PeachBlossomGoddess

Hahaha... I was just reading yours...
If you do pick this up again, I think you can drop or skim the final arc.

This is a much more balanced and fair view on the acting, production values , story telling and camerawork. I never had a problem with the casting or the age gap etc and was willing to give the drama a shot. But sadly it just bored me silly and even though I wanted to, I just could not continue.

I actually think Zhou Yiwei is in reality quite besotted with ZZY, it is not just acting. And I mean this in the most harmless way possible - she is so gorgeous and such a goddess any male actor would be over the moon to play her love interest and get his head slightly turned!

I think they are gonna need him later on so hopefully he still has his head at that time... BTW I have no problem with cutting it off once he has outlived his usefulness...

But in the drama it is only for 3 months no?

I believe he intended to but was forestalled by Wang Xuan's words - both in the drama and the novel.

I really enjoyed watching him in Brotherhood of the Blades 2. And of course he was great in LD in Changan.

I have heard excellent things about The World Between Us. Enjoy!

Yeah this is a very dangerous marriage for her - everyone now wants to kill her and/or Xiao Qi to break Wang clan alliance with xiao qi - the emperor, second prince, xie family and probably even the other two families - was it Wen and Gu?

A bit of both. The emperor seems to know what is going to happen to A'wu/Wang Xuan and he laments about it to his eunuch and expresses regret that she must die but says he has no choice he doesn't have much time left. So he is obviously behind it and that envoy must be acting on his instruction.

I think it was in 8 or 9. Basically anyone who would kidnap her wants leverage against her dad and/or Xiao Qi. A Wang Lin/Xiao Qi alliance is the biggest threat to the emperor who has figured out who poisoned him. He is pretending to be mad but plotting against them. They tell us a few times the emperor is a very good chess player. Xiao Qi is very smart - he also knows whoever took Wang Xuan wants to use her against him and/or her father. That's all I should say for now without spoiling you too much.

Ah... tyvm. I meant to make a list for mysteries/thrillers but I haven't had the time. I did do a overall ranking list (see below) for 2020 dramas I watched, many of which are mystery/thrillers. Have you watched Ancient Detective and The Danger of Her? Those are both actually really good. Also Day & Night is quite good. And if you watch French films, there is Iris on Netflix (not the Korean one).
https://kisskh.at/list/1NkKjwWL

No I mean the emperor her uncle. He planned her kidnapping so that envoy must have been sent by him.

Yeah the age bashing is extremely unkind when we know we would all give our eye teeth to look like her at that age.... or any age for that matter. Why would anyone want to watch an 18 year old who can't even speak her own lines and has a totally uninteresting but pretty face? During those times, 16 was a grown up age - people live to what 50 or60 at MOST!

I think the way he left definitely hurt her pride. But in the grand scheme of things he needed to get away AND she is still in love with Zidan. Its good he gives her space and time to get over it.

Yeah maybe this part just doesn't make that much sense because as @Skibbies pointed out this part was written into the drama.

Thanks for sharing you thoughts, I love hearing from other viewers. I guess I had not focused on the how to aspect of it other than that the methods were gruesome and intended to send a social message. For me there were just too many social grievances to hit in one drama, I just didn't connect with any of the victims or the main characters. I would probably check out a Season 2 although tbh, I would have preferred they just wrapped it up properly. Have you watched 13 Reasons Why? It is an American production on Netflix also.

The thing is what is the point aiming for the throne (which I think is clear is what the PM is doing) if you have no one to leave it to? Or worse if your grandson is not really your grandson? Plus the second prince is an unfavored prince without a mother from one of the four families (and more but if you haven't seen 15 I won't spoil you). The PM only needs his own military might and Xiao Qi's military to seize power.

Well he only has to get rid of her, he doesn't need to mess with the prince. I am just thinking if he waits until she has a kid.... well that becomes really messy... Plus its just making my blood boil how open she is about it!

It is a total lost cause. Just have to avoid looking at it. Ugh.