mimi0108

For me, the grandmother and the mother are from the same family but not close relatives. Therefore, the master/disciple bond is more important and that is why the mother called the grandmother "master". But she is her adopted daughter and probably a distant niece, which is why she has the title of Princess and her daughter has the right to call the king and queen "grandfather" and "grandmother".

In the book, FL is 7 years younger than ML. Which means she was 11 when she met him. I think they originally planned to follow the book but once the drama was filmed they must have been scared about such a huge gasp and dubbed some dialogue to make her 14 years old. Because it's not just her that's short, but her whole class looks 11 years old.

She's 14 in the first episode (8th grade)
Then in episode 2, she's 16 to 17 years (11th grade)
While the ML is 19 years at first (1rst or 2nd year in college)
Then he's 22 years (last year in college)

It's exactly that. The girl had a crush on the guy and felt important/helpful to him through her friendship with FL. It was completely toxic and hypocritical. She wasn't hanging out with FL out of friendship but out of interest and prioritizing the boy's needs over FL's feelings and comfort. Reason why she rejects SZ so easily afterwards and then uses her. She's the kind of weak, cowardly, opportunistic person and not a friend.

In which chapter there was "can we try with tongue?"

There are only 6 episodes left and I know in advance it will be rushed, unfortunately.
Even if I enjoyed the storylines and the acting, I can't help but find some scenes unecessary, long or repetitive because the characters stagnate.

CWD always behaves like a boor who likes to argue with his wife, talk to her roughly and sexually assault her almost each episode since before their wedding. He never learned from his mistakes or sought to understand MX's point of view. He thinks she loves another and so that justifies him not making any behavioral effort with her. It bothers me a lot. Admittedly, he is tolerant (not having punished her severely for certain mistakes) and protects her, but he is also harsh and authoritarian with her, which doesn't help MX to feel free in this marriage. I don't see how in 6 episodes the writers are going to convince me this couple can work when I see a man unable to understand his 17-year-old prisoner wife must have had trouble not feeling trapped. A man who delights in self-pity and inferiority complex.

As for MX, she remains selfish, childish and provocative. I would have liked to see her think of a way to survive, to fend for herself. Instead, for several episodes, she has had the same arguments with her husband and is just there waiting (either to escape or to see what life has in store for her). It's frustrating because it's not very interesting.

FX has, as always, some interesting moments of maturity and integrity. But she remains throughout the drama a victim, unable to fend for herself, to take a step back from a situation and to not be obtuse.

And let's not talk about WJG who, 6 episodes from the end, is still being manipulated by the real traitors, is still undecided in his personal choices and torn between duty and feelings. It's boring to see no real character development and to see them get bogged down in a could-be-great-but-is-now-dragging storyline.

In the novel, Xiao Wu is her endgame partner so... x)

He tries to forcefully kiss MX several times while he is about to marry her cousin and thinks MX is still too young (since he later asks her if she is old enough to get married, which proves he sees she's very young).
Even if it wasn't his will, he was going to marry BFY and destroy her reputation.
Then he tries to consummate his marriage with MX when she threatened to kill herself 5 minutes earlier (and still has blood in her neck) and was crying during the ceremony looking dead inside. I really don't think that's the right attitude. Especially since the drama is trying to make it comical and I find that a shame because the moment is serious.
I find that a bit of a shame because I would have liked it to be done differently (especially on the wedding night).

I really liked the last episodes even if the attitude of CWD bothered me.

I agree.
Hopefully being on her own will allow BFY to be a little more awake to what's going on. She's so passive and pays absolutely no attention to what's going on around her (like when she doesn't see/or doesn't want to see her fiancé's discomfort). She is not careful, doesn't have the intelligence to know how to manage to survive and doesn't know how to analyze a situation or read people's thoughts.
MX seems selfish but BFY is the one who is self-centered without even realizing it. By her attitude (her prejudices, her obtuse morality which she imposes on her relative, her whining which forces others to feel guilty, her naivety and passivity which makes BFY an easy prey), she unconsciously pushes her cousin to constantly protect her.

As much as MX is a very flawed character, BFY is the one who really infuriates me. In 21 episodes, her character has not evolved and I find her FAR from being perfect. She is obtuse, judgmental, self-righteous, naive in the extreme, unable to learn from her mistakes, and whiny.

She keeps accusing her young cousin of the worst, of moralizing her, of blaming her for nothing when she should know her.
She keeps being fooled and never does anything to help. Like when she gets all their money stolen. Or when she agrees to confess the dean's crime because she fears for her cousin live without realizing that reporting the dean would save MX. Damn girl, why believe a crazy psychopath while you can let her be arrested and can told other people to go save MX?
She constantly needs her young cousin to find solutions to help them. Remember that MX is uneducated, without a family and has had to fend for herself since childhood, But it's she who must assume to save BFY constantly. And how does BFY thank her? By never realizing when her cousin is hurting, when she's heartbroken, when she's working hard to help them, or when she's being hurt by BFY's hurtful (and false) accusation (such as accusing her of stealing, taking advantage of people, or having feelings for a Wu family member).
She is unable to realize MX doesn't feel anything for WJ and berates her. She is unable to realize her fiancé doesn't love her. This girl is oblivious to everything. It's so frustrating!

