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Really??? Starting now. Should have told this earlier. I was literally scratching my head because all I see are serious drama 😭. This is exactly what i need.

What about Gobi desert?

Tbh filming in desert is not easy. Some scenes where younger meng ting hui and younger emperor is facing sandstorm that can and is actually deadly. Even the scenes where meng ting hui was saving xiang that is also not easy to shoot in desert.

As an audience we really want realism but sometimes few scenes can't be shot in that area. It can literally cost life .

Who do u think is more appropriate meng ting hui or xue fangfei from double ???

Ep3, so maybe coming from a country where salt production was considered as our right and freedom movement during colonial period. I can't help but to search as to why salt production in ancient China was strictly controlled. Interestingly, when I googled i found out that how deeply geography can influence a basic need of human being. That time looks like it technology was not well developed and due to not having access to sea waters except in South and East China from then it was considered highly valuable. So states used to impose high taxes and control salt market. I am attaching reference link below if anyone wants to read. 😅

Iron is tricky. Even till this date iron ore extraction and getting high quality iron along with in mass so as to produce for commercial usage is a challenge. And imagine that time often for military arms purposes it was used in huge amount. Plus high quality iron usage in arms apart from imperial army means threat for all the reasons we saw in this drama as well as in ADWAD. What amazed me in this drama is the reforging concept of military arms. It's a new concept that I have never listened. I mean I get the idea of melting iron and using that iron to shape the arms as transporting arms would be too risky and need more n/w to pass all checkpoints and skilled labour to again forge arms. But looks like reforging in China is not new. They often used to melt iron in order to shape the tools that they need for more smaller and sharper objects. Also it also makes sense in drama as it would help escape away the marks on military weapon so as to understand that no one is reusing or embezzling the military arms as it is to others. That's why in ep3 there was diff emblem also that those shanzou bandits were using.

Apart from that in ep3, we got to know the despite king surrounded by person like chancellor xu he also has someone like shen who is so loyal to the country. That heartwarming reunion of shen family and king enjoying that moment tells how much tuff life inside palace is all glamour no peace and happiness.

I just knew it how governor will escape first when he will be in problem. But one thing along with freeing shanzou ig this is where king has fallen for her. Earlier he was just interested but now he looks friendly and smitten by her. Start of their friendship. Interesting to see how story will unfold from here on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourses_on_Salt_and_Iron

PS- This drama is a paradise for people like me who is very much interested in geopolitics and administration. It's like a hitting home to me.

Someone down in the comments explained that. That he has some bad past experience that gave him trauma. But even if that's the case story didn't told it properly as to let viewers feel empathised with his fear.

Thanks for reminding that he is SML from shine on me. I am loving him here but hated him there

Transfer this power to me for some time as a loan 😅. Lot to catch up on .

Actually it did happened like that. Those who didn't liked their opinion can't say anything. But who cares. Idk if it happened with other dramas or not but I saw it here for the first time. 😅

Because looks at the ratings itself. People who have earlier high ratings they downvoted it. Maybe backlash is just too much that people were forced to downvote 😅

Don't include me in those people who are more upset with her than human trafficker. I beg u.

Also understand one thing if people are not day bowing the king so u know where the problem is. Somewhere someone needs to acknowledge his authority and start doing that. We cannot simply say if no one is doing then why should I? It's wrong. Maybe fault in writing. No matter what this is utter disrespect to the position of the king itself and not the emperor who is ruling.

Yes justice is more imp. Emperor understand that and that's why he don't say much.

I am ok if she talk in private like that if not respect then normally but in public no. She needs to. Only queen can ignore knowtow but even then she just can't disrespect.

Emperor is not upset i get it. Idk how and why this Convo is even coming up. If never even shown in drama itself. No one objected in drama itself. I see it poping up in comments section only I have zero idea why. But the idea of defending oh it doesn't matter when we have justice being served is wrong.

Imagine u are meeting Chief Justice of apex court u are ques his bad decisions which is fine. But disrespecting when Chief Justice is on duty is disrespect to the position itself. Same logic. If he is talking like a friend yes. But if acting and talking on behalf of king no.

No matter her bg. Even if she comes from country side she is not dumb to not know that she need to talk with respect to the king.

