When she stole the dead friend's jewelry, that was cold. Her friends were sitting next to her.
She could have asked if she could keep the necklace. I am not sure if she had given the necklace to the friend. They would have said, OK. The way the scene is presented, the viewer might assume she stole it, and didn't want the friends to know,
It's a punishment for the whole clan, so yeah, it's a tax paid by all the Fan family members til eternity (or…
The 100 years' embezzlement seemed a long time. I just realized that Master Fan was old...probably 60, and the conspiracy must have started with his grandfather or father.
On CCTV there are a ton of historical conspiracy corruption crime shows like this and they are just very boring.…
What made this drama perfect was that the story was sequential, with relevant flashbacking inserts. There was no choppy editing to distract the viewer. The wrap up was well done, and we did not get a silly time jump, like other Asian dramas.
The only flaw was that the music supervisor occasionally turned up the volume on the singing over the character's dialog.
It's a punishment for the whole clan, so yeah, it's a tax paid by all the Fan family members til eternity (or…
The parallels to NIF are true. I would not have thought of it. Lin Shu's revenge plot is subtely revealed in Shuai Jia Mo's "revenge", which was finding out the truth of his parents' deaths.
Does the Fan estate continue to pay the tax portion following Fan's demise, until infinity? Is it my wrong assumption that the Silk Road Tax rule did not change? The other provinces appear to remaine intact, not liable for the Silk road Tax. Once the Fan Empire disintigrated, and the land changed hands, would the new landowner voluntarily pick up the tax bill?
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The only flaw was that the music supervisor occasionally turned up the volume on the singing over the character's dialog.