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i liked this one, would recommend. bonus points for the strict fl

the dad wants the fl to be the successor wife. he casually mentioned it to her as 'gossip' but no its what he wants

I remember her as the evil 2fl in Dance of the Phoenix, she's actually a really quite competent actress I too hope she gets more opportunities

lol complain away sister! have a great weekend!

the mum lost the power to manage the household bc she foolishly tried to come for her husband in public knowing full well he had the upper hand, fair game. instead of just following the fl's arrangement. all that arrogance and she's not even that smart smh

love cannot be hidden beneath layers of cruelty father release your people

yea I get hanyan that's her mummy eitherway, and she's still quite young. but leave me out of that forgiveness pls 🤣

I don't think she hates her daughter either. but whatever it may be, her first choice was cruelty, and that says everything one needs to know about her despite the drama's attempts at making her multifaceted. also I didn't like that the drama superseded her pov over hanyan's, who is the owner of the story. but like the commenter above said, apologist propaganda🤷

its always been at the back of my mind that its some kind of propaganda so now that you've said it and i've seen it i'll just unlook and stop wasting my energy lmao

like she could just leave her alone, be kind to her then marry her off within a year. blimey its the same result with absolutely no hardship

people really saw this woman beating, starving and imprisoning her daughter and concluded that she was trying to protect her🤯. I really dg why there seems to be so much sympathy for the mum, the drama itself is practically overflowing with it despite her very cruel actions

you get it!!

yeah exactly. they should just let her be heartless and broken and weak just as she has been. that whole narrative of her being a secret protector/hidden schemer just biding her time doesn't work

does chai jing just live behind her window? loool 😭 that's actually a very funny thought

it doesn't even matter if she's planning something, nothing she does now changes what happened to the girl in the past, or the girl's first impression of her. but writers don't like to make mothers in dramas like these completely at fault. they like the idea, but balk at the execution, hence the sea of reasons we should be getting soon

I do not like the mother daughter angle as well. multiple people have told the FL to not hold a grudge against her and implied the woman has reasons for her cruelty 🙄 and the fl herself doesn't seem inclined to hold any ill will towards her and like they should have just added a fantasy tag then bc lmao?
and yes chai jing does have a stunt double

he left the kid with her right after she tried to murder him - very smart. I kinda like him now lol

i'm not mad his house got burned down. he shouldn't have stuck his nose in her business

man this was such a drag, and so convoluted, i do not recommend, except you wanna see a few pretty clothes. the leads have another drama coming, its a Republican. I hope the writing is better bc they do actually look good together.

tbh even apart from the spoiler in the synopsis, if her mother is like that, then her father really can't be that harmless. only she knows what she married