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Yes it really sucks, makes me wish that someone can tell them. Look at Henry 8, he got rid of 2 wives because they gave him daughters. Well Katherine of Aragon did give birth to sons but they only lived for a short while. I detest the whole practice of having concubines, and using the excuse that the main wife couldn’t have sons is abhorrent. What is even worse is most often the concubine is discarded after providing a son and sent away. And in a a lot of dramas the men have the audacity to say oh it’s very common to have 3 wives and multiple concubines. Also if the main wife complained and refused than she is seen as jealous. Who wouldn’t be jealous?

In the past though it wasn’t prefect, I prefer the European nations, at least under Catholic/Christian rule and Jesus’ teaching s regarding marriage is between a man and a woman. Sure people had affairs but at least it wasn’t seen as the norm to treat women as commodities and playthings, and a man can have multiple wives/concubines .

I was wondering this too. I was thinking that it’s because she doesn’t want to benefit from the downfall of another family.

And with everyday he is falling more and more in love with her and being amazed by her. They are becoming true companions.

The deposed CP was deposed because his father was deposed and he escaped. His grand uncle rebelled and became emperor. Typically the new rulers do not want any male remnants remaining. These people have a claim to the throne and can be potentially start a new rebellion. They do not want any claimants to the throne that can threaten them.
JQ. Letting the deposed CP go doesn’t show his loyalty to the emperor. If other people knew than his whole family can summer the same fate as the Shen family, who actually didn’t do anything other than being a loyal family to the disposed emperor. JQ’s act is an act of treason.

Also, the current emperor is very benevolent in comparison to his father who killed a bunch of officials.

This CP is related. The palace coup emperor, the emperor who just passed away is his great uncle. The deposed CP is the son of the disposed emperor. His uncle staged a rebellion and became emperor. The deposed emperor died and the deposed CP escaped and was hiding in the theater troupe.

The royal family according to history was surnamed Zhu. Their founder was a commoner who rebelled against the Yuan dynasty.

When the FL said that Prince Han once to rebel like his father, the ML stopped her.

I think that though her husband is interesting and set in his ways, their marriage is more harmonious than the First madam and her husband. The ML’s dad had concubines which he favored over his wife. Though the first wife has the authority she probably wishes that her husband loved valued her more.

Yes he constantly looks at her with more and more admiration. He is constant so amazed with her brilliance. Everything she has learned from her family members, and in her new identify has really served her well.

You are right. WE found out in the last episode that the grandma, old madam LIn had the rights to the household taken away from her. SO there is no one really to manage things.

It wil be an interesting drama too that shoes Ji’er experience out in a new city , trying to make it in business there.

Well we did see her in several episodes when she was a maid how she had to tread carefully. And with Ji’er help she wouldn’t been able to escape the brother on her own and so smoothly. By the time the ML arrived she would’ve probably been ruined or have hurt the customer and therefore her n would’ve been in tatters.
her marriage self is like who she might have been as Shen Jan Lian, As the Shen lady she was very well educations by bother her parents and grandfather.

And the ML did write that letter for her to give her Ji’er so that Ji’er will get help in the city that they want to go too.
She isn’t solving everything on her own.
And about her being a female Shakespeare, she was already a great storyteller. I don’t see it as much of a stretch for her to be a writer of plays. She had a wonderful master in Master Lu. And what makes her play popular with the ladies is that they can relate to it.
The female lead isn’t perfect and though she seems to accomplish things with ease, there’s a foundation established for her brilliance.

I liked seeing the ML surprised that she made so much money and that she was a playwright. He probably thought that she will be an excellent manager of the Lin household. But little does he know that she is also talented in other ways.

She slapped him because she was saying the character of LIn, the ML ‘s last name. The same Lin character was on the marriage rejection letter that her mom received in the first episode. The slap was the commutation of that and what the Shen family endured. She says the same phrase that her mother said when they received the marriage rejection letter. And she slapped him also for not discussing the marriage with her and her parents. That he forced the marriage on her. As for Scholar Han, she agreed to it, but she never truly loved him.

He is like Gu TingYE in the Story of Minglan. Gu employed military strategy in order to marry Minglan. The ML is doing something similar here but he didn’t ask her consent like Gu Ting ye did. The ML should’ve had a conversation with her before the marriage ceremony. It would’ve probably saved him from being slapped.

The capital is her sad place, where her family all perished.

The one who succeeded him in history was Imperial grandson, who was his son. Not sure if the drama is going to follow the same history. So far it has followed the Zhu di emperor and now with his son the crown prince ascending to the throne.

https://youtu.be/Krmnrb9VRfk?is=YHKwKWQuGVRi35pC
A great video that dissects her choice if she married Scholar Han. It shows what her life would be like. It is what Du Cui Que said if she married a scholar to Madam Lin. Her life will be upholding her husband’s family, and she will probably be worked to the bone. The video states that Scholar Han doesn’t even love her enough because he doesn’t even bring a betrothal gift for her., etc. It ‘s a great watch if you understand mandarin.

I think that they said that they weren’t compatible because their 8 characters didn’t match or something. That is usually the standard excuse to reject a marriage.

When I saw her I was like she finally showed up. Before I was wondering if she was

I watched video yesterday about how they created the set of the Lin Mansion. The care and thoughtfulness that went in was intense. They even kept this old tree and made it symbolic to the Lin family’s last name. I am partial to the Lin last name as my maiden last name is Lin .

This is a very well written and produced drama. My favorite so far for 2026.

The thing is with Scholar Han, her parents agreed. Her parents must have discussed it with her. And she wants to please her parents and follow what the scholar said about having lots of descendants and live a good life. She wants to live well and scholar Han from that time period, she gets along with her and treats her family well. She might not get a better prospect and respectable women at that time period married, there wasn’t any other avenue for them unless they want to be a nun or possibly a female official. Also, being a scholar’s wife was better than being someone’ concubine. There has been incidences when wealthy men forced commoner status women to be their concubine.
Her family’s status wasn’t high and they are a family of newly freed commoners. Scholarly Han had the potential to be an official. He would’ve probably waited until he passed the exams to propose but he knew that the ML was interested in the FL.

So she made the practical match. Someone like Scholar Han would ‘ve been a candidate for the Lin Madam to marry to Du Cui, The second villain.

Little did the FL lead know that she had another more “noble prospect.