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I just finished watching The Heart of Genius starring Steven Zhang and ZZF. I did just watch some scenes at double the speed aka fast fowarding. But, overall plot is fresh and I liked it. Finished it in two days. It's heavily math related in the beginning and I enjoyed the first half which involved child actors.

I had wonder why lby wasn't given to Consort to be raised, but instead was given to Queen. Consort, lby's mom/aunt, and the king grew up together. Consort and lby's mom were like frenemies bc they both liked the king, but the king liked consort so lby's mom gave up and married into Ling. so in that sense, Consort is closer to Huo family than the Queen. But During turbulent times, war was constant and the king had to go in to war often and he always brought Consort along side him. In the drama it was mentioned Consort had to leave 3rd princess to be taken cared of by her brother bc she was busy in war exhibitions, so that gave an idea as to why she didn't have time to take care of lby. Thus placing him in the care of the queen. By the time consort and king came back home, lby has been in queen's care for so long that it's not right to take him away from her bc that's not giving her face plus disrespecting her.

Haven't watched past ep 31 yet, but what I saw of the latest scenes on wb I likey. I think my fave scene will be when css hugs lby while crying and that causes him to be lost and helpless as to what to do. She asks him to hug her tighter 3x and each time my heart just melts at her cuteness and also I feel bad for her bc she felt wronged and she wants to let out the emotions from being bullied. I really like how lby just hugs her.

Who would've thought I would watch a drama about math since I hate math to the core.

We can't keep using her tragic childhood as an excuse for everything she does. If she's treated wrongly, we can sympathize with her, but what she did at that scene during the ancestral ceremony to pay respect to General Huo was disrespectful to both lby and General Huo. I haven't watched ep 32 so Idk what arguement they have. I think you are straying from the original point, from my post, being that during the ancestral ceremony, it's to pay respect to General Huo, but she took advantage of the situation and took revenge on 3rd princess. If she wanted to take revenge she could've done it at a different time, not when everyone was paying respects to Huo's death anniversary. We can tell how much the emperor respected and took importance on Huo's death anniversary since every year He would have his whole family pay respects. That's a very very high respect the king is giving since Huo isn't his father, but sworn brother. I've never seen an emperor do this before in any drama. So to have css cause all this trouble is also disrespecting the emperor. I know you would hate this and most likely diagree but I'm calling css petty at that moment. Her tragic childhood does not excuse her inconsiderate actions. I actually hope lby will get mad with her for this particular action bc she disrespected his "uncle". You don't disrespect the dead, especially not your fiance's family.

Exactly. She doesn't know the real trouble she'll get bc queen is too soft hearted and benevolent, while king is easy going on her bc of lby. She needs to be punished or else she won't learn. I saw in trailer that king punishes lby and tells css it's her fault. So I hope she learns a lesson from this. That there's casualties from her actions and not everything has to be return with revenge. I think if she was taught by the Consort, it would be much different.

We can not compare our perception of what teens are today as to what they were 1000+years ago. She's already passed her coming of age and technically she could be married and having kids within a year. She would already be considered a young adult since I'm sure mortality rates were high back then.

She has had time to grow, from her exposure and experience with the rebel soldiers to her engagement breakup and to being taught by the queen. Sure you can argue it's not enough time, but you can't deny that she has been exposed and experienced some already. She can't be be a baby and be held every step of her way to teach her. She should observe when given the opportunity. Just bc she's not scholarly or academically knowedgeable doesn't mean she can't use her own moral compass or common sense. She seems like street smart girl, so why couldn't she be considerate of the situation during the ancestory ceremony. Also, even in today's society, there's many illiterate people, or those with little education, yet they have a decent EQ, sometimes it's what we experience in life matters most, than books. In this case, I feel like CSS has experienced real life situations more than other noble ladies stuck in their house.

Also, this isn't an overnight thing she that should mature...it's Part 2 of this drama already so she has had plenty of time to mature.

