Bowties are cool

Am here thinking of rewatching this as I wait for new episodes of the sword and the brocade.

He doesn't lose everything - he is rich from his mother's side.
He gets betrayed by his family and accused by his family of angering his father to death.

Ep 19 - I will put an explanation in another spoiler so that you can decide if you want to know or not.

It would be safe to say that the drama is loosely based on the novel. Its like they took the skeleton of the novel and then put on new flesh

I kind of like this. That means the story was picked up based on its merits and doesn't have like a wide fan base so we will get less of those comments says but this different from the novel and why did they change it and stuff like that.

He is my favorite character too! He is soo extra but without crossing over into being annoying or unbelievable.

She doesn't really have an opportunity to interact with the boy. Since he is the legitimate child, essentially the heir, he is highly favored by his grandmother to the point of living in her wing of the house. Grandmother also defers to Qiao over FL about anything and everything so FL has to walk the fine line of making sure things don't go to shit without pissing off her mother in law and being branded as disrespect. She will get closer to him in the coming episodes

I found this little tidbit in the 1st chapter that explains why the character of Shi Yi behaves the way she does. Apparently she is a 21 century woman who worked as a lawyer and had won a court case but got into an accident and woke up 3 years ago in Shi Yi Niang's body.

Actually lets request this on viki -https://support.viki.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034633713

At this rate, I will probably learn mandarin before this gets subbed!

According to the calendar in the photos section all episodes will be available with subs for vips on March 29th

lol

There but like an after thought. This is not a romance centered story

Ahhhh, so correct me if I am wrong but isn't the audio on this clip from the Wetv Chinese website from a different show - specifically the story of Minglan
https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc002000w08m6u/w3231pomkg8.html

lol, yeah - this show is isnt just light by candles.

I think he doesn't have more children because he finds the whole saga exhausting. He does the bare minimum so that he wont be accused of shirking his responsibility of continuing the family line. The only one he doesn't seem to have favored so far is Qiao and I believe that's because she is already being favored by his mother. If she had a child as well she would be insufferable and he can barely tolerate her now. Besides he offered her a way out to marry someone else and she refused so he has already made a major concession by allowing her into his home.

Oooo, am excited for next weeks episodes after those previews for ep 23 and 24

Am I not used to this type of drama or is the acting a little off in the first episode?
I have seen both actresses that play the leads in something else before so I know they can deliver - maybe its the script.
I will keep watching because I love the source material this is based on.

Could part of the attraction for the ML be that Shi Yi does not seek his favour while every one else does.
He is like a teenager with his first crush.

http://www.biqu6.cc/book_13323/ - you will need to auto translate it.