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Thanks for replying. Yes some others answered it for me later on. It now makes sense and helps me to get on with the drama.

I was initially concerned that this "master" was just written in the drama just to get her miraculously fixed so she gets back out again. But it seems he's an important figure in the novel, but used here to nurse her back to health and then sent back out.

That's a lot to take in. Thanks for finding the time to write all that. Very interesting and wild! Pregnancy and death!

Will be interesting to see how they put this into drama form. Looks like a lot has been changed already, based on what you wrote. Hope they capture the essence of what's in the novel.

Thanks for finding the time to explain everything, especially helpful for episode 1. I will catch up with more episodes later today. So basically because she's not re-incaated the training section will not figure in this version. Look forward to the rest of the story unfolding.

Oh wow, OK. Let's hope the drama tries to capture some of that.

Thanks, I was thinking this master looked like it was just written in just to get her mended and sent back out but it's good to hear he figures more as it would be a shame if we never saw this character again!

Yes, first episode seemed very rushed and over-whelming. Hopefully, it will settle down after that.

OK, I only watched 1 episode. But your explanation clears everything up now, thanks for replying.

Thanks for replying. Your explanation is clear. OK, I didn't see any of that, I must have missed it. So when she's in the water, she was saved by the master. She didn't die. With the narration when she was under water, I thought she was re-incarnated. I'm assuming she was not reincarnated?

Only watched 1 episode. For those that might have read the novel. is most of what was in there made up? It seems so rushed, with so much happening, I cannot understand who is this master that saves her? Was he in the novel? He nursed her better whilst she was unconscious for around a month? Or was this a dream? She seems to have no kind of stab wound.

What a strange comment to make. These two dramas are completely different. This is clearly a much smaller drama with little promotion or novel brand name unlike LOTFG where it's been non-stop headlines and controlled promotion. I don't see them in the same level.

I will watch that along with this one. The formula works for LOTFG. It's a safe story because of ML being horrible and nasty to FL first and then changes. The FL gets to play a male's role and also get to wear fancy dresses at the same time. All the hallmarks of escapism for the modern audience.. It's a winner.

There seems to be this growing culture of being overly obsessive with "data" and it seems to be more important than just enjoying dramas as they are, independent of other things outside of the drama.

For MDL this is to be expected. I have not seen anything different. No doubt when WXY is paired with Bai Lu with a similar theme, the ratings will be a bit higher because of her status. Most detective dramas do not get high ratings whilst teeny boppy high school romance get sky high ratings or costume romance dramas with an emphasis on court intrigue seems to be a firm favourite.

The problem with that is he runs the risk of being annoying and a know-it-all a bit like the main character in Detective L. With that type of set-up, I think the audience may find that arrogant and jarring. This set up will showcase his more nuanced performance as someone on their back-foot and in a more equal role with FL. She will need to show her slightly embarrassed and yet prideful behaviour around him. It's also her chance to show how she silently cares for him.

FL roles against more established actors always get the protective mother fans that think they are the authority to vet who their future daughter-in-laws are, which normally is no one really...

That's a broad statement to make. In fact, there have been numerous comments about another drama on this page, I would say way above the average for MDL standards. I will also say, some are using that drama as an excuse to put this drama down. Not sure why they need to that, they should just say what they feel is not right, and decide to watch or not.

He's not angry because he feels immensely guilty and embarrassed that he walked straight into the killer's trap and in his eyes caused the death of his master/father-in-law. It wasn't his fault is your own opinion, but in his eyes, he feels it is his fault. His cockiness and arrogance was his downfall.

The writing is sloppy because you have seen to many poisoned story-lines. But in the character, he thinks he probably deserved it. The poison was a mistake by Feng Qing Zhuo.

OK, I don't read comments on dramas that have aired already to avoid spoilers.

I'll definitely add it on. Will have to be after Legend of the female general! Don't have enough time to watch more than 2 dramas on the go right now 😉.

Regards to Deng Lun, he had been ordered to pay back the amount but he didn't. This was even before this was made public. He had been given 2 chances, but it's clear, he couldn't pay due to mismanagement of his finances. The others paid back. This could be a combination of late filing of missed information.

As for Jin Chen's relationship with Deng Lun, that's not a secret. There's multiple photos of them together. At that time, she was more famous than him. We all know how just one drama can catapult someone from obscurity to being chased around. Current examples are Li Yunrui & Zi Yu.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll look into that one. I really like Wang Churan. Just too many dramas for me to complete!

I agree. I have said similar on here. All this convoluted storyline is just to eek out more angsty stuff from the main couple. I cannot fault the actors because they all did a great job. Just sad they had to act out all this mess.

I hope this will be the last of those stretched out broken in two type dramas. Yang Zi really needs to stay away from this stuff. I know she's the darling in China, but she's really ready for short 12 episode dramas that normally pacts a punch.

I cannot fault your comment there. You more or less summed up the issues. I honestly feel they tried too much and messed up. They dug themselves into a hole. Sadly quite a few historical romance fall into this issue because they cannot decide whether to go with realism or the saintly FL which often causes further issues because they usually try to make it seem like she's the benchmark of how a woman should be in ancient times. But reality is, she can in this instance because of her family background.

The plants do well in China, but only in the northern areas. Just like the UK, they share similar climates. I was just speculating on that part of the drama where she was fussing over the water. I suspect it was a rare type of peony and had very specific requirements like the amount of water. But it's a guess as peonies in general need water and they are not ruined by excess amounts of water either.

They will not do well in places like California because it's not cold enough during the winter time. They need a long period of cold and frost to start their cycle. Plus, the rainfall there is too low for them to grow well!