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But the old master zhao is first rank official, doesn't that take years to obtain that position??

Not in this drama, this drama included pleasuring and servicing men. In Ming dynasty, fallen noble women were basically state prostitudes that only serviced noble men. In the era of Zhu Di, that's exactly what happend.

out and about with their lives. It's just a scene to show the demise of shen family, so just showing fl's dad and grandpa dieing is enough to represent the whole household

Well I can't post the official video so I can only do a screen shot. This is not ai or fanmade.

I can't believe Zhao family doesn't allow their females to be literate. I understand it's so that their women don't have an opinion and just blindly follow what their husbands, fathers want of them. But common, not being literate would be ridiculed in some noble familes. I get women can't go to school, but typically families would have teachers go to their manors to teach.

I actually hope Madam (ml's wife) can get divorced and be free of constraints. Live her life with her lover.

when fl turned around and forced out a smile to reassure her scared adopted parents. I teared up. Fl was just as frightened but she didn't want to worry her adopted parents.

Not really. You can already see how ml's dad is. He's too full of himself, he likes others boasting him and his family. He's too loud and obnoxious. Hi grandpa didn't say anything but he gave a look and was silent when ml asked grandpa if they should inform shen family. Grandpa's silence was the answer-not to do anything. Meaning don't inform Shen family.

Ml ofc knew the engagement would be off, in order for him to marry the Zhao family and to cut ties with Shen. Ml prob doesn't have much interaction with fl back then anyways, given the gener roles where noble females can't meet men that's not of their family. Ml wasn't betrayed by his dad regarding this breaking off engagement. ml doesn't love his wife bc his wife didn't respect him during their wedding night, she said she had menstrual cycle and couldn't consumate the marriage. (in the novel, after consummating the marriage, fl didn't bleed, which indicated she wasn't a virgin. So ml found out about it and from then on he hated her). Plus she had many affair behind his back.

Did anyone notice Lin Madam, aka ml's current wife's manicure. I find it so pretty, the pink tips.

Did yall notice ml deson't like or respect his dad much. During the treason crises, ml asked grandpa if they should inform shen family. When his dad qucked like a duck yapping not to, ml ignored him and only listened to his granpa. Then fast forward 6yr later, when ml comes back to lin manor ml doesn't give the time of day to his dad. Also, another detail is that his father is probably dumb, at his age he was only a 7th rank official, so probably his official position was bought given granpa's 2nd rank official.

What do you think? Why you stating the obvious 😅. Ofc I know they aren’t free people, I’ve read the novel and listened to the audio drama prior to this drama. But that doesn’t mean I can’t jk and make light of the situation

Fl working graveyard shift and morning shift with the tea duty. And no OT pay!?😭

Do you know if this is permanent moving forward because this constant change will affect viewership as people don’t know the change of time

I thought he would be dancing haha

This drama initially aired at 9:30 PM on CCTV. I read comments that is changed to 6 PM. Can someone confirm please?

In novel, she does get divorce about 1/3 of the story. The way she gets caught in her adultery is way more insane than the drama.

the writing is actually done well with logic. Having the young xlx sickly since young is a great disguise for younger fl to not be proficient in daily chores. Bc she's "sick" all the time, she's weak and feable. Since noble ladies never have to lift a finger, fl wouldn't have known how to do chores like servants. Her neighbours wouldn't have suspect a thing

Me too!! I never open these subscriptions, but I really wanted to watch on TV so I decided to buy it.

Holy crap, I was losing my senses. My vision was blurry from tears and nose plugged with snot coming out from crying too hard. The scene where Shen ladies suicide, the little 10yo girl drank the poison first so brave, and then Shen old madam going on all fours for her dil to climb on top of her. Then fl being strangled and then coming back with a whisper of breath. I felt the brief relief from Shen mandam, where her daughter is alive again but then how she would have to kill her again. Then the kindness of Xu couple saving fl, and xu mom entrusting her deceased daughter to Shen mom. Both the mom's longing gaze. So heart breaking.

But my god, I'm actually relieved the Shen ladies ended their lives in time before the officials came to gather them. When that minister said they were going to train the young ones, I couldn't imagine the torture they would've had to go through.

For this drama at least, the fighting scenes are real no AI

This drama didn't use AI. I saw somewhere a cnetizen asked the same thing and the response was they used some kinda expensive lense to film this