Novel readers, can anyone spoil why SR is ordered by the emperor to protect Xie Shu?
Not in the novel.
It's because of madam Hu's brother in the capital has influence in court, meaning Hu Xin and his other corrupt friends have power in court. You know how in the imperial court you have right wing and left wing officials. Emperor has to balance it. Xie Shu is protected by Hu Xing. If the emperor takes action against hu xing, then one part of the court (hu xing's circle) will create chaos in the court in support of him. If i remember correctly, hu xing's side of the court has been getting more and more powerful and the emperor had always wanted to deal with them. But dealing with power requires patience, calculations and a lot of sucking up. So the emperor told shen to protect xie shu and hu xing until another way is open. This is what i think will happen. Have to watch the final bit
My answer contains spoilers so beware. ZL (zhenglun) is the first and the serious son of the entire family. He…
Thanks for pointing out, I was just assuming that she will loose her influence even slightly if ZL becomes head of household. I know she will be respected, but she definitely prefers to have her own unborn son (if not miscarried) to lead the house
I'm really enjoying this and knew the first madam was evil. Small, subtle changes since she regained her status…
My answer contains spoilers so beware. ZL (zhenglun) is the first and the serious son of the entire family. He is smart and has military background. ZJ (zhengjun) is an idiot, he will never lead the xie family in the future even if something happens to zhenglun.
ONE- If i remember correctly, second madam is the reason why first madam miscarried her son. Being the principle wife and having a son is the jackpot back then but she not only lost that chance, she had to tolerate a concubine bossing around her for years because of that. In the future, zhenglun will lead the family if he was alive. Which means madam Hu's power in the house declining. Also when zhenglun gets married and have kids, then that would be the main branch of the house, pushing hu's branch to a side. ZL is a concubine's son after all, so his family taking over power, Hu might even have to bow down to ZL's future wife.
TWO- Hu's maiden family is a politically influential family in the capital. Her brother has connections in court. I will not spoil more about the brother, if you want more details, just DM me on MDL. Anyways, basically the whole corruption case in heng tang is lead by xie shu as we all know. And as the drama mentioned, xie shu gets help from Hu's brother. If Zhenglun takes over the house, then the Hu family in the capital would loose access to heng tang ( a fairly big town) and the money there. This point cannot be further explained without spoiling the rest of the story so imma stop here. You get the gist.
THREE- Hu has only one daughter that she can rely on, Qingru. QR is the principle wife's daughter and has the best chance of a great marriage. QR has the xie family and hu family on her side. When she gets married to the Marquis house in the future, Qingru and her children will have both political and military backing, which is great for QR's son's career or daughter's marriage. BUT if zheng lun becomes the head of household, Hu's branch in the xie family becomes a side branch, and QR might also be POTENTIALLY (worst case) sidelined at her marital home or loose influence. Even the Hu family in the capital might not bother with them, since they don't have an advantage of further supporting Hu and Qingru if Zhenglun is leading the house. Therefore, Hu might want Qingru's future husband's family to (not necessarily lead the house) but have the majority influence (marquis family) and qingru can become the next madam xie), thereby keeping all three xie, li, and hu families in check with her and qingru.
All these are my thoughts after watching the dramas and also knowing what happens next. These are possible assumptions.
I don't get it. Why does the first madam want to kill the eldest brother?
