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I think the intention was to sway newcomers to not watch the show.

they threw a bs made up tea out there for no other reason.

there are 6 adopted sons (so far the two that have shown up are sons of xu xiao's previous generals who have passed away, I'd assume the rest are the same; him raising the sons of his dead homies). the two sisters, xfn and huangmang'er are biological siblings same mom

I just got to this part of the conversation between xfn and his mom's maid in the novel. pretty much the mom was able to escape the capital, but she was injured. after arriving in beiliang she was able to live for a few years but in the end succumbed to the injury because they were never able to fully treat it. so in those few years, she gave birth to xfn and then huangman'er

if they use real horses then they probably do have a horse person there. actors probably get some ride trainings beforehand too. (saw "the witcher" cast talking about their horse riding in their interviews so I'd think it'd be the same)

how hard would it have been to just amputate an extra finger on a baby when you're from an aristocratic family and know someone can't hold office with an extra finger? lol like bruh that should've been EZ.

btw I think Suyue's brother might be the real mastermind behind everything. dude has that terminal illness trope that someone is usually faking when they're plotting lol. His view on women, pertaining to his sister; he wants her to conform to a "woman's" role by not being an official and getting married etc. reason why that's weird is because they are relatives with the freaking Empress, and this is like the peak of woman empowerment in chinese history; they have high level female officials and the whole shebang.

her character is written to have a childish front most of the times, during the serious parts the actress does an excellent job portraying that so I don't see where you would have a problem with the casting.

the actress is a 21 yr old woman playing a role of a character who is around 18. what are you on about?

in duolo, the actress was like 24/25 playing a 15 girl.

gl finding women in their 30s that can "act" like a little girl and not be too cringey lol

is douban score even trustworthy? lol saw avenue x's first impression video of "who is the murderer" recently where she mentioned how there were low rating and bad reviews bashing zhao liying's performance during the first 2 premiere episodes, yet she did not even appear at all until the 3rd episode.

tencent is just mean. they got me hooked on this crack and now limiting the supply bruhhhhhh

sigh.. only 1 ep per day starting tomorrow? hopefully they drop a week's worth of eps in 1 day for vip or something, I'd rather binge a bunch and wait a week than have it spread out lol

wow such a big issue, how tf did this script even get through without someone realizing the potential backlash.

title screen of every episodes say "season 1" (at least the sub says it) so they're definitely planning more seasons.. and there's a good chance it's already filmed since they included that but who knows. novel is over 900 chapters.

XFN just turned 20 (capping ceremony), I think Jiang Ni is probably a few years younger.

I think we've seen plenty of foreshadowing of XFN having to suffer some incredible losses due to his desire to have his way without killing/sacrifices. We already see Old Huang die because of this. I'm gonna guess a lot of his family is going to die before he learns that you have to be cruel sometimes to get things done, like his father wants him to understand.

this story is about choices and consequences, thus far at least.

yea usually when I fail to find eng subs/translation etc, I know most things are quite readily available in viet since they are huge consumers of media from other asian countries.

btw, if you really wanted to since you can speak/understand viet... in Edge browser if you right click on a page you can select "read aloud", it's computer voice reading but works for me when I'm too lazy to read lol.

if you can read vietnamese I think it's fully finished here: https://metruyenchu.com/truyen/tuyet-trung-han-dao-hanh

don't think there's english translation for the novel yet since all the sites just have the entry but no uploads.

no reason for it to change since emperor = king of kings, essentially/literally.

kings rule over their "country"/land; they are the "lord" of their domain, emperor rule over kings and the entire empire. these two titles are not the same thing.

This is one of those drama where you keep checking the video timeline to make sure the episode doesn't end soon. so good.