Deirdre19

It looks like nobody has mentioned this so far, but Lu Yan’s attendant, Yang Zong, is absolutely unbeatable in the comical scenes. He doesn’t even need to speak, just the way he looks is already enough to get me laughing out loud.
Kudos to the actor!

Shen Zhen’s younger brother - deleted
Fu Man’s younger brother - now a younger sister
Even when it comes to sleuthing, all the crucial conclusions seem to come from the amateur women instead of the two professional guys.
I’m all for empowering women but this feels a bit over the top 😂

The writers seem to have a problem with guys in this drama…

It shouldn’t be too hard, the novel is pretty good. If just for once they could resist the urge to replace any novel idea with the same old tropes as usual.

Yes, in Lu Yan’s dreams of the previous life she leaves him and gets married to her childhood sweetheart (according to the novel). This character hasn’t appeared yet, because he is a general currently off winning some battles, but he will appear later in the drama (I’ve seen the name in the list of characters). We’ll probably will get to enjoy the ML going on a crazy jealousy trip, because in the novel he gets worked up every time he just hears the guy’s name. He has lost her once so in this life he wants to make sure this doesn’t happen again, think insecurity multiplied by a hundred 😠

Hehe, he seems to have a “must take his shirt off in every drama” clause in his contract, so he has to keep those abs in shape.
And yes, we are all praying for Jeremy to finally get to act with an actress of his calibre.

So that the ML can rescue her 🤣🤣🤣

I tried to add some, but I guess it’s still pending in review. Maybe others have done the same…

It’s a slow burn, so for the moment no kissing. I’ve never heard that he had a problem with acting kisses. However, it could be because recently all his acting partners have been little girls that he tries to tread carefully.
Otherwise, the drama is very entertaining. Some suspense, a bit of humour, quite decent acting.

Yeah, I feel that they exaggerated a bit with the crying/heart clutching and fainting. In the novel he wood just feel an aching pain when she teared up but of course that would not have the same visual effect in the televised version. He also strictly forbade her to cry early on (without telling her why).

Yeah, that actor seems to be the go-to man for shady, conflicted characters. I still remember him from Tale of Two Cities.

Bits of the live broadcast yesterday… that theme music is so loud!
https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:5007495307919444?from=old_pc_videoshow

More BTS fun…
https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc002001ow3dlb/g3541f0p33o.html

I think we all would, but very likely he doesn’t get a say in this.

In one of Lu Yun’s dreams in the novel she actually did kill her husband “by accident” 😂😂😂

Interesting theory… Based on her character it is the only explanation that makes sense.

😂😂😂 It only occurs in the early episodes. No more fainting spells in ep. 7 + 8.

Well, in her defence, she is supposed to be very young and immature and only grows up due to the adversities she has to face.
I agree with you that Jeremy would fare better if for once he didn’t have to babysit the acting trainee. I really don’t know why they are doing this to him (and us).

Actually, in the novel Shen Zhen has to manage the expense account 😂 The emperor was aware of his cover as rich merchant and once he breaks the ring of corruption a lot of money will be recovered for the imperial treasury.

In the novel it is not for lack of trying, but it is her who seems to have a problem. She even goes to see a physician and goes to beg some special deity.
The first four years of their marriage were very happy. It was only after her father got arrested that Li Di dropped the mask and started treating her badly. That’s when she slowly starts to put two and two together.