novel: the father is a strong believer of prophecy/divination. the father sent FL away for 7 years b/c of what the taoist said something about her fire element will burn his wood element blagh blagh blagh. to avoid this, the taoist suggest sending FL away and pick her up when she is 8. the mother can't just leave the house/home on a whelm b/c she is the lady of the house and needs to manage the household and take care of the younger brother. the mother doesn't trust the concubine to leave her young son at home.
FL was brought up by her maternal granddaughter who loves and dotes on her. on her mother's side of the family, she was treasured and loved by the grandmother, esp being the youngest child there. FL just don't have a close relationship with her mom, but don't see it as abandonment. she's just not emotionally connected or depending on the mom. when she returned home, the concubine and 1/2 sister (gu lan) purposely got closed to her whereas the mom was mostly drain/sick and couldn't bond w/ her. due to the trust she have with 1/2 sister, she's often mislead to think like a nit and act on her love struck brain, often breaking decorum and propriety that is expected of a daughter from a legal wife status.
if was only in the second life that she see everything and everyone with clarity. all except ML. she always though ML married her bc of conveniency, not because of love.
the novel breaks down the complications of 1. family dynamics, rules and expectations 2. power play and schemes of the women at home 3. political power balance (not a lot of emphasis).
The good thing about this novel is that is goes into the family dynamics and the character's position and power...not too much about politics. it gives us an insight of how society dictates/governs marriages/family seniority and expectations.
dramas seems to always try to adapt it into a feminism theme when it's not always the case. villains get their deserved endings in the novel vs drama version where they get off easy.
in her first life: she was naive to think that the concubine and 1/2 sister treat her well with no evil intensions.
He is one of the most charming character that I have ever read. He is mysterious, sharp, dangerous and deeplyyyyyyyyyyy…
from novel: he is amused/intrigue by her and her wits and merciless character in the beginning...but he started falling for her before they parted----she w/ her family to the frontier and him as general to fight the invaders. she was drunk on the night he came to see her off at the inn...and in the drunken stupor, she kissed him (pretty much stole his first kiss). he left to fight the invaders as a guise for his fake persona to die in battle and to resume his true identity: the prince of liang.
he's a big tease and flirt with her after they reunited the 2 year separation. those chapters and their interactions are funny and cute. he named his white tiger after her (nickname: jiao jiao)
Her husband refused to agree to the divorce and he believed the words of a killer over his own wife. Her health…
novel: the mother knows she was dying due to her health. with the accusations she faces (killing the favorite concubine and unborn child) and the uncertainty of her children's future (the chance of evil concubine becoming the legal wife after she pass/threatening children's status), she choose suicide. her death will prevent the husband from making the evil concubine legal wife (b/c she has a part w/ pushing her to the brink of despair) out of guilt. it was only after the wife died, the truth was uncovered and all b/c he rather believe everyone except his wife. he basically did 'spoiled the concubine, destroy the wife' - something a political man could get punished for due to messing up the order or balance of the family dynamic.
One of the best drama ever! The storyline and how everything was executed——perfection! This drama looks at every character in a different light where even the villains were entertaining to watch. The cast were awesome! This will be on the list to rewatch for sure!
Can someone tell me what actually happened to the protagonist's family and who was to blame? And what did the…
LPY's father (prince) is the king's older brother. He's also a general but lost a couple of battles and was supposed to return to court to hand over the army's amulet and retired. instead, he was framed by the right chancellor of usurping the throne w/ his army. the right chancellor's plan fell through and he murdered the whole family and claim the prince went mad and killed everyone in sight. LPY and XHJ were only kids about 8 and 10 years old and they witnessed the prince getting killed by cannot see who killed him.
due to their age and trauma, both had blurry memories of what happen. both could not recalled what happened that night...but throughout the cases/drama, they bits and pieces of memories surfaced when more clues were uncovered.
Does anybody else also think that this character was the best one for WXY , Xiao Heng was so manly in this . Also…
lol...manly. drama version made him more manly....maybe due to censorship? since china is against guys looking feminine and such... XH is supposed to be beautiful in the novel. his beauty outshine JL (2nd life JL)'s appearance.
novel:
the father is a strong believer of prophecy/divination. the father sent FL away for 7 years b/c of what the taoist said something about her fire element will burn his wood element blagh blagh blagh. to avoid this, the taoist suggest sending FL away and pick her up when she is 8.
the mother can't just leave the house/home on a whelm b/c she is the lady of the house and needs to manage the household and take care of the younger brother. the mother doesn't trust the concubine to leave her young son at home.
FL was brought up by her maternal granddaughter who loves and dotes on her. on her mother's side of the family, she was treasured and loved by the grandmother, esp being the youngest child there. FL just don't have a close relationship with her mom, but don't see it as abandonment. she's just not emotionally connected or depending on the mom. when she returned home, the concubine and 1/2 sister (gu lan) purposely got closed to her whereas the mom was mostly drain/sick and couldn't bond w/ her. due to the trust she have with 1/2 sister, she's often mislead to think like a nit and act on her love struck brain, often breaking decorum and propriety that is expected of a daughter from a legal wife status.
if was only in the second life that she see everything and everyone with clarity. all except ML. she always though ML married her bc of conveniency, not because of love.
the novel breaks down the complications of 1. family dynamics, rules and expectations 2. power play and schemes of the women at home 3. political power balance (not a lot of emphasis).
The good thing about this novel is that is goes into the family dynamics and the character's position and power...not too much about politics. it gives us an insight of how society dictates/governs marriages/family seniority and expectations.
dramas seems to always try to adapt it into a feminism theme when it's not always the case. villains get their deserved endings in the novel vs drama version where they get off easy.
in her first life: she was naive to think that the concubine and 1/2 sister treat her well with no evil intensions.
he's a big tease and flirt with her after they reunited the 2 year separation. those chapters and their interactions are funny and cute. he named his white tiger after her (nickname: jiao jiao)
LPY and XHJ were only kids about 8 and 10 years old and they witnessed the prince getting killed by cannot see who killed him.
due to their age and trauma, both had blurry memories of what happen. both could not recalled what happened that night...but throughout the cases/drama, they bits and pieces of memories surfaced when more clues were uncovered.