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Hell yeah to Unveil: Jadewind season 2. Loved the first season 1 even more after a rewatch and reading some history for context. And they already baited people good with that cliffhanger teaser at the end.

Well, let's see how it pans out. Judging by the synopsis she has to be in the sequel. Maybe they'll limit her fighting scenes, make use of a double more, or something.

Also, it's still a long wait ahead and no official comfirmation about the cast yet. There are many dramas that were announced and we're still waiting 5+ years later. But if they want to make money out if this while it's hot, they gotta produce it soon. Looks like it was a commercial success, despite lots of controversies, but half of it was carried by FL actress. There's no point in making this sequel if she's not gonna be in it.

Douban tentatively has it's release date as 2028:
https://movie.douban.com/subject/38457954/

Also, some more plot synopsis info here, looks like FL will have to return again to carry the plot:
https://k.sina.cn/article_7096020439_v1a6f4add706801qsug.html?from=ent&subch=oent

"Main theme:
The concept poster uses the slogan "Private desires form a net, cause and effect form a prison" and the text "Danger lurks outside the palace walls, someone wants to break her bones inch by inch", which implies that the main plot of power struggle and revenge continues and the female lead Li Peiyi faces more severe challenges.

Plot continuation and foreshadowing:
The sequel picks up right after the first season finale, revolving around Li Peiyi (played by Bai Lu) investigating the truth behind her family's massacre, delving into the conspiracy outside the palace walls, and strengthening the narrative of female resistance.

The new season will fill in the logical loopholes from the first season, such as the abandonment of the "rouge box foreshadowing" (not sure what that is, brothel case?), and continue the storyline of Li Peiyi resigning from her official post and retiring to the martial arts world."

That emperor's gonna die. Irl he died of illness a year after the events of the drama. His favorite concubine died just before that, so they probably gonna off consort Shu as well since the crown prince hated her and wanted to kill her anyway.
That crown prince also inherited a ton of problems from his father regarding corruption and decentralization of power due to general-governors holding too much power over their regions.

Other than that, sounds interesting, but I wonder about the quality of the plot and leads' status. This drama was based on a novel and had well thought out plot and dialogues. Who's gonna write a script of comparable quality for season 2? There's no sequel to that novel.
As for the leads, they'd better not sideline or minimize their screen presence because of actors' schedule conflicts , both have to be in it again full time to be a success.

Also, can you post a link to that synopsis?

It's just been announced there'll be a second season. And some people were writing below she wasn't as categorical on social media about this later. My deep condolences to her poor back, but she has to be in this to be a success, she was carrying this drama.

Apparently it's official. Color me surprised. But the leads have to be in to be a success, especially FL.
https://k.sina.com.cn/article_7096020439_v1a6f4add706801qsug.html?from=ent&subch=oent

https://www.tonboriday.com/2026/05/unveil-jadewind-season-2-release-date-plot-cast.html

https://www.facebook.com/100086142476844/posts/unveiljadewind-starring-bailu-and-wangxingyue-has-a-second-season-officially-ann/969095089305231/

https://www.facebook.com/dramaseri2.0/posts/youku-officially-announces-plans-to-produce-new-seasons-for-several-hit-dramas-i/998561339781425/

Maybe it was a bad translation, but in the drama she said she lived 20 years.
The actress doesn't look like she's 20 for sure, but she's still a great actress, I like her.

Or she wasn't a villain at all and victors wrote history. At least it looked that way when she was in the museum.

Soo, she's not actually a villain? And here I had my hopes up. Still, it's a good enough start.

Have you noticed that all the crazies get agitated closer to an actor's major drama release? Can't deny some people simply being sad terminally online losers, but coordinated attacks from haters and rivals also can't be denied.

If you started watching mainly for romance, then check genres tags again, it's not a soap, but a historical detective drama.
There is romance here, but it takes quite a while to get aknowledged by the leads, somewhere around episode 23.

The only controversial thing here is that somebody decided to post an article about this dumb obsessive nonsense.
Nobody cares here about how those sick Asian netizens scrutinize actors under a microscope and stalk their private lives.
Just post actual news about new dramas.

I'm too old to be baited by this, I guess, I need coherent plot as well.

He played ML in Crazy Love in 2022. He was great there. I've read he picks roles that are fun to play, he's not working simply for the money.

Yea, they don't even seem to know large paper shredders exist, not to mention other ways to destroy tons of paper. Poor ML was shredding one sheet at a time.

I’d watch this even solely for SML turning on his “boss” mode. He was awesome in Crazy Love.
But the leads are doing great as well, it’s hilarious.

The only downside that breaks immersion is what they make audit division do in this drama, which is everything - HR, security, audit, morality police, illegal nosing about in workers’ private affairs…Whoever wrote this seems to have never worked in a corporate office. Because of all this immediately -2 score.

It doesn't really get better.

It's like a webtoon reversal. Usually it's modern age FLs who get transmigrated to the past with all their modern science and history knowledge intact that allows them to wow everybody with their smarts.
Here's it's the other way around, FL is from Joseon era and doesn't know s*it about anything in modern era. And it looks hilarious in the trailers.

Coincidences and luck where exactly? Most of the killers here were actively on a killing spree for revenge and weren't some criminal masterminds to begin with. So they simply eventually were found out and got caught, that's not luck or coincidence. The leads here are also very smart and experienced, they know what and where to look for to quickly find clues.

The main plot is very well thought out, but you'll notice only if you watch a second time and gotta know the context to appreciate the logic behind it.

I appreciate you giving a fair score to Coroner's Diary, btw. That one is overrated af on MDL and somehow is set as an example to follow here.

I did finish it, and understood everything. This type of drama is simply not my cup of tea. Too much exagerrated bs, squabbles over money and power, and very blunt feminist messages.