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cburambles · 1 year

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Minglan & Madam Qin mirror each other

Something that intrigued me during the ending isn't really discussed is the way they framed Madam Qin's death. And why Minglan seems to have decided to let off Molan easy.

The scene isn't a triumph of evil. It's almost framed in a tragic way like it was meant to happen but every characters present are horrified & crying. If you listen closely, Gu Tingye even accidentally revert back into calling her "Mother" for a second when he realizes Grand Madam Qin is in the burning ancestral hall.

Grand Madam Qin kinda mirrors Minglan in a way she spent her life pretending to be something she's not, ended up scheming & banking everything on her biological kid to get the Marquis title which = power for her & ultimately commited suicide by setting the Gu ancestral hall on fire, which for her is a representation of her own misery (even tho she is mostly responsible for it), reminding the audience that she was as much her and her sister, a victim of the system.

Madam Qin is possibly how Minglan could have grown into if she hadn't the support of her grandmother, her servants or Gu Tingye. If she married had in the Qi's family & kept on her facade all her life.

And we know that like Madam Qin, Minglan is willing to scheme against her own family members & cause some servants to get hurt or killed to reach some her goals.

Not unlike Madam Qin who had a more powerful background, she too, would have to rely on the fickle support of her husband while hoping for her potential son to succeed. She would have probably ended up using Qi Heng in her schemes instead of having an actual partnership like she does with Gu Tingye.

We know Hualan struggled in her Counts in-laws. Can you imagine how hard it would have been for Minglan (who is concubine-born) under the Duchess if she ultimately decided to not disregard her prejudices?

I kinda get why Minglan, Minglan who schemed against her own family, Minglan who was willing to risk the Sheng's reputation to have Concubine Lin's killed, Minglan who broke a cup in anger upon hearing how Madam Kang was planning to harm Gu Tingye by pushing her cousin as a concubine (and also for a second seemed to be ready to almost physically harm her cousin as she suddendly stood up) , Minglan who declared about wanting to hack in pieces her aunt & feeding her to the dogs for harming grandma & had servants tortured, ended up begging Madam Qin to get out of the burning ancestral hall & cried as she watched her die after listening to her rant.

They may have hated each other but she knew where she came from. And for a moment, Minglan possibly saw how she could have turned as well if she had not the sincere relationships that she had in her life & kept pretending.

It's maybe (while she's not aware of Molan's participation in freeing Auntie Kang) also why she decided to extend an olive branch to Molan as a result.

#the story of minglan #the story of ming lan #cb's rambling #sheng minglan #grand madam qin #gu tingye #I saw ppl complain watching the show get more tedious for them after the marriage compared to when it was mostly Sheng household shenanigan #& while I get a bit why #I think it's as important as the first part #Minglan has to fight an older version of herself #That's why she's so quick at assessing Madam Qin #“ she's good at not opening her mouth & has other speak in her stead” guess who also applied that method while dealing with spy servants #acting weak & manipulating people so they can do do the job for her? Right minglan?

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