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she married a dying guy, or possibly one of those marry the already dead type of wedding. ghost bride

so.. liu ran's brother got no punishment for aiding and abetting someone who attempted to kill a prince or for killing Si Yue? (missed arrow or not). what kinda bs is that?

lol you're asking for another cat actor death controversy

yea but when the score doesn't correlate with the amount of viewership the drama is pulling in.. something is fishy lol. you can't be 5/10 and have billions of views

it seems like the royal zhao dude that is currently at long hu shan was the one who attacked xfn's mom (that's what it seems from his conversation with the bastard prince guy). I think wang xian zhi was set up by the royals to be in the capital at the same time only as a scapegoat so xu xiao can get himself killed if he tried seeking revenge.

I don't think xfn's mom would have been able to escape wang xian zhi. dude is out here murking everyone lol.

yes but it wasn't because he's a lecherous degenerate lol, the father told xfn he was suspicious of her trying to get close to his son so he decided to marry her instead. her background is mysterious, and her motives are currently unknown, thus suspicious. even xfn thinks so too.

I thought it was just something to blame all the commotion on to distract from the real assassination attempt of the father/daughter informers. I remember the "assassins" changing their focus mid attack from the princess as soon as they spotted the father/daughter. (Could be wrong it has been a while since ep 1 lol)

what exactly is the point of liu ran's brother's existence in this show? pretty sure the plot would've moved along fine without his character.

I think the intention was to sway newcomers to not watch the show.

they threw a bs made up tea out there for no other reason.

there are 6 adopted sons (so far the two that have shown up are sons of xu xiao's previous generals who have passed away, I'd assume the rest are the same; him raising the sons of his dead homies). the two sisters, xfn and huangmang'er are biological siblings same mom

I just got to this part of the conversation between xfn and his mom's maid in the novel. pretty much the mom was able to escape the capital, but she was injured. after arriving in beiliang she was able to live for a few years but in the end succumbed to the injury because they were never able to fully treat it. so in those few years, she gave birth to xfn and then huangman'er

if they use real horses then they probably do have a horse person there. actors probably get some ride trainings beforehand too. (saw "the witcher" cast talking about their horse riding in their interviews so I'd think it'd be the same)

how hard would it have been to just amputate an extra finger on a baby when you're from an aristocratic family and know someone can't hold office with an extra finger? lol like bruh that should've been EZ.

btw I think Suyue's brother might be the real mastermind behind everything. dude has that terminal illness trope that someone is usually faking when they're plotting lol. His view on women, pertaining to his sister; he wants her to conform to a "woman's" role by not being an official and getting married etc. reason why that's weird is because they are relatives with the freaking Empress, and this is like the peak of woman empowerment in chinese history; they have high level female officials and the whole shebang.

her character is written to have a childish front most of the times, during the serious parts the actress does an excellent job portraying that so I don't see where you would have a problem with the casting.

the actress is a 21 yr old woman playing a role of a character who is around 18. what are you on about?

in duolo, the actress was like 24/25 playing a 15 girl.

gl finding women in their 30s that can "act" like a little girl and not be too cringey lol

is douban score even trustworthy? lol saw avenue x's first impression video of "who is the murderer" recently where she mentioned how there were low rating and bad reviews bashing zhao liying's performance during the first 2 premiere episodes, yet she did not even appear at all until the 3rd episode.

tencent is just mean. they got me hooked on this crack and now limiting the supply bruhhhhhh

sigh.. only 1 ep per day starting tomorrow? hopefully they drop a week's worth of eps in 1 day for vip or something, I'd rather binge a bunch and wait a week than have it spread out lol

wow such a big issue, how tf did this script even get through without someone realizing the potential backlash.

title screen of every episodes say "season 1" (at least the sub says it) so they're definitely planning more seasons.. and there's a good chance it's already filmed since they included that but who knows. novel is over 900 chapters.