Krish728

Yeah, in episode 11 she only refers to the Empress Dowager as Zhumu.. in the recent episode it's WaiZhumu.
That makes her a daughter of a Gongzhu.

I have to say, though, Bao Shangen is very expressive in her acting. I think she is going to be very big very soon.

I understand she is favoured, and I wouldn't be surprised if she isn't bowing in respect for FL. My complaint is that the FL taking initiative to bow to a Junzhu. That shouldn't happen, even if the Junzhu is not bowing (owing to her favor from the Empress Dowager), a Wangfei can just greet her normally.

Another point to be noted, since the Junzhu in this drama is the Emperor's niece, and we have determined that DingBei Wang is Emperor's cousin, it also means that she is of younger generation to DingBei Wangfei. Lower in rank, and lower in seniority, too. In this case, she should be bending her wait so low to bow that her forehead touches the ground lol.

I was just on Ep 11, this Junzhu addresses the Empress Dowager as ZhuMu, it means paternal grandmother. So, she is not the Emperor's sister, and she definitely can't be the Emperor's daughter. So she can only be the Emperor's niece.
The only thing going for her is that she seems to be favoured by the Empress Dowager, but that still wouldn't warrant a bow from a Wangfei.

If she were the Emperor's direct sister, she wouldn't be a Junzhu (County Princess, a princess of second rank, usually reserved for the Emperor's nieces or female cousins). She would either be a 'Gongzhu' (Imperial Princess, a princess of first rank, usually reserved for the Emperor's daughters or sisters) or a 'Zhang Gongzhu' (Grand Princess, title above Gongzhu, usually reserved for the Emperor's sisters or paternal aunts).
Hope that helps. A Junzhu title is definitely lower than a first rank prince's Wangfei, and she is also not a direct sibling to the Emperor.

Ep 9. - Anyone more educated on this matter, correct me if I'm wrong: If a Wangfei (a First-Ranked Prince's Consort) and a Junzhu (a Princess of Second Rank, not directly related to the Emperor) come across each other, Junzhu should bow as she is a lesser-ranked person to a Wangfei. So I'm confused why it is we have the FL here bowing to the Junzhu girl?

And what's the plan for FL after the contract expires? Divorce? Divorcing would be almost impossible in that time period, especially divorcing a prince. And if somehow she gets a divorce, what then?

Ep 7: Alright, what's with this contract marriage nonsense? It's not in the novel, if I remember correctly, and it doesn't make sense at all considering the time period. No one was marrying for love in that time period.

Fully on board with the 4th point.

I will read the novel soon.

This one sounds very promising as a plot.

🔥 I'm already seated for this drama now.

For those who cannot access Weibo: https://x.com/XuKai_Soso0305/status/1924654392218943813?t=tvx7aRobsoL1SOTXZ3Kprw&s=19

Oh yeah, it was added later on Viki. Wasn't on Viki when the drama was airing.

It's been over an year at this point, I think. The drama wrapped filming before ABAY aired. Would be exactly 1 year since XK's last drama aired if Moonlit Reunion also ends up airing in July.

Unfortunately XK and BL aren't yet A listers.
If you walk on roads of remotest China and show an actor's picture to 10 random passersby and all ten of them recognise the actor, you can label that actor as an A lister. XK isn't at that stage yet.

Nah it isn't about obligation or anything lol. We are going in circles. I guess you really aren't putting yourself into her position to understand her pov.

FL knows and understands ML's pov. But knowing and understanding his pov doesn't mean she can't be hurt by his actions and act like nothing happened. That would be a great disservice to her character.

That brother of hers is a vile creature, no doubt about. We know it, ML knows it.
However the person involved does not see it, and it happens. We often sugarcoat questionable actions of our loved ones. And especially in FL's case, where this brother often put his life on line to save hers, and even taking up her identity to help her family, I think she would need more than "he betrayed my beloved, whom I met literally last week, and his army during this war time to help our own army's chances.. oh it's despecible"

It is despecible, but her brother's argument (he says he is doing it for their own army's good, and she is making it difficult by getting her feelings for ML involved), although she feels it's not right, she would have to agree he helped her army and cannot in her good conscience break ties with him for it.

At that point in time, in her pov, her brother did not betray her though. He did betray ML's army, and FL although disappointed, and blames him for doing those underhanded things, decided not to make a big deal out of it. Remember, this brother saved her life when she was young, putting himself in harm's way. This brother also prioritised her safety, putting himself in the harm's way again, when they were being attacked and he was downed into the river.

I think it's fair she will grieve his "death" and will blame ML for not saving him (because ML is someone she loves).

Your point is valid if FL is dealing with some random dude she is having dealings with. She would probably think, "That's fair, he crossed you, you didn't save him. Now let's consider the debt paid and we'd have no further dealings" or something like that.

Trust me, I get from where you are coming from. The first time I watched this drama, I was like you. On my re-watch I began to see it from FL's perspective. And it's also thanks to ML saying to FL when he was confining her: "You are only mad and hurting because it's me.. it means you have feelings for me" (don't remember the actual lines, but the sentiment is same.)

Huh, no matter how she calmed down, fact remains that her brother died (at that point in time, although FL thinks her brother did something disgraceful, she was ultimately led to be believed that he did it for Cui army's sake, so all's fair in love and war kind of thing), and ML could have easily saved him but did not. That's not an easy thing to get over especially if the person you fell in love with let your brother die.

FL was not directly involved in ML's army's death.. ML can realise this fact and not stay mad at FL because she had no involvement. On the other hand, although ML did not kill her brother, he could have easily saved him but did not. He was deliberate in his actions.

This could go on and on, let's just agree to disagree on this.

I don't think you really see it from her POV, lol.

Her POV is that the man she is falling in love with sees her as someone who could betray him (not those petty tricks they played before that). Her POV is that the man she was falling in love could save her brother, but chose not to (doesn't matter if the brother did something disgraceful. At that point, that's her brother who died.. a brother she grew up with vs a man she just met a few days ago, do the math). Her POV is that, after all this happened, the man she was falling in love with had confined her.

She did see things from ML's POV, too.

And it's precisely because she saw things from ML's POV that she asked to be left alone, yet ML wouldn't leave her alone and confine her. Because she saw things from ML's POV, she ultimately fell in love with him, but seeing from ML's POV doesn't mean she should dismiss her own POV, right?