Yes, but 3rd princess is a person that even disrespects the queen bc she knows her mother is the favoured wife. In that sense, it's logical that she would disprespect Huo General bc she's selfish, shallow and ungrateful. It's been repeated that she's raised by her merchant uncle hence why she is who she is. Also, 3rd princess' relationship with lby is different compared to css. CSS is lby's fiance, so she should've respected his ancestors, her actions shows that she doesn't care for lby as much, yet. The relationship is different, so one should be more considerate than the other.

RIGHT!? aplogies for the caps. I feel like when someone likes the show too much, or is enormed by the character or w.e we can't or aren't allow to point out faults of the character. W.e the character does they have a perfectly explanable reason to back them up or we in turn become "haters". Hence, why I hesitate to point unfavourable things out, in fear of being bombarded with very opinionated, sometimes even skewed, opinions.

same! her thoughts exactly, but was too lazy to write every detail or point. Glad someone already posted this

I read 2/3 of your post and I agree with the majority of what you said. It's refreshing to know somone is aware of these things as well.

I know it was refreshing to see css take revenge on 3rd princess, but I did find it disrespectful to lby and his dead ancestors-General Huo. They were giving respect to General Huo, so she shouldn't have caused trouble and disrupt the praying. I am surprised 3rd prince went and exposed his blood sister since I would automatically assume and expect siblings to help each other. But, I guess he separates business (political) with personal relationships completely, and that makes him different from crown prince. Ep 30 shows the difference between crown prince and 3rd prince pretty well about how they handle political affairs when it directly affects their own personal gain. If one can't be indifferent to personal affairs when dealing with political affairs, especially ruling a whole country, then eventually he will bring down the demise of the country. So, in this, 3rd is a more competent ruler than crown prince.

The actress playing imperial consort is pretty, she reminds me of Liu Tao (look similar).

The only one I remotely finished was Find Yourself starring songweilong and victoria song. I dropped it a few times, but I finished it bc of ml. swl is goodlooking. You may enjoy Love is Sweet starring Bailu and Luoyunxi, lots of kissing. It was a hit but it wasn't for me, I found it to be too cringey and greasy haha. But many intl fans loved it so it depends. Also another one is The Fox's Summer starring the same actress in Master of My own, Seven Tan. I don't watch much office romance since cdrama don't usually do it well enough, in my opinion, since fl's are always the cutesie dimwitted cinderella type and the plot just gets draggy. Also, most of the actresses that I wash have graduated from those roles so they don't act in them anymore, nor is office romance is a popular concept to film these days in China. Oooh! I am looking forward to yangmi and xukai's drama: Her perfect husband. Not an office drama, but a career driven fl with a laid back ml, older sis younger bro relationship. It's airing in Aug so that I am looking forward to.

I tend to veer towards kdrama in regards to office romance such as business proposal. I get too technical with cdramas, while in kdrama I throw all logical sense out the window and just enjoy the ride.

Just got news that Master is airing in Vietnam

No. Definitely different. The only similarities is fl was ml's secretary and wanted to quit. That's about it. The romance is little to none, it's mainly about fl's growth in the investment industry. This is based on a novel and it was published before kdrama

The first half is about him taking care of her like a sister. I would love to see those interactions. It's these moments that makes me swarm with giddiness. I haven't seen the ml in dramas before, except when he was in vs little forest. I honestly would rather have a different guy but maybe he'll work. I shouldn't judge too quickly.

no idea. But Marc TV said it'll air in Nov

she'll be 18 and he'll be 25. In a way i still find it "wrong". maybe bc she's still inexperienced and it's still like grooming her. But if she's in her mid 20s and he's in his early 30s it's ok. the age gap is fine, just the age when they start their relationship is what matters to me. Maybe they will reduce the age gap to suit monetization

Then that is acceptable. I just hope that it's not like another Please Feel at Ease Mr. Lingy type of production and genre. If it turns to this then I feel like Lusi is going backwards in her career. WRTW and LLTG has improved her acting depth and range in my perspective. I used to find her acting subpar but she's slowly grown on me.