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You’re right! It’s NLB.

The emperor wanted the princess and GJS to get married. This way, the emperor would have access to Gu’s family wealth to fund his state since the court is low on money.

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Sadly, old Chinese traditions wouldn’t allow that unless of extreme reasons. There were so many laws and restrictions about married women, including divorce, not returning to parents’ home, and the stigma, just to name a few points.

Yes, pretty much correct. I don’t know about the rebelling part, but the uncle definitely has been demoted and fallen out of the emperor’s favor and sent far away from court to oversee a project. Without this uncle as the Gu’s family backup in court/politics, they are now vulnerable as target.

Yes, there are three of them floating around as brothers.

Big bro - Cheng Yi
Middle bro- BJT
Little Bro- Li Yi Hong.

I love them all!! 😍

I believe the director has worked with all three and they share the same block of support cast. 😛

I really like TSY. As a matter of fact, I like her more than Song Yi, and have watched all of TSY’s works. However, I have to go with Song Yi as a better cast as LYR between the two choices. Indeed, they both could perform a Young Mistress well. While TSY is cute and perky, I find Song Yi more demure, feminine, and mature which to me is more suitable as LYR. This is just my personal view on what LYR should be like. I haven’t read the novel so I don’t know what the novel version of LYR is like.

I agree that he was drawn to her at first sight. 😍

I feel that deep down, he already knows he likes her. Verbally admitting is the issue. 😀

The awesome thing is that the LYR could also see that GJS is a diamond in the rough as well. They are both very understanding, intelligent, and kind people.

He’s so head over heels for her at this point. He just couldn’t openly express it to her knowing that she supposedly like someone else. I love this couple. 😍🥰

I so enjoy the sound effects in this drama. It’s so well executed especially in foreshadowing ominous intentions or pairing comedic scenes. There aren’t any awkward, silent gaps.

He called her bro because he thought she didn’t like him amorously. She admitted to liking She’An in the beginning. He just didn’t want to make her uncomfortable by showing his attraction. I find him very cognizant.

I think Song Yi is perfect as YuRu - strong yet feminine. She performed her character very well in Luoyang. I also like Sandra with BJT, but I feel that Song Yi is a better choice for Destined.

I totally agree with you about Song Yi. I feel that she’s well casted for the role. Three episodes in, I was already thinking to myself who else could have done this role because it needs a certain level of maturity yet strong feminine aura. I didn’t read the novel but the way Song Yi projects YuRu is very ideal and suiting for this drama.

THIS !

I suppose if you compare Gu's family to the imperial palace and its relation to it, it'll be easier to accept the number of servants. Also, for the emperor to be after their wealth to fund the state, we're taking about billion dollars Amazon business type wealth in magnitude, not the town's millionaire. It would look ungodly to have only a handful of servants.

That aside, it looks great though when all the servants line up and listen to LYR's command instead of GJS, especially the head butler. 😀

It's a status symbol. Think of the phrase "tell me you're rich without telling me you're rich."😀

Yup, I agree. I didn't finish NLB

Very good, to me.😀 Hope you enjoy it!