Could someone please explain to me: why does the ML have a different surname from his father? This is confusing.
My understanding is that his birth father comes from a modest background when he married his mum. His father is a bit like the SML, very ambitious and would do whatever it takes like collusion with bad people, framing people wrongly to get into power. In contrast with Qianfan Gu, his mother maiden family, they are well off, his grandfather has been a high rank official in the eastern capital and so is his uncle (you could see him In ep12) are honest with integrity and they do not regard his father highly. The main reason that Qianfan is taking his mother’s maiden name is that the Gu doing have a heir, his uncle does not have a son so he is using Gu name after his father left him as a child if I am Not mistaken.
Yes. I am loving this drama. It is very refreshing to have our Pan’ee & Quanfan have a normal/mature relationship and not a toxic one that we have just watched from The love in the flames of war. It is a relief, really.
Anyone that say they didn't like episode 16 has no taste
I love it, such a delicate way to make tea. Her dance is mesmerising, you could see so much love, all her expression in making tea is very liberating for her I think.
Pan’er used to be from an official family until her father was found to be a “corrupt” (as they may have…
That is my assumption between the episode 1 & ep12 when Qianfan met secretly with his uncle, the high ranked military official and give him the evidence that the ennuch Lei Jing ( Qianfan’s boss) colluded with the officials at Jiangnan county where her family resided. His uncle then told him to just lay low for a while before striking. I was wondering whether Qianfan may have found that her father was framed by Lei Jing. He may be able to clear her family’s name?
So Jelly Lin (who plays Yinzhang) posts on the wall during her live stream: “I didn’t turn evil! (In the drama)…
I think in the ep21 preview, Qianfan has warned his father Xiao Quinyan to not interfere in their relationship and brought Pan’er to his mum’s tomb to introduce her to his future wife. The scene is really sweet, just love it.
So, I’ve kind of re-watched the episodes and realised that in the 1st episode where Pan’er & Qianfan have first met and she purposely dropped the tea cup she was about to offer him when she heard & saw the gold badge of the Capital Security office.
Then, she kind of put the laxatives in their tea afterwards and hehe had to reveal her identity to Qianfan. I was wondering whether her hatred of the Capital Security Office had something with Lei Jing, the eunuch (Qianfan’s boss) being corrupted & colluding with the officials of Jiangnan where Pan’er had her tea house and blamed it on her father. That perhaps explains the reason why she was sent to be a slave/prostitute of officials.
In episode 12 where Qianfan secretly met with his uncle GU , high ranked military officer from his mother side giving him the evidence of Lei Jing’s collusions with the officials of Jiangnan (Pan’er’s father wrongly being framed by Lei Jing?). Perhaps, Qianfan might be able to clear her family’s name and marry her afterwards.? Thoughts?
Can anyone elaboarte about the history .? The peroid of Song ? Southern Song? Where was the Capitol? Was the eastern…
My limited understanding of Chinese history is that the Song Dynasty ruled between 960 to 1280. During the period 960-1129, the capital of the Northern Song was the north city of Bianjing ( the drama’s tittle is referring to sometimes) which is called Kaifeng today. After having lost control of some part of the northern part, the Southern Song dynasty established the capital around Hangzou. Part of episode 6 occurred in Huating county which is in the east of the Gansu province. Now, from this episode Pan’er was heading to the capital but then the official at the Huating county that intervened in the court case against Zhou She and helped Pan’er was mentioning that he would write a referral letter to the Zhengzhou’s music academy for Yinzhang. I conclude that the capital was Hangzhou and the drama occurred during the Southern Song Dynasty era. I would welcome any native Chinese fans to correct me if I am wrong.
Pan'er basically threatened Ouyang that unless he fulfills the conditions on the "divorce agreement" he would…
Agreed, for a smart scholar, he would not even try to dig a bit deeper and understand Pan’er feeling. What he wants is to marry into wealth and status whilst using & playing with Pan’er feelings. There was a scene where he was truing to strangle Pan’er and kill her in future episode I assume.
The dialogue between Pan’er & Qianfan in ep3 is absolutely hilarious when he got exposed by the boat captain for jumping in the water to save Sanniang. He was trying to care for Pan’er as he thought she was pregnant and she just honestly told him that she lied to the captain that the baby was his and just casually mentioned what is wrong with telling a few lies to save him & her friend. He just casually replied back we’ll let him be the father. Their look at each other, gesture & conversation are quite subtile to me.
Pan'er basically threatened Ouyang that unless he fulfills the conditions on the "divorce agreement" he would…
Fully agreed with your thinking, a man that is quietly betraying his love for career and status is a no go for Pan’er who is true to her words, kind hearted and faithful. I saw some snipes on Weibo that he is trying the emperor to implement a law that would forbid any woman to be a shop owner which basically wipe out Pan’er chance of survival.
In ep12) are honest with integrity and they do not regard his father highly. The main reason that Qianfan is taking his mother’s maiden name is that the Gu doing have a heir, his uncle does not have a son so he is using Gu name after his father left him as a child if I am
Not mistaken.
The love in the flames of war. It is a relief, really.
https://h5.video.weibo.com/show/1034:4778504458534979
Then, she kind of put the laxatives in their tea afterwards and hehe had to reveal her identity to Qianfan. I was wondering whether her hatred of the Capital Security Office had something with Lei Jing, the eunuch (Qianfan’s boss) being corrupted & colluding with the officials of Jiangnan where Pan’er had her tea house and blamed it on her father. That perhaps explains the reason why she was sent to be a slave/prostitute of officials.
In episode 12 where Qianfan secretly met with his uncle GU , high ranked military officer from his mother side giving him the evidence of Lei Jing’s collusions with the officials of Jiangnan (Pan’er’s father wrongly being framed by Lei Jing?). Perhaps, Qianfan might be able to clear her family’s name and marry her afterwards.? Thoughts?
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