Amarina

I'll be honest, I haven't actually finished the whole thing at the time of writing this comment but what it seems like is a version of the "Get rid of the lover, hook up with the Emperor" plot (just currently unacknowledged as such on here). In that plot there's a storyline that is "sometimes" included where the story being watched is just the "final" version and that she's gone through the loop MANY times in the past trying to change things. 'Nan Pin Di Wang Tai Wu Qing, Ke Wo Shi Ta Bai Yue Guang' for instance has the story being her 3rd attempt; while 'Hei Lian Hua Gong Xin Ji' has he being reborn 9 times.
So that scene is basically saying that each time she died her blood spilled onto the book of fate and recorded her need to go back again. (Again, I'm only a few episodes into the beginning and then I skipped to the end to confirm it WAS the same story (and see how this version ends 🤣🤡) so there might be something I missed that gets told IN the drama but that's basically it.

This was an interesting drama and is different from what is "normally" put out in mass quantities. If you're looking for romance it has the barest hint, but what it REALLY is about is a story of women trapped in servitude trying to better their lives through any means. The house these women serve provides weapons to the Japanese who will kill at the slightestprovocation. This drama is VERY anti-Japanese.
I personally felt torn rating this because on one hand it felt REALLY well done and innovative. It had a message and has some elements of 'art' to it... BUT, it was also VERY slow and I was honestly bored for most of the drama, almost giving up entirely the first 30 minutes before just pushing through.

I guess "Red Beans of Longing" didn't sound good enough so they went with "Love and Longing".
This was... not "bad" but also not "good". The best thing about it I thought was CFT as FL continuously insisting that she did indeed want a divorce and she wasn't playing coy, she was fine with her 'husband' taking a new wife 😅.
Things that were frustrating though are basically everything else... 2FL gets let off the hook EVERY TIME until the end no matter what her crime is and I couldn't even figure out if 2ML loved 2FL or just lusted after her with the amount of mental gymnastics this guy was doing...
As for the Emperor, he's out running around town and to mansions like it's as simple as walking out the door, which I suppose makes the ending semi in line with the entire production even if HIGHLY unrealistic.

Even with the premise of there being a "cute kid" you're let down when he shows up in barely any scenes and is more a plot device to move the story along than a character.

2nd vertical of Chen Fang Tong I've seen and 2nd one I've been disappointed in after watching.

I suppose it's as "common" as Chinese Astrology is in the west. I don't think they were saying the title of Gemini is for the ML/FL though, but rather the "twin" souls of the FL when she's reborn.

the body was and I think that's where people trying to do an alternative title took it from. But yes 🤣 'Gemini' is a MUCH easier name

It's definitely a name that doesn't translate well into English and does appear to be a play on her names 'Zhao' and 'Yu' characters are the same. Then as you mentioned though 'Yu' is also 'jade' and probably refers to the pedant, while 'Zhao' would be 'manifests or shows clearly'. As for 'drunk', it's also 'intoxicated'. If I had to make it into English and knowing the plot, I'd say it's something like "While intoxicated on the Princess (both sides simplified), the golden jade is shown clearly". Anotherway to look at it: 'I simped for the Princess and found out what my jade pendant meant'...
At least that's how 'I' took the name. 😅

See I wasn't even all "oh look, he's not a traitor after all" YAY 😅 - Personally I was just happy we got ANY actual details about what the "feud" between the family was because I was constantly rolling my eyes over how silly these two people were acting that a man adopted as a BABY was supposed to be responsible for bearing a name and hatred of a family the family who raised him hated.... 🤡

After watching the last several episodes I was hoping I'd get some answers but 🤣 Nah.... so basically it's being torn between "What WAS this story about" and "A barebones reason for a jealous ML to run around half-naked and kiss a lot" 🤣🤡🙈🤷‍♀️

No it's always been his sister's soul, she just didn't have HER memories until now.

It's because it's airing on Bilibili which doesn't have a logo on here. You can watch it officially on YouTube (there's a link in below comments) or on "other" sites that cater to "unofficial" releases.

Truly honest question... If you know that this is a sadomasochism romance drama, AND that you do not like the themes expressed in these formats, why do you want to watch them? This isn't an attack as anyone is free to watch whatever they want, it is just a question based on the fact that your comment expresses your dissatisfaction with the tropes of the show, while also mentioning "this is exactly how the sadomasochism genre works".

When watching these they tend to always be referring to a specific Concubines "color" as usually being off-limits for one reason or another - in this instance they were referring to the color of the woman who had been locked away in the Cold Palace after being disfigured. The drama referred to her "fei" rank when discussing the color (I don't remember which rank she was but like "(Guan) Fei Color" as an example is how it was technically referred to as 😅.

Do you mean on a site like Iqiyi etc? I have no idea if it's even on an English site but if you look for Jwells post below there are links

Not sure which you mean, the album is on YouTube Music here
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lROHnF-6tkikX9QwAhtpeXzjTE9jdq8cw&si=yIbA0UE9wnNuX7aj

THANK YOU! I feel the same way whenever I see someone say a show is "just like The Double" 🤡🙃🙄

🤣🤣🤣 may see if my brain can handle the awfulness that sounds like then

other than that no-subbed one the other person posted no. I can only assume that "maybe" within a couple months it will also show up on YouTube with subs since "most" of them have eventually but who checks that often when something stops airing 🤡

Ma Hao Dong plays a BEYOND lustful Prince Regent who is willingly used by Li Sheng Xuan's black lotus antics in exchange for her warming his bed. On a "hearts and flowers" romance scale this is a barely a 1/10, inching out being a 0/10 by having the ML willing to be used and following through with his promises. Meanwhile the FL is the type to roll her eyes as he's being lustful and then complain the next morning that she's in pain everywhere (again).
Still, I've rewatched this one now a couple times.

You're right that they don't specifically say 'red' 😅 - they refer to it as the color of that one concubine, but on my screen it "looked" redish so went with that explanation to try and make it easier. 😅

🤣 sometimes our tastes are VERY different. My head hurts and I went through multiple verticals to no avail before deciding to find a Ma Hao Dong one and am rewatching this one now since it's not a comedy so won't make my head hurt worse. Still like the FL's antics in using him without SOMEHOW realizing that he knew and allowed himself to be used by her 🤡