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Outer and inner beauty
Drama is so good at handling many hard issues beautifully mixed with fun moments.( I don't read the novel but read commenters said many changes were made. What can be seen is the script-writer added many layers which beautified the drama)
The heart of the title is her beauty , which was used by her grandfather to imprison Wei from attacking Qiao. .For her, beauty is also her prison, for the ML saw thru grandfather planning and was resisting and fighting for he fell for her outer beauty at l 1st sight Afterward he saw her pure inner beauty of using her outer beauty to helping hers and his people with the channel project which will prevent drought bringing peace and stability,. and risking her life to burn the sulfur in the granary . She got freedom from being imprisoned by her own beauty when her husband saw both her outer and inner beauty. (Lady Yu is her contrast. She used beauty and peony beauty mark to marry an emperor for wealth and power. To maintain that, so she can be dowager empress when the childless sickly emperor died. ,she wanted her younger brother to be made foster son . He refused for from there, ,h e felt her insincerity , false heart and ingratitude. .Saw him not as a person but mere tool However much she put on makeup up and beautified herself she has no inner beauty, only ugliness)
Betrayal of trust was the start of the story for it was a marriage of alliance. Grandfather Qiao betrayed his ally, the Wei when they were attacked and he didn't send help. Trust is paramount in any type of relationship s be it friendship or family. From early on ML was shown to slowly letting go of anger and hatred. During that epic arrow shooting scene he used his body to shield her. No one risked their safety to shield the enemy.. He displayed his weakness of being afraid of darkness in another scene. No one displayed weakness to the enemy. He was slowly letting go of negative emotions of anger and hatred for he trusted her. On the last day of mourning for her grandfather, he set up a memorial table for her., letting go of revenge and resentment .Hence was doubly hurt when she didn't tell him of the secret tunnel that led enemy troops to threaten Wei state .But before that they had to pass through. Yazhou, her homeland. Is it a family betrayal if he helped Yazhou? No, and in the modern legal system ,only the offender is punished, not the family. Similarly Wei grandmother has that mindset, for ethically and morally the price is paid by the offender not by everybody.. She told him to help Yazhou, Wei learnt from other people mistake and also don't degrade themselves to that low level for they were more nobler and honorable
For FL, her beauty was a double edged sword. for she imprisoned her husband with it but when her beauty faded, she feared he will abandon her and harm her clan. That fears made her kept secret of that tunnel from him. When he found out , he was so angry and hurt. She took responsibility for that error to get reinforcement from her brother-in-law. Unfortunately her cousin refused to let her husband be involved in the war. She then thought of a plan to fool the enemy reinforcement troops that when they had to cross a river they would drown. By living up to the trust her husband placed on her to get reinforcement she replaced her fears with trust and in the process gained self -worth and self- respect and respect from others by proving that she not only has a pretty face but has a brain to boot. She turned the tides of war without martial skills.
The outer beauty and inner beauty which only the main leads have it The outer beauty of ML-handsome and cold CEO/warrior king face and FL- the visual beauty. Inner beauty of both - humane .One word but encompasses so many qualities, values and characteristics of what being a human being means .
Drama has outer beauty (visuals, acting beautiful OST ) and inner beauty (life lessons). Still my No.1 drama.
The heart of the title is her beauty , which was used by her grandfather to imprison Wei from attacking Qiao. .For her, beauty is also her prison, for the ML saw thru grandfather planning and was resisting and fighting for he fell for her outer beauty at l 1st sight Afterward he saw her pure inner beauty of using her outer beauty to helping hers and his people with the channel project which will prevent drought bringing peace and stability,. and risking her life to burn the sulfur in the granary . She got freedom from being imprisoned by her own beauty when her husband saw both her outer and inner beauty. (Lady Yu is her contrast. She used beauty and peony beauty mark to marry an emperor for wealth and power. To maintain that, so she can be dowager empress when the childless sickly emperor died. ,she wanted her younger brother to be made foster son . He refused for from there, ,h e felt her insincerity , false heart and ingratitude. .Saw him not as a person but mere tool However much she put on makeup up and beautified herself she has no inner beauty, only ugliness)
Betrayal of trust was the start of the story for it was a marriage of alliance. Grandfather Qiao betrayed his ally, the Wei when they were attacked and he didn't send help. Trust is paramount in any type of relationship s be it friendship or family. From early on ML was shown to slowly letting go of anger and hatred. During that epic arrow shooting scene he used his body to shield her. No one risked their safety to shield the enemy.. He displayed his weakness of being afraid of darkness in another scene. No one displayed weakness to the enemy. He was slowly letting go of negative emotions of anger and hatred for he trusted her. On the last day of mourning for her grandfather, he set up a memorial table for her., letting go of revenge and resentment .Hence was doubly hurt when she didn't tell him of the secret tunnel that led enemy troops to threaten Wei state .But before that they had to pass through. Yazhou, her homeland. Is it a family betrayal if he helped Yazhou? No, and in the modern legal system ,only the offender is punished, not the family. Similarly Wei grandmother has that mindset, for ethically and morally the price is paid by the offender not by everybody.. She told him to help Yazhou, Wei learnt from other people mistake and also don't degrade themselves to that low level for they were more nobler and honorable
For FL, her beauty was a double edged sword. for she imprisoned her husband with it but when her beauty faded, she feared he will abandon her and harm her clan. That fears made her kept secret of that tunnel from him. When he found out , he was so angry and hurt. She took responsibility for that error to get reinforcement from her brother-in-law. Unfortunately her cousin refused to let her husband be involved in the war. She then thought of a plan to fool the enemy reinforcement troops that when they had to cross a river they would drown. By living up to the trust her husband placed on her to get reinforcement she replaced her fears with trust and in the process gained self -worth and self- respect and respect from others by proving that she not only has a pretty face but has a brain to boot. She turned the tides of war without martial skills.
The outer beauty and inner beauty which only the main leads have it The outer beauty of ML-handsome and cold CEO/warrior king face and FL- the visual beauty. Inner beauty of both - humane .One word but encompasses so many qualities, values and characteristics of what being a human being means .
Drama has outer beauty (visuals, acting beautiful OST ) and inner beauty (life lessons). Still my No.1 drama.
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