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there is no actual love triangle in the original version lol

and it makes total sense, i don't know why they changed that (besides the fact that the actress who plays the character is the definition of korean beauty standart)

i dont think it will take that long. it was listed both in the upcomong 2024 and 2025 youku dramas, so maybe it will start broadcasting by the start of next year?

oh my god i'm simply fascinated with the last years of the qing dynasty, i can't wait to watch it!!

it's an adaptuon and there is no actual love triangle ((if the kdrama follows the original storyline

billing issue is a thing in china, that's probably the reason

in china she wouldn't be listed as support role bc she is bigger than the main cast

yu zheng certainly made sure of it

yes there is cheating (or a cheating tixic boyfriend of one of the fls and another fl who is a kind of prostitute with many "boyfriends") but there is no friend betrayal between the main cast

just realised that both this and justifiable defense are from light on series omg!!! reset couple never disappoint us with their acting skills

it didn't come out but a new trailer was released :))

"uninteresting" yeah maybe because he was the villain in the story? this trend of adding moral grey characters doesn't justify the fact that he is a horrible man who has done disgusting thing towards sunja and that he is suddenly being romanticized in the drama adaptation just because lmh is the one portraying him. and no, I'm not talking about his portrayal (although he receives merits) but about the spript choices they took to his character when they have nothing to do with the original work or his ultimate ulterior motives in it

that's my point. but in the drama they are giving him the "villain who was once a victim " kind of backround history and even changing the nature of his relationship with sunja (who was disgusted by him in the book and would never kiss him back) just for the sake of a romance plot that doesn't exist in the original novel

he did at age 35~40 i think? and he did mostly because of the shame he felt of being hansu's biological, so yes

she received tons of awards for this role, more than the main actors even

tbh his agency is just accepting any script for the sake of him becoming a liuliang status actor but his fans want him to grow in his acting carrier by picking better scripts (which is a worry zlh himself has spoke out loud before) and he is becoming big very quickly so i totally get their point, specially because his agency just insists on getting this role because the payment offer is big

there is no actual love triangle in the original drama tho and if this adaptation stays truthful to it then the focus will be on the found family that is formed, not on romance

in the dramas official weibo account she is also listed as a guest actress and im pretty sure that also reflects on their douban/baidou page

well yeah?? the characters themselves literally say it lol

highlighting swl's performance instead of the other two is certainly... a choice lol