The first twenty minutes of the story are quite cliché, roughly about how the prince consort was once saved by someone who gave her an ancestral talisman. For many years, the prince consort has never forgotten this and wants to find the girl who saved him.
He never found his savior, but the prince consort He Ji was forced to marry the princess. After the marriage, the prince consort indulged in a life of pleasure and debauchery, and not only that, he also subjected the princess to emotional abuse.
Meanwhile, the princess often wept silently, picking out an old amulet and murmuring, "Has he forgotten me?"
In addition, the first half of the episode features numerous instances of the prince consort's favored maids framing and humiliating the princess. A princess, living like a punching bag in a melodramatic romance novel!
The plot is so cheesy and malicious that it's impossible to even find a way to criticize it. Yet, for some reason, it's so captivating that you can't take your eyes off the TV for a second.
For example, Sun Xiaoxiao's father, although he was so angry that he was cursing, his eyes were still glued to the TV screen!
The plot is already halfway through, and Ye Chu has yet to make a full appearance in the show. Meanwhile, Sun Xiaoxiao's family is about to be driven crazy by this weak, love-obsessed princess.
Each episode tells a story, and this story will definitely be finished in this episode. The prince consort will eventually have to go through a tumultuous journey to win back his wife, right? Are we just going to forgive him after only half an episode? Isn't that just feeding the audience poison?
Sun Xiaoxiao clutched her aching heart, so angry she almost wanted to unfollow him. Even though Ye Chu was a relatively unknown actress and getting roles was difficult, she couldn't possibly accept such a terrible character!
As the plot progressed into the latter half, Sun Xiaoxiao's family hunched over, craning their necks, staring intently at the screen with a look of deep resentment.
"If this woman forgives the prince consort later, she'll be utterly despicable," Dad said bluntly. "Jing Fengnian loves to pull this kind of stunt. That Lonely Palace—"
"Keep your voice down!" Mom said intently. "She went to see the Emperor. Let's see what she's up to."
Sun Xiaoxiao pouted, feeling annoyed: "Go find the prince consort to divorce, and then the prince consort suddenly realizes his mistake and goes through the 'wife-chasing crematorium'."
Even my mom finds this cheesy plot fascinating. Sun Xiaoxiao thought to herself, her eyes glued to Ye Chu's skirt in the scene.
A magnificent nine-story building.
The lilac skirt, like a wisp of cloud, moved slowly across the scene. The camera moved up to the smoky, cloud-like surface of the skirt. Moving up further, it revealed a hazy blue sash and a lilac blouse, both everyday garments worn by the princess.
This time, the camera didn't stop abruptly, but continued to pan upwards, focusing on Princess Pingzhao's jade-like neck. A red cord adorned her snow-white neck, from which hung a small jade Buddha.
The camera continues upwards, and in the dazzling midday sunlight, Princess Pingzhao's face is backlit, initially making it difficult to see.
Even so, Sun Xiaoxiao's heart skipped a beat.
Ye Chu has shown her face!
As the light gradually dimmed, Ye Chu's face appeared fully in the frame for the first time—
Her eyes were bright and her eyebrows were crescent-shaped, her beauty elegant and refined. Her features were exquisite, like jade being cut and polished, like carving and grinding.
Using jade to describe a gentleman is appropriate, but using Princess Pingzhao to describe jade is perhaps more fitting; using stars and the moon to describe eyebrows and eyes is suitable, but using Princess Pingzhao to describe stars and the moon is too insulting to her.
Looking at Princess Pingzhao at this moment, a word suddenly popped into Sun Xiaoxiao's mind.
—The stars and moon shine together.
The claim that the stars and moon shine together is a lie. Either the moon is bright and the stars are few, or there are stars but no moon.
Why would she think that Princess Pingzhao was so beautiful it was like a lie?
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