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When Ah Chou, a night soil collector, is about to get executed for killing the man who tried to rape her, Wei HengE kidnaps her from prison and offers a way out - to become a substitute bride in place of her niece Wei Rao who is decreed by the Empress Dowager to marry her fiance the dying, comatose general Lu Zhou, heir of Duke Ying in a luck marriage. Miraculously the Duke Ying’s heir wakes up on their wedding night, and Ah Chou is celebrated as the blessed wife who brought her almost dead husband back to life. But Lu Zhou looks at her in contempt the soon he opens his eyes, because he had an ugly encounter with Wei Rao in the past that revealed her ruthless and vicious side of her. Afraid of being sent back to the chopping block as Lu Zhou is adamant about driving her out of the house, Ah Chou tries hard to keep her disguise and win her place in the household despite her husband’s continuous contempt. As Lu Zhou, with his highly perceptive eyes and mind, starts to notice telltales that suggests Ah Chou being an impostor, and Ah Chou trying hard to retain her position as the heir’s wife when Wei Rao tries to snatch her place back, they subsequently uncover a piece of Ah Chou and Wei Rao’s past that is not too far apart than sharing a drop of blood.
Dammit I thought Tian Xiwei’s Fan Changyu had been the badass of all badasses FL in terms of physical prowess, then they bring forth Wei Rao who now sits comfortably as the Queen of non fighter Badass FLs who relies on their wits and brains to take down their opponents instead of their strength and physical skill. She performed with flying colours as the sinister and hot tempered former Wei Rao later Jundai, and still hit it right in the bullseye when she portrayed the kind-hearted but equally ruthless Ah Chou/Wei Rao. Her transformation from the timid Ah Chou, always bowing and kneeling soil collector woman to the utterly brilliant and unhinged Wei Rao wife of the Duke’s heir constantly holding her head up high beyond submission was mindblowing. Although both characters are ruthless and unhinged in their own sense, Tian managed to drive a distinct difference between them with her eyes, even as one character tries to pass as another. I am speechless, hat’s off, girl! You rock! And Wei Rao’s unhingedness is truly another level. Once she set her eyes on a target who had wronged her, she never backs down no matter who the target is, be it the empress nor the empress dowager or even the crown prince. That little arc where she rescued her foster sister was totally unexpected.
Yan An did great as Lu Zhou, the cold-hearted and rigid general who never take no nonsense, transforming the character into the one who chases after the girl he once despised. He was convincing when he hated her, and he did it brilliantly when he was pursuing her. I am never fond of clingy and possessive guys but somehow Yan An made the character lovable. His constant presence when Wei Rao needed him and his undying support of her plans no matter how utterly unhinged they were, despite Wei Rao never admitting her love for him, managed to make me root for him. They had soaring chemistry despite Wei Rao always pushing him away for three quarter of the plot.
The plot is too engaging that I keep breaking past my bedtime, good thing it was only 30 episodes or i wouldve spent more than 2 nights without much sleep. The family conflicts and the palace power struggle intrigues are both equally fascinating and it is particularly hard for me to put down the phone. And for a story that relies as much on the romance as the power struggle plot, I am particularly impressed that the romantic nuances were never cheesy or cringy. Whoever the screenwriter is, hat’s off to you too!
SPOILER BEYOND THIS LINE……….
They never explained how Han Liao was the first to discover the bride swap. I thought it would be explained later in plot but naaahhh they never did. And it’s also disappointing that Jundai is killed off quite early at the middle of the show.
The ending was also a bit abrupt and weird though, i mean they couldve ended everything with the new emperor ascending the throne - that wouldve been perfect, but nope, they won’t let Wei Rao live a happy normal life i guess. They had to send her fighting off a whole band of royal family now. That’s weird when she isn’t even royalty. I get that she would want to protect the baby in Hongxian’s womb but what power did Princess Huoguo really hold to trump out everyone else of the royal line? They never spell this out too. Now i am curious of the novel. Maybe the adaptation left something out that the novel would make more sense of this.
Dammit I thought Tian Xiwei’s Fan Changyu had been the badass of all badasses FL in terms of physical prowess, then they bring forth Wei Rao who now sits comfortably as the Queen of non fighter Badass FLs who relies on their wits and brains to take down their opponents instead of their strength and physical skill. She performed with flying colours as the sinister and hot tempered former Wei Rao later Jundai, and still hit it right in the bullseye when she portrayed the kind-hearted but equally ruthless Ah Chou/Wei Rao. Her transformation from the timid Ah Chou, always bowing and kneeling soil collector woman to the utterly brilliant and unhinged Wei Rao wife of the Duke’s heir constantly holding her head up high beyond submission was mindblowing. Although both characters are ruthless and unhinged in their own sense, Tian managed to drive a distinct difference between them with her eyes, even as one character tries to pass as another. I am speechless, hat’s off, girl! You rock! And Wei Rao’s unhingedness is truly another level. Once she set her eyes on a target who had wronged her, she never backs down no matter who the target is, be it the empress nor the empress dowager or even the crown prince. That little arc where she rescued her foster sister was totally unexpected.
Yan An did great as Lu Zhou, the cold-hearted and rigid general who never take no nonsense, transforming the character into the one who chases after the girl he once despised. He was convincing when he hated her, and he did it brilliantly when he was pursuing her. I am never fond of clingy and possessive guys but somehow Yan An made the character lovable. His constant presence when Wei Rao needed him and his undying support of her plans no matter how utterly unhinged they were, despite Wei Rao never admitting her love for him, managed to make me root for him. They had soaring chemistry despite Wei Rao always pushing him away for three quarter of the plot.
The plot is too engaging that I keep breaking past my bedtime, good thing it was only 30 episodes or i wouldve spent more than 2 nights without much sleep. The family conflicts and the palace power struggle intrigues are both equally fascinating and it is particularly hard for me to put down the phone. And for a story that relies as much on the romance as the power struggle plot, I am particularly impressed that the romantic nuances were never cheesy or cringy. Whoever the screenwriter is, hat’s off to you too!
SPOILER BEYOND THIS LINE……….
They never explained how Han Liao was the first to discover the bride swap. I thought it would be explained later in plot but naaahhh they never did. And it’s also disappointing that Jundai is killed off quite early at the middle of the show.
The ending was also a bit abrupt and weird though, i mean they couldve ended everything with the new emperor ascending the throne - that wouldve been perfect, but nope, they won’t let Wei Rao live a happy normal life i guess. They had to send her fighting off a whole band of royal family now. That’s weird when she isn’t even royalty. I get that she would want to protect the baby in Hongxian’s womb but what power did Princess Huoguo really hold to trump out everyone else of the royal line? They never spell this out too. Now i am curious of the novel. Maybe the adaptation left something out that the novel would make more sense of this.
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