The ending was perfection. In the first episode, we saw a family that appeared united, but was actually fractioned, the ending however gives us a beautiful scene of an even bigger family, at peace with each other and happy.
The plot of the drama certainly reminded me of Story of Minglan, and I say this as a compliment. It teaches us many things, but most importantly that family is very important and it’s one’s refuge no matter how tumultuous the world outside is.
I wonder if the scriptwriters are able to sleep at night with as much scolding as they’ve been getting lately…
At least nobody blames the lead actors, they did a very good job, especially LXY who is absolutely exceptional, and his tortured acting is completely on point.
I don't understand the family chart cuz how is the 6th sister end up with her uncle? isn't that like marrying…
In ancient China, it was very important to differentiate between Mother’s and Father’s relatives. The Father’s relatives are considered internal family, and you wouldn’t marry your paternal cousin for example, but a mother’s family is considered external, so you could marry a maternal cousin.
Now, in this case the kinship is even further removed, because the 6th Uncle is the younger brother of the 2nd Aunt, who’s got no kinship to the 6th Luo Young Lady beyond the ties of marriage. So it’s entirely acceptable for them to marry.
Yiniang putting on Shen Yuan’s post-registration coronet and clothes doesn’t look like a sister helping a sibling, but a wifey helping her husband before he goes to work 🤭🤭
Fun fact! The mother of the FL is called Minglan, which is the name of the heroine from “Story of Minglan” with a similar plot (father favouring the concubine and mother dying as a result of the concubine’s evil scheming) and her last name is Gu, which is “Story of Minglan”’s heroine’s husband’s last name. I wonder if that name was chosen on purpose 🤭
The plot of the drama certainly reminded me of Story of Minglan, and I say this as a compliment. It teaches us many things, but most importantly that family is very important and it’s one’s refuge no matter how tumultuous the world outside is.
At least nobody blames the lead actors, they did a very good job, especially LXY who is absolutely exceptional, and his tortured acting is completely on point.
Now, in this case the kinship is even further removed, because the 6th Uncle is the younger brother of the 2nd Aunt, who’s got no kinship to the 6th Luo Young Lady beyond the ties of marriage. So it’s entirely acceptable for them to marry.
Him using his whip to remove the soil of the body because he couldn’t let go was perhaps my favourite bit in the whole novel ❤️❤️❤️❤️😭