If Gu Qingzhi was a clever and calculating, why the need to kill herself? She was a consort, and i believe she…
She was smart. She knew very well that her and her family's days are numbered, hence, such emotions were beyond her. Marrying into the royal family was a disaster for her. She already had a fiance who had broken off the engagement because he had severed ties with his own Duke mansion and did not want to implicate her in his own issues for it was an extreme act of unfilial piety. He is physician Xie Yunhuai, who in the drama is in the Crown Prince's party. After this annulment of engagement, the fifth prince, Prince Xin, asked for a decree to marry her for he was in love with her and heard that his father wanted to include her in his harem. He promised his father that he would do all his dirty work and be a dutiful prince. The emperor agreed. They got married. He tried everything but she remained cold and aloof. They did not spend much time together as he was out on business most of the time. His family did not like her either. She saw things too clearly and hence she lived a carefree life. She told him time and again, he is being foolish but Prince Xin remained stubborn. He loved her but did not know how to love her. They simply weren't meant to be. So, he got a promise from the Emperor to spare her life and he would preside upon the GU family massacre. She took the poisoned wine given by which mother, Concubine Rong and also used her own life to scheme against Fan family, who framed the GU family while she was pregnant. Therefore, Prince Xin hates everyone other than his younger brother and wants to destroy everything. For the loss of his wife and child was too much to bear for him Her father, the patriarch of GU family, let it happen, for it was inevitable for the peace of the empire and also brought some reprieve to the aristocratic families, curbing their arrogance and strengthening the monarchy. It was a sacrifice they made.
She was smart. She knew very well that her and her family's days are numbered, hence, such emotions were beyond her. Marrying into the royal family was a disaster for her. She already had a fiance who had broken off the engagement because he had severed ties with his own Duke mansion and did not want to implicate her in his own issues for it was an extreme act of unfilial piety. He is physician Xie Yunhuai, who in the drama is in the Crown Prince's party. After this annulment of engagement, the fifth prince, Prince Xin, asked for a decree to marry her for he was in love with her and heard that his father wanted to include her in his harem. He promised his father that he would do all his dirty work and be a dutiful prince. The emperor agreed. They got married. He tried everything but she remained cold and aloof. They did not spend much time together as he was out on business most of the time. His family did not like her either. She saw things too clearly and hence she lived a carefree life. She told him time and again, he is being foolish but Prince Xin remained stubborn. He loved her but did not know how to love her. They simply weren't meant to be. So, he got a promise from the Emperor to spare her life and he would preside upon the GU family massacre. She took the poisoned wine given by which mother, Concubine Rong and also used her own life to scheme against Fan family, who framed the GU family while she was pregnant. Therefore, Prince Xin hates everyone other than his younger brother and wants to destroy everything. For the loss of his wife and child was too much to bear for him Her father, the patriarch of GU family, let it happen, for it was inevitable for the peace of the empire and also brought some reprieve to the aristocratic families, curbing their arrogance and strengthening the monarchy. It was a sacrifice they made.
Can someone spoil me on who poisoned the male lead and if he'll become the emperor? And will our female lead,…
The male lead will not become the Emperor but the female lead will become the Empress Dowager. Their son, just born,will become the Emperor. To the world, the male lead is dead but he secretly went to a secluded foreign tribe in the middle of nowhere to get himself detoxified. The tribe is xenophobic and there is no fool proof detoxification available. It will also take approximately a decade for detoxification. It is all upto fate and chance. So they decided to announce his death to the world and from then on, even if he returns to his family, he will remain anonymous which is what happens after eight years. He returns to his family. Many ministers know the truth but they just turn a blind eye because it is not conducive to the stability of the empire. Their son remain the Emperor.
Okay, so I was wondering what happened between Shen Xihe and the Gu family's daughter, and I have some useful…
This aspect is not visible in the drama yet...but the emperor wants to the one who wants to go down in the annals of history as a wise ruler and one one who contributed the most to the stability of the empire. He wants to make sure that the future king is secure therefore he is working upon concentration of power in hands of monarch , curbing the influence of aristocracy like the GU and FAN family, elimination of dissenting eunuchs. Now, his target are the regional kings holding massive military power and influence in regional areas. As they might not want to rebel now but their future generations might which is a cancer for monarchy. This is the bone of contention.
