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Female lead can be really annoying / hypocritical at times. Doesn't find touching and hugging her husband as an excuse to look for and steal a 'jade token' as wrong, but gets all high and mighty if he innocently touches her in any way - as if he is being indecent (even though they are married). Doesn't want to be in a fake marriage but angrily has a go at him in the street when he comes out of a brothel (on account of investigating a case) without bothering to ascertain the facts - all this while she is spending time with a man who is not her real brother (even though the husband doesn't know that they are not related. Her occasional 'He can't be that bad if...' asides do not offset the many 'He is a bad person, he deserves what he gets' mutterings.

Proton? (See Synopsis) For those who want to know 质子 does mean proton (science) but it also means feudal lord's hostage son (political history).

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Agreed! He was worse in Lost Track of Time.

Thank you. I just wanted to understand your point of view. What entertains one will not entertain another. This is not real life, after all, but escapism.

All these references to 'Twelve Letters" Has no one seen him in Legend of Zhuohua?

I don't know if that is his real voice, but I recognised it from when he played the crown prince in Legend of Zhuohua.

What do you think of him as a supporting actor in his other dramas or have you not watched any? It is hard to tell whether you would watch any drama that he acted in. Or do you just watch dramas with a 'good enough' ML regardless of other cast members?

Bitch! Not a dog lover then?

@pamgees: I had to laugh. "...specially her father can never trust his characters." That's what I thought, as soon as I saw him.

Safer sites: possibly Dailymotion and Bilibili ( I haven't looked, but dramas usually end up there - but might not stay there too long, so watch as the episodes are uploaded.) Kiss Kh. Not as safe, but the drama will be available long-term.

You are welcome. Have you figured out how to use Daily motion? Several people can upload the same episode and some will be better translated than others (depending on which version they uploaded). But some episodes can be removed very quickly and if you don't keep up, you'll find the last episodes are missing when you go to watch them. Many of the same long dramas are also on Bilibili (no ads) and more web dramas are on BB than DM.

Because of censorship, Chinese dramas can not show gore and major violence in certain scenes. Poisoning someone gets round that issue Also in some historical periods (worldwide) it was the most common way to kill - being safer and easier.

Have you tried Kiss kh; Dailymotion, Bilibili? I used to use the last two all the time before I discovered the first one. (If its not on Viki, that is.)

Okay. Thank you. I personally have not even tried to watch this drama. I was just trying to be helpful to someone else.

I read some comments elsewhere about episodes from a different drama not being aired for that reason - so it was just a guess.

Thank you for your reply. It just seems...different. But why not?

Just a thought: could the episode scheduling be held up because it is Chinese New Year?

Could somebody please explain to me if this is a drama about China but with Japanese actors and dialogue? I see that this takes place during the Northern Song Dynasty - but what is the connection with the Japanese - or at least the Japanese characters in this drama? I mean, they are not playing Chinese characters, are they? I wondered if they just filmed in China (for the varied landscapes) by why bother to mention Northern Song if they are referring to a Japanese emperor? Thanks.

Thank you. I don't mind (too much) when women bully other women in a historical drama - as long as it is not the female lead doing the abusing. I need some one to rail against besides evil ministers and dastardly princes, and the like. But I wouldn't want it in a modern drama.