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I don't remember the exact details for Sword and Beloved since I wasn't watching it while it was airing. However, for some reason, Cheng Yi’s dramas always seem to have unusual broadcast schedules.

Love in the Pavilion, which is part of the trilogy, followed a standard schedule, I believe; but Sword and Beloved was different. As for The Journey of Legend, I remember iQIYI didn’t offer an 'Express Package' though I’m not sure about Tencent. Also, I don’t think the drama he did with Joseph Zeng had two episodes per day either.

I thought most people would know by now. It’s such an easy pattern to recognize, especially if you have been subscribed to WeTV/Tencent and iQIYI for a while now. They started the drama (Pursuit of Jade) by airing the first five episodes. If they decide to give an express package, it is going to be the remaining five. It’s always the same amount they started with: one episode plus the remaining four episodes (36, 37, 38, 39, 40). There is a 99.99% chance that is what they will do, like usual. My math on this has always been right so far 😅. Don’t expect them to drop the last six episodes at once if they initially aired the show with five. So if there is an express package, it's most likely on March 26th because that's when episode 36 is scheduled to be aired. 36 would be the regular episode for VIP, and episodes 37, 38, 39, and 40 are express.

The only platform that drops the last six episodes (two regular + the remaining four = 6) at once is iQIYI.The iQIYI standard schedule is 2 episodes per day for the WHOLE show. They always started with the first 6 episodes (2 regular + 4 express) and end with the last 6 episodes (same). When it is a co-production, or if iQIYI bought the rights like in this case with Pursuit of Jade (co-production), they usually do what WeTV/Tencent usually does (one regular plus the remaining four in express = 5). If it’s a MangoTV drama and it’s available on iQIYI, iQIYI follows MangoTV (one episode plus the remaining three in express = 4). Example: Glory (with Hou Minghao, which recently aired). This is what I have observed ever since I subscribed to iQIYI years ago. There have been a few times we didn’t get express, but from my observation, it is very rare, or the drama wasn’t an exclusive iQIYI production.

YOUKU usually starts with 4 (3 regular and one express) and ends with 4 (1 regular and 3 express). Youku has the habit of changing the schedule mid-show, 😩 so it's never sure with them lol.

Edit: Another example like POJ is Shine on Me! Same pattern, except they are more greedy with POJ and have been airing 1 episode per day for almost two weeks now. lol. Probably because it's a bigger project.

I'm talking about C-drama only; as for other shows on iQIYI, I don't know; I don't watch them.

Qi Min would be as bad as the Current one 😭😭. Probably worse. I would rather a pussy Emperor than a tyrant

Him and Xu Kai need better scripts 😭😭.

you wrong unfortunately 😅

it’s a political move , they are using her including Li.

don’t really, he’s just stupid 😭😂

Novel readers...
What's the ending ?

It could be off-screen, or they edited the scene out.

MangoTv is Terrible with sub 😭😂

Don’t trust MDL !😭

seriously, I don’t trust any of them. MDL or Douban. A lot of time they are misleading

This is why drama can be dangerous 😭😭🤣🤣. They romanticize the most wicked villain and domestic violence. People fall for it

maybe after Love beyond the grave . I would have love to see Rebirth before LBTG 😩😩

It’s still a lack of education, she may know that she need to bow but doesn’t know and understands the real consequences behind it.

Exactly ! A lot of people don’t seem to understand that . They beginning was really good but after the first half and it’s almost a let down.

She doesn’t know the ”  Rules ” especially palace rule . Where exactly you want her to learn that ? she grew up in such a small remote village where most people don’t know those things.In Lin’an , Yan Zheng mostly though her how to act and what to say in front of the magistrate. She doesn’t even know how to even properly read( barely) . Unless someone receives the proper education to learn these rules and how to behave , they don’t know. She still needs to learn and will in later episodes.

2 regular episodes for VIP + the remaining 4 express, for a total of 6 episodes. No other platform drops this amount of episodes at once. WeTV is usually 1 episode and the remaining 4, that's 5. Mango TV is the same as Youku's 1 episode for VIP and the remaining 3 episodes. When IQIYI drops 4 or 5 instead of 6, it is usually because either they bought the right or it is a co-production.

that’s YOUKU , IQIYi is usually 5-6 , depending if the drama is an IQIYi original or co production

remove thisssss or edit the comment , people don’t need to know it’s on that website 😭😭.