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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

I'm only halfway through Ep. 1 and I already love the cinematography. The way it opens with that bird's-eye view panning across the capital is so beautiful. Even the floral arrangements in the Shen Manor are so bougie. 😂

I also understand why the Shen ladies would rather take their own lives than become state-run prostitutes. I read somewhere that during the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Di massacred an entire family spanning 9–10 generations, and one of the noble women who survived was reportedly forced to service 20 men a day as a quota.

So, similarly, for the Shen ladies, it's basically a choice between two kinds of despair: being violated every day or dying. If I were in their position, I'd probably choose to end my misery too and keep my dignity. Imagine a family friend coming to visit you in the brothel afterward—how humiliating and shameful that would be.

Haha I came to bring the goodness that Steven also

Now also hmh supported

more like of all times. I heard the last time she had such support was from UTP, but nothing like this manner.

There was actually. It's not in the official trailer, but it's those short promo videos. adopted mom gave lx ceremonal pastry from Lin Household bc LJQ was getting married. The Lin family were gifting pastries to everyone in the manor including servants. The pastry had Lin character on it so little LX cried bc that should've been her during the wedding day. She wasn't crying bc she couldn't marry LJQ, instead she was in despair bc of what happened to her family and the fate of her and her family. In another perfect world, she would've been the bride, and it would've been a joyous moment for both families, but now she's in hiding and now the identity of a family of servants.

Well, first wife turned ex.

I agree all the above of what Linayeol said But I can't some to hate ml in the novel. The power of writing, instead it intirgued me to continue reading. The novel was praised by public for how well written it was, and that the author was able to make ml not as hateable

that's why I switch to hollywood sometimes. They don't care about beauty like that and show all the wrinkles, freckles, frownlines etc. Chinese beauty is brutal, if there's even one wrinkle, cnetizens will blow it up and ridicule the actress.

haha, I knew about this almost a year ago. I followed the reuters carefully.