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Check the 28042024 Reuters pics. I dunno how someone so delicate looking so perfectly pulls off handsome, boyish, and cute but she really ate the look and left not a single crumb. Even an ant would starve 😭

Makeup video:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5028117800816739

Xiao Ran in uniform! Today is also a day for dream girls😂 Who knew she could somehow pull off handsome, dashing, and cute all at the same time. 🥹:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5028215683025953

Yes, I remember her saying that. I think it was while she was waiting for GBMP to air and couldn’t find work. Thank goodness she stayed with it. I don’t care about popularity but I hope she can access all the projects she likes from now on.

Yes! When she hosted on CCTV for one of the galas, I was so proud of her! I always think that she’ll probably go back to hosting at some point, probably when she’s older.

Today’s Peng Youquan features Teamaster Xiao Ran and a couple of her cats, Eggyolk and Barbie.

Clip here:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5027741336077741

Photos here:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5027746777138184

They were really sleeping on her and this show but it seems like some are trying to capture her now. She doesn’t seem fond of paparazzi but her aura has been off the charts in the last few Reuters. My sis is really killing it lately and I love to see it. Palace fight Queen, Warrior Queen, and Gentle Queen- All different feelings but each one is really scoring 100% each time she pops up.

Today’s makeup. Princess Eggyolk makes an appearance! And Xiao Ran is really getting prettier and prettier every day:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5027760152773485

High quality shots of both today! The costumes look so good🤩 Please don’t re-upload or rework any of the linked videos on this page.

Xiao Huan:

https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5027421214479083

https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5027423060234426

https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5027424780165444

Ling Cangcang :

https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5027507327998932

https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5027542694103824

I agree, mostly because if you look at her in real life or her previous roles, it doesn’t seem like she can pull off a character like Pang Hongmei but she does. This role is completely different than previous roles and because it is a main theme drama, it has higher requirements for acting and she’s playing opposite some very talented actors. This is probably one of the most talented casts she’s played in besides ToDoI. Her role is really not easy either. She has to play this stiff, somewhat emotionless character at times in a show full of highly expressive characters also. Considering she didn’t go to university for acting, I’m impressed with how far she’s come and the roles she takes on even though she hasn’t had the opportunity to film as much as other actresses her age.

I really loved Meisheng while watching this drama. I low key suspect Chang Le Qu’s showrunners were Meisheng fans and used their clout to invite them😂. They play an empress and emperor in Chang Le Qu and the dynamic seems interesting there too. He seems to be a love minded emperor (he looks quite cute) and she rules the court behind the scenes and eventually becomes the Empress Dowager. I don’t know if they get much screen time but I’m looking forward to it.

Guest role titles means they have a high enough ranking to not be the supporting cast.

The show lost 2 episodes and I suspect some of what may have been cut was the romance. That said, the subtle romance storyline is really well done. I think it alone deserves a 10. The show title is basically referring to PHM and tells the story of how JDY met and fell in love with PHM. It’s like the spy war version of How I Met Your Mother😂. Even PHM’s makeup seems to change over time to reflect this. In the beginning when he doesn’t like her, PHM’s makeup is really fierce almost to the point of garish but as he gets to know her, she gets cuter or prettier depending on the situation. In most of the JDY is falling in love with PHM scenes, PHM is almost always super beautiful. And at the end, PHM still has that fierce look but now it’s cuter, has an endearing air.

lol, I think it’s around 6-7 times. 2x needed hospital admission.

The links to video of the dance are on the page as are any Reuters dealing with her cameo.

Yes, I too think one of the beautiful aspects of this work is that most of the main characters are fully portrayed enough for the viewer to take on the different perspectives. I may not like all of the characters but there was at least a few moments within the show where I can understand their emotions or motivations even if I don’t agree. For example, I don’t care for LCY as a character but I understand his grief (I feel I cried harder than him 😂). It’s rare to find a Cdrama like this. Goodbye My Princess is a really good example of a successful character driven plot. Wish there was more like it.

