So his OG maid had to leave because of his wife, who married her off to a simpleton? And after the divorce, and…
Maids didn't get married for love, they got married off when it was time and that was the only way they were "freed" from their indentured servant contracts. It's why we see a lot of scheming around maids/concubines (because the level of maid also matters). Her options were get sold with the entire Liu family and end up god knows where worse, or back in a place she already knew well AND was being treated just fine (for a maid) /until she got sold because ZJT was punching down.
"even with average luck you can follow your heart and choose who to marry" but luck here means the luck provided by the master
I find this interesting: "Lanxiang obviously has very little power now, but she came from a family that once…
yes! at least from the trailer we know some of the maids will move up so will they move up with her and become HER maids once she enters the lin family? will she help free them? even Yuchan being brought back tells us a lot about LJQ and his mother.
He li “ The term "Amicable divorce" first appeared in the Tang dynasty's Tang Code : Household and Marriage . Following the clause "Those who violate the rules of Divorce by righteous severance shall be divorced," it stipulated: "If husband and wife cannot live together peacefully and seek an amicable divorce, they shall not be prosecuted (not be subject to punishment)." An amicable divorce requires the husband to sign a "document of releasing a wife." Later generations followed the Tang precedent, also referring to "Amicable divorce" as "divorce by mutual consent," a concept adopted by modern law.”
ML doesn't have concubines at this time. For that scene, I actually took it as he already knew what happened to…
I like that they’ve established that even though ML isnt a scholar he’s smart. He had to be to fight against the pirates but there’s a big difference between street smarts and then book smarts/being cunning.
Every conversation in a historical drama has two or more layers, add in how many idioms and plays on words there are it’s even more interesting to see how characters navigate when we aren’t getting dialogue plot movement 😂. I also think it’s really interesting how even though he is investigating ZJT, he’s letting the people in her life/underlings admit themselves what’s going on.
"even with average luck you can follow your heart and choose who to marry" but luck here means the luck provided by the master
He li “ The term "Amicable divorce" first appeared in the Tang dynasty's Tang Code : Household and Marriage . Following the clause "Those who violate the rules of Divorce by righteous severance shall be divorced," it stipulated: "If husband and wife cannot live together peacefully and seek an amicable divorce, they shall not be prosecuted (not be subject to punishment)." An amicable divorce requires the husband to sign a "document of releasing a wife." Later generations followed the Tang precedent, also referring to "Amicable divorce" as "divorce by mutual consent," a concept adopted by modern law.”
https://baike.baidu.com/en/item/Amicable%20divorce/1509267
Thought these two links were informative and interesting to see the rules. Another reason was not having a male son BUT only if she was over 50.
Also the number of love interest (parents choices 😂😂😂） sooo curious why DCQ ends up being so against the Lins!
Every conversation in a historical drama has two or more layers, add in how many idioms and plays on words there are it’s even more interesting to see how characters navigate when we aren’t getting dialogue plot movement 😂. I also think it’s really interesting how even though he is investigating ZJT, he’s letting the people in her life/underlings admit themselves what’s going on.
Was the birthday party supposed to be her coming of age one??