oh that's the deathest death flag I've ever seen for Jinqi's mother :( her saying she doesn't mind if she passes now and then holding her arm... and then actually being sick. Oh no.
What did the 3rd meimei mean when she told her husband people others were also watching their show. What show…
The third sister never intended for a divorce. The show was her maternal family showing support and pressuring the Yuan family. The reason is that if the Marquis took a concubine and she had a son, then ultimately third sister would have no rights and even might have access to none of the family assets as it will all be used to help raise the concubine's son because the concubine is a servant with no assets. Third sister wanted a guarantee of ensuring that her personal assets wouldn't be seized ever and that her daughters would have access to family assets, as well as the maternal family choosing a concubine - because if Madam Yuan picked her, they would always be at odds as the concubine would have Madam Yuan's backing. If the maternal family picked it, then she also has some control over the concubine.
None of this would be agreed upon by Madam Yuan/matriarch, so she decided to "put on this show." She noted that now, she is watching them fight over whether this decision was right because originally the Yuan family likely were also greedy and wanted to seize the assets. That means the elders had been watching her and her husband, greedily coveting what they had. Now, the tables are turned because the elders have turned on each other due to disagreements over the way this was handled/the way it was explosively revealed to wider society, causing "embarrassment" and loss of face.
Edit: missed your last point and you're right - there's also an aspect of her putting on a show of a loving dutiful wife for the elders by agreeably taking on a concubine, even though she wasn't happy about it. Originally I thought they loved each other too, but it seems like Third Sister never let herself in her feelings too much. The Marquis must have realised this and was hurt that the Third Sister ultimately decided that not getting a concubine wasn't worth fighting for, and that she'd rather "scheme" to have her own place, rather than truly oppose the Marquis taking on a concubine or not
great plot premise but not so great execution. some excellent scenes though, and I actually feel the last few…
personally even though Qingru didn't do too much wrong, I feel like she pretty much didn't get much punishment without any redemption? Kinda disappointed
great plot premise but not so great execution. some excellent scenes though, and I actually feel the last few eps were strong storywise (except for the father's karma). The main thing this series suffers from is telling, not showing. Perhaps a longer episode count could have helped this a lot.
I feel like the actors were doing the best they could with the script they were given.
forgot to post this earlier but even though she didn't get married to the Marquis heir it was SO spicy of her to have a tryst with ML the night before her wedding oh myyyyy
Confused by why that uncle never got mentioned again after being killed, did the family ever find out lol?
Also wow Madam Xie is evil for hijacking the wedding. She looked so gleeful thinking that she could put FL "in her place" and her maid stripping her robes off was so evil, wow. Hope they get terrible, painful deaths.
Guessing she wanted to also force FL into the family so that it forces leverage over ML, and also centres power on the Hu family, which also will increase leverage over the grandma.
I think it's a good thing that they also showed that many women, while victims under patriarchy, also perpetuate it (second madam, Lu family's women). If it were as easy as only women uniting, patriarchy would have been crushed long ago.
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None of this would be agreed upon by Madam Yuan/matriarch, so she decided to "put on this show." She noted that now, she is watching them fight over whether this decision was right because originally the Yuan family likely were also greedy and wanted to seize the assets. That means the elders had been watching her and her husband, greedily coveting what they had. Now, the tables are turned because the elders have turned on each other due to disagreements over the way this was handled/the way it was explosively revealed to wider society, causing "embarrassment" and loss of face.
Edit: missed your last point and you're right - there's also an aspect of her putting on a show of a loving dutiful wife for the elders by agreeably taking on a concubine, even though she wasn't happy about it. Originally I thought they loved each other too, but it seems like Third Sister never let herself in her feelings too much. The Marquis must have realised this and was hurt that the Third Sister ultimately decided that not getting a concubine wasn't worth fighting for, and that she'd rather "scheme" to have her own place, rather than truly oppose the Marquis taking on a concubine or not
I feel like the actors were doing the best they could with the script they were given.
Also wow Madam Xie is evil for hijacking the wedding. She looked so gleeful thinking that she could put FL "in her place" and her maid stripping her robes off was so evil, wow. Hope they get terrible, painful deaths.
Guessing she wanted to also force FL into the family so that it forces leverage over ML, and also centres power on the Hu family, which also will increase leverage over the grandma.
edit: and mutual sarcastic banter lol
and him as a kid beating the shit out of his own dad for being a manwhore that caused his mother to miscarry
just an icon!!!!!!!!!!