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I plan on rewatching the episode tonight or tomorrow, but wasn’t a part of the whole plan ZL had with her dad also related to the salt reform? I wonder if part of that was ZL scheming and the marriage proposal not the whole reason. Am I totally wrong?

Can’t wait 🤩From my limited understanding, though, it seems like someone on X posted BTS footage of ZL acting gloomy with facial hair and said in the post that he was on the verge of divorce and had to kill a friend. I have no idea where the OP got that information from, because it certainly wasn’t in the BtS footage.

He’s changed a lot since joining the military and the separation arc. Him and TY aren’t on the same wavelength anymore like they used to be, but I trust they will find that groove again.

I think that after all they have been through the thought that she could be jealous / doubtful of his devotion to her was just unheard of to him 😂 That’s why he was so confused lol.

Meh I’m not worried, and honestly if this IS just as it seems then it would make sense. ZL and TY are already not seeing eye to eye and he’s doing a lot of things without including her, and he’s not considering anything she’s been trying to tell him. FTY has been ridiculed and mocked while her hubby is making enemies right and left. Maybe this whole thing is being used as his wake up call to get his shit together or he will end up losing everything.

But y’all are making some very big assumptions about what’s going to happen over very little information. I’m just gonna let the story be told.

I’m hanging onto the fact that the director of this drama also directed The Prisoner of Beauty and that drama had one of the hottest kisses of all time in it imo

You are correct! Cheng Li from Shadow Love 🔥

💯Agreed

Sadly this drama did not invest a whole lot into marketing. They chose not to advertise this drama to bring in more viewers.

Has DYX ever been in a historical drama with his hair down? But omg that would be H O T

I have a few thoughts about it- the first one is that A Sen has been struggling with the ZL ever since he falsified his military merit. Then ZL used Yucheng’s head to… well, lie for merit again (because he would have been one head short of a promotion without it). Idk if A Sen is JUST mad at Zhao Ling for what happened to Yucheng, but if it’s instead more a culmination of the character that ZL is becoming, which would be more in line with the theme of ZL becoming a different person than he was before. ZL used to drill into A Sen’s mind not to kill anyone and here ZL is murdering officials, lying twice about military merits, being more reckless and making enemies.

SAMMME like in HDY and ASM… but lbr - that might be asking for too much because that like hardly ever happens 😭

We will see how much of this actually passes censorship. And I s2g if ZL doesn’t take off his hat while making out with his wife on their wedding night I will riot 😂 It would also be nice if FTY’s headdress was taken off as well. I can’t imagine that would be comfortable 😂

Very insightful, thank you! The scene with ZL and the emperor in episode 20 was uncomfortable and now it makes sense why! The emperor isn’t a friend of ZL, as emperors in other dramas are often portrayed as friends of the leads.

🤣 But seriously how many Cdramas have there been when we see the desire for each other before marriage, but as soon as they get married and sleep together for the first time all of the passion stops afterward? That’s like almost EVERY historical Cdrama! Screw that (pun intended) — give me a hubby and a wifey who still want each other after the wedding night! Like “A Splendid Match” - the leads literally had intimate scenes or implied intimacy almost every single episode after they got married. Lots and lots of intimacy. I love that.

I asked the same stuff about episode 20 down the discussion a little bit and I got a really helpful response if you wanted to scroll a bit and find it.

It’s not surprising that their reunion wasn’t more heartfelt. 5 years of no contact would create some awkwardness and uncertainty with any couple, and ZL underwent a lot of character development in the last several episodes. He is much more cold and distant, and he has a dark and reckless edge now that he didn’t have before. He’s losing himself in his quest for power and that’s the point of tension with the leads now. So if you’re noticing the distance between the ZL and FTY, the writers have done a good job 👌🏻Trust the process — their relationship is supposed to feel distant now as Zhao Ling works through his inner demons and perhaps Tingyun will help save him from himself.

I hope so! There was so much passion in A Splendid Match after the leads got married and I love seeing lusty marriages!

So is it possible we might actually get some steam in this drama??? Like in TPoB or in A Splendid Match??? 🙏🏻

Deng Ke did direct THE kiss in The Prisoner of Beauty sooooo 😙

Link?