if i remember correctly, was it because of second madam that first madam miscarried her son? If so, she probably holds that grudge. She also probably does not want Xie Zhenglun to lead the house later on. She knows zhengjun is dumb. So she did not bother with him. But zhenglun has military honor. She told zhengjun to write a letter knowing zhengjun will write bad news that would cause zhenglun's death. But she did not expect qingyuan's help. So she changed the letter. Since she does not have a son, she probably wants qingru's future husband to control the xie family (LCX). So she has her maiden home political power, xie family and danyang marquis military power
The FL freezing in the face of fear isn’t some inexplicable character flaw—it’s literally a recognised trauma…
at least the FL only freezes when a knife comes to her at lightning speed. I freeze when a random stranger comes to me or when someone ask me a question out of nowhere. Seriously survival insticts of a toilet paper 🥲
oh yeah. I feel like they released one ep a day so that they can release 2 good episodes from tomorrow (china )holiday. especially the fact that we watched ep 13 and 14 in a single day which were relatively intense, and then they released 1 ep per day (the recovery, less intense eps). So it does feel underwhelming and short
So far after 17 episodes, the drama is lacking any emotional hook. We’ve spent far too long in the Xie residence,…
you would loose your mind reading ep 23-24 of the og script. Basically dropping truth bombs after bombs. I guess they will change the scenes from those two episodes, hence 30 episodes. As for the hook, its yan rui's character for me. For a historical romance/suspense drama, they really should have done something more to hook the people early on. But in this one their hooks are the ML saving Fl in ep 4-5, the kiss in ep 6, the war scenes in ep 14. Only three hook scenes in the first half, definitely not enough
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And yes, there should be scenes of Lord Pei which are not in the drama
Actual story is Hu Xing pulling strings in the capital to promote xie shu. Zhenglun's death is a perfect excuse
It's because of madam Hu's brother in the capital has influence in court, meaning Hu Xin and his other corrupt friends have power in court. You know how in the imperial court you have right wing and left wing officials. Emperor has to balance it. Xie Shu is protected by Hu Xing. If the emperor takes action against hu xing, then one part of the court (hu xing's circle) will create chaos in the court in support of him. If i remember correctly, hu xing's side of the court has been getting more and more powerful and the emperor had always wanted to deal with them. But dealing with power requires patience, calculations and a lot of sucking up. So the emperor told shen to protect xie shu and hu xing until another way is open. This is what i think will happen. Have to watch the final bit
ONE- If i remember correctly, second madam is the reason why first madam miscarried her son. Being the principle wife and having a son is the jackpot back then but she not only lost that chance, she had to tolerate a concubine bossing around her for years because of that. In the future, zhenglun will lead the family if he was alive. Which means madam Hu's power in the house declining. Also when zhenglun gets married and have kids, then that would be the main branch of the house, pushing hu's branch to a side. ZL is a concubine's son after all, so his family taking over power, Hu might even have to bow down to ZL's future wife.
TWO- Hu's maiden family is a politically influential family in the capital. Her brother has connections in court. I will not spoil more about the brother, if you want more details, just DM me on MDL. Anyways, basically the whole corruption case in heng tang is lead by xie shu as we all know. And as the drama mentioned, xie shu gets help from Hu's brother. If Zhenglun takes over the house, then the Hu family in the capital would loose access to heng tang ( a fairly big town) and the money there. This point cannot be further explained without spoiling the rest of the story so imma stop here. You get the gist.
THREE- Hu has only one daughter that she can rely on, Qingru. QR is the principle wife's daughter and has the best chance of a great marriage. QR has the xie family and hu family on her side. When she gets married to the Marquis house in the future, Qingru and her children will have both political and military backing, which is great for QR's son's career or daughter's marriage. BUT if zheng lun becomes the head of household, Hu's branch in the xie family becomes a side branch, and QR might also be POTENTIALLY (worst case) sidelined at her marital home or loose influence. Even the Hu family in the capital might not bother with them, since they don't have an advantage of further supporting Hu and Qingru if Zhenglun is leading the house. Therefore, Hu might want Qingru's future husband's family to (not necessarily lead the house) but have the majority influence (marquis family) and qingru can become the next madam xie), thereby keeping all three xie, li, and hu families in check with her and qingru.
All these are my thoughts after watching the dramas and also knowing what happens next. These are possible assumptions.
as well as agriculture, pottery, butchers, and what else is there
Hu from political fam
Mei from merchant fam
Lian from scholar fam
Xia from emperial/eunuch fam
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