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These are good speculations, especially number 5. He came back (although late) to warn LJL that Wen Can has discovered he’s a government spy

Maybe he was sent to a temple because his family is so bad he had to grow up right lol

I truly hope they remain in power because I think I saw a spoiler on twitter (and also in the trailer) that may change the dynamics :(

but Shanchang is a Rong

this is why she's not fit to be head of the rong family. she's too shortsighted. this is what happens when you join hands with vipers.

he comes from a prominent tea family. it was for appearance. they didn't want to war with the He family

I would describe this drama as a mix of Perfect Match and The Story of Yanxi Palace by the same writer so you can watch the first

I think it’s ML himself who got the thugs to beat him up but the FL wanted to see what his next move was and sent men to protect him

yan showed his true face

grandma still supports yan bailou. as long as she doesn't choose fusheng as her husband she wouldn't mind their relationship because she would expect RSB to end it

he does it subtly. his servant is rude and outspoken and tends to excuse it by saying he was not brought up as a servant in a household. Yan Bailou reprimands softly but if he was serious he would have punished his servant/sent him away. the comments the servant makes instigate Wen Can to go and act on his own while Mr. Yan gets away with clean hands by using his pageboy as his spokesperson

the writer recently wrote perfect match so I'm sure it's a HE even with all the scheming

At one point Yang Dingchen calls him a pretty boy lmao

I love how the camera stayed on him during the kiss. He really took the role that is usually given to women. He looked completely swept up like he was the object of her desire. Great acting by HMH!

Tea farmers needed to believe in some mystique because they weren’t as knowledgeable as the Rong family so they created the Tea Bone myth. I think the 6th sister really has it, but you need more than that to run a tea empire. Business acumen, shrewdness, ruthlessness, vision and creativity (like the reason she plants flower trees next to tea bushes) are all needed to have the real “tea bone” and none of the other sisters are up to par

Have you watched A Dream within a Dream? The ML never dies after falling off a cliff, those are c drama rules

rong shanbao is such a player. she's like, why do we have to be together forever? fate is unpredictable. that is exactly what a man would say loooooool

because she impliedly promised to pick him in the earlier scene. I agree that it doesn't make sense for her to pick him right now as he has no standing. his background is unknown and he's currently working as a rong family steward

he wants to be awarded an empress title loooool

she said the rong family doesn't fear such gossip. they are so powerful that that kind of thing won't harm them and her reputation

edited for sp