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Though they arent at same place she had still set a trap for FL in new place in the form of Widow Zuo.. still is still harming FL, though FL may not have known it yet.. but this gonna boomerang on madam yu when FL realises it.. and going to be counter schemes againt and revenged when the right time comes..

Madame Yu got style, larger picture ..zhe isnt petty or engage in petty schemes. She plays grand games... unlike people like Yake, Zuo or Lady Mo....

Her and Son also not united ..and am sure our FL will exploit that weakness if Madame Yu continues to harm her....also that son deserves revenged against for what he did... trying to get FL killed for his selfishness..to get what he wants , which he could have achieved in many other ways without harming her... using brains
.which he hadnt got

Who is the leading lady alongside Xinyue?

Isnt it the same case with her friend fan yake too, she did whatever she did out of jealously and envy

Jealous. , Envy can be in dangerous proportions in some people.. some dont take action..and some do such terrible things out of jealousy

True..but it seems our girl isnt taught this simple point.. ML even hints didnt your elders tell /teach you few things.. she still didnt get the hint ... thats a huge tell

Why is he making her do all the heavy lifting...why wont he confess?? 😂🤦‍♀️

So our boy wont marry till she says she is in love with him... i think for her saying all things other than love may be easier than saying she loves him... he needs to watch her more carefully..she totally loves him.. maybe she is shy.. or may be she never learnt what love is, or importance of love to marriage..she was taught everything about criteria for marriage other than love.. poor girl needs someone to educate her or tell her whats going on in his mind..to get him to marriage

Fl's letter to her mother explains why she picked ML..that she views/values character and integrity of ML as high or more in comparision to Status or Power that she had been drilled since child hood as criteria to consider for marriages.. She should have said these words to ML too in addition to what ever she said to ML.. he is thinking she is consideirng this marriage as a business /trade..she isnt. . She just changed equally valuable criteria when whe picked him as her spouse.. and she was spot on..saying she loves him would have sounded fake ...

Madam Yu is making a big mistake inciting widow zuo (including offering her help!) ... FL preferred to be wife of a nobody than be a concubine in a power family , which included Madam Yu's full support.. despite that she confidently picked a nobody.. she should have stayed away fromFL instead of poking her nose into FL- Widow Zuo revenge plot

Hmm .what is that widow zuo doing in same faraway desert military town as FL...?? 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

My experience, reading novel takes away pleasure of watching the drama..as adapting requires keeping the essence , not necessarily in the same way the novel does.. and very difficult to compress novel to 30 odd episode drama..so much content from.novel doesnt make it to drama.. always better to read novel after..and see them as different entities..yu will have better time enjoying... happened with me few times.. i stopped getting excited about reading novels paralelly after burning hands few times

Sometimes star power/fandom drives the ratings ..esp initial phases.. but eventually, a good drama will accrue its worth ratings.....this one has a FL relatively without much star power and ML's fandom doesnt seem to be helping much..but story has enough meat and the cast is doing tremendous job..the ratings will go up eventually

She is assuming young master Yu loves her.. he is just going for a girl who is easy to manipulate... as his mother tells her assistant..once he realises she sold off his teachers priceless books , she will see the real side of him

Her grannie would have been less tyrannical.. Madame Yu is a different level monster.. she didnt know what she got herself into

FL's mother tells her to marry someone worthy of her when she meets her the last time before she leaves.. even in those dire circumstances they were so conscious of marrying well..and FL agrees.. ML being a smuggler , still didnt lay hand on her virtue...protected her during the time he picked her from her family temple till the time they meet her mother.. his subordinates even suggest selling her off... it must have hurt to be considered low for FL to marry him... he makes a statement later ..he is in it for money..and nothing else.. and is doing it for tye money her mother is offering.. 10k teal.. for the guy who refused money from her granny to hand over her.. 10k silver and 10k gold.. and 1lakh cattie salt.. he still didnt oblige... and even gave off the entire salt to poor....money is not imprtant to him..it seems....he is simply a gem.. a rough diamond...at thay point in time..FL may not have seen she lucked out landing in his protection and not someone else's

So what did FL mean , would Madame Yu stop considering her as an enemy if she didnt extract confession from her future daughter in law..so was Madam Yu looking at FL as an enemy? And FL got that confession out of her ex friend as a levearage against Madame Yu..what grudge madame Yu has..why was she considering FL as an enemy...can someone explain...

True ..2 of FL's maids died.. and she herself almost died.. what a scum... he is the worst culprit in that entire scandal

The great educator of that empire couldnt even educate his daughter about their value ..and value of integrity, virtue, honesty... he failed as a teacher

Yu Jingxiu was described as virtuous and talented by Crown Prince's assistant.. its scary how being topper is equated with being virtuous and his underhanded tactics to stain a young ladys reputation to smoothen his life path is hidden from everyone... wonder if the whole court is filled witht such 'virtuous' courtiers , and if so, God save such an empire from those termites ...