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In about 10 mins from now for international viewers I think. At least that's when yesterday's episodes dropped.

Jiugao is ML's subordinate. Qin Shaoze is the one Zhao Xingtang having an affair with. They are different people. Yes, they both cross-dressed for different purposes.

Jiugao said so because if FL learns of those affairs about to happen at the library, she might be silenced.

Inherently bad. If you feel sympathy or pity or anything towards the drama Xingtang, you definitely won't toward the novel version.

Main characteristics are identical. Story also quite similar. But, novel version is one dimensional. Drama's portrayal got more nuances.

Cdrama cross-dressing game is on next level this year. First Blossom of Power, and now this.

It's more like sugarcoating the pill.

I'm divorcing your daughter but on the other hand I'm also helping your family out with official business. Don't you dare be mad at me.

He was trying to discern Jinqi's true intention.

iirc, grandpa's next dialogues were 'are things with Zhao truly not working out?' and 'we must not offend the Zhao family'.

Grandpa understood Jinqi is determined to divorce Zhao Xingtang and reminding him to be careful with his execution.

To infiltrate the woman's section of the house.

Rater count is still so few. Any amount of 1* can knock off a good chunk off the overall rating.

Also, as it's not romance focus, it won't likely get super high rating either.

Sympathizing and liking are not necessarily synonymous. One can sympathize with her circumstances while still disliking her for her character and actions.

Yes, he's now around 24-25 after 6 years time skip.

She sticks around pretty far into the story in the book.

Don't bother. This is a known regular in all drama pages.

Do you mean the party at ep1? It's just a normal gathering tea party I think. They only invited the Lin family. If it's coming of age ceremony, it'll be more grand with a lot of guests.

FL is around 14 at ep 1, because she hasn't come of age yet at that time. Then time skip, so she's now around 19-20.

About the mention of 'coming of age' during the maid selection, it was mentioned that it's not how it's usually done. Usually, those who wants to enter the main house as maid has to voluntarily go through connections. So, FL has gone unnoticed all these years. This time, they were grabbing any unmarried girl above 15.

For ML, I guess he's like 4-5 years older than FL. Because FL's mother mentioned that keeping FL for 2 more years after her coming of age would put him at 20+. If FL is 14, then he's right below 20 at episode 1.

In order to access the back courtyard (women's section) I suppose. Men and women have different locations and they don't mingle except the host family. Outside men can't go to the women section either. Hence the woman disguise.

First Madam is ML's mother. Young Madam is a title for the wife of a younger generation. They are mother/daughter in-laws and of different generations. Which is why First Madam has so much power over Zhao Xingtang.

First Madam didn't take over the household management. It was a move to pressure Zhao Xingtang.

Shen were in the capital. Lin family root is in Jiangnan.

haha, yeah, I'm not excusing her actions either. I just wanted to highlight how the writer managed to bring out this aspect of the character in the drama version. It's much more entertaining to watch compared to a one dimensional character like in the book.

I went into KMLM with expectations coz the premise was so good. Then had to drop it half way confusingly... what the hell happend to the script lol 😂