Ninjasama

More importantly, she slapped him when they are equals. Before going through the wedding ceremony she was a commoner and he was a noble so she couldn't insult him in any way. But their wedding make them equals so she can slap him as much as she wants.

Well, Jinqi sure doesn't have a luck with his wedding nights.

Yes, and for example even if an official was falsely accused and next emperor wants to restore his post, they cannot say he is falsely accused or innocent. only can be said "pardoned" and a marriage decree cannot be something pardoned . Even if he dies his wife cannot be taken by her own parents because of this decree. But I think the reason he did this to give her a foothold in their household. An imperial marriage decree is something gives the wife the most "face" and honor. Nobody can look down on her because of her former slave status. Now she has the emperor as her backing.

An imperial edict can only be dissolved by the emperor, and if the emperor who bestowed the edict dies, inheriting emperor cannot revoke it even if they wanted to because of the filial piety thing.

A slave girl's raise to an official wife seems fantasy enough :)

He said his family died defending the city because of that duke's betrayal. And he was a top scholar at the capital. In my opinion his family died not because of clan extermination punishment but murdered by that man. Remember how they tried to kill the crown prince at the wedding, I don't think anyone could leave alive that mansion if he were really killed that night. That's why he can live with his own identity. And I also assume he didn't voluntarily go back to his hometown but a kind of forced to leave because he and his whole family were followers of the old emperor.

He said his family defended the city while he was a scholar in the capital. So his family might die because of that man's betrayal rather than a clan extermination.

I think it is because even though the novel was not very long , 30 eps does not do justice to it. Because of iqiyi's new policies they cut the episodes and make the story pace so abrupt

I think in the drama they made it more realistic because she is now at least a commoner, not a slave. In the novel, she was already his concubine and promoting a concubine to official wife was illegal. Their love story somehow become an opera play and after watching it empress was very emotional and supported their marriage, and he used his military merits etc. The novel was really rage baiting. Drama adaptation is so much better. The thing is, he really loves FL and done so many things in order to save her so if emperor bestows another match it would bring enmity.

In Against The Current, Tan Songyun ran away crawling while ML was fighting. That was a really emotional scene, I think nobody called her coward. It wasn't funny or off putting either.I don't expect FL fighting back or something, but just her standing there was off. I mean, people behind her just watched while she was standing, nobody took her hostage to force ML back. She cannot be blamed for bad acting there, it is a whole directing and writing issue.

Why wouldn't he? It is not a good thing for the monarch if he marries and makes an alliance with another noble family. Him marrying a commoner makes him a loner in those noble houses and emperor done him a favor so he will be more loyal. Emperors like powerful ministers if they are the one who is giving them power, not them gaining power by building factions

Cdramas are known for their disappointing endings so someone spoiling the ending of a drama saves time. They're doing God's work.

I've finished almost half of the story and I'm considering dropping it because of that aunt. There is not even one decent person in that family, even the so-called loving grandma is only profit-driven and calculative. And after all that humiliation, she still chooses to go back to that ungrateful family, work herself like horses to feed and cloth those ingrates. I cannot accept full-grown adults putting the responsibility of a whole business every time something goes wrong onto a girl whom they treated like sh*t. And that aunt was so bitter because her husband died and she couldn't be the clan matriarch, never questioning herself if she is capable enough. Till episode 20, I never saw her caring her child or doing something useful but spew sh*t. I really felt relieved when she was finally slapped and I don't want to watch anymore because if they still treat her as family and forgive every brainless thing she did, I may bite my new expensive laptop.

Because in the book it was after he was drugged

I feel like I have watched a drama named pinanong before with some similar plot but I'm not sure of it.

At first I assumed she liked that manager's son, but it turned out she already had a boyfriend. But later, after learning for more about the period I think I understand somewhat. Before the establishment of the university entrance exams, people only could go to university by recommendation - and going to university didn't require a high school diploma, unlike today. That Feng Lin, although somehow unfairly went to study at the university, doesn't even know spelling and her inferiority complex towards FL is not something normal people understand.

Even if she didn't fired right then and there, most probably they won't keep her when her internship ends. I think she just saved her future prospects, because if she were to fire because of that, her future job opportunities would be finished. I think even now they track those kind of things in China.

It's also broadcasting on TV, not only a web drama. So we should be content with the clouds on the horizon.

She is not flawed, just a normal, proper girl who wants to advance herself, without relying on anyone, not even her family. She is hated because she is good enough to admit that she is pragmatic. But both in the novel and in the drama, her care for the ML had nothing to do with pragmatism. I mean, factory's mean as taking care of him never was about clipping his toenails or buying him undergarments - in drama they changed it fingernails but her buying/making him pajamas and undergarments never mentioned. Girl tShe paid everything herself, never got a penny for taking care of him. She knew her university admission was gone but never left him either. It was just she is slow so doesn't understand she is in love. If someone were to care for me like that, I would worship them too even if I paid a salary for their work, which ML certainly didn't.

Tonight I bingwatched all 17 eps and FL's brother is an ungrateful idiot. Just look at what Muyang did for him just to marry his girlfriend. Guy handmade a full set of household furniture for him, not to mention he totally re-invented a television for his job's sake.