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I think it's bc he never had to chase or court a lady before so he's out of touch. All the ladies flaunt to him bc of his status, but fl doesn't. Instead, she tries to avoid him at all possible cost. He finds this new and intriguing. Also, he's never fallen in love, so it'll be amusing as well. I think it was in ep 16 that he tried to stay overnight, but fl didn't let him. He is too thin skinned to be thick skin and insist on staying overnight.

Also, by marrying all these women, it showed he is responsible man and repays kindness or favours back. None of the wives he has is what he wanted.
1) Yuanniang, The Luo family was Xu family's saviour at the time of Xu family's lowest point. Yuanniang's grandpa pleaded to the king to give ml a chance to redeem Xu family by going to war, bc of this opportunity the Xu family was able to survive and be powerful today. So, ml lead married Yuanniang as a sign of being grateful.

2) Wen Concubine. Her family sponsored or funded ml's campaign during war. So that helped him, thus he married her. Wen's family are merchants, yes they are wealthy but they need connections to continue their prosperity. Wealth can't match a family with official court titles as merchants are still just civilians.

3) Qiao Concubine. Basically, he had to marry her bc he saw her undress. So, morally he has to take responsibilities, even though he knew he was schemed in

Exactly! He knows he's a piece of meat that all these women wants to chow on. HE knows they are just using him, which is why, I think, it's one of the reasons he won't and can't get close to the concubines. As for Qiao concubine, he sees her under that horrible fake facade. He hates scheming and she does it too often. He tolerated Yuanniang bc Luo family helped Xu family when they were at their lowest. Also, bc they are legal main couple so I guess he did have some sort of feelings, no matter how small,

I saw the pic too! did Zhunge married in the novel? In the novel, Shiyi gave birth to a boy before a girl. So since there's only a girl, I'm assuming the adaptation changed to her having a miscarriage. There has been rumours that she had a miscarriage in the drama, but not enirely sure.

That scene where he visited all his wives showed a lot between his relationships with the Concubines and his character. It shows he's a fair and just man. Reason being when he visited one wife, he visited all, and when he doesn't visit one then he won't visit any others. So he doesn't play favouritism. Although, we will see later when he falls for fl, he'll naturally favor and dote on her more. Another, is that his visits showed all the wives weren't compatible with him! That was the main thing as well. He's a man that cares about the poor and the citizens of the country. So when there was a flood in some village that caused a lot of refugees and Wen Concubine spending $20 (of that time) for just one bowl of soup, he was angry. He didn't like how shallow and recklessly wasteful she was, it's the opposite of his ideals. With Qin Concubine, bc she was a maid previously, she had no proper education in arts or anything. So their intellects weren't compatible. When he saw the painting, he was admiring the work, the strokes, the colours etc. When he asked her the author or w.e of the painting, she said she didn't know and that she put it there bc she found it pretty. Even she found herself embarrassed at that moment. It's also bc of her previous low status that she's so self-deprecating. She's quite and doesn't start any quarrels with anyone bc she has no family back up.

I read someone's comment that only the ml's character was the same as the novel, which was a relief for him/her. I agreed with the previous comments that he does carry a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders which makes him more solemn. He can't let his emotions show bc that'll give it away to others about what he's thinking or feeling, which can be problematic since Xu family does have enemies. He's one of the king's trusted official, few have a king's trust and favor. So, that alone shows ml has good foresight, and an intelligent and calculative mind as he can read what the king thinks.

That's great that you feel like she's from modern world bc she is. She was a divorced lawyer in 21st century before timetraveling. Which is why she's so calm and logical.

It'll still be sweet at least until ep 24 so far since there's no other trailers after that. So rest assured to at least watch until there haha

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.