Can someone spoil me on who poisoned the male lead and if he'll become the emperor? And will our female lead,…
This is a massive plot twist no one saw coming while reading the novel. The climax. So, the previous king, Empress Dowager's husband was a king who indulged in pleasure and debauchery neglecting state affairs and easily influenced by women in the harem. This, plunging the empire into chaos. He, exiled his Empress, now the Empress Dowager to nortwest with his two legitimate sons, Prince Qin, the older brother who died, and the younger son, the present emperor. They suffered in the northwest and was helped by Shen Youshan, Shen Xihe's father and they became sworn brothers. Together with the help of GU and other families they rebelled under Prince Qin, intending him make the next emperor and throwing away the existing Emperor, his father who plunged the empire into chaos by indulging in pleasure and his favoured son who was equally useless. On the night of success, when both the brothers' gave birth one after another, Prince Qin suddenly died because of injury with no one by his side but his younger brother. Princess Qin could not bear this news and passed away in childbirth with her son. While the present Emperor's wife gave birth to his son and died too. Everyone shocked had no other option but to ask the present Emperor to ascend to the throne. The Emperor works extra hard not just for his own ambitions and wanting to be a good monarch but also to get out of the shadow of his older brother. Because the ministers followed his older brother not him. As for the twist, it was Empress Dowager who was the mastermind behind everything. She knew and was extremely proficient in hypnosis, able to control others actions by hinting and planting emotions and memories in their minds , making them believe they were acting on their own initiative while they were just puppet on strings for her. Her motive was simple, to completely seize power. After her incident with the previous Emperor, her husband she was completely sure that power should only be in one's own hand to feel secure. And she is the one most suitable for welding power. She orchestrated her younger son to kill her older son in order to seize power, when he never wanted to. He loved and respected his brother and was not interested in the throne but she made him do it. Then, under the pretext on him committing such a sin, she forced him to abandon his own son and declare his older brother's son his own , making him crown prince and also making him kill his own wife to stop future troubles. She poisoned the crown prince, making the Emperor and Crown Prince believe they are enemies as she subtly revealed they had a blood fued as the Emperor, his uncle killed his parents. She then took the Crown Prince to Louyang, with herself accompanying him, and also hypnotised him albeit not completely successful, there was some influence involved. She knew something or quite a bit about Crown Prince's power. At the end, on the Emperor's death bed everything is revealed and our leads have already discovered it just a bit before. I do not remember clearly, but she also tried, to kill the leads' son but failed because they already took precautions. The Emperor died, knowing he wasn't a vile person who would kill his own family for power, which was a relief for him. And thus, closure is received.
After this annulment of engagement, the fifth prince, Prince Xin, asked for a decree to marry her for he was in love with her and heard that his father wanted to include her in his harem. He promised his father that he would do all his dirty work and be a dutiful prince. The emperor agreed. They got married. He tried everything but she remained cold and aloof. They did not spend much time together as he was out on business most of the time. His family did not like her either. She saw things too clearly and hence she lived a carefree life. She told him time and again, he is being foolish but Prince Xin remained stubborn. He loved her but did not know how to love her.
They simply weren't meant to be. So, he got a promise from the Emperor to spare her life and he would preside upon the GU family massacre.
She took the poisoned wine given by which mother, Concubine Rong and also used her own life to scheme against Fan family, who framed the GU family while she was pregnant. Therefore, Prince Xin hates everyone other than his younger brother and wants to destroy everything. For the loss of his wife and child was too much to bear for him
Her father, the patriarch of GU family, let it happen, for it was inevitable for the peace of the empire and also brought some reprieve to the aristocratic families, curbing their arrogance and strengthening the monarchy. It was a sacrifice they made.
After this annulment of engagement, the fifth prince, Prince Xin, asked for a decree to marry her for he was in love with her and heard that his father wanted to include her in his harem. He promised his father that he would do all his dirty work and be a dutiful prince. The emperor agreed. They got married. He tried everything but she remained cold and aloof. They did not spend much time together as he was out on business most of the time. His family did not like her either. She saw things too clearly and hence she lived a carefree life. She told him time and again, he is being foolish but Prince Xin remained stubborn. He loved her but did not know how to love her.
