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For me, because I am very familiar with the Guo Jing/Huang Rong's arc (having watched the numerous adaptations) that I feel this version is super condense to the point I can't feel anything other than just being fed the story. I get this is 30 episodes from the original storyline that spans like 60 just to do it proper justice but the other arcs appear too short (8 episodes). It's not hitting me in the right spot yet and I do struggle with whether to continue. I feel I might like the other arcs as there are less adaptations and so the story can feel 'newer' to me.

OMG their level of flirting, the tease with their eyes is just enough to get the audience hooked and dragged to the ends of the world..the same way they decided to release an unusual 1 episode on selected days of the week and double on some. They are milking our thirst for them just enough.

There was a maid hiding behind the gardener (aka bodyguard) and she was the one who voiced Yue Er. I think that maid is the one who served the late Yue Er because she asked the gardener in the previous episode to find this maid for her.

It implies that FL is using a higher social standing identity than who she is.

It's a full time job just to survive in historical c-dramaland.

It wouldn't look good for him if he divorced her to be with the princess. Everyone would say he abandoned a dutiful wife who was with him through thick and thin but abandoned her when he has a chance for better prospects. As a widower, he can be expected to marry again and not be seen as a heartless husband.

I think it was more of a threat to his life and his family if he didn't do what she wanted. It was implied when he was burying his wife alive that the princess can simply have his life anytime she wanted. We see it's not an empty threat- the princess has authority and power that which almost surpasses the king

Where are you finding the teasers?

Is the Eldest Princess and WJY's husband not the 2nd couple?

I honestly had no expectations for this drama. The initial trailer made it seem very dark (like Journey to You) and while I am not a huge fan of Wu Jin Yan (didn't like Royal Feast), I was interested largely for Wang Xing Yue. He captured my attention in Only For You as SML but was morally grey. I started 1st episode, 10 mins in and I am hooked by WJY. The cinematography, lighting, music and the various slo modes really built the atmosphere.

I can't help that this has a similar story from the last few period dramas featuring revenge plot, 'body or identity swap', a powerful government official with a cold heart and the numerous power struggles in a government official's household (between wives and children). Yet, I can't name one that is remarkably similar. I am enjoying the plot. I love how ML and FL use each other (without really knowing they are being used or they knew but willing to be the pawns of each other's schemes - similar to Love Like the Galaxy between the leads pre-romance time.

Chen Chiao En surprised me. I haven't seen her since Dugu days and she seemed different (ageing gracefully) but this is right up her alley of a conniving wife. Her expressions are so micro that the cameras do it justice. Particularly the scene where she first sees FL as an adult Li Er - both trying to not be impressed yet completely blown by FL's beauty. Her fear that Li Er can overtake her own daughter is internalized. Yet in mere seconds, she has to control her emotions and play the whole "I missed you daughter even though you caused me to miscarry".

Not his aunt, it's his stepmother and yes it was very sweet. She earned her place of respect with Fan Xian which I like about her

These powerpoints are really "lightpoints" haha

Thank you. I couldn't figure it out for the longest time.

It's his problem because he took over the responsibility of managing it. Though the problem was not caused by him, it's his to bear once he gets the management. He has to take the good and the ugly. It's common among Chinese dramas -where the successor is not liked (in the case the Eldest Princess hates FX), they leave the problem to the successor and wipe their hands clean.

I like how FX genuinely asked, how can she knew my surname be Fan before I was born?

Duo Duo makes a good best friend.

Maybe because this version of Ye Ling Er makes her look too rash, a bit naïve and a bit slow on the intellectual side. She's suppose to give off a vibe from a wealthy/noble family but this actress seems to give off an ordinary vibe of a best friend to FL and they used to have more scenes together. So far, they barely do in this season.

Trailer for ep 16 reminds me of Love Like the Galaxy: the part where FL made a pair of mandarin ducks and the ML mistook it for a different animal :)

Omg they were amazing in Sword Snow Stride but less screentime together- basically bare minimum. They work well together as enemies and gotta hand it to the actor who plays 2nd prince- you just can't hate him.

It's like they are doing tango. For a villain, I really like 2nd prince