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Just guesswork, but emperor wants to get back at the guy who XS is working for and to get there some court politics need to be played. XS is an important part of it all, so he needs to be alive for the game.

Honestly, I had not expected this level of chemistry in SOTB.

He's the hot chocolate for us 🤭🤣

Or should I say hot white chocolate 🤣🤣

And we are enjoying watching him, he's just so fun to watch in these moments 🤣

He had the raised eyebrow 'ooww' expression when he heard that 😄

Like notice the expressions he gave when XS announced 50 lashes for the 3rd madam as punishment. You could give some 🍿 to him right there 🤣

He just got in coz of jealousy lol

Wait and watch then, these haven't been shown in the drama yet. And yes, the Old madam keeps silent on many things. Her allowing the shift of XS from being the son in law to son, allowed him to marry in the Hu family and build connections with them. So on with the other wives.

It was way more nicely portrayed in the novel. Right in the beginning as well as when old granny sent QY to him.

We're forgetting his intro, that he was a playboy kinda thing.
He is also, only obsessed with FL because she was not into him when all the other girls were, and that he thinks he can win her from Shen Run.

That he's not from the Xie family at all, he was adopted. FL's mom is the real daughter of Old Xie madam.

Of course he did, the satisfaction on his face while killing says it all. He's been weaving that revenge in his mind for so long

Pleasure

Old madam made this arrangement for herself, she won't let these habits die out too soon.

Neither is from common people here, one's a lord, the other a young lady

The new one is more to serve the old madam than for Xie Shu. She's just in her service in every scene.

Ep 1 when he investigates her

That sounds more like his character. Because he is always in control of his emotions and hyperaware of consequences and how things affect one another.

Ep 23 trailer - doing the deed seems against the character of Shen Run. He's ruthless, yeah, but he's a man upholding honor. We're talking about that era, anndd
1. She's drunk
2. She's getting married to someone else the next day!

Typical entitled FL behaviour, I don't know why they show it like that