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It's the type of role that can elevate an actor and gain the attention from other directors. When Zhu Yilong played the spineless character in The Story of Ming-Lan, he gained more notice and popularity after that.

Everyone loves torturous and weak-willed character that falls into the dark side due to weakness. I bet Yu Zheng made sure this character had been fleshed out and had cut out all the two-dimensional villain character from the original.

This is what I hate most of these types of dramas. Always lowering some women's evilness down to basics like jealousy. Pitting women against women, as if in reality this happens often. Statistic -wise it is men who hurt women and use violence on women. This is definitely the biggest weakness of this drama along with blossom trees that seem to flower all year round.

I'm afraid not. All I know is I wanted to watch it all, but the violence and repeated cruelty made this impossible for me to stay along for the ride. Hope you enjoy it more than me.

The issue with these storylines are just two dimensional. The women are either super-smart with convenient plot armour or just plain jealous and deranged. This makes the drama deeply basic and unrealistic.

Furthermore, in the heat of the moment, we are to believe it's sane to pull out an embroidered handkerchief to give to Duke Su in the front of the palace pominard in full glare from everyone? I assume many will just ignore that level of sensationalism. Then note how her (new) father just appears from nowhere, again no one will question that either.

So unless Princess Wanning has a very cunning reason for all her actions, for now, it looks like another basic two-dimensional character.

Thanks for the link, I had a quick look and LOL you've covered it all more or less! I have been a bit busy today but will definitely go back to look properly.

Yes thanks, I have since heard she's OK.

Memorable, that powder shaker(medicine) he carries around for the occasion...😎

That trope had been used already in The Scent of Time!

I can imagine the shock on reading that. It's just bizarre how people just suddenly rage here. Her songs were background music for me when I was growing up, so I look forward to seeing how this drama will depict her life. But can't seem to see it available where I am, so I'll wait a bit longer to see.

I commend you for your measured reply. No idea why this page ends in so much hate and especially when they want to call someone a rude name without checking if they are dead or alive speaks volumes. I hope this drama will be good as I'm here for Peng Guang Ying. But would be really nice to see this version of Teresa Teng's life.

Yes, thank you.

Strange that Facebook would post this, since on Douban currently, there is still no rating. See below link:

https://movie.douban.com/subject/26759937/

Also on top of "To The Wonder" as stated, which has the highest rating so far this year. The recently finished Heroes, a great drama. has just had their Douban rating of 8.1

The two maids and even the younger cousin in the Jiang family's comedic roles seems too hammy and trying too hard to ape an era where slapstick had its place, but trying to shoe-horn it into this drama, doesn't work. I think the directors were too ambitious. You either be consistent if you do it, or you tone it down. Against the main story line, it even devalues the side characters and make the drama look like it's full of side character "fillers," who are padding out the drama to hide a paper-thin story line.

Has anyone had an update about the accident with Huang Riying? I feel really bad for her. It sounded quite bad. I heard she had stitches on her face, and she may not be able to continue. Has the production made an official comment on this? It brings into question their health and safety with the rest of the cast.

No problem!

Ok, thanks for letting me know!

Livestream promotion, but no English Subs yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiZjpha3gGI

The way it was done and the way it moved on quickly was meant to shock us into realising how tough it would have been at the time. It's also a reflection on the hardiness of the people. It's not there to pander to our needs. Also the manner in how she died was meant to show how heroes can be forgotten easily, the unsung heroes further down the chain, that are every step of the way to where China is today.

Looks like you've swallowed the full mass media propaganda yourself. I posted my own opinion and for your information those around me all think exactly the same way as me. I don't feel in any way on my own. Calling me a spy is slanderous and quite sad on your part. You need to ask yourself why you have to say that to someone who simply admire China. Let me guess when a Chinese national sells their country's secrets, they're deemed a hero doing it for the greater good? That's propaganda western style.

Chew on a bit of UK hypocritical laws. They don't support the Hong Kong National Security Law and yet they cook one up for themselves. Just admit it, the Chinese came up with better ideas and now the UK are following them but all the while complaining it stifles Hong Kong citizens. What's more they use the new law to create publicity stunts. Now that's how UK spin their news.

Luckily for you, I'm not like what you assume the dead between the eye types that former coloniser countries like to paint of Chinese people. China has not taken over the world but China is just good at what they do. Stop blaming China for being great in business and great in dotting the i and crossing the Ts.

The last currency the former coloniser countries are their so-called "values", "western rules-based order" and of course their "selective human rights record". I'm just telling you as it is. Scour Youtube and Chinese nationals are not afraid to show their LGBT ness, and you'd like to think they are stifling them all. Reality is, in China they don't try to pretend that there is still a way to go into acceptance.

Countries like the UK, they put the law out but in practice those that live it are not actually accepted in every day life. This is fact. It's not as if I don't see see this. You can live in your ivory tower pretending to the world, but I know how the UK citizens suffer. The current government has made it clear of their disgust of that and green policies and anyone speaking ill of any of historic UK figures. Is that tolerance? But I'll leave it there, you said you're tired of people like me...

Down-playing He Shan's character is a flaw. I understand that they needed to make the "morally grey characters" palatable and end with goodness prevails. But this cop-out of Fei Ke trying to save her and dying for her seems too easy to make this an acceptable closure when in the original, she was just as shady if not more in some ways.

If you have watched The Bad Kids, you will see there, they had a much more smarter way of ending on characters that are just as questionable in their ethics and even possible murderers getting off scot-free.