off the cliff, and no one was looking for him.

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LOL! You described it aptly.

Old Granny battle axe (...as my Mom would say) has to die, to start ending the cycle.

I noticed that as well. I think it is the actor's method acting skills, but also the persona of Shan Bao.

Since the masterminds behind C-dramas are never fully attributed, these are the Production Credits listed on the dramawiki page for this drama.

Director: Guo Hao, Zhang Zhi Wei, Ma Shi Ge
Screenwriter: Zhou Mo, Ren Ya Nan
Producer: Yu Zheng, Ren Xu, Jiang Zhi Fang (蒋志芳) Chen Wen (陈雯)
Executive Producer: Ma Tian
Cinematographer: Wang Peng Fei (王鹏飞), Wang Xu Guang (王旭光)
Music Director: Wang Ke, Yang Kuo
Dubbing Director: Zhang Kai, Xie Zi Wei, Yu Meng Ci, Li Jia Si
Production Designer: Yu Zheng
Art Director: Liu Shi Yun
Action Director: Wu Ying Cai (吴营彩), Lu Hong Guang (卢红广)
Stylist: Song Xiao Tao
Makeup Artist: Lin An Qi, Lin Xiao Li
Costume Designer: Jiang Ya Ping (蒋娅萍)
Company: Huanyu Film, Mango TV, Hunan TV

I missed it too. I thought he was a Royal at the very beginning, but I was sidelined for two dozen episodes.

Wow! A titled Duke! In the beginning, I thought he was on the imperial ladder, but his subsequent behaviors changed my impression.

II thought I was the only one noticing the slow pace. Brocade dramas used to bore me. I found out that tea dramas are also boring. This is my filler drama, so I keep watching it daily. I haven't warmed up to any of the Rong women or the other supporting characters. I am here for Prefect Lu. I like Lu Jiang Li when he is on official business. When the turns into the devoted fiance, he acts ten years' younger.

It would be nice if he was undercover, but he's liaising with Governor Jiang. (XD)

I am still waiting for Yan Bai Luo to turn evil. LOL He's always lurking about with some intel. I don't even know his relationship to the Rongs.

I thought that was the end of him when he was stabbed and pushed into the river, but no! He's back and he's bad.

I am glad it is coming to an end by mid-week. The plot can't keep stretching out.

There are still nine episodes to go, so the palace arc is plausible filler. The plot has been stretched for the last twenty-six episodes. Now, Governor Jiang has taken over Granny Rong's place as the old tyrant.

I have just started episode 25, but dropped by to say that Liu Qing (Yang Yitang) gets the Overacting Award.

His Eternal Love mate, Vengo Gao's drama, Snowfall, had an age difference of seventeen years between the two leads, by coincidence. 17 is a common number.