They simply weren't meant to be. So, he got a promise from the Emperor to spare her life and he would preside upon the GU family massacre.
She took the poisoned wine given by which mother, Concubine Rong and also used her own life to scheme against Fan family, who framed the GU family while she was pregnant. Therefore, Prince Xin hates everyone other than his younger brother and wants to destroy everything. For the loss of his wife and child was too much to bear for him
Her father, the patriarch of GU family, let it happen, for it was inevitable for the peace of the empire and also brought some reprieve to the aristocratic families, curbing their arrogance and strengthening the monarchy. It was a sacrifice they made.
Their son, just born,will become the Emperor. To the world, the male lead is dead but he secretly went to a secluded foreign tribe in the middle of nowhere to get himself detoxified. The tribe is xenophobic and there is no fool proof detoxification available. It will also take approximately a decade for detoxification. It is all upto fate and chance.
So they decided to announce his death to the world and from then on, even if he returns to his family, he will remain anonymous which is what happens after eight years. He returns to his family. Many ministers know the truth but they just turn a blind eye because it is not conducive to the stability of the empire. Their son remain the Emperor.
He wants to make sure that the future king is secure therefore he is working upon concentration of power in hands of monarch , curbing the influence of aristocracy like the GU and FAN family, elimination of dissenting eunuchs.
Now, his target are the regional kings holding massive military power and influence in regional areas.
As they might not want to rebel now but their future generations might which is a cancer for monarchy.
This is the bone of contention.
So, the previous king, Empress Dowager's husband was a king who indulged in pleasure and debauchery neglecting state affairs and easily influenced by women in the harem. This, plunging the empire into chaos. He, exiled his Empress, now the Empress Dowager to nortwest with his two legitimate sons, Prince Qin, the older brother who died, and the younger son, the present emperor.
They suffered in the northwest and was helped by Shen Youshan, Shen Xihe's father and they became sworn brothers. Together with the help of GU and other families they rebelled under Prince Qin, intending him make the next emperor and throwing away the existing Emperor, his father who plunged the empire into chaos by indulging in pleasure and his favoured son who was equally useless.
On the night of success, when both the brothers' gave birth one after another, Prince Qin suddenly died because of injury with no one by his side but his younger brother. Princess Qin could not bear this news and passed away in childbirth with her son. While the present Emperor's wife gave birth to his son and died too.
Everyone shocked had no other option but to ask the present Emperor to ascend to the throne.
The Emperor works extra hard not just for his own ambitions and wanting to be a good monarch but also to get out of the shadow of his older brother. Because the ministers followed his older brother not him.
As for the twist, it was Empress Dowager who was the mastermind behind everything.
She knew and was extremely proficient in hypnosis, able to control others actions by hinting and planting emotions and memories in their minds , making them believe they were acting on their own initiative while they were just puppet on strings for her.
Her motive was simple, to completely seize power. After her incident with the previous Emperor, her husband she was completely sure that power should only be in one's own hand to feel secure. And she is the one most suitable for welding power.
She orchestrated her younger son to kill her older son in order to seize power, when he never wanted to. He loved and respected his brother and was not interested in the throne but she made him do it.
Then, under the pretext on him committing such a sin, she forced him to abandon his own son and declare his older brother's son his own , making him crown prince and also making him kill his own wife to stop future troubles.
She poisoned the crown prince, making the Emperor and Crown Prince believe they are enemies as she subtly revealed they had a blood fued as the Emperor, his uncle killed his parents. She then took the Crown Prince to Louyang, with herself accompanying him, and also hypnotised him albeit not completely successful, there was some influence involved.
She knew something or quite a bit about Crown Prince's power.
At the end, on the Emperor's death bed everything is revealed and our leads have already discovered it just a bit before. I do not remember clearly, but she also tried, to kill the leads' son but failed because they already took precautions.
The Emperor died, knowing he wasn't a vile person who would kill his own family for power, which was a relief for him.
And thus, closure is received.