Blossoms in Adversity | Open Thread

A woman holds up the whole sky after the men in her family have been exiled by the man she'll fall in love with. 

Notable Actors/Actresses

Hu Yi Tian: Gu Yan Xi

Zhang Jing Yi: Hua Zhi

Director

Zhu Rui Bin

Chinese Title

惜花芷

To Cherish Hua Zhi

(惜 xi = ML;  花芷 = FL)

Genres: Period, Romance, Sismance, Family, Period Romance

Network: Youku

Year: 2024
Episodes: 40

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Cast

Hu Yi Tian: Gu Yan Xi	Zhang Jing Yi: Hua Zhi
Wu Xi Ze: Shen Qi	Lu Yu Xiao: Shao Yao
Bian Cheng: Shen Huan	Myopia Wu: Xia Jin E

Romcom/Romance Checklist

[In Progress]

How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

The ML: 

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /

The FL: 

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / Noble Idiot / 

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / 

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad

Screencaps

[Ep1]

[Ep2]

He slits his face to assure the Emperor that he will not inherit the throne. (ML is the Emperor's nephew)

[Ep3]

[Ep4]

[Ep5]

[Ep6]

I'm loving how this mirrors their Ep1 meeting

And there's a childhood connection.

[Ep7]

This "skin"ship. It's through the curtain, and through his sleeve, and through their hearts~

[Ep8]

[Ep9]

[Ep10]

[Ep11]

[Ep12]

[Ep13]

[Ep14]

[Ep15]

[Ep16]

[Ep17]

[Ep18]

[Ep19]

[Ep20]

[Ep21]

[Ep22]

Their reaction to their indirect kiss ~

[Ep23]

Gu Yan Xi needs a hug after his father died:

Hua Zhi kissed him first!

Zhu Rui Bin triggering bird kiss from The Long Ballad.

Our couple are each other's tree-hole ~ :)

[Ep24]

[Ep25]

[Ep26]

[Ep27]

[Ep28]

[Ep29]

[Ep30]

[Ep31]

[Ep32]

[Ep33]

Shao Yao's cute revenge look

[Ep34]

[Ep35]

[Ep36]

[Ep37]

Girl crush!

How dare Shen Huan shush Shao Yao from dissing the Emperor?

After an outburst, Hua Zhi sweetly holds onto Gu Yan Xi. My rational couple's first real fight resolved with love

🥹🥹🥹

[Ep38]

I have never been happier for a widow! xD

Village's Cow. 

This Emperor is legit the jealous 2FL, hahaha

Romantic. He gives her a calculator. 

[Ep39]

The ladies! <3

....and this guy.

[Ep40]

The Emperor's look of love xD

The ladies running for their men!

ML really is happy and so in love behind his O_O face. Trust.

Hua Qin & Ying Chun xD

You Jump I Jump CP

Remarks

[Drama Info] 

• Zhu Rui Bin is the other director who made a name for himself with his skills (washing machine spins). Reminder: Story of Kunning Palace, The Starry Love, The Long Ballad. 
• He's not so obnoxious here, but you will notice all the dramatic zooming-in and -out
• Btw, we have Wang Li Na as FL's maid. She's from The Starry Love. If you loved the show, I hope you remember Man Man. 

[Behind the Scenes] Under calendar comment. 

[Ending] Happy!