Compared to knot this looks like once in a decade work 😂

But there is a limit. Emperor loves her that's why he is understanding. But understand this emperor is all mighty. And disrespect should not come even from his other half. Like in today times we ques our prime minister but disrespect is not tolerable. Otherwise u imagine he is already too much binded with ministers and he is already questioning his authority and taking decisions in his behalf if meng ting hui also will do that then people will say a person who let's his queen disrespect himself why to respect them. Like in ep2 he visited governor's house but he saw that governor has no respect for him and he don't even want to knowtow then why that time his aide wanted to slash him with sword? Because disrespect to king is not tolerable. In private as a wife and as a queen who is concerned about the empire yes can. But in public it will be too much. And always also will be. As even in husband wife one should not disrespect each other

Yes. Agreed there. About immortal part. Ting ting and others also needs to understand and take others feelings into account that they too are human beings and they too get hurt. That's why I said they also need to adjust.

That's what. Maybe this drama is dealing with romance as it's centre and adding lots of comic tones when dealing with serious topic. But drama actually is showing all realism and all types of people and struggles along with good things a person with good IQ but low EQ suffers. It's one way of approaching drama when u think everything from ML and FL perspective. But this drama so far has done well in showing how people also gets affected by them. And that's the issue here. ML doesn't need to be perfect always be can always do character development even more so when we are on early ep. Same FL can also improve. Not all story needs to begin with ML being perfect. That's also the key here. This drama actually is diving deeper in social pysche

U are confusing two things here. What u said is about how sometimes other want to hear a simple line " i didnt knew it will turn out like that" instead of whole gene talk. The moment she said that she didn't knew that her food preferences was asked for this she kept her mouth shut on that.

I am definitely not saying that bullying and targeting and isolating is not wrong. They also need to understand that she is genius and adjust accordingly.

But when u get peer pressure and constant comparison from ur own parents then some kind of resentment automatically comes. It's a dirty side of being human. Ask parents why they have to always compare their child with others. Why education system values geniuses and who are average they tend to forget that they are also intelligent just in diff way. It's a deep rooted socital and educational values that is rooted in our society is what they are showing in drama. Just because drama is little bit comic in nature it doesn't mean they are not dealing or talking about issues. It's just they are highlighting in diff way.

Again i am not defending ting ting or anyone who has participated in isolating her. Or appreciating her solely because she is intelligent.

But showing this side of society does give a sense of realism.
Maybe u are thinking in a way that how FL is feeling. Yes whatever happened is hurtful but story is exploring all goods and bads that happens when someone is extraordinarly good.

Sometimes it's not about malice. But how that person has made her feel. Like ting ting she knows lin zixia is no where wrong but whole pimple situation hurted her in front of everyone. What about that? Lin zixia needs to learn that not everytime spitting facts works. But she needs to understand that other person is expecting emotional talk. Not saying lin zixia is wrong but she also needs to improve.

And somehow i absolutely loved SML even when he did nothing just appeared in my screen in ep2. 🥺 My first time watching him.

Loved ep2, the story deep dived in how people around a genius struggles. Her brother don't want feel ashamed and compared to her that's why he forbid her to say brother in school. But he love her. I see other parents also force their kids by constant comparison and even going as far as forcing them to adopt same eating habit as her. I get ting ting and her frustration. But tbh this is also a fact that lin zixia lacks the skill to communicate. She lacks in distinguishing the truth that sometimes people need to speak with emotion and not always throw facts. But could I really blame her? As she never got exposed in how to social circle except jiang yu bai.

I get that jiang yu bai bond with lin zixia is both understanding yet competitive in nature. In healthy way. But these 5 years gap did brought changes in jiang yubai. He now don't want to compete with her for the sake of proving but to show that he is in equal footing with her and he too can stand beside her. He is worthy of her. That's why his realisation hit him so hard that lin zixia is far beyond his intelligence and hardwork can ever take him. This has to be their journey that they don't need to be equal in same areas or share same IQ but they can appreciate each other strengths and still being into table the diff thing other person is missing.

This is also the time when jiang yu bai has started seeing lin zixia as a girl. Maybe that's why him openly giving strawberry milk in front of others make him nervous and shy. Or maybe it's after so long that they met somewhere their thoughts have changed.

Hmm I see. I am not that far so i am missing the context to comment on that. But what u said does sounds reasonable enough. He should have taken stand. Not sure why he didn't as in ep1 he clearly had. So it's definitely not about male ego. Let's see.