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someone in the comments above is saying there's something dropping on 9th of june?

i mean.. yexian's death does not feel unnecessary. it's a part of his character arc and a huge part in making the court sending troops to aid in the border. But not showing it clearly and just ended it with his mum and sister hurting themselves is not the way it should be wrapped :(

this drama would definitely benefit from a short epilogue showing everyone being happy but still getting reminded with sacrifices the past characters made.

oh i get why people are mad lol they should've ended it with an epilogue or something

difference with the book? i think they differ a lot especially on the arc after jinzhao and yanyun got married?

minglan minglan minglan! that drama defines all 'females surviving in inner chamber' drama that comes after it.

I think the depiction of the Gu father is (well, maybe. since we didn't know exactly) historically correct! I mean.. he didn't apologize to jinzhao till the end and still think he's very much blameless lol

often times they are depicted as more loving in the dramas compared to the source material. I inclined to believe back then they behaved more like in the novel

IMO viki delivers the best subtitle because it was subbed by fans! i felt like the subbers there are subbing with passion so the subs is so satisfying!

judt made it to ep 6.. would someone spoil what happened next to PM Min Jeong u? does he go full blown 2ML evil?

can you explain more about what does the proverb mean?

winwin might have found his acting niche as sad-angry man lol

I love the change they made for Gulan's character! i know that these days cdrama keeps pursuing female empowerment through characters doing 'we can beat men' schtick but somehow it felt very lipstick with how they still let evil patriarchal men go with slap on the wrist.
Making Gu Lan and her concubine mother less evil and more humane and in turn Jinzhao being supportive when Gulan was bullied is much more empowering!

ah.. thanks!

so xuanqing was adopted under a dead brother's name (?)

is it really that good or just the hype? I felt like I've seen so many idols and k-content youtubers talking about it but they also talked good about F1 the movie so I'm kinda on the fence with their opinion

the subtitle said it was chen xuanqing's father but at ep 9 chen yanyun brought him to his dad's tomb and said he was executed

can someone explain to me who did chen yanyun's brother kill?

apparently the director of this drama also directed A Dream within A Dream. Now I get why the writing and pacing are so compact and good!

i think it's because he is married so he took that 'no kissing' principle.

i don't see it as a problem though. after watching soooooo many dramas I realized even if the leads are touchy feely but they can't act, then the chemistry is non-existent.

to me the drama is more interesting around ep 17 when the conflict was FL's dilemma on getting married or not