Does anyone know how the older sister ended up marrying such a trash husband? It baffles me, because of how capable…
I can only give you the version of the novel, I don’t think it is ever clearly explained in the drama. So here it goes: Li Di is from a poor family in the countryside and came to the capital for the imperial examination. He happened to be present (not really by accident, as we later find out) when Shen Ran fell into the water during a walk with all the noble ladies of the town. After that he kept camping in front of the Shen Mansion professing his undying love. Initially Shen Ran wasn’t really interested, but he was very persistent, not too bad looking, either. She eventually agreed to marry him because she thought that with someone who is so passionately in love with her she would have a good life. .in fact this whole marriage was a set-up from the start because the person behind it all was plotting to ruin the three daughters of the Shen household to stop Shen Wenqi from marrying his daughters to the son’s of other powerful households. This would have made him a very powerful minister. So for the eldest there was a student from a poor family, the second was suggested for a political marriage to some foreign Prince and the third, Shen Zhen, was supposed to be married to Xu Wei as one of his concubines.
Yeah, medicine in these dramas has its own rules. Cuts heal in no time. If you want blood, always slash across…
😂😂😂 sadly so true! China has a great traditional medicine system. It’s a pity so little of it gets conveyed accurately in dramas. Novels sometimes give very detailed descriptions but as soon as the scriptwriters see it it gets all cut. They seem to think we’re too dumb to understand.🙄 Decoctions of herbs actually are cooked for hours ( the general rule is to reduce the liquid by half ) and they are very bitter because if they are wound medicine they usually contain boswellia, myrrh or peony roots. I’ve had a fair share of these preparations and I feel their pain every time one of the characters has to drink this 😂
So one user actually took the time to rate every single episode with “1”. Kid, you have a problem. If you hated it that much, why didn’t you drop it after the first three episodes? That’s what the grownups do…
Hi, how's the drama coming along? Should I watch? Any kisses and HE?
There are some kisses, but it takes a while… It has a HE and a wedding. There are also some characters which you will really hate, but none of the baddies will get away…
Just finished ep 8 so got a long way to go but am enjoying it so far. Blood on the blossoms and puke on the shoulder.…
Yeah, medicine in these dramas has its own rules. Cuts heal in no time. If you want blood, always slash across the whole hand even though cutting just a finger would provide the same amount of blood. People with sword/arrow wounds can get up the next day and walk about. However, the tiniest scrapes or burns require medicine and if you get into the rain you must take a hot bath or you’ll die. I find it very confusing how these people can be so tough and yet so fragile.
On the plus side: Shen Zhen finally tells the Labrador to go fetch a stick and Lu Yan tells his mother about Shen…
That last point was much clearer in the novel. There are several princes who compete with the Crown Prince for succession to the throne and for that they need support in the court. Many ministers belong to different factions. For example Shen Wenqi is a supporter of the Crown Prince, whereas the Xu family supports the 6th Prince (Concubine Xu’s son). The family of the Eldest Princess is very powerful but they have always held a neutral position. If they could be won over by a marriage alliance it would benefit the whole clan. These girls were brought up to put the family first. Shen Zhen does the same in a way.
Because delusional scriptwriters think their ideas are better than those of the original novel. I’m only on…
I haven’t finished reading, but they’ve changed a LOT! Lu Yan does a lot more investigating in the novel, not just for Shen Wenqi’s case. Su Heng isn’t a brain dead Labrador, Xu Yiqing is an intriguing b*tch without any martial arts, Fu Man isn’t looking for any younger sister, but Lu Yan brought her and her brother back to the capital with him. The brother is a skilled physician who goes on to save the Crown Prince’s life (because the court physicians who were treating him were actually poisoning him) and so on and so on. I will probably write a summary in the “discussions” section once I am finished with both the drama and the novel. Sadly, scriptwriters seem to think that we viewers cannot cope with complex stories and multiple plot lines and therefore everything gets overly simplified.
On the plus side: Shen Zhen finally tells the Labrador to go fetch a stick and Lu Yan tells his mother about Shen Zhen. I really like the character of Xu Yiqing even though she has absolutely NOTHING in common with the Xu Yiqing from the novel (who was a devious b*tch). It was nice to see a bit more of Shen Zhen’s father, this guy has great screen presence. Then there were the annoying bits: top of the list, the screenwriters for creating such a bunch of annoying characters when in the source material there were only normal people. Su Heng really is as dumb as a plank, how is this guy believeable as a victorious general? Zhou Su’an seems to have forgotten that he is an investigator and just takes everything Su Heng tells him as the truth. Is he too blind to see that the guy has an ulterior motive? And why the need to vilify the Eldest Princess? Lu Yan’s family was such a nice group of people in the novel, but they all got deleted by those darn scriptwriters or turned into the spawn of satan. As if there weren’t enough villains available!
