chengxiao (as the second female lead) and hou minghao (main male lead) cast together again for new drama (玉茗茶骨) slated to begin filming in march.

i don't know their roles, their characters or the storyline properly but these two together on my screen again? i'm seated.

After the young top scholar Lu Jianglai took office as the magistrate of Chun'an County, he repeatedly solved strange cases. However, he was implicated in an old case of wife murder, causing him to fall from being a rising star in the political arena to the brink of despair. On the verge of death, he was fortunately rescued by Rong Shanbao, the daughter of the Tea King.

Lu Jianglai, proud and ambitious, had previously clashed with the influential Rong family over power, earning their enmity. Seeking revenge, Shanbao took advantage of his severe injuries, memory loss, and mysterious identity, bringing him home and degrading him to the lowest status—a mere stable hand. To avoid being hunted down, Lu Jianglai decided to play along and feign submission.

When the Rong family unexpectedly announced a son-in-law selection, it sparked fierce competition among prominent clans in Jiangnan, each harboring their own schemes. Lu Jianglai was inadvertently drawn into the chaos and, by a twist of fate, became a pawn in Shanbao's battle against her rivals.

This trend is so cute, I made sure to line up the scenes as best as I could with the clips and honestly I get it

Edit is mine from Insta @woodzbf <3

He was lonely and bored and tired. He lost so much and then later he gained more than he could have imagined. He cared and he loved, was relieved and frightened and eventually resigned to his fate.

There was a lot of layers here and they were put on display so wonderfully.

Zhao Yuanzhou will always have an enormous space in my heart, and can never be replaced but I also hope he takes on another role like this again someday. He did it so well.