This was impressively detailed! It's been a while since I watched this episode, and I'm surprised by how much I remembered just from reading your notes.

I had no idea this is based on a transmigration novel, but it kinda fits. Minglan's personality makes definitely sense in that context.

While I was eager for Zhao Liying to show up (she's my favourite actress and the reason why I watched this drama in the first place), I was very impressed with the child actress for Minglan. She did a really great job!


I think it’s because 大 is a good thing but in English, “big” when describing a person always refers to physical size and never metaphorical status

I didn't have a problem with that, but I'm not an English native speaker.


Concubine Lin is very good at what she does.

Scarily so!