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Loool. He is trying soo hard. I think it was ep 16 where he tried to stay overnight at her place but she kept rejecting him. He's trying very hard to consummate the marriage. The whole internet is waiting and begging for them to consummate. Every drama couple has their own fanbase name. This one os called "face couple". "Face" in Chinese culture means like honor, reputation, social standing, respect etc. But in this drama, " face" means to consummate the marriage.

Thank you! Finally, it seems someone get it that fl can't become mindlessly strong asap. It's like they don't understand her background (concubine's daughter with no backing) and her environment she's in.

I agree. But, She'll slowly get power back. If you watched today's ep you'll see things are slowly changing-ish.

Haha, yes I won't spoil that.

I see, my bad

She used her own voice in this drama. I actually like it.

She's not. She's just the obvious one. Rmb, there's still one that poisoned ml's original first wife. We don't know who did it (well I do haha since I listened to the audio book)

Omg, I hated that drama. Such bad plot and bad acting. I couldn't stand the fl, she was the definition of a dimwit.

Try Under the Power! lots of fighting, crime solving and romance too. As well as comedy

I think ml divorced her to protect her. I believe something bad is about to happen to the Xu family. By divorcing fl, she won't be tied to the family.

The prison part is added in the script, it wasn't in the novel. There was no divorce or death sentence. It's just added to spice things up in a drama bc the novel is pretty smooth sailing. The fl literally doesn't ever leave the house. It's all family affairs.

Well, ratings are doing perfectly fine. 100million views on second day and 150million views on third day. It won't go down just bc a couple people decide to drop it since a hundred million or so viewers still enjoy it.

How is she outwitted? She doesn't care much since she doesn't love the ml yet. She's basically nonchalant about it. She's only focused on finding the murderer and then skipping out of the household to freedom. She knows the Qiao concubine is scheming everything, but she's enduring it bc the less duties she has the more free time she can use to find the culprit. She also hinted to Qiao concubine by using the flower metaphor. I thought that was very elegantly done to let Qiao concubine know that they have different interests and won't ever cross paths so no need to fight one another. She also hinted to the ml about Qiao concubine and the guards indirectly. In this culture, they don't do things directly, they hint or go around it. It's to save face and to save themselves from problems as they never directly said or did anything so can't point fingers back. I love those psychological wars.

Exactly!! The fl puts on a facade of being naïve and unexperienced as in never seen the "outside" world. It's like a wolf disguised as a sheep.

She has high EQ. She's calm and logical when in problematic situations. I like that

The thing is, she doesn't care much bc she just wants to find the culprit to her mom's murderer. Once she finds the person and gets justice she plans to leave the household. She prefers to travel and see the world. Hence, why she doesn't care as much with others bullying her as long as it doesn't harm her, to a degree, or hinder her from finding clues. But ofc, she'll fall in love with the ml eventually. In the novel, the fl is a 21st century divorce lawyer that time travelled so her character is more solemn, logical and quite, but kind as well.

This must be your first proper Chinese period drama that follows realistic and proper values and customs within a society. You obviously don't understand filial piety back in the days. If you are unfilial, it can ruin your reputation and reputation was THE thing back then. if the king endorsed filial and you do the opposite, you either lose your official position or go to jail. In this drama, ml is very filial towards his mother. Having concubines was as normal as breathing air, for a lack of a better comparison. Also, no, he will not have anymore concubines, that's it. If you actually paid attention or watched further, you will understand two of the concubines weren't his choice, actually none was. If you don't like it, there are plenty of romcom period dramas where ml is faithful to one fl, the typical non realistic dramas with no substances.

Agreed! But, one tid bit, it is same era as Minglan. Both set in Ming Dynasty. Which means it's also set same era as Under the power!! Linxi (ml) talks about pirates, and his supervisor or w.e is GeLao aka the antagonist in Under the power.

Can't compare to Rebel Princess. I've only watched like an ep of it but I know the production is a whole different level. There's a lot of veteran actors in it and the fl is known as acting Queen. She has been in a few Hollywood movies like Geisha, and she only films movies. Hence why the cinematography might look similar to movies instead of dramas. As well, the production, like everything was top notch. I believe it included some foreign film industry too. I forget.

That aside, I still prefer Seven's drama. Just bc Seven is my current fave Chinese actress and I love her natural acting and her chemistry with any costar. There's some characters which I thought was poorly scripted such as fl's 2nd sister, stepmom, Qiao concubine. They are all antagonists but it could've been written or acted in a more sophisticated way. But, aside from that I am enjoying it so far. I love the slow burn.

It's a slow burn. Slow burn are tricky since it can be too slow and become boring. But I LOVE Seven's slow burns such as Under the Power. Her chemistry is insane. She's actually infamous for having chemistry with anyone, male or female, in dramas or varieties. Her fans and even non fans acknowledged it. This drama is about love after marriage, so it definitely makes sense to fall in love slowly during marriage since they don't know each other well enough.