Well actually back then, homosexuality was accepted until the 1900 and onward. Men could have as many bfs as they wanted. Nobody cared. Only condition was that they have to get married and have a child. It wasn't looked down upon.
I don't know if this is sad or not but the tall guy in the picture is not Jinhuan.
Thank you for your explanation and I will keep reading it. As long as either of them don't end up dying at the end then I don't care.
If you read the description correctly, you'll realize that the Uncle's partner will be his nephew -- Jinhuan is his (technically) brother-in-law.
Can you tell me the names of those Chinese BL you saw? :D
also, if you can provide a link as to where I could watch it with English subtitles that'd be awesome!
Damn! When it comes to Chinese and historical at that, I just can't help but think of drama like for example the seme (or whatever you call him) will get married to a woman and there is going to be a love triangle or either that the 2 of them will die at the end or will get separated by family. Never a HAPPY ENDING.
I WATCHED A TON OF CHINESE BL DRAMA THAT SET ON HISTORICAL PERIOD AND IT LEFT MY HEARTBROKEN EVERYTIME I WATCHED IT. I WILL TELL YOU THOSE DRAMA WERE BASE ON NOVEL AND IT IS EITHER A SUPER SAD ENDING OR A BITTERSWEET ENDING. EITHER WAY YOU WILL CRY YOUR EYE OUT AFTER READING IT OR WATCH THE DRAMA.