Hard for the daughter to blush

"Daughter Red" tells the story of love and hatred that took place in a Jiangnan town near Shaoxing during the early years of the Republic of China. Yan Zhongxin entered the Ding family as a laborer since childhood and later married their only daughter, Ding Yibai, to repay their kindness. With his intelligence, he greatly promoted the development of Shaoxing wine. However, despite his success in business, his marital life was not fulfilling. One day, he re-encounters Xiang Yanghong, an orphan he had saved years ago, and they fall in love. Meanwhile, his childhood friend Feng Huairen becomes his enemy due to jealousy over the inheritance of the wine shop. Yan Zhongxin and Xiang Yanghong's passionate relationship leads to complications when Ding Yibai, Yan's wife, finds herself pregnant with Feng Huairen's child. The intricate relationships among these four people lead to a series of dramatic conflicts.

In Shaoxing, it was customary for families to bury a jar of wine under the osmanthus tree in the first autumn after the birth of a daughter. This wine would be unearthed on her wedding day and served at the banquet as part of her dowry. This wine is called "Daughter Red." This small jar of wine symbolizes the parents' blessing for their daughter's lifelong happiness. However, some daughters never get the chance to open that jar of "Daughter Red," never wearing a red wedding dress or cutting out red auspicious characters. Who could bear to let the "Daughter Red" remain sealed forever? Who could bear to see the "Daughter Red" dry up with sorrow? Who could bear to make things difficult for the "Daughter Red"?

Regarding the plot twist in the drama where both husband and wife encounter affairs from opposite sexes, He Liping believes that this drama does not aim to glorify third parties. Love itself is not sinful. I believe everyone wishes to walk down the aisle in a white wedding dress. No one willingly chooses to become a third party, but fate sometimes unexpectedly casts you into such a role. The definition of happiness as a mistress ultimately lies within oneself.