Intrigued By Peach Blossom Goddess On MDL Mentioning That The Princess In This Novel/drama Might Be Inspired

Intrigued by peach blossom goddess on MDL mentioning that the princess in this novel/drama might be inspired by the real Princess Taiping. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1012029

Wikipedia:

During the reign of Emperor Ruizong, she was not restricted by anything, the emperor issued rulings based on her views and the courtiers and the military flattered her and majority from every civil and military class joined her faction, so her power exceeded that of the emperor.

In 690, Empress Dowager Wu wanted to remarry Princess Taiping to Wu Youji, a grandson of Empress Dowager Wu's uncle Wu Shileng (武士稜). Wu Youji, however, was already married, and Empress Dowager Wu secretly had Wu Youji's wife assassinated so that Princess Taiping could marry him. 

Eventually, however, a rivalry developed between her and her nephew, Emperor Ruizong's son, Crown Prince Li Longji. Both of them were hostile in power-sharing and they fought for the monopoly over power. After Emperor Ruizong yielded the throne to Li Longji (as Emperor Xuanzong) in 712, the conflict came to the political forefront, and openly, the court became a manifestation of conspiracy rather than the administration of the empire; in 713, Emperor Xuanzong, according to historical records, believing that she was planning to overthrow him, acted first, executing a large number of her powerful allies and forcing her to commit suicide.

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I find this intriguing because I've seen criticisms of the princess storyline online - not the dramatic licence aspect, but in general the princess wouldn't have that kind of power & conflict. But history is often stranger than we presume.

Looks like subbers translated Palace of Desire on YT here. I checked it out, the translation looks excellent.

i can't stop thinking about this

oh wait so her name is actually xue li? xue fangfei is like her courtesy name or something? so when people call her a'li (as in jiang li) they're also by coincidence calling her her actual name? (unless the tones are different, i can't tell)

This is amazing!

The good old we must fake being lovers for the PLOT!!!!

Love her sticking flower in HIS hair because dammit, they are gonna be equal!

It is such a great arc that he went from watching plays, to directing to being one of the actors with her!

Man is capable of learning!

And is also protecting her mmmm

He kept that flower the whole time even bossing around thugs and only took it off after she left! Man is a goner.

This man is SHINING!!!!

One more thing re: badly written women - when it comes to female characters that ARE written poorly I wanna shout out the people who still make fan content for them. The people who love the objectively badly written characters, the ones ignored or ruined by the writers. The people who write fanfic to fix their arc or flesh them out, who ship them despite not being given much to work with. The people who decide that female villains can be given a redemption arc too. The writers and artists who give background women the same treatment fandom commonly gives to background men. Everyone who ships f/f rarepairs and brings that AO3 fic count up to double digits. To everyone who sees potential in underwritten women, I love you and you deserve kisses and ten million dollars in cash.

Duke Su has seen countless plays in his life, only to find out his all-time favourite performance is Li lounging in his private parlour.

He admires her as if she were a priceless art piece; and leave it to Xiao Heng, a true connoisseur of art, to recognise a masterpiece when he sees one.

The whole scene feels so intimate and, with that seeping light and light breeze, looks like a painting; also the the fact, that he offer her his private quarters to sleep while he is unabashedly drinking her in the whole time, even after she opens her eyes.