I am getting obsessed with the Husband when I should be mooning over Duke and Jang li's interactions.The flute…
That is not love. It's guilt and memories. He appreciated his ex and how she had elevated him to be a scholar. He appreciated her sacrifice. He certainly appreciated her beauty and talent. But love? No man who truly loved who have done what he did. In a way, XFF was his pawn that he sacrificed. Now he's a pawn for his owner to use and sex with. Jiang Li willingly becomes a pawn for Duke Su but Duke Su is now reluctant to sacrifice her; this man will love her enough to say to her at the end of the episode "You don't have to act any more. Be yourself to me" (Don't be a pawn any more). That's why she looks back at him seriously.
well, it wasn't just because she won first place in the qin contest among the students, but she got praised by…
XFF in her incarnation was a Cai Nue, a woman of talent, a rare thing in society. It means she has mastered the Qin like no one else, can play Go (a master strategist), can write beautiful calligraphy and can paint. In her time XFF was probably the better scholar and politician than her husband, but she was a woman, and so was just given the title Cai Nue. Everyone who heard her qin (chosen instrument) would have known her talent, but unfortunately (or maybe not), she had chosen to suppress that during her married life. She became just WIFE. Yes, it was what she wanted, but it also killed part of her.
Now, SYR. He knew his wife was talented. He'd used her thoughts, her suggestions, her ability to solve problems to become who he was now. His guilt is about this. His "LOVE" has nothing to do with it. He did not know how amazing her talent was until she became Jiang Li and was able to express herself. However, he was also in denial because XFF was never like this "Jiang Li," never would have been so about herself. That is why he kept telling Wanning and his mother that she (JL) was not Wanning. But his playing with her should give him a huge clue (not that he hadn't had enough clues, but this one was obvious because he'd played with his wife many times before). Cai Nues are a rare thing, after all. A City might just have one or two. He might have been giving this lookalike many opportunities to assuage the guilt in his memories, but his smile to Wanning also tells me he might now actually believe that it could be possible what he'd chosen not to believe before.
As for our Duke Su, an afficianado (spelling, sorry, will correct later) of talent. He knew immediately that this was a Cai Nue playing the qin and he connected the dots immediately. Of course, he was never blinded by guilt. His spies at the Jiang household would have told him about her beautiful writing, her demeanor and eloquence. His using her as a pawn comes from his love of strategy and the arts (especially acting). The qin competition moment cemented his suspicion as well as his interest of this woman. Jiang Li or XFF, she was his. That's why that last line in this episode was important. "Be yourself to me."
honestly if they pull the marrying off jiu yue to XH plot it will be so upsetting like you're wasting the remaining…
Why are you crying when you don't even know what was cut? Check the length of each episods. Today's was over the mark. you're watching what was intended to be watched.
To me, the scene of his past made him even more repugnant. His family was destroyed by a corrupt official. And…
His reciting the virtues of being a scholar was ironic and repugnant. Only the thunder and lightning made him realize this fact. And then, he absolutely knew the consequences and thus was able to block the stab from Wanning's man. He is playing a long game: to get rid of Wanning and then go back to his wife, whom he loudly declared he loved. And I could see from Jiang Li's expression her thoughts: How dare you. How. Dare. You. And I concur. His hypocrisy knows no bounds.
I just saw on YouTube spoiler scenes Situ Siuye the Poison Dr will save SYR and help him love life again and they…
I do see your point. I love reading and writing about grey characters myself. But somehow, I just can't forgive a man who whacked his wife on the head with a shovel and then bury her alive. No idea why...LOL. I don't care if he was threatened. Don't care if he had to kneel naked in front of a dominatrix and be tenderly whipped on his nether regions. I just think, from Jiang Li's point of view, he should be stabbed down there by Jiang Li too. I'm just so violent. LOL.
I just saw on YouTube spoiler scenes Situ Siuye the Poison Dr will save SYR and help him love life again and they…
Well, he couldn't possibly get his just desserts if he had a side drama with the Princess, hanging from a tree.... But yes, I'd love for him to die. In the book he got beheaded with Mad Princess.
How is it Long and unclear? she had to get Revenge 4 JL and the Xue family. Was able to put off getting her own…
It isn't. She promised Jiang Li to correct Jiang Li's wrong of ignoring her maternal family and causing her maternal grandmother so much pain. Jiang Li requested this, so her going to Lo Yang and helping the Ye family was part of her tribute to Jiang Li, to right a wrong. It just so happened that the Ye family was being targeted and our Lord Su came for some fun....
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Now, SYR. He knew his wife was talented. He'd used her thoughts, her suggestions, her ability to solve problems to become who he was now. His guilt is about this. His "LOVE" has nothing to do with it. He did not know how amazing her talent was until she became Jiang Li and was able to express herself. However, he was also in denial because XFF was never like this "Jiang Li," never would have been so about herself. That is why he kept telling Wanning and his mother that she (JL) was not Wanning. But his playing with her should give him a huge clue (not that he hadn't had enough clues, but this one was obvious because he'd played with his wife many times before). Cai Nues are a rare thing, after all. A City might just have one or two. He might have been giving this lookalike many opportunities to assuage the guilt in his memories, but his smile to Wanning also tells me he might now actually believe that it could be possible what he'd chosen not to believe before.
As for our Duke Su, an afficianado (spelling, sorry, will correct later) of talent. He knew immediately that this was a Cai Nue playing the qin and he connected the dots immediately. Of course, he was never blinded by guilt. His spies at the Jiang household would have told him about her beautiful writing, her demeanor and eloquence. His using her as a pawn comes from his love of strategy and the arts (especially acting). The qin competition moment cemented his suspicion as well as his interest of this woman. Jiang Li or XFF, she was his. That's why that last line in this episode was important. "Be yourself to me."
And I concur. His hypocrisy knows no bounds.