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There's that plot with the uncle as well... I'm not sure if it's still in the drama though. If it's in, 5 episodes gonna be so tight.

Since the political dynamic is totally different from the novel, it's a tough guess.

My guess for that would be how the women were raised back then. The rules, customs, etiquettes, and ideal behaviours expected of women. The higher a woman's standing in the social hierarchy, the more they are rule bound. So, they tend to be more reserved compared to man.

My understanding is, addressing by name or nickname is a form of endearment which usually exists between the couple who has genuine affections.

Marriages back then were usually very political and most often than not, no love or affection involved, and mutual respect at best. Hence, the more formal form of addressing to each other. If it's the norm, I can imagine why it might be shocking if your spouse suddenly call you by your name.

(For modern day equivalent, like your significant other suddenly call you by your full name out of the blue. I know.. that is scary!)

I think we'll have some amount of time skips in the coming episdoes since there's Fei Fei and final battle coming, and only 5 episodes remain.

But hey, ain't complaining if Fei Fei got little brother or sister. We'll take it happily. hehe

I was so worried Fei Fei would come so late, like the very last episode. lol

I need her to grow up fast and make mischiefs like in the novel extra chapters!

That not who Xiao Qiao is. It was very clearly shown in Ep30 that she is not capable of being selfish and decisive like her cousin to throw everything away for a person's sake. Also, she has always considered herself as she belongs to both families. It was very apparent in one of her lines that said "I'm a member of Wei family, and also a Qiao woman at the same time". She never abandoned her natal family.

If she did so right after Ep30, she would be so out of character. And that would actually be called bad writing in regards to all these build ups and developments up until now.

Furthermore, in Xiao Qiao's life up until now, her family comes first. Even marrying Wei Shao was for her family's sake, which is literally jumping into a lion's den. Now, she fully considers Wei Shao the same. It would have been unimaginable a year ago when they just got married. They came a long way from there. And she can love both equally, there's nothing wrong with that.

Banger episode one after another. I'm so pumped for tomorrow's express! 🤩

Also, SZE cries so beautifully. My heart just melts.. 😍😍

The changes the drama made are pretty okay, and some are tasteful even. It's one of the better adaptations out there for sure. I like both the novel and drama.

Normally, Langya army shouldn't arrive to those cities this fast, definitely not with this size of an army. It was only possible because they took advantage of the tunnel Bi Zhi dug upon Xiao Qiao's command.

And, Langya opend multiple battle fronts at once, both to the Wei state and Yanzhou. Yanzhou literally do not have any semblence of decent military force, so all those battle fronts fall upon Wei Shao's shoulder. That's why they were so desperate.

Not sure I would make it to day 0, because with all those schemes flying around and if my mother turns out to be a potato, that really could be the case...

They meet again tmr. You can check out the trailers.

The drama should do justice to that battle, one of the peak moment of the story really.

I'm really afraid about it when the drama finally airs and they freaking tone down everything that makes the story epic. lol

I can live with the Prisoner of Beauty having less battle scenes, but definitely not for LoFG.

My favorite dialogue today (probaby the whole drama so far)

Manaman: "Even cousin protects Bi Zhi out of selfishness. I made his lordship fight for me. What am I doing?"

With SZE's excellent delivery, those dialogues broke me. 😭😭😭

Idk, there's no one else there to monitor her so she chose not to observe the full mourning period?

It seems 1 episode tomorrow, and express on the day after tomorrow.

Definitely! I really couldn't bring myself to hate Da Qiao's decision at all. She was just being resolute in protecting what is hers.

Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao are cousins. Their fathers are blood brothers. The lady we often seen in Qiao family scenes is Da Qiao's mother, and Xiao Qiao's aunt.

This might be an unpopular opinion. But I actually really liked the whole scene between Xiao Qiao and Da Qiao.

It just shows the stark difference between the two women's thoughts and priorities at that moment. And it also highlighted how much Manman was weighed down by the responsibility for her natal family the entire time that she forgot to be selfish for herself for once. Of course, getting her to realize this opens up to her character growth. Stellar dialogue the whole scene really.

Manman's bio dad is alive. He's the thinner guy we often see during Qiao family scenes.

Manman's mom is already dead. Her aunt raised Manman just like her own daughter.

lol, I've become so used to her playing snake characters.

When this drama started, I was llke "Oh, she's playing Da Qiao, she got a good guy character for once".

But the script says "No!". She gotta have a least one of her signature stuffs in. xD