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Well, if it happens at Episode 14-16, then we have quite a few for him to suffer through, ha.

I love the "emperor eavesdropping thoughts" ones as well as the "female general hidden identity" ones. Many others. Yes, the ones with the "She has my pendant, therefore I must love her" are stupid, but they're often added into my fave tropes, so what to do. Must endure, haha.

Me too, me too! I was in so deep, I write essays for reviews there LOL. I watch all the same plots over and over to compare and have a list of favorite actors and actresses who are such great actors. I'm in love with the historical dramas there because they allow rebirths, so they do versions of Malicious Empresses (shortened, of course) without taking away the main gist. Great to meet a similar lover of the genre here!

Nice callback!

I just want a proper pursuit with him dragging his bare ass across glass. Haha.

Just block. Waste of my time and space.

Besides arpar's excellent list, I highly recommend The Double. The sparring between the leads in the beginning when FL was hiding her identity is phenomenal.

I bet the big D day will break another record, haha!

Me too. I have been watching vertical dramas for months and months now because I couldn't get into any long format dramas. This is the first one I'm chasing.

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haters are being too funny nowadays 😭😭😭

not them saying the actress playing teenage xuyan acts much better than zhao lusi HELLO GIRL THATS ZHAO LUSI TOO

ME: Fell backwards and hurt my head laughing so hard at this.

early 30s?

I think it will eventually be on Netflix USA.

I think it has to do with his parents, but I'm just guessing here too.

Ya.

Well, this drama is nerve-wracking in its capacity to test our nerves, that's for sure. I've likened it Xu Yan walking in a dark room with lots of trip wires.

Yes, THIS

Because he wants to control her. He already knew everything about her before letting her meet him. He married her for ulterior purpose. She, however, was in love with him because she thought he CHOSE her--first time anyone did that. Her parents never chose her.

Xu Yan will have to learn to choose herself first over trying to fit in to get love/approval/whatever. This is her lesson.

We don't know. This is an original script adapted off of six pages. So the truth won't be known until it's revealed.

She is his human agave plant. First meet conversation is VERY important.

Xu Yan is supposed to be young. ML is supposed to older. LuSi looked just right here, imo.