PeachBlossomGoddess

Heheh... I think no one will ever be able to convince me Chinese invented kissing. I think it is entirely possible they just didn't do it so I console myself this could be historically accurate.... ts ok, I can live with them just acting like a couple that is very into each other...

It is one of the greatest atrocities in history. Our gorgeous Chinese men get saddled with the most unattractive hairstyle in the history of mankind by a bunch of Ching dynasty peasents.

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I didn't want to be the one to ask but... Is this another one of those where the dude is never gonna even kiss the girl???

I dropped MRIAD but I loved WB. The Eight was excellent! Maybe try In A Class of Her Own. Its making me laugh as hard as RN made me cry!!! I got so tired of waiting for Monarch Industry I am halfway through the book already I think I may not watch it when it finally (someday?) airs...

Oh wow this is very good but I don't know if I am gonna be able to finish this. First two episodes already has me tearing up. The problem with heroes is they tend to die young.

Oh excellent tyvm...

IMHO nope - he is a pompous ass but he also happens to be genuinely in love with the courtesan.

Apparently toothbrushes made from twigs...

Yes, the story is good but the execution is not.

No that is her title - she is royalty her father is the brother of Emperor Shao of Jing province who was deposed by Emperor Wen.It is why Shen family are commoners and not initally deemed of high enough stature to marry her. I think this is set during the period where Emperor Wen sent his brother Liu Yikang to govern Jing province on his behalf. Because the Xie family were governors of that province that were also sidelined or made less powerful. That is also why the emperor is not in the picture and the aristocrats in the show are so rebellious and defiant. They were conquered by Liu Yikang/Pengcheng Wang's brother. This is just me guessing I have not read that much about this period in Chinese history and the drama is ambiguous about time and place and loose with some facts. But it makes sense why both brothers are seeking marriage alliances with the important families of this province that they essentially conquered. It also makes some of the actions of people like Xie and Lu Yuan and even Zijin's father's defiance make more sense.

Just skip the middle parts with the second couple.

I know but... sigh! It is so 1990s!!! He shouldn't date himself like that. And it is not flattering in the least!

I found Uncle 2 to be a subtle obstructionist from the start. He didn't want Wu Xie to unravel the mystery of Uncle 3's disappearance and he keeps doing these little things to sideline him including preventing him from going Thunder City. Just not sure if he is doing this to protect him or because he did something bad. Like you, I have lost track of many details. I blame the filler heavy mute gal/keanu arcs - they take too long with little incremental helpful information. I end up walking around/doing random stuff while its playing and end up missing some of the important details when it switches back to the 3 amigos.

She is another great character in this show. The way she traumatized the Consort Sun to wiggle out of marriage to Jingling cracked me up. Wish they gave her more airtime.

30-36 really put this back on track for me. The plot is moving again and we see Lige and Yikang working together, its exciting and there are good fight scenes and no more harem melodrama (for now).

She has great survival instinct. She knows if she sides with her family and brings down Pengcheng she goes down with him. That said, Pengcheng's affection for Lige is not going to go down well with her... nobody is that nice.

True but guard your heart - they are just being fattened up for the kill :(

You just were too not contrite.

Heheh its a record for me - dropped after 7.5 minutes!!! And while I am so bored I am climbing walls! It did however inspire me to plough through 3 chapters of Ezra Vogel's biography of Deng Xiaopeng - I had been stuck in the middle for months... That's how bad I think it is... Or let's say how not for me it is...