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Thank you! In the drama version, there's more reason for her to side with Dou Zhao since she's her family's benefactor.

Sounds like my jam, added to my watchlist lol

Question about Miao An Su in the novel

I skipped the early parts of the novel so want to confirm this. Is Miao An Su in the drama an altered version of the character with the same name from the novel? Because, Miao An Su in the novel is introduced at chapter 400+ and is the wife of Song Han.

I'm assuming you were referring to events concerning DZ's marriage in ep17? In that case, it was never a national problem.

Song Mo being able to obtain the imperial decree for Dou Zhao was solely because of personal closed ties between the Emperor and Song Mo. It was a private favor from the Emperor to Song Mo.

The Emperor reprimanding Dou Zhao's Dad was primarily because Dad was a Minister who he sees in the imperial court on a daily basis. We can see the Emperor was talking to Dad privately, not during a court session. So, it's basically a light scolding given from boss to employee regarding his family scandal, kind of 'This kind of sh*t doesn't fit your image, sort it out'.

"DZ's goal is to live well, not revenge"... this should be pinned somewhere 😆

This alone explains a lot on why DZ did what she did.

Based on the ep 19 trailer, if I recall correctly, there seems to be changes to the events around the wedding as well. Looking forward to how it'll pan out in tomorrow's episodes!

DZ is team SM, so she fully assumes his stance toward his father, and by extension, to the whole Song family. SM's father threw a couple attempts toward DZ to undermine her, but was outwitted every single time.

Let's go dad!!!

Absolutely loved the look DZ had when her father stood up for her.

Thank you Dir.wife. We gonna eat good thanks to you. 😁

I'm at 376/523. So far, no, WTY and DM's marital life is not looking good. DZ and DM are very bitter toward each other as well. Jealousy toward DZ took her over basically.

But, we gotta watch and see whether the drama will make changes or adapt it as it is.

I'm only about 2/3 into the novel, but Wei Tingyu and Dou Ming are falling out hard already. Not sure the drama will adapt it as it is.

Reading, but only about 2/3 finished so far.

She has knowledge of the future events, sure. But, she doesn't have full knowledge of all events. She only know what she experienced and heard.

In her past life, she had an entirely different social cycle, and only crossed path with SM just before their deaths. So, she only got superficial info on SM. Even SM himself doesn't know the cause of his mother's death, why would DZ have detailed info on her cause of death let alone prevent her death in their second life.

The best she could do was preventing SM from falling into despair and leading the path he took before, which she did time and time again throughout the drama.

I feel you there ahaha. We likely won't get disappointed in that regards though. In the novel, post marriage era SM and DZ are a very loving and affectionate couple.

By the looks of the on-screen chemistry of the leads in the drama, they gonna serve hardddd.

As another comment pointed out, women of that time do not have a say in their marriage. You can see DZ's stepmom and uncle went ahead and signed the marriage contract on their own, and that was completely proper and within their rights. So, DZ is bound by a lot of social norms and values, and one of the core plots of this drama is DZ trying to break free from it.

Also, you gotta understand DZ's character. She is very strategic, patient, and scheming. Most of the thing she does were well calculated even before taking the first step. Her acting weak we've seen so far also is a calculated move. She is carefully navigating towards her goal within the social boundaries. She can of course technically use the more heavy handed approach like running away, cutting ties with her family, etc., but that's not her character.

Same lol. I do not find Blossom angsty at all. It's very tame in angst department compared to a lot of Xianxia. We just get used to it...

Regular shows can no longer infuriate me that much after watching Love & Redemption. Poor ML took the L for like 95% of the drama. 🥲

Well said lol. We only got 15 episodes after their marriage for SM and DZ to become lovey dovey and put down the baddies, and I so do not want to explore the Uncle's story lmao

I was wondering where Princess Shude came from, as I skipped the early parts of the novel... so she's a drama original character?

I would hate to see Princess Ningde not appearing though. I love her in how she's a team DZ.

imo, this is just the right amount of slow burn, which makes sense with the plot progression as well.

Any how, their wedding supposedly coming this Saturday.