lol everyone fearing that there will be a duke su and situ marriage troupe. fear not looks like we are getting…
I was told this is the first episode of a web drama between those two, nothing to do with this drama at all. It came from someone here who saw the first episode.
Everyone's eyes worked overtime in the banquet 🤣🤣🤣🤣XH: Previous life and current, live life to the…
Yes, he knew JL had suppressed all her talents and desires in her previous life for ShitFace. He was telling JL she didn't need to do that for anyone, even him. AHHHHHHHHHHH
I am getting obsessed with the Husband when I should be mooning over Duke and Jang li's interactions.The flute…
That is not love. It's guilt and memories. He appreciated his ex and how she had elevated him to be a scholar. He appreciated her sacrifice. He certainly appreciated her beauty and talent. But love? No man who truly loved who have done what he did. In a way, XFF was his pawn that he sacrificed. Now he's a pawn for his owner to use and sex with. Jiang Li willingly becomes a pawn for Duke Su but Duke Su is now reluctant to sacrifice her; this man will love her enough to say to her at the end of the episode "You don't have to act any more. Be yourself to me" (Don't be a pawn any more). That's why she looks back at him seriously.
well, it wasn't just because she won first place in the qin contest among the students, but she got praised by…
XFF in her incarnation was a Cai Nue, a woman of talent, a rare thing in society. It means she has mastered the Qin like no one else, can play Go (a master strategist), can write beautiful calligraphy and can paint. In her time XFF was probably the better scholar and politician than her husband, but she was a woman, and so was just given the title Cai Nue. Everyone who heard her qin (chosen instrument) would have known her talent, but unfortunately (or maybe not), she had chosen to suppress that during her married life. She became just WIFE. Yes, it was what she wanted, but it also killed part of her.
Now, SYR. He knew his wife was talented. He'd used her thoughts, her suggestions, her ability to solve problems to become who he was now. His guilt is about this. His "LOVE" has nothing to do with it. He did not know how amazing her talent was until she became Jiang Li and was able to express herself. However, he was also in denial because XFF was never like this "Jiang Li," never would have been so about herself. That is why he kept telling Wanning and his mother that she (JL) was not Wanning. But his playing with her should give him a huge clue (not that he hadn't had enough clues, but this one was obvious because he'd played with his wife many times before). Cai Nues are a rare thing, after all. A City might just have one or two. He might have been giving this lookalike many opportunities to assuage the guilt in his memories, but his smile to Wanning also tells me he might now actually believe that it could be possible what he'd chosen not to believe before.
As for our Duke Su, an afficianado (spelling, sorry, will correct later) of talent. He knew immediately that this was a Cai Nue playing the qin and he connected the dots immediately. Of course, he was never blinded by guilt. His spies at the Jiang household would have told him about her beautiful writing, her demeanor and eloquence. His using her as a pawn comes from his love of strategy and the arts (especially acting). The qin competition moment cemented his suspicion as well as his interest of this woman. Jiang Li or XFF, she was his. That's why that last line in this episode was important. "Be yourself to me."
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Now, SYR. He knew his wife was talented. He'd used her thoughts, her suggestions, her ability to solve problems to become who he was now. His guilt is about this. His "LOVE" has nothing to do with it. He did not know how amazing her talent was until she became Jiang Li and was able to express herself. However, he was also in denial because XFF was never like this "Jiang Li," never would have been so about herself. That is why he kept telling Wanning and his mother that she (JL) was not Wanning. But his playing with her should give him a huge clue (not that he hadn't had enough clues, but this one was obvious because he'd played with his wife many times before). Cai Nues are a rare thing, after all. A City might just have one or two. He might have been giving this lookalike many opportunities to assuage the guilt in his memories, but his smile to Wanning also tells me he might now actually believe that it could be possible what he'd chosen not to believe before.
As for our Duke Su, an afficianado (spelling, sorry, will correct later) of talent. He knew immediately that this was a Cai Nue playing the qin and he connected the dots immediately. Of course, he was never blinded by guilt. His spies at the Jiang household would have told him about her beautiful writing, her demeanor and eloquence. His using her as a pawn comes from his love of strategy and the arts (especially acting). The qin competition moment cemented his suspicion as well as his interest of this woman. Jiang Li or XFF, she was his. That's why that last line in this episode was important. "Be yourself to me."