Tsubaki

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain all the relationships and the plot! ❤

I'm looking forward to the release! But because this is a family drama I'm worried I can't grasp all the intricate relationships. Can someone briefly spoil the important characters and how they are related to the main couple? :)

On the WeTV app the drama is called 'The Sword and the Brocade.' I'm glad it's getting subtitles!

She doesn't know martial arts, but her schemes alone make her a challenging opponent.

I just love how everyone has to consider for their family members. The Shi family that can't let go of their prestige. The Xie family and their oppotunistic/muddled decisions. The Imperial family's fight for the throne. And everyone's favorite Ban family is just chilling on the sidelines, while Ban Hua manages everything haha.

Just completed episodes 37 and 38. Looking forward to tomorrow's finale. Edit: The finale was great! Everything concluded properly, the marriage was emotional and hilarious, and the drama even has a proper happy ending with ~10min epilogue featuring ever character. (Jiang Luo is still as hilarious as ever).

I agree that the drama won't air on the 22. But, I have seen a few sources (not official) hinting at a 1st quarter release.

Eng translation: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/zhui-xu/

I like the trailer's theme of the red string of fate.

Just started watching episode 1, the beginning alone is a nice reference to JoL and a creative spin on time-travel protagonists.

Yes. It will air on the 14th via the IQiyi App.

Ban Hua's grandmother dies, which impacts her greatly. Rong Xia tries to uncover the truth of his family's death and drags down the Yun and Shi families, who retaliate (for example, kill Uncle Rong and a refugee kid). Simultaneously, the 2nd prince implicates the major families to reduce their influence and pave the way for the throne.

Yes it does. The drama starts out pretty light hearted, only to slowly turn darker. Around halfway through, an important person and a few minor characters die. But, funny moments are still present in every episode. Hope I could help.

The Crown Princess is Shi Suyue, Shi Feixian's elder sister. In the novel, Ban Hua's maids are named differently. Softy and Rocky are the equivalent of Ban Hua's maid Ruyi. The one who betrays her is only mentioned a few times (I don't remember her name), so I don't think Softy or Rocky would betray Ban Hua.

Yes, Ban Hua blames Rong Xia for being involved in her grandmother's death. But she doesn't think he personally killed her.

Get together: Yeah, they look great together. I don't remember the exact episode but they get together unofficially around episode 10 maybe. And they get engaged a few episodes after the grandmother dies. Reading the comments regarding episodes ~ 30 to 35 they might break up again.

Deaths: It's true that Ban Hua's grandmother dies. Other minor (Uncle Rong) or unnamed characters die as well. I'm not sure about future episodes though, because they probably differ from the novel. Anyway. MAJOR SPOILERS: at the end of the novel the Crown Princess dies, one of Ban Hua's maids betrays her, and other villains are imprisoned or exiled.

Completed episodes 21 and 22. I knew Shi Fei Xian will eventully survive, but that didn't stop me from celebrating her conviction. (The scene between her and the Shi grandpa was great though.) I previously watched Royal Nirvana and Xia Nan's role as the evil maid was just as hateable, she's a convincing actress.

I shouldn't have read your spoiler. But now I'm at least prepared for the unnecessary amount of unnecessary drama. It really wouldn't be a CDrama without memory loss lol. Why do adaptations have to deviate from the source material...

I agree that they will likely change the past life into dream sequences. But it's not impossible to keep the past life as an actual past life. (SPOILER for other dramas) Renascence managed to keep possession of the younger sister after death as part of the plot, despite censorship cutting the drama by half. Similarly, Twin Flower Legend has a rape subplot that somehow passed censorship.