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I also feel that the act in the Hualin Court had to be planned out by the two; Yunshu may have her astrayed ways; but I doubt its in her character to kill her own sister. My question is now if this is true; then is the grandma in on the plan or what. This drama makes me question things forever until it ends up being confirmed.

It was explained that "Shan" character is mainly used for the boys of the Rong family; while "Yun" character is for the girls; but since the heir of family was basically always to be Shanbaos; they gave her the "Shan" character as its fitting.

Everytime a sudden shift happens with Shanbao; I can't help but feel its just another one of her schemes; literally every move is planned out so well by her; shes the reason why trust issues exist. I kinda don't buy in what happen in todays episodes; Yunshu may turn that way; but I highly doubt shed pull such a stunt. I'll keep it in my doubts until whatever is revealed tmr.

🤷‍♂️ We'll see his decisions in the last ep.

that I have no idea on 😅 data bloggers always focus more on prospects on what something does in the industry than the actual salary of the actors.

No matter the rankings; as long as you're a trusted aid for the Emperor. In view; being a high ranked minister and knowing the Emperor has favoured you would inevitably bring even more trouble on that person. He could always be a duke yet remain in Linji; after all I guess they can choose where they'd like to reside.

the trailers suggest otherwise; but doesn't seem much drama; I believe its to deal with maybe the last power that has been plotting these schemes in the background; 6 eps surely should be enough for that since this drama has an incredible fast pace. you're welcome btw!

awesome! you're welcome. I have too high expectations for that drama 😅 I mean its filled with veteran actors and actresses and everyone whos previewed it is praising it; so I'm hoping itll deliver 😆

tbh the best ending for me would be to break the deadlock of the "man marrying into the womans family". Shanbao would remain the heir of the family; while Jianglai holds his position in the province; this too would work for them equally with each other. But yeah I agree; I too hope he won't give up his career. we'll see how it plays off in the last few eps.

yeah billing is something that we often confuse on whats its actual role; I've read on many things that say you can be first-billing yet its for example a female-centric drama; and yet you'd still have less screentime than the other character's. Billing order doesn't influence your screen time nor the story; just a way of attracting investors since they understand how popularity works. Personally to me; this drama leans to a female-centric one; if I'm not mistaken this drama was written by females; but not drag them on it; the producer Yu Zheng knows that the audience tend to love female-empowerment dramas and thats the case right here. Jianglai will probably get his share in the capital arc; or so we hope.

I haven't attempted to watch a longer drama yet as I can't reallt get myself to watch older dramas and its quite time-consuming 😅 But yeah sometimes the plots tend to be so fast; you can barely connect things; even this drama feels very fast and thats the way they keep short-attentioned people interested. I'll recommend you an upcoming drama "Swords into Plowshare"; its a 50 ep drama and the reviews have been very good on it so far; I'm so excited for it.

yeah no idea; to me its female-centric.

from the things I've seen on Weibo; this was never male-centric drama; from the previews and everything; it was called a female-dominated drama but with the leads on equal footing;besides 1st billing doesn't mean the story revolves around you; just that you're the one who the investor trust on how theyll influence the drama performance. Not defending anyone; just stating the things I've seen.

Reading comments will always make me realise why the late rule of 40 eps was implemented (which was retracted in Aug 2025). People really wouldn't handle Historical dramas where there is constant scheming going on and knowing the eps back then had been 70 on avg.

definitely not flashback.

there is; we'll be dealing with a prince and royal family as seen from the trailers.

I personally feel that the romance should be dealt with in the capital arc; cause I strongly dislike when theres a tense plot going on and suddenly the leads suddenly are in heat with it each other; it breaks the tension chain for me. The stakes have risen quite far in this and still I'm not bored of it; but I really can't tell whether this is a scheme that Shanbao and Jianglai has fallen into or was it planned by Shanbao herself; unless shes just one step ahead everytime and knows how to deal with the plots ongoing. I feel the capital arc won't have much to do; I speculate its just to rid of the power behind the corrupt officals; so we'll see how it plays out in the end.

I really can't find myself to dislike Yunshu...

ahh I see 😅

definitely this one.