People say MX should have told her the truth about her lover but do they realize MX's position? She is the poor, mistreated relative. Even BFY sees MX that way at times. Unfortunately, they are not equal, MX has the impression of being indebted for the love her cousin has for her and of constantly having to help her, protect her, save her, even if it means sacrificing herself for it.
I'm not saying BFY doesn't like MX just as much, simply that she doesn't realize the uneven dynamics in their relationship and her attitude doesn't do anything to help change that.
MX always feels like she owes her cousin something, even if it means hiding things from her to save her because she knows BFY is the type to be stubborn.
MX has her flaws but BFY is the eldest & is educated. She should be more aware of her cousin's struggles, be more aware of her surroundings, and learn from her mistakes instead of repeating them.

Officially : episode 20 even if it's been a while they're in a "kind of" state of relationship.

You have the right not to like this drama. But insulting the female character of slut and cunt is revolting, demeaning, unfair and wrong.
First of all, it is not right to insult anyone (even a character) like that. It also shows you haven't understood the character and have a negative view of women.
She spent a night with the King of Goryeo after accepting his marriage proposal. They were engaged and technically she had become his concubine/women. Moreover, it was not she who decided it, it was the king who came to her room in the middle of the night abd made the first move. She just didn't push her ruler and fiancé away.
Then, after suffering an agonizing ordeal, nearly dying, losing her baby, and being broken, she learns that the man she loves has married another (from her enemies' family) right after learning of her supposed death. Unable to return to him, she chooses revenge and becomes the emperor's concubine. But it will take months to consummate her marriage. And she will only do so once she has clearly understood and accepted both her feelings for her husband but her new life as an imperial concubine.
She is anything but a slut and a cunt.

For me, there are several things that lead to this:
- the camera focuses on him subtly several times when the CP has crucial conversations;
- he's too withdrawn and a bit self-effacing compared to what a CP's chief eunuch tends to be in a historical drama (which doubles my suspicion);
- he has looks and gazes that seem to indicate he is hiding something.

Am I the only one to think, since the 1st episode, that the servants are the traitors who plot, we don't yet know why, against royalty? CP's chief eunuch is clearly fishy as well as a traitor and the court lady also seems in on the plot.
As for CP's so-called best friend and FL's fiancé, he gives me antagonist/psycho vibes. I don't know if he's just like that, if he will become one or if he already is, but I expect to find out things about him at any time.

She is human and empathetic. Despite the horrors he put her through and the kind of man he was, he remains a human being who had some humanity inside of him and feelings for her. Seeing him die before her eyes doesn't leave her indifferent even if she wanted to be rid of him and hated him.
It was tears of empathy and for the connection that has been created, in spite of herself, over all this time spent together.

What did FL received in the middle of episode 4? She wake up, after the dinner with FSX, take a shower then she got a message and seemed to scroll pictures while being upset. What was it?
I'm right at that moment and I'm a bit scare of what he do when she passed out.

Btw, can people tell me if FL will be raped in this story? If so, what episode so that I can be prepared.
Thanks !

I have a question for those who watched the drama:

Can you please tell me in what episode in order to avoid it? Thanks.

I'm pretty disappointed with the script choices.
FL has been through a lot that has shattered her trust in her late husband. She took a long time but ended up letting another man into her life, trusting him, giving him free access to her apartment. And in fact the man is lying to her, has been paid to be close to her, is not her classmate and, above all, has done everything to screw up her feelings for her husband (even going so far as to offer her a fake watch on behalf of her husband).
But instead of having a big argument, showing that the betrayal is serious and it will take the ML's time and effort to make amends, the argument is resolved in 5min. He is violent, sexually assaults her, she hits him then offers him to become partners in crime and it's over. Of course she puts a little more distance between them but that's it. No major crisis of confidence, no reflection on what the ML did wrong, nothing. I find this extremely annoying because not only does it make no sense given the story told (a woman who discovers she was living in a cage, too submissive and trusting towards her unfaithful husband who was doing illegal practices) but it's also an attempt to diminish the responsibility of the ML and to continue to treat him as the hero. He sexually assaults her twice, damn it!

The scene where FL confronts ML is creepy as f***. The guy is a stranger, paid to get close to her, manipulate her and spy on her. Except the man has become obsessed with her. He discovers tat she knows and the mask fall. He grabs her violently, kisses her by force, she hits him and goes to lock herself in her room until he knocks on the door. It's worthy of a horror movie, not a romance. And the gravity of the situation and the horror the FL feels should have been explored. The ML should have questioned himself.

I'm happy to get to the end of the drama because I'm sincerely disappointed with the direction the drama is taking (between the FL who doesn't learn from her mistakes and still trust people and herself when she shouldn't & the ML who is obsessed with her and unable to be less controling and pushy).