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Just that by comparison the her, his brilliance seems ordinary. lol

The sub says that the horses are for Yanzhou. So it's for the Qiao family. But the implication is that she is important and her state and family are important to him and by extention, Wei.

Good points. I think that the 500 war horses symbolizes commitment to Xiao Qiao more than helping Yanzhou or the Qiao Family. Yanzhou still lacks a good general and a good leader. I suspect that they need that more than the horses. And unless Yanzhou lacked enough horses before, infantry suddenly placed on war horses do not make an effective cavalry. Training cavalry takes time.

By episode 5. Wei Shao has come to understand that Xiao Qiao is valuable. Her actions rallying the citizens of Xindu and then switching their allegiances to Wei Shao shows a political deftness that even with advice from Advisor, he has yet to match. The wedding locks her to his side, even if at arms length, and wards off his Mother's attempt to have her own influence in his bedroom. For Xiao Qiao, proximity to Wei Shao allows her to understand and influence the Wei palace and to keep her beloved Yanzhou safe.

Good call.

It would seem that the reason why the doctor ended back in the small town may be an operation gone wrong perhaps connected to drinking. That stalker at the end of ep. 4 may be intending revenge.

That could mean the ending wasn't ire raising and perhaps that there are two or three other dramas that have started as this one ended. But I guess that this thread had more complaints that hosannas.

Why did Qin Yi want to break Luo Shu's spirit by sending her to the Mingke music house?

Some here have recommended Viki, but I've never tried to get there.
Some bloggers on cdramas have a open thread on some dramas.
Google Cyn Lyn or Cyn Lynn Prisoner of Beauty.
Sometimes reddit will have a thread but it isn't episode by episode. Good luck.

Very good review. Thank you.

bubble-gum.
Me, too. Se Ri and the Professor. If as some people have speculated the professor quits his job, then Se Ri could be a nanny daytime while he is away at his next job. The household has other women who could serve as chaperons, especially at night. Night classes could contimue her education. Or she could enter the work force.

I take it as a comment on Se R's tough situation that you well described. It is not a criticism on you.

Episode 3. Midway. I guess Mr Eight and the girl in blue at Zhen Tower are both members of the Marqui's Mansion. Zhuang Zhi Xing (second son) Xiang Wen Yan (Jiang Xiang is the female head of the mansion) That's why Mr Eight knows so much. I could be wrong.

That is the complete recap verbatim.

Is someone else going the die because of her? In Boya?

Jian Mingshu;
You can read the episode recaps on the baike baidu page on this drama.
Google 榜上佳婿 and go to the baike baidu page. It is an AI translate so some vocabulary translations don't make sense. And the recap on episode 40 stops short of the groom snatch and the wedding bed scene.

From the episode 40 recap at baike baidu.
Tangli feels guilt in falling in love with her Father's killer so after stabbing Prince Yu, she commits suicide by stabbing herself.

Prince Yu mistakenly thought that she still had feelings for him, but Su Tangli ended his life with her own hands to avenge her father. Prince Yu was dying, thinking that he would have no regrets if he could die in her hands, but Su Tangli knew that she had fallen in love with the murderer of her father and had no face to live alone in the world, so she also committed suicide and followed him.

You are right. My bad.

1. The pair are together from the first episode. But the fake sibling relationship and amnesia stretches the will they won't they for most of the drama. The FL
2. Ep. 35 She decides to break up for the same reason that he made her his 'sister.' To protect each other.
3. Yes. The main couple and Song Qingzhao and also the ML's Mother also has one with her ex-husband and the son of a neighbor who is a grand,other.
4. Yes.
5. Not really. The drama spends more screen time with the romance between Prince Rui and his wife., Shujun. The 2ML, handsomer than the ML gets more near romance time with the FL, more to keep up the pretense of the siblings story line. There is a love hate relationship between the main villain Prince Yu and Su Tangli, daughter of the framed Prefect Su whose killing started this mess.
6. More suggested than shown. Ep. 37. 34:47 has a sweet scene, followed by a kiss at 42:35.

Su Tangli. Views that swing from irritation to pity. Song Qingzhao, too.
I enjoyed it until the end.

JCC;
I respect your opinions. I am satisfied with the casting. I do think that this drama should be titled The Prisoner of Beauty AND Brains. Because Xiao Qiao lives and dies with her wits, not beauty and Wei Shao is a bit too slow in recognizing what is really important. Song Zh Er is beautiful and more important, plays well the sharp mind that reads the room and searches for implications and solutions. Thank you.