EPISODE 18 It is getting serious. Very serious. Xiaoyanzi is the heart and soul of the whole group, now that she’s gone, they all feel uprooted. I mean, who is going to take all the blame for their crazy deeds if Xiaoyanzi is not here anymore? But Xiaoyanzi doesn’t exactlyContinue Reading
EPISODE 17 Hanxiang tries her best to dodge the emperor’s advances. In the end, she offers to dance for him so he’d leave her alone. I don’t know about that, though, it seems to just turn him on even more. The next day, Hanxiang has a little chat with herContinue Reading
EPISODE 16 The group sneaks Meng Dan into the palace as one of the performers for a banquet. Erkang orchestrates the whole thing, which means he’s also responsible for this creepy dance we see here. I know it’s a piece of culture, Erkang, and it has great meaning; it’s alsoContinue Reading
Hanxiang’s medicine ends up saving Ziwei, after all. We don’t know what’s in them, but it’s sure better than whatever the imperial doctors have been using. And as always, Erkang makes his feelings known vividly. Afterwards, Qing’er goes back and talks to the dowager, she is quite serious this time:Continue Reading
EPISODE 14 Basically, Qing’er says that the fabric used to make the voodoo doll is the expensive kind that only noble Ladies in the palace got, so all they have to do now is to find out which Lady has this fabric and investigate from there. The emperor and YongqiContinue Reading
Xiaoyanzi is the main protagonist of Princess Returning Pearl, a 1998 drama. Not-like-other-girls, rebellious and progressive in a restricted and male-dominated society, Xiaoyanzi was hugely popular when the drama came out. But has she survived the test of time? I’d say: yes, she has. A closer look at the character tellsContinue Reading
One of the great things about the drama Romance in the Rain is that its story and characters are consistent. Consistent enough for you to analyze without having to wonder whether something is the result of bad writing. Well, remember that part where Yiping (Vicky Zhao) jumps off a bridgeContinue Reading
WARNING: this analysis 1) contains spoilers 2) is humor-free Xia Ziwei (夏紫薇) is one of the female leads in Qiong Yao’s novel Princess Returning Pearl as well as the TV series of the same name. Compared to the other female lead, Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei gets less attention and popularity. But theContinue Reading