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They're not among the 3 apps that cater to international viewers so it's better not to think of them XD

If you're watching on an illegal site, maybe don't mention the site? Are people really so oblivious these days?

Nah. Mango TV is so bad that it doesn't count😂 I don't think they even care about international subscribers.

Simu telling stories and scaring the kids was cute

I forgot that WeTV's subs are the worst among the apps. Oh well. Maybe this drama will appear on Viki later

You're most welcome.

When you get to later episodes, you'll see Qi Sheng the puppet emperor have the same fear when he hears someone survived from the fire years ago. He knows he could be killed to make way for a new boy emperor who is easier to control.

It's never explained in the drama or novel about QQ's exact circumstances so it's probably something the author threw in there to explain why QQ has strange/modern ways of thinking.

You're still at the beginning. This drama is Terrible at flashbacks and almost no foreshadowing.

The drama hints at QQ being from our modern day world. If you pay attention, you'll hear the clues dropped in a few episodes.

Actually, QQ and QM were both victims of his nanny. Her loyalty is to the imperial lineage and not to him. She drugged him then threw QQ in there so she can breed QM and get a son out of him. She, and her son who also works for QM, planned to put the child on the throne and kill QM. Hence QM disliking his son because it means his own death. It's no wonder QM has trusts issues.

I've liked DK for years as he pops up in small roles in various dramas. It's nice that he's finally getting recognition for his work.

Thanks!

I can't wait now that it's finally here. The trailers have been great.

We needed a better script writer/script

- QM's complex character and Deng Kai's acting is what I'll remember about this drama years from now. His AU ending was appropriate too because his love for QQ can't erase her multiple betrayals of him hence his instinctive reaction of finding her repulsive.
- QQ is a modern day woman. She sees their relationship as a one-night stand gone wrong and she definitely humiliates him on purpose at times to get even at all the fear and intimidation he practices on her. I'm not blaming her by the way. Theirs is an ill-fated romance of a modern woman with a man from an Imperial family, they can't understand each other much less agree on anything.
-Wei Yan's character was so rich and had so much to offer. From his unfulfilled love affair, his manipulation by the previous emperor into becoming a villain, and then having to shoulder it all for family and country. His guilt toward his nephew which makes him stay his hand. This character needed more than a 5 minute info dump in the last ep.

Overall, it was an enjoyable drama but the weak script ruined the second half.

Thoughts on the ending. Spoilers below.

The context in the drama is different from the novel. In the drama, ML says he'll take the whipping as a debt he pays to his uncle for raising him. It's a thin excuse but I guess they couldn't frame it another way.

The second half of the drama was carried by QM and WY. Both became villains through circumstances and fate. The ending was a bit underwhelming except for them.

I think he should have suffered more XD

Yes, he's really tragic .

Wei Yan looks great in a general's armour XD

Nope.

Ep.39: Pot calling the kettle black. XZ would have done the same thing per his characterization in this drama.

The other comments are right. It's annoying that XZ is shifting his quest for revenge for his parents to defending FCY instead. It's like he has no story line in the plot except for being her accessory.