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Everything is meticulously built to give you the best ending ever. You can truly feel the emotional last arc if you watch every episode. Even the ones you deem boring now, have their own special place in your viewing experience. Now keep in mind, this is a very emotional, love centred drama. The politics and the secondary characters are there to move the leads' story forward. If scandal, intrigue and vengeance are you're thing, you'll get truly bored.

I think it's either that nth really catches your fancy, or you're going through a time that you need not to focus your mind. I've noticed that whenever I multiwatch dramas I'm going through a stressful period of my life and I need to numb my thoughts, so multiwatching doesn't give me time to dwell on the story. But that's just me

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The pastry IMO was not his way of showing her that he remembers. I saw it as his promise that he will always be her Jin An no matter what.

He is the reason she lost her father and her father wasn't even to blame in the end. He's as guilt ridden as it gets. And he's willing to let her kill him if that's what she wants. She knows he remembers and he told her so (I'm the masked man, I fell in love with a Taojin woman, you also treated me well in Taojin). But she kept pushing him away bc he isn't Jin An, and she's not exactly wrong. He is a prince in a country that has just gone through a peace treaty, an emperor second coming, an empress treason and a prince second coming. He can never love freely. And he knows if he openly acknowledges their bond she will have to make a decision and force her hand. She is in danger in Yao. They want her dead and he doesn't want to make any more trouble for his brother. On the other hand she has to return to Tao. She has to answer for herself and her deceased father, she has to fulfill her duty and she doesn't want to be entangled in a situation that cannot be resolved as things are. They had to separate bc of who they really are, and I'm not talking about their ids, I'm talking about their characters.

As I see it, it's a fitting end. He is all 3 people now merged into one. And the Jade Linglong is not a liability anymore as it's in him and no one can steal it again. The drama gives everyone an ending, even the artifact!

After the third watch I managed to look at it with a cooler head and this is my conclusion:The CP has lived all his life in fear and when he was given the title he felt that his daddy approved of him. The only other person who did is Li Shuang. So when he realised that he's just cattle for slaughter he turned to Li Shuang, his only constant variable in his life , only to be dismissed. He would have wallowed in his misery and probably died by his brother's hands, had not Jin An tutored him in the ways of the court (this sounds naughty, LOL!). CP's actions then serve a double purpose: he comes to his power reacting like the cornered animal he has always been, thus the whole "I want it all, everything should be mine, I've been deprived too long" attitude (enter Li Shuang, among all else). AND it showcases Jin An's id. He is a prince, he is a schemer, a strategist, a politician and ruthless at that. He was always DAD and Jin An. Had he not a good relationship with his brother, what he advised the CP would have been his actions, too. The episodes of the CP's turning point do not only help the story progress, but they also prep us to do the connection, to accept the transition from Jin An to amnesiac DAD without ruining the flow of his character.

The story is named "With Jin An". He is not another character. He is DAD but without the responsibilities that mask his true self. It is mentioned that he was always easy going and playful until he took up the role of the general.

What's the use of saying it if he doesn't remember? She doesn't want DAD. She wants JinAn. Also she said, "if you don't remember, why do you ask?", or sth to that effect. And he never showed her the engravings, he just stormed in and asked a question. How would she know he started remembering? As for the switch no one steps on the platform but for the Empress. And no one is allowed in her rooms.

That's why the DAD episodes are not that many. Had he acted like that for half the drama he would have killed any feelings she had for him. She didn't just take it though. She tried killing him during the battle and she verbally taunted him like the enemy he is, even though she was tied up. And when he squeezed her palm he stopped when she screamed and he looks confused as to why he did that. He's never totally amnesiac. His soul remembers at times, it's just his brain is stuck to a year ago.

Yeah I know what you mean. I treated it as a a case of Duan Aodeng's scheming. I prefer to think he's not JinAn at the Wei's residence. And that last part of him wanting to leave with her was just a flash of his past self before the reset.

He has already lost most of his memories with Li Shuang and only the feelings are left. Even those will be completely erased by the next episode, so even though his actions seem erratic, they follow his memory revival. For him, his brother's death happened yesterday. When he wakes up next time in Yao they'll have to refill him about the emperor's death

No, if you do you'll miss a lot that makes episodes from 30 onward more emotional

Keep watching, it will make his comeback all the more meaningful. You'll get what I mean

Ep30

I've just noticed on ep14, she shaved his beard and he ended up with some cuts! LOL! How did I miss it??

It's as Juuu said. His former self never disappeared and can be seen in his etiquette, taste, strategy, fighting, anger, calculations, loyalty, compassion for his friends whom he considers family...his former self is evident throughout the episodes... Prince Anan is always there but his restrictions are not, that's why he can love freely.

I thought he was genuinely cruel, she'd kick him to the curb and make him regret ever crossing her, and then he would mend his ways. Now it's just a huge misunderstanding, and what's worse they'll blame the poison for his obnoxious character. Pity

Yes, I've already watched it more than 14 times(lost the count). I only wish the ending had more minutes to spare, but all in all, it's a wonderful story about love, all kinds of love. If you want an in depth analysis of it check cyn lyn's blogspot. It gives a truly detailed account of every episode that proves how much thought the directors put into it.

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