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It seems that before, he didn't really need it. He might as well start carrying one at this point, with more dangers around and his men can't always protect him. 🫢

Not really so far

On the Youku app, there are pictures of the characters with adjectives about them: clever strategist Xiao Heng, talented youth Ye Shijie, brilliant scholar Shen Yurong, and what does Xue Fangfei get? "Gorgeous" Xue Fangfei? Is that her most unique quality? Really? 😒

A joke or one-sentence punchline can be funny, but it loses its humour when repeated too many times; that's how I felt for the maid 🤣

They can cut out so much of the comedic scenes, as they are already too lengthy. 😅 Hopefully, they will not butcher the rest. But I have this feeling that the last episodes are longer and have many important and serious scenes. 😱🥲

I would like to forget about the maids; that part was bad. 😅 One scene would have been enough

I believe the drama has already established its overall tone, so the remaining episodes will likely follow a similar pattern—a blend of drama and comedy to prevent it from becoming excessively dark. Many productions adopt this approach to appeal to a broader audience that might not be drawn to a consistently serious and somber narrative. I haven't read the original novel yet but it seems to align more closely with your expectations. I intend to read it after completing the show to gain a different feel of the story. If you were fastforwarding to this point in the drama, you would likely continue to do so for the majority of it. And as is typical of c drama, the last episodes will probably be more dramatic and dark. Ps. Right now in the story, she has moved from the capital to the region she and the original JL family are from, so there is a change of environment and characters.

My only problem were the two maids. They were so over-the-top that it was becoming annoying, but luckily they are not there anymore. As for the comedy, I suppose later on it will become very dramatic, so the comedic parts will not last too many episodes, but it will be here and there just to break up the drama. I prefer more serious tones as well, but i did laugh at some scenes 🫢😁

I was waiting for so long for that one, but I still didn't start it as it doesn't seem good. Maybe when I finish everything else, I can give it a try as I was excited for it, but then I wasn't really impressed by the trailer and some scenes I watched on YouTube.

The comedic part is probably not to your liking. I think they like to introduce comedy to make it less dramatic. I still haven't read the novel

Sure, but according to their standards, a gifted lady is more about what a woman/wife should be in terms of talents and beauty, rather than her true intelligence. When they introduced her to us as a wife, that was the ideal talented lady they were referring to. But she is a clever and strategic woman, which sets her apart from that description that was only showing her as an ideal woman of the time to be someone's wife

Yes, I was thinking something along these lines, especially thanks to her father, etc. But if they could address this at some point, it would be the chef's kiss for me. It doesn't need to be a long explanation; just a few brief details about her past would suffice. That would make everything perfect for me. 😁

I hope they will show us that in the drama too 🙂

Same! But we can't like every single one anyway. It would have been too unrealistic 😀

I'm watching random TikToks with the leads. 😅

For some reason, I enjoy that the story takes place in some random parallel universe and not in a real dynasty. They take elements from different times, including modern times, for costumes and makeup. I like that they aren't bound to a specific historical time, so they don't need to try to mimic real history in terms of what happens with the emperor, court, etc. There is so much freedom to do anything

Can be interpreted in different ways, but I'm sure if the character could talk, she would say she was neither 🤣

There is one thing I wish they had added to the story about XF. She is very intelligent and knowledgeable in so many different areas. They showed us how she loved playing the qin and caring for people, how devoted she was as a wife, but they never really showed how she accumulated so much information about so many different things. It seems she married young and was married for at least a couple of years. She lived somewhere remote near Luoyang. When did she learn so many things and how? I wish they did a one-minute scene with her learning in her free time, perhaps at night when she didn’t need to care about the household or something. Or that she had some life experiences where she could have learned things outside of being the young lady who plays the qin and wants to be a good wife. I don’t know, I feel it just misses this little something so far 🤔 I really like her character, but I wish they would add something about her outside of who she was as a daughter and a wife. For Duke Su, I can use my imagination on how he came to be who he is; he even does it as a job so he could enhance his skills. As XL/JL is the main character though, I wish to have some more info about who she is; it would be a cherry on the cake 😉 Perhaps they will add it later on🤞

She was bothered, but I don't think she has real feelings for him yet. There's definitely some interest and attraction, but she's not completely aware of it because she's so focused on getting justice for herself and the real JL. At the beginning, I thought she was just surprised to see him there, but when she passed Tong, I knew she was bothered 😅

That's why a slow burn is so much better 😉 especially when they have great chemistry.