I am to worried, as of ep13 I am procrastinating, I feel the whole thing might truly be a disaster bar Jeremy!…
Because delusional scriptwriters think their ideas are better than those of the original novel. I’m only on ep. 18 and I cannot believe how much they messed this up. I get it that some parts had to be changed because of the censorship rules and also because some things that work in a novel won’t work on screen. However they re-wrote some parts of the story so thoroughly that for some characters all that remains the same is the name!
Lol all of them except for the ML and FL are getting on my nerves. Especially the sister and that annoying azz…
Well, the FL is getting on my nerves as well. All she would need to say is: “Back off, I’m interested in someone else” to keep the yapping Labrador under control. Given how goby and feisty she was in other situations it doesn’t make sense for her to keep so quiet now.
doesn't the Ml exude a "gay"vibe? not that theres anything wrong with that
Only in his play-within-the-play persona Wei Xin. Those were supposed to be the mannerisms of a playboy, but I also thought that they came out a little gay… 😂
The yapping Labrador also known as Su Heng is annoying, but you cannot blame a boy for trying (and being unable…
Yes, I can recommend the novel. It is very well written and the two main leads have an interesting character development. The side characters are quite well fleshed out and I love all the political plots. Someone also tried to kill the Crown Prince and the “noble ladies” keep trying to catch Lu Yan’s eye with all sorts of schemes.
Li Di is from a poor family in the countryside and came to the capital for the imperial examination. He happened to be present (not really by accident, as we later find out) when Shen Ran fell into the water during a walk with all the noble ladies of the town. After that he kept camping in front of the Shen Mansion professing his undying love. Initially Shen Ran wasn’t really interested, but he was very persistent, not too bad looking, either. She eventually agreed to marry him because she thought that with someone who is so passionately in love with her she would have a good life.
.in fact this whole marriage was a set-up from the start because the person behind it all was plotting to ruin the three daughters of the Shen household to stop Shen Wenqi from marrying his daughters to the son’s of other powerful households. This would have made him a very powerful minister.
So for the eldest there was a student from a poor family, the second was suggested for a political marriage to some foreign Prince and the third, Shen Zhen, was supposed to be married to Xu Wei as one of his concubines.
China has a great traditional medicine system. It’s a pity so little of it gets conveyed accurately in dramas. Novels sometimes give very detailed descriptions but as soon as the scriptwriters see it it gets all cut. They seem to think we’re too dumb to understand.🙄
Decoctions of herbs actually are cooked for hours ( the general rule is to reduce the liquid by half ) and they are very bitter because if they are wound medicine they usually contain boswellia, myrrh or peony roots. I’ve had a fair share of these preparations and I feel their pain every time one of the characters has to drink this 😂
Kid, you have a problem. If you hated it that much, why didn’t you drop it after the first three episodes? That’s what the grownups do…
https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:5009666879455243?from=old_pc_videoshow
However, the tiniest scrapes or burns require medicine and if you get into the rain you must take a hot bath or you’ll die.
I find it very confusing how these people can be so tough and yet so fragile.
https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:5009609891708944?from=old_pc_videoshow
Lu Yan does a lot more investigating in the novel, not just for Shen Wenqi’s case. Su Heng isn’t a brain dead Labrador, Xu Yiqing is an intriguing b*tch without any martial arts, Fu Man isn’t looking for any younger sister, but Lu Yan brought her and her brother back to the capital with him. The brother is a skilled physician who goes on to save the Crown Prince’s life (because the court physicians who were treating him were actually poisoning him) and so on and so on.
I will probably write a summary in the “discussions” section once I am finished with both the drama and the novel.
Sadly, scriptwriters seem to think that we viewers cannot cope with complex stories and multiple plot lines and therefore everything gets overly simplified.
Then there were the annoying bits: top of the list, the screenwriters for creating such a bunch of annoying characters when in the source material there were only normal people. Su Heng really is as dumb as a plank, how is this guy believeable as a victorious general? Zhou Su’an seems to have forgotten that he is an investigator and just takes everything Su Heng tells him as the truth. Is he too blind to see that the guy has an ulterior motive?
And why the need to vilify the Eldest Princess? Lu Yan’s family was such a nice group of people in the novel, but they all got deleted by those darn scriptwriters or turned into the spawn of satan. As if there weren’t enough villains available!
I’m only on ep. 18 and I cannot believe how much they messed this up.
I get it that some parts had to be changed because of the censorship rules and also because some things that work in a novel won’t work on screen. However they re-wrote some parts of the story so thoroughly that for some characters all that remains the same is the name!
Given how goby and feisty she was in other situations it doesn’t make sense for her to keep so quiet now.