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I also know the censorship system in China, that's precisely why I think the episodes had to be shortened, both because of censorship and also because of the fact that nowadays the public prefers to watch modern dramas with a short format rather than a long one. With all the BTS filmed on the characters' childhood and their adolescence that were not included, it is obvious that this drama was initially filmed for a long format. But for me either one or the other I am not bothered as long as the cuts are fluid and the story makes sense it is also a great opportunity for me to see this incredible duo again.

I watched BTS and I saw a lot of detailed scenes that were supposed to be the first two episodes but which were ultimately abandoned. I'm not going to complain because I still love the episodes that aired and the main actors are clearly a plus for me. But it is clear that this drama was initially shot for an episode format close to (Go Ahead), certain things seem too vague or not in-depth enough despite excellent chemistry and quality production. I know that the director claims that the number of episodes has always been 24 but this does not seem true, this statement was certainly only made to reassure the fans.

in fact when he left they had continued to talk by calling each other frequently, [moreover I saw some BTS where Qioa xi was at her uncle's and he had called her but it seems that it was visibly cut in the editing]. In the novel she knew that Qioa xi's family was complicated (especially her mother) when he stopped calling her to talk about these letters, she thought that something must have happened to him that prevented him from answering her. You should know that Qiaoxi spent almost all his days at Yintao's in his room, he had a closer relationship with her than the other children. Later when all his friends left for town she felt lonely and depressed so despite Qioa xi's silence she continued to write to him because he was the first person she realized she loved romantically and also because she thought that they shared a special relationship she saw him in his most vulnerable moments and she knew how much he lacked parental love and care.

In fact, it was obvious that the rating would drop, but during the broadcast it might increase if the drama finds its audience and generates interest.

there is no square or even triangle (maybe there were modifications) but Yintao despite some suitors she was never interested in anyone else and for Qiaoxi there was never only Yintao. But in their friendly circle Du Shang and Xiao Man have a complicated relationship and another friend of Yintao also had a crush on him even though Du Shang was never interested. Du Shang has his own novel and I always felt that he always secretly loved Yintao which is why he didn't like Qiaoxi who was the only one who could make Yintao's feelings react so intensely between joy and pain.

he really showed interest when he heard her cry but when he heard the whole story he was like "why did I worry Yintao is never serious"😂. the child actors are so cute

Little Yintao made me laugh so much with the snake story 😂😂

My baby Yintao and Qiaoxi are finally here! This novel was so good that it was Ling He and Jinmai who got to play these iconic roles makes me so happy. Zhang Ling He's visuals and acting are so amazing and Zhao Jinmai is one of my favorite Chinese actresses let's all enjoy this work 🥰

It is not a matter of imagination: she eventually died in her first life because she was never meant to be with him. The trials she endured because of Lin Jin Lou shaped her personality. If she had married him earlier, he would most likely never have changed.

The woman Lin Jin Lou eventually came to love was not the nobleman’s daughter — dignified, bold, and willing to defend herself despite her tender heart. No, it was a woman of humble birth, forced to go through countless hardships to escape the fate of a beautiful slave. She endured the harshest torments, forged an iron will, and suppressed her true nature. She abandoned her aspirations and resigned herself to being nothing more than an object in the hands of a man, clinging only to the faint hope that one day, after he had grown tired of her, he might finally set her free.

Lin Jin Lou’s abuse and violent temper overshadowed his rare qualities. This is why she kept Song Ke in her heart for so long, despite his decision to pursue ambition rather than choose her. Song Ke’s uprightness, honesty, and kindness were the true reasons for the unconditional love she bore him.

Her so-called love for Lin Jin Lou was not born of genuine affection but of captivity and profound loneliness. Locked away by him, she learned resilience, forcing herself to value the few qualities she could find in him amidst his cruelty, simply to give herself a reason to endure. Confronted with rape, humiliation, and violence, she developed a psychological defense mechanism common among victims: adapting to trauma by minimizing or denying its severity. This was Stockholm syndrome — and it was for this reason that she ended up giving him a chance.

For his part, Lin Jin Lou’s lust and obsession with Xianglan evolved into Lima syndrome. Unlike Stockholm syndrome, in which the victim grows attached to her aggressor, Lima syndrome describes the reverse: the aggressor, despite his position of power and cruelty, begins to develop attachment, empathy, or even a form of affection toward his victim. Yet in Lin Jin Lou’s case, this attachment was anything but noble. His interest in Xianglan was not born of remorse, moral awakening, or a desire to change, but of a devouring obsession. He projected his desire onto her, convincing himself that his fixation was love. The rare gestures of attention he showed were not true compassion but rather the distorted reflection of his possessiveness and lust.

And yet, despite this shift, he never acknowledged the harm he had caused to the women he had broken. He continued to belittle them, to exploit their feelings for his own pleasure and ego. He showed no real interest in building harmony with his concubines or in raising children. Once his interest was gone, he ignored them, treated them with cruelty, and allowed his harem to tear itself apart in chaos. Though he wanted an heir, he cared little about whether he had children or not.

Xianglan was his only exception — not because of true love, but because of Lima syndrome: a paradoxical attachment, born of obsession, that made her the only woman he could never discard, even as he destroyed all the others.