The tragedy lies in the both of them if it comes from God’s view. It’s not really about the wrong role and who is fit for what because it could be argued that the tragedy lies in LCY being a suitable emperor but not a suitable husband in what is a “love story”. Or that he too shirks his duties for love because had he been period correct ruthless, the tragedy would not have been strung out for 3 more years. Rather what is the flaw is that neither of them changes even when the game resets. LCY still chooses power and Xiao Feng still wants freedom/true love, and this is what causes their downfall. They are both essentially corruption arcs because they both believe “the lie” until it’s too late. And who viewers become frustrated with, because the brilliance of this show is that no character is “pure”, often has to do with who they empathise with.

Today’s Ling Cangcang is about to snatch the hearts of all PXR dream girls🔥🥵:
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5026804101810224

But she doesn’t have zero observation skills. There’s the scene with her noticing something off about Zhao Sese while they’re playing cards. And the examples mentioned before that show she does have observational skills. She’s just not a schemer so she won’t automatically jump to scheming. For the coin case, she has only observed. LCY escalated her into the situation to earn exploits for himself but didn’t fully explain the situation making it dangerous. It’s rookie stuff to know you either debrief someone fully before bringing them onboard or you safeguard against or for them if you don’t. He didn’t do either so things ended up like they did. She’s still relatively new to Li Chao at that point and has spent some of that time ill.
And if she didn’t understand her responsibilities, would she have married LCY? She clearly didn’t want to but understood she had to and she did her best as 16/17 year old girl in a strange language and country pretty much alone, living with an abusive husband. She does begin to learn the ways of Li Chao otherwise how could she participate in planning the wedding with Dowager Empress? She wasn’t brought up in that type of world so there will be a learning curve even if she is willing.
And who didn’t she protect? She protected A’du when it was obvious the teacher would punish A’du. She saves A’du’s life. And she saves LCY. Nothing could be done about GJ because his own actions would have led to what happened regardless of what Xiao Feng said or did. And at the end, she protected Xizhou too but did it on her own terms and honoured her own sense pride robbed from her by LCY three years before because he had unrealistic ideas about love. His protection lives in his mouth only. If he was so smart, why is he taking relationship advice from someone who also can’t protect women and has no problems sacrificing them. Shouldn’t he have had the brains to see that the source wasn’t competent? Xiao Feng was always going to be embroiled in complications. Everyone keeps focusing on her going out to play but should she have sat in the palace all day, depressed but demure? A lot of it is escape the miasma of the same complications LCY said he would have protected her from. If he had actually protected her from complicated matters, would things have ended the way they did? He really didn’t protect anything because she was still hurt and he himself ended up hurting her for no reason other than possessiveness towards the end. If he was actually capable, not only would no one have attempted to harm her but he would have taught her the ropes. Instead he kept her in the dark due to his own vanity, dismissal of her, and desire to keep her “pure” for his own enjoyment. Even the dowager empress tells him he should not underestimate Xiao Feng but it’s too late by then.

Like who you like and watch who you want to watch the show for, but the FML is definitely not dumb. Isn’t she the one who discovers the issue with the counterfeit coins in the first place? She also figured out the scam with the turtles at the festival. And outsmarted LCY at the gate to Xizhou. She just doesn’t want to engage in the pettiness or evilness of court politics, and believes that she should have freedom. Dunno why this would bring contempt… It feels more noble than a prince who has to suck the blood of women from start to finish to get to the top.
And what are these responsibilities that everyone keeps griping about? 😅 Being a vase? Being a doormat for a man who abuses her? Bearing children for a dude with several women? What’s so noble about that?😅 Better sis lives her life as she wants because what did all those womanly virtues get the other female characters in the drama? Scammed, dead, and/or discarded. At least Xiao Feng does things on her terms and if it causes trouble to LCY, even better because he’s the one who put the both of them in that situation by being a love brain.

Looks like an quarrel between a couple😖
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5026413753142479