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extremely happy

not a very exciting poster above but very beautiful and elegant reflecting Song dynasty
Douban updated it to the same too

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"Li Meng should go make more movies. That face has so much storytelling" - Douban

Because an Asian 24‑year‑old actor wouldn’t have the range or maturity to pull off the performance the way he can.

But I’m only talking about basic reading. She didn’t even realize she was holding the book upside down. What kind of wealthy family wouldn’t want their daughter to read? In China, this is especially valued among wealthy families — they want their daughters to be educated. In novels, they always describe how, in ancient China, women were expected to have reading and writing skills, literature, poetry, painting, music, and so on. It reflects family status and helps with marriage prospects. Daughters are highly valued for marriage alliances, and in that sense they’re very important, especially in wealthy families.

The official wife — the main wife — was expected to read and manage the household. What wealthy family would allow their daughter to grow up completely illiterate? How is she supposed to function as the official wife? If she can’t read or handle basic household matters, the concubines would end up more competent than she is. Even her maid would be better off, which makes no sense in a wealthy family.

I think the writer is a woman. She’s taken something that’s uncommon in that culture. A male writer — like the one who wrote Condor Heroes — never portrays female main characters as unintelligent or uneducated.
("Tong Hua is the screenwriter, so you know she's involved in absolutely abusive women—she loves tragic romance! " - Douban)

A total inability to read — like Zhao Xingtang — would be highly unusual for a wealthy, high‑status household. It existed, but it wasn’t the norm. Now, I see why the intro says, "this drama does not correspond to any real historical dynasty."

Also why does Zhao Xingtang's maid can read and handle her accounts? Usually if you can do that, you won't be a maid

grandfather obviously loyal to the old emperor and did not like the new emperor how he came to power and don't want to support him. In history, he was told to rewrite history for the new emperor and he refused to lied.

supporting actors and in this she's just a guest appearance probably end tomorrow, they never get enough credit nor brand endorsements, and if some brand would only notice, with her appearance, she can sell big. Brands are really missing out on her. She's someone that can be turned into a money making for brands. She has that it thing.

only historicals are eligible to exceed 40

Why was Zhao Xingtang deprived of education?

I think her character spans 13 to 80 in the story.

I love the photos he puts out. There’s something really artistic in how he presents them. This one has a mysterious, almost cryptic vibe, like what's up with a daisy on a bike and the daisy is missing a petal. He seems to enjoy using shadows, and the resulting silhouette really highlights his elegant frame. Xu Kai is obviously in no rush, he's not filming just to keep busy or make money, whatever his reasons, no one knows what goes on in his personal life, hopefully all is well and he's recharging and learning new things that he will unveil in the future, and he's getting younger looking by the day.

Because iQIYI International holds the overseas distribution rights for Spring of the Blade, the drama is not available on Youku outside China. Overseas viewers can only watch it legally on iQIYI International (iQ.com).

iQIYI is actively expanding overseas. Starship began in 2025. Their Hong Kong billboards for SOTB fit that strategy. Strong overseas numbers would be a major win for Xu Kai with the platform because he hasn't had a drama on iQIYi since 2022 (LITKM). Overseas market is tiny compared to China, and ROI is higher in China, but still strategically important to platforms.

You know how quiet this drama is — even AvenueX, who’s been doing this for eons, didn’t know it existed. At first I thought, oh, the Xu Kai hater finally doesn’t want to mention his drama. Great. I hope she keeps ignoring it because she’ll only say bad things anyway.

But then, surprise, she made a second video about Sep dramas just to mention it and threw in couple of other short thrillers that had already been airing in Sep and some other topics. She said, “this drama is warming up on social media,” which tells you exactly how it finally caught her attention — the clips circulating this past week. And once she realized from the clips, he’s using his own voice, of course she couldn’t wait to put him down.

The first Sep video she made on Sep 5 was about the upcoming dramas on the 6, 10, and 11, plus a bunch of other dramas that were about to air anytime soon — and she left out SOTB. Later, she saw SOTB pop up on social media and realized she had missed it in her Sep lineup, so she made a second Sep video on Sep 12 just to mention it. In that same video, she also threw in a couple of short Sep thrillers that had airdropped unannounced, which is why those weren’t in her first Sep video. But SOTB isn’t like those airdrops — it should have been included as one of the dramas airing in Sep, and she simply failed to mention it because the promo was so quiet that even someone like her, who’s been doing this for years, didn’t have it on her radar at all.

Xu Kai could never be in a drama like Overdo nor play that kind of character, not like that, not in a million years.

do both

ATC’s story is in the early stages and the ML will change. It's only ep. 9 out of 47. The heat hit 23k in the first 90 min, ended the first day on 24k, then jumped to 27k the second day, the largest single‑day jump for Tencent this year, and peaked at 28.5k on the third day. Now they say it can hit 30k this week just as SOTB is about to premiere. The production quality is very good. I think Li Meng from The Double provided the early hook. You can see it in the comments — her character and her acting are mentioned more than any other character, but her character will die early in the story. She has become typecast but also iconic. The marriage between the ML and his wife played by Li Meng is extremely toxic and super calculated and is causing quite a stir among viewers, and the drama hasn't even gotten to the ML and FL story yet. The ML and FL’s stakes begin in Episode 10, as the wife’s stakes end in Episode 11, which is this week. The wife's death, the way Li Meng plays it, I am sure will spark more heat, potentially pushing it to 30K. Oh, actually it already hit 29,500 today. After the wife, it seems there is another female they are shipping with LIu Xue Yi. She was guest role in In Blossom with him. She's Tao Zi from WOL (I really like her in WOL!). ML hates his first wife and rejects the next woman, his concubine.

The show clearly has hype and momentum, but it’s coming from steady engagement rather than one huge viral moment. Its pacing is intentionally slow, classical, and character‑driven. It hasn’t produced the explosive peaks that push a show to 30k, at least not yet, but even POJ didn't hit 30k until the 6th day. Even the intro carries that deliberate slowness, mirroring the overall rhythm of the story on purpose.

The director tries to hook the audience early in Ep1 with a very slow‑moving group suicide, with the women helping each other to die starting with a little girl if that doesn't shock you.. The overall hook is in the cruel and unjust treatment of women, and especially slaves. In the very beginning of the story, the FL asks her father, “What makes a slave?” Either the cruelty will get them to 30k or they need some dramatic scenes, but there is definitely enough momentum.

I think she was born perfect. In Ep1, her little cousin was greedy, yet her cousin was born in the same loving environment

the Tencent translation is young master but the Mandarin sounded like old master

With Xu Kai, you can't' put him in a box. His version of red flag won't the be the same as everyone else's red flag.