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How is ml’s younger aunt only 18 😱 I thought she would be in her 30s. Damn

I got the info 483k

Well I knew ml was putting a facade at the very beginning, but I didn't know why.

I think I finally have an idea of how ml's role plays in the politics. ml's official title is small, but he grew up with the king and is bff with the king, so many curry favour to ml in order to have a positive impression with the king or even just have their name mentioned. Even if ml's official title is small, in order to grow up and be childhood friends with the king, his family background shouldn't be small.

The Duke (ex husband's father in law now) has military power and basically almost a tyrant. The king is still young and probably doesn't have enough powerfule influence to take this Duke down. So the king entrusted ml to help, and in order to do this ml has to go against his teacher and become this aloof, promiscious, greedy man so that the Duke can let his guard down around him. He and the teacher pretend to be enemies, when they in fact are still very close. This is all from watching ep 12 and seeing a spoilage video on wb.

I don’t see anyone posting about it on wb And I checked the iqiyi App which doesn’t really show it but I think it’s because it’s the international version. But typically once reservations meet a milestone promotional materials does release so since there’s no new materials, I just means that hasn’t reached the milestone stone

Thanks for your effort and bringing awareness to the achievements BO made!

even a small 20 sec clip would do. Everyone, please do your part and reserve for this drama so that new promotional materials will be released!

Yea, I never knew people on mdl does that. It happened to a drama I was watching, people would rate 1 star on eps that hasn't aired yet. It was quite frusterating because newcomers would ask why a drama is so low rating.

only ep 11, it's so slow

Definitely! If the OG wasn't fantastic, korea wouldn't have bought the rights to make an adaption.

If you are intersted in aviation, the same actress was in a drama called Flight to You. It's honestly hard to find another drama like this.

So it's only royal harem schemes type of plot that's banned? bc there's so many other royal dramas like xk/wjy's Royal Feast and Ming Dynasty are all royal dramas.

I'm currently rewatching Dreaming back to the Qing and I haven't watched half bald men with braids for so long that it's taking a bit to get used to. I'm so used to guys with a full head of hair now. I agree, I like Qing costumes, it's colourful and elegant. I also like their hair styles too.

Brutal, no updated eps

oh, I didn't know palace harem dramas are banned! i don't think so since a lot of short dramas have palace harem themes now. I think it's just that a decade ago Qing dynastry themed dramas were over saturated and over done that there's no new material to film. It'll just be repeats so period dramas has now veered towards Song/Tang dynasty and a lot of fantasy/xianxa.

I’m curious of ML‘s position in the government. What is his background or his backing?

Fl Has a strong, moral compass. Buddhism is very prominent in her thinking and behavior. I get it now when people say she’s mother Theresa

You described the novel excellently. All these inner court schemes (from maides, concubines to first wives) is not new and a lot of drama show case this, especially Yu Zheng's drama. So there's really no novelty in this novel. I really didn't like how Lanxiang always had her head down (I know it's to show her subdue nature), and she's crying more than happy in the novel. If it weren't for the tencent production and screen writer/author I would rather ss never take this script (if it's really offered to her). However, if she does take it then I will support and anticipate how she will play the fl and how the script writer will change the story to fit audience's acceptance.

ml will be tricky to find. It has to be someone that has a fierce and violent look when provoked but can be gentle as well. Ml is suppose to be handsome too. Unfortunately, I find most C actors to be pretty boys. The ml character will have to be changed so that he's not depicted as an asshole. Funny thing is, with his status, power, money he's still insecure about fl's feelings and love for him. and within reason since he forced her to stay with him, and was abusive with her in the beginning. At least ml is aware of this.

I hate her husband's family. Selfish horrible people, I hope fl find ways to ruin the family and prevent her husband from getting a offical position, or at least ruin his reputation. REVENGE REVENGE REVENGE!

She is recogonized, just not the traffic way that many expected. She is mentally strong, she has her own ways and plan. She wants to go far and not just be a traffic star. She wants stability and to show others her acting skills. Each role she takes reflects what touches her heart. She may not have high marketing value or exposure like others (Bailu, Esther, Lusi etc), but that's her nature. She could've easily taken a fantasy/xianxa drama after UTP or GA to get more popular but she didn't. There's directors/producers that care about noise/popularity that can bring to their project so they will go with traffic stars, but there are also diretors/producers that care about the integrity and acting skills so they won't choose traffic stars such as the director of MD who chose ss instead. She is being recognized as a clean. pure actress that's not been tainted by the industry. She sticks with her belief and is never swayed. She earned respect from others for that. Each project she takes improves her acting little by little.

She's her own boss, so she has power to take how many projects a year and whether to join vs. She can take breaks as long as she want to enjoy life. She's a shy girl and doesn't enjoy joining vs, unless it's to promote her dramas. She's secure in her career that she doesn't need that kind of exposure. Once her drama airs there will be people to watch.

Bo plot may not be as exciting as Blossom, but it's something that ss saw in value. It's also to market and spread awareness of Shichuan brocade (her home city). She may have also taken that drama as a favour. This drama was targeted for tv, but things happened and it wasn't able to. BO is not a fail, it's just that compared to her other dramas, more marketing and noise was done.

I wouldn't say 2024 was not a recognizable year for her. I quite liked abay, and i loved the cp from abay. She got annual champion from hunan, 3x in a row. Not all dramas can be success, each drama is like a gamble.

I do agree she is getting there with age, so I'm glad she took XY, I'm sure it will be a good one since the director is well known.

So I'm reading Against the Current-there's an english translated novel of it. I've read about 50% of the book, mainly skipped the begining (since I heard from may readers the beginning is slow but it picks up really good after 100+ chps).

My thoughts on this novel:

-ml LJL if fken lecherous and violent. He's basically having sex every other day (including with fl).
-this novel is rated R, there's too many sex scenes, kissing, groping
-How will ss take this role, she and ml will be intimate almost every other scene once she becomes his Concubine. I mean like sitting on his lap, kissing, him biting her ear lobe etc
-the tool of rebirth is uselss in this novel. fl rebirths, but so what, it's not like she's using her knowledge for revenge on her family or to help herself.
-it's not a rebirth time travel drama where fl rebirth few years back in her life or few years back in another person's body (lan xiang). Instead, she rebirth in the same time line but in a different body of a maid.
-as a maid, she holds no power and is at the mercy of ml every stinking time. No money, no power, no wits, no resources.
-what fl (the maid's body) has is beauty, and omg every single chp mentions about her beauty and how every guy sees her is enamored or lusting after her. So that ml is possessive and hides her from male gaze.
-fl is too much of a damsel in distress and too meak, there's not much of a plot.
-there's a lot of maids like a lot. instead of inner court Concubine/mistress schemes it's maids scheming. A commenter once said it reminded her of Dream of the Red Chaimber and I can somewhat see that.

I spent 7hours reading this novel, not yet finished. I find this novel to be tricky to be adapted in to drama. Many audience don't like weak frail fl, they like fl that can fight back, and fill with action. Even if this is a good production, I'm not quite sure if I would like ss to take this drama. this character is not a character that would help ss. I can already see audience bashing that this drama advocates for Stockhlom Syndrom, and domestic abuse. I'm aware that the script writer will change things, but at this point I feel like 80% of the novel needs to be changed in order for this drama to work and be accepted for audience to view.