ChineseDramaFan

LOL! Yes, indeed wholesome harem means comedy. I've never come across a true life wholesome harem. If anyone has, please let me know because I'd really love to see how they could manage harmony in a polygamy :D

I find her evil at times (makes my hair stand) and a pretend innocent kid at others (my hair stands even more). In this sense, I think her acting is good because she creeps me out and I know I can't trust a thing about her.

Yes, I agree with what @Bowties are cool is saying. He has a heavy burden, and such home life is the least he wants but has no choice because of his mother - he can't say 'no' to her because he's a filial pious son. He doesn't seem like a happy person, at least I believe until he falls in love with our FL.

Yes, I've always found it amusing (at the same time disgusting) that Chinese men of older generation claimed it was their 'duty' (not just lust) for having multiple and younger spouses concurrently, only to end up with battle ground home life like this (who in the right mind would want to live through life this way? Serve them right XD). Ironically, many of these harems were also created by the matriarchs who were once in the same position themselves. I do feel these matriarchs extremely vindictive :D

If you have experienced with an older Chinese generation, you may have encountered similar family relationship as in this drama. This was something so common in the old days that it'd become a way of life for many Chinese, as toxic as it might have been :).

LOL!

Wooooo, then you have no idea how Chinese tradition once was :D

Be patient! Let her grow. She's finding out more and more about ML and we can feel she's beginning to look at him in a different light.

She's not being outwitted at all. She just doesn't want to get into a cat fight with her. Anyway, there's only one that is trying to stab her on the back. The other two are quite neutral. In fact, one of the 2 is getting friendly with her :)

Maybe not yet "strong" but definitely "smart".

I agree with you that both the ML & FL are intelligent and mature. They try to avoid getting into cat fights within the household. Their concept of a family is inline with each other - that is, love & trust, instead of scheming against each other to be a step ahead and getting a more vantage position.

All these bickering and scheming are just like those harems in the palace - it's tiring. Poor Lingyi watching all these happening right in front of his eyes. No wonder many of those men die young XD

Poor women. Everything was a chess move for them.

I love this voice, but yes, I would have preferred a lower tone, more subdued voice for this character.

There's this ML's younger brother (5th brother) who marries a princess (or some kind). They're rather cute at the moment.

I should correct my use of words here: "shou chong" means "being favored". So it seems this is the only meaning, instead of what I was thinking, "being slept" (ps. doesn't mean I have a dirty mind XD)

So true! This practice has been quite common even until recently, like 50 years ago. I believe many Chinese families still have grandparents with multiple spouses :)

Yes, you're right!

My apologies. I ponder over the term "shou chong", and realize it does mean they're not favored but doesn't mean they've not been slept. So yeah, you're right :)

I try to understand the term "shou chong" here - does it mean "not being favored" or "not being slept", and yes, I agree with your conclusion here. I was thinking "not being slept" because of FL's response (she seems surprised) that's why I was thrown off course. But, how you explain it makes more sense :)