Lin Jin Lou is a real bastard, Fl ended up with Stockholm syndrome, I hope they changed his story and personality because I also like the actors and I will try the drama for them

Lin Jin Lou is far from being a nice boy! All of Fl's misfortunes are his fault for mistreating his concubines and using them as objects then throwing them away by constantly putting them in competition, most of them started to commit crimes to keep his attention (apart from his fickle wife who was his karma). Because of him, Fl was a victim of all the women he dated at times she even almost lost her life because of jealousy. He is a man who had no respect for women and considered them as replaceable tools for pleasure from the moment he saw a younger and prettier girl. He didn't like Fl he was obsessed with her and his interest grew because she resisted him and she was considered a great beauty. He supposedly fell in love with her because she never schemed to gain his attention and because she was mentally mature, educated and caring. But he is the reason why many of his concubines became vicious, most of his concubines were descendants of servants who never received proper education who yearned for love and to be the only woman for him he played with them for a time then abandoned them making them jealous and desperate before throwing them away with financial compensation, a woman who had already been to another no longer had much value no wonder some became monsters. Lin jin lou was a monster capable of rape and abuse to obtain a woman as a human he was a total waste but he was a practical civil servant his only quality. Even for his time he was considered a piece of trash who was obsessed with beauty and intimate pleasures who didn't know how to manage his harem, some men in the novel were much better than him. besides, the writing clearly wasn't meant to make us appreciate his character because he didn't have a redemption arc, all the harm he created he never tried to fix. we followed Fl's path to understand her resilience and she had a happy ending to justify her journey of suffering, otherwise it was clearly a stockholm syndrome. the violence will not be shown but his misogynistic behavior and his conqueror syndrome will be present, and his behavior towards women will also be present the essence of his arrogant misogynistic and despotic character will also be there. I just hope that his character and his story will be completely changed so that Liu Xue Yi can finally have a successful drama because the romance side of this novel is really very inconsistent if 20% of the story is respected this drama will end up having an inconsistent narrative that will lead Liu Xue Yi to another average drama while the cast and production are incredible. besides he has nothing to do with Gu Tingyue.

the typical repartee (In general, if something we don't like, we skip it) did I say that I in particular don't like the novel or won't like the adaptation. If you read and understood my comment you certainly understand you wouldn't even have written that. Red flag or black flag like Xie wei or even others appreciated by the public often have family circumstances or personal vendettas to carry out which soften the viewers, we can also see that they are often possessive jealous but totally under the romantic influence towards the women they love and that they often hide their righteousness under many masks. I too, having a long experience of analysis in the Asian drama world through different sites, can affirm that for a red flag or black flag to be appreciated it is necessary to bring together several circumstances and factors to humanize it and justify the evolution of its character into a black flag. People like Lin Jin Lou who are extremely misogynistic, belittle, use women as disposable objects, are ultra narcissistic and physically violent towards women and think that his status allows him to trample others do not meet the conditions to arouse pity, soften or even captivity in viewers. People like the type of obsessive black flag who can be bad and hurt everyone except his wife, yet Xing Lan is the biggest victim of Lin Jin Lou's lust, meanness and violence. Many like bad boys and an intense plot with complex characters and strong and dark Ml in historical dramas, this does not mean that everything can be considered acceptable. Besides, it is you who said to be annoyed, it has nothing to do with me who only shared my feelings about this drama.

Listen, be annoyed, it doesn't change anything for me. How many successful directors and screenwriters have failed to make this kind of story enjoyable to watch. In the world of Cdrama, I've watched a lot of novels adapted or dramas inspired by novels with this type of plot that have miserably failed to keep the audience engaged or even managed to make the audience tolerate the actions and behavior of the Ml. Even a good production and a good cast can't make a story with too many big gaps really interesting. This drama will attract a certain audience thanks to the notoriety of the actors and that of the members of the production, which will not make it a commercial failure, but there is a good chance that this drama will be the kind that fails to keep its audience until the end, it will never be a "masterpiece". That's my opinion, if the opposite happens, it's good. This drama has not yet been released, but since this project was announced as an adaptation, not just an inspiration, I can give my opinion by taking into consideration the elements of the novel to share my thoughts because a large part of the story will try to follow the original plot of the novel.

I have the feeling that even if the directors only follow 10% of the story and Ml only has 2% of the personality that is described in the novel, this drama will not be appreciated by the public. There are black flags that we love but others that we deeply hate and Lin Jin Lou is part of the second category. Many will certainly have the second male character syndrome.

When I think that Su E Huang really had the destiny of an empress and that she was Wei Shao's empress, I am still amazed, especially since she had killed Wei Shao's grandmother in the novel. The bride exchange really changed the destiny of many people.

😂😂😂

what did she do?

Finally a new serious Cdrama with an interesting political plot, the storyline is so gripping, the actors are incredible. This drama really deserves its popularity.

So true, he was more competent than Wei Shao, he was a born and intelligent general with exceptional fighting skills. He genuinely cared about his people and was a devoted and gentle husband. A man without education or advisors managed to raise an army twice and succeeded in overthrowing WS. Bi Zhi had more qualities than WS the director preferred to focus on the main couple and attributed Bi Zhi's qualities to WS. I have a hard time accepting this total massacre of General Bi Zhi who has become nothing more than a simple brainless idiot. I liked the drama but the ending of Bi Zhi and Da Qioa in the drama is just a disappointment.

In the novel he didn't fall in love with her thinking she was a man. In fact he was suspicious of her abilities and suspected her of being a spy, he investigated her and discovered she was a woman and their relationship gradually began to evolve from trust to love despite the suspicions. This is the only novel of this type I've read where Ml only became interested in her after knowing her true gender.