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Yup, it's the lead actors' voices that we're hearing, both Leo and Bai Lu.

Thank you so much for your kind words.
I enjoy watching dramas and writing about them, so whenever I have time I'll try to do both :)

Haha! We're literally lifting the angst with street slang! Go fly kite, hamsap emperor :D

A truly deserving end for them :D

No worries and absolutely no apology is necessary. It was a tongue-in-cheek comment from me anyway :)
Glad we're all just trying to have a bit of fun to cheer up the angsty mood from the drama.

Episode 1, 17th minute...omg, if that is not chemistry then I don't know what is. My TV screen just exploded. Damn that sizzles!

But be warned though, a number of the good guys from L&R play bad guys here. Guess it goes to show their versatility in acting :)

Aaah, the irony. Court intrigue without the actual courtship lol

Don't worry, you'll see a lot of "Si Feng" here. Just make sure you stock up on tissues :)

Haha :D

Sure thing. So far still surviving the angst lol
Chris Rock in Fargo? Oh wow.

I didn't catch it during its original run, but I might watch it later on. I remember watching the first episode and it was really heavy and serious.
I'm putting this series on hold because another new rom-com just popped up - Love is Sweet with Leo Luo and Bai Lu.
Aaarrggh, so many romance series this month! Probably coinciding with mid-autumn festival lol

Leo and Bai Lu? I'm in! Heading into episode 1 now :P

Yes indeed. FL needs all the help she can get to divert the Emperor's hamsap-ness away from her :O

I hope so. There's still 30+ episodes to go. *fingers crossed, don't wanna jinx it * lol

Speaking of director's cuts, The Royal Nirvana Special just finished airing with 12 episodes. I didn't follow the series but I heard that it's supposed to tie up loose ends from the original run. Maybe we'll see more "directors' cuts specials" next year lol

Yup same here. Along with the fillers, they cut out the important details linking the story together. It's funny that this drama had a huge margin of episode cuts - from 70 to 36. Other dramas weren't so drastic.

Yes, and she became the most famous of them all - Wu Zetian.

I just hope the plot doesn't turn unsavoury towards the FL as far as the Emperor is concerned. Already we can see his patience is wearing thin.

Season 4 is out? I managed to find seasons 1-3 on Amazon Prime and Google Play so will watch when I can finally clear my Asian list. King of the High Castle, is that a new drama? I remember watching The Man in the High Castle though, which is pretty similar-sounding.
I'm currently following Promise of Chang'an just to see if the ending will be different from the source material, plus it's the only "serious historical" available at the moment.