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Jeez, I wouldn't wish him on my best friend even if he was my own brother. Always judgemental. Telling her how she is wrong, what she is doing wrong, presuming he knows better. Urgh. If I had a husband like that if I couldn't use divorce to escape within the first 2 years, I'd be otherwise looking to hire a professional killer.

It seems obvious that the friend of LBY from the Lou house is Lou Ben from the second ... I forget the word ... yard? The husband of Yanji (the actress that played the other concubine's daughter in Minglan). The one Lou Yao spoke to when he wanted to end his engagement with that He girl.

Of course, I could be wrong.

It only aired Friday and Saturday for the first week. From now on it'll be Tues->Thurs.

SOOOOOOOOOOO
Frickin'
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

*throws a crying fit'
I DOAN WANNA WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT

Wow.

The actress playing CSS' mum, Zeng Li, is just hitting this one out of the park!!

I came to visit these comments just because of the grandma's behaviour. I totally don't get it. If the gifts are supposed to be the bride's, how on earth can the grandma think she can get away with it?

I can't be the only one who thinks the grandma's overall behaviour is somewhat senile, can I?

...Xiao Zhan has scandals...?

I can't believe I've watched the first set of 12 eps 4 times over already. It's really a very well done production.

Here's hoping it keeps up the pace for the remainder.

Also - special mention of the sound/music score. It's perfectly matched. If you don't believe me re-watch that schene with the adults discussing how to punish CSS with the carrot and stick approach. Really the sound on this production is just perfect. I have to admit at first Lusi's voice was a bit childish seeming to me, but in retrospect it fits her character at that moment in her life.

A pitch perfect production so far. Here's hoping it keeps it up.

Ah I see.

True about the warning sign however...

...she was willing to start a brawl overCheng Yang's life being endangered when that Wang girl pushed her in the water, but she had no qualms of doing the same to an entire gaggle of those girls?

Crossing fingers on both my hands that it stays on this track throughout ...but there is a loooooong haul ahead of us. :'(

"However, one thing I don't understand is why LBY would, even if tasking CSS with the steal, reveal top-secret information INCREDIBLY necessary for his plan to CSS?"

Consider the conversation he eavesdropped on, and the part about pillars.

Yeah, but have you noticed she has a tendency to assume the worst intent from most other character's actions when that's usually not the case?

She declined the medicine because she assumed he was the one who reported her bridge high-jinks to her parents, but she was wrong.

Like he says, she doesn't see him at all - but that's because she's learnt to be defensive and assume the worst in others. She's pre-determined not to 'see' him nor Yuan Shen, nor any others of their ilk, to protect herself.

Getting to that point was like watching a slow motion train wreck. Wholly inevitable. All of the rest of us are back behind the fence screaming 'WTF are you doing? GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!'

In a way he was treating her as the pillar that he overheard her referring to when he eavesdropped.

...so basically he was treating her with the respect that she herself respects, no matter her talk of a stable (read: 'unremarkable') marriage...

I've watched the teasers up to this point, but right here and now I'm making a decision :

NO MORE!!

I'm gonna watch the full eps with fresh eyes and no spoilers in mind from here on in :)

an iced spike
inside of me
this love like
the galaxy

I'm beginning to think the title refers to the relationship between mother and daughter.

So vast, yet so extremely distant that it's difficult to see in any close detail.

...

Wasn't quite sure that 'distant' was the precise word for it so looked up synonyms for 'distant'. So many can apply with differing but still applicable perspectives.

Ok, yeah, I'm gonna be rewatching that last episode at least 10 times.

The slo mo run up to the bridge was beauty in motion!

XDDDDD

I think mum will prevent the engagement with Lou Yao on the basis of the prior engagement since childhood with another general's daughter. Wouldn't want to step over the line into another general's personal territory. Would be inappropriate.

At least that's what I'm suspecting.