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They did actually, when Huayong was talking to Xihe about lady gu, he says she was forced into marriage. with her brains she could've gotten out of it but her duty to her family was strong and marrying him was a gamble to protect her family, a gamble she lost.

No, she's pretty much all in once they do get together. She's still not in love but she does give more. In the novel, she was straight up colder even in getting together phase. In the show, they make it more clear she does have feelings but she's scared of his power, thus, pushing him away.

I agree with you mostly, that being said, she destroyed the other suitors before she locked in with the crown prince not after.

but yeah, she has feelings and is letting fear rule her more than anything

Nahlabee4 a day ago
@y_ummy This is the reason her dramas dismally fail midway, after confessing love and submitting to her husband, she fails the emotional transitioning of what comes with being naturally being in love.

The fan family set her up the gu family to be killed. She’s not out for revenge because she got revenge for her family. She drank the wine from the fan family & it was poisoned (not clear if she framed them or it really was) in turn, they were wiped out for killing an imperial consort. That debt is settled.

Tomorrow it’s back to 2 eps

I meant to say the drama isn’t failing midways, as you said.

Oh yeah, I agree. It’s more like Xihe is operating in a in fear mode. She’s scared of how powerful he is bc if he turned on her, he’d could crush her. She just needs to trust him and herself

But she’s shown plenty of emotions towards her family??? Are we watching the same show?

Not a headache in human form if you were paying attention to what she wanted. She listed it out. She chose him because he supposedly had no backing in court & didn’t have any powerful fractions. A crown prince in name only,

Oh yeah, Jao Jao I think. The period to introduce her has passed, so maybe they’re not going to go along with the brothers marriage.

ep 16

- we get some emperor background
- ah memories
- most likely sad ones
- still wish we could've seen the xie x xihe friendship come to life but this does cut down on a lot
- gotta appreciate a man who will always take a chance
- rain moment
- okay but u rly didn't wipe anything lol
- xihe is funny, with the bait and switch but her little happy smile was cute. oh wait. meng ziyi does't show expression, i forgot
- huayong x shameless, take anything and turn into a compliment, falling on xihe
- still can't understand how people think she isn't partial to huayong when she wouldn't let any other prince get away with as much as he has done
- duke ying, duke ying...honestly, i believe the emperor could've done it, i believe any emperor could've done it
- awwee xihe giving him comfort and allowing him to push boundaries again, such a horrible woman who's always mean and ignores him
- the ost is really pretty and xihe falls for him more day by day
- she couldn't even look him in the eye bc she let him have his way and he knows its a win
- awwwww by for now prince lie, he really is sweet under it all and i hope he finds his lady love
- ah, my favs, shulin and jin bai
- jin bai, i do 100% believe you would force a love rival (not) into working just so he wouldn't have time to spend with your beloved
- jin bai heavy flirting, yeah, you learn from your boss
- it's funny bc xihe and shulin are going through the same issue, both getting weak in the knees but pretending not too
- this ost is pretty as well
- papa shen! its funny and blunt and just like the novel
- if xihe really wanted to break the marriage, she'd tell her dad bc i believe he'd get it done
- papa shen x huayong, a funny duo bc papa shen is like THIS IS NOT A MAN
- papa shen is willing to kidnap xihe back to the northwest
- so, i really, really, really hope the show gives more time for papa shen to own up to being a shitty father to yingluo
- visiting grandpa but crown prince got their first lol
- papa shen vs grandpa tao...lmao
- xihe subtle expression in watching her dad and grandpa but she only as one so its said
- huayong you are FUNNY, bc he papa shen is scorned and papa shen is doing the same as grandpa tao
- papa shen and grandpa tao are still funny
- xihe peeping her future husband lol
- omg, he is laying it on THICK
- papa shen is about to have a heart attack while grandpa tao is loving it
- huayong huayong, honestly, you're right. xihe is pretending to say one thing but we already know where her heart is
- papa shen is stalking them making wontons 10/10
- cut to shulin who can't stop thinking about jin bai
- but snacks from xihe makes her smile
- oh wait...........jin shan did what he needed to do, jinshan is a shipper
- yes jin bai go in openly! capture your romance!
- oh they had him call it out early
- dont go breaking his heart
- im like who has it better between huayong and jin bai and i think they're about even

awww we end on sadness

Because she didn't care to know him as Lady Gu. She knew general info but nothing says she was close to him or her husband for that matter. Not only that, Prince Lie is a warrior and was often away in battles. Simply put, Lady Gu did not care about the palace or the people in it.

What information about him or the capital is she missing? She knows general stuff and what matters to her. You can know about something or something but not deeper knowledge unless you care to know more.

Fair enough, I think by 16 eps, it's enough to know if you want to continue. I don't hate the pattern so, it works for me.

For the characters, it's good that she constantly makes that clear. I'd be different if she was all in but only one of them is and that wouldn't do anyone good if the CP truly let himself get carried away with the thought. Mainly, she doesn't want him to go resentful so she feels the need to make it clear. Xihe doesn't want to give false hope to a man who go off in his own lala world.

She's also not trying to prove she's the smartest in the room. There is no reason to make that up. She doesn't like her marriage is the most important thing the Empire as seen at all. How does she do that? By taking time to vet the men she supposed to marry one of?

And yeah, he's a bit of stalker.

Yes, that's just how the novel happens LOL. The 1st chapter is Lady Gu talking to her husband Prince Xin, she kills herself and wakes up as Shen Xihe. She doesn't make any fuss about it goes with the flow.

That being said, I think she goes with the flow mostly because Xihe wasn't replaced, the writer described it as her coming a 3rd new person who has both souls in her. Also yes, she was no lingering affection for Prince Xin. As Lady Gu, she never loved him but married to protect the Gu family.

If this isn't your cup of tea, Splendid Match was good, I also liked The Double. If you want something more funny leaning then New World Begins is also good.

This drama is failing midway, it’s only been going up according to ratings and she’s showing the transition just fine.

But it’s girly through the power of love. No matter how much Jin Bai loves her, unless they can find a way to keep her family save if the king found out, she’d be a boy. That being said, this is different from a woman presenting herself as masc because she chose too and then found love and started to become girly because of it. She was FORCED to live as a boy and adopt those qualities, she never experienced being FREE to be girly. Or
a lady or anything,
what if that’s
something she
would’ve liked, if
she has the option.
It’s never been an option so it isn’t like being masc is the characters natural state. I can understand the feelings for most media but in this story, her father didn’t have an heir and she was sent to the capital as a hostage. To protect the family line, they forced her to act as boy. So it’s okay if she’s forced to be masc but it’s not okay if she wants to express her femininity that she was never given the choice to do if she found love. That being said as well, Jin Bai fell in love her with as man & other than maybe her close changing, her personality would be fine. It’s just interesting that for this character it’s an issue when she didn’t chose to present in a masculine way but was made too. That’s separate from the issue you have with the media in general.

I mean, it’s the same for the ml. Maybe not the fawning because it’s not centered on him but also can do whatever he wants and it goes his way.

She is a mix of both. She probs does remember her bros habits if you’re talking about the scene im thinking but will have the maid overseen everything

It’s definitely not the only expression she makes. Maybe it’s the only one you remember but that’s not true at all.