Im so confuse, i dont know who are allies with the ML, Prime Minister Wei sometimes looks like an enemy, but he…
The political landscape and interpersonal relationships in this story (at least based on the novel) are a bit complicated, and can't be explained without spoiling. Drama will reveal it as the story progress. For now, just note Wei Faction and Li Faction are against each other.
It looks like this actress is strong in real life. I brute is so believable. She is what we call small but mighty😀
She carried ZLH (and even trotted while carrying him) for some of the scenes of this drama. ZLH even said that's the first time a girl could carry him. She's indeed strong. lol
It's gonna be a major spoiler tho. . . . . . . He's Yu Qian Qian's "husband".
(Stop here if you don't want to get spoiled for major plot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . He's the son of late crown prince and one of the major antagonists.
so many new characters, i need character chart or something to keep on track lmao 😭. i guess it is obvious…
Li family is under Grand Tutor Li. The one we often see always clashing with Prime Minister Wei during the court scenes. Li Huian is the grandson of Grand Tutor Li.
Gongsun Yin is ML's faction. The crossplaying female student will be revealed later.
The grey haired guy is one of the major characters as well. It's YQQ's husband.
It also depend on the script and director after all. I'm also happy to see her pick up diverse roles lately. Previously, was concerned about her being typecasted to dead.
If anyone is curious if it deviates from the book. It does but not drastically. Some characters have more lines…
The scene with Gongsun Yin we saw in the drama is from the side story chapters. Looks like it's the same setting as the novel as well. You mentioned you didn't finish the novel, hence you might have missed it.
I share Freshy's opinion below, not bad but somehow didn't glue me to the screen either. I am thinking that it…
You read the novel to some extent and yet are expecting war torn villages at this stage of the story? Opening of the novel is as cozy as it can get, exactly what we saw in the drama.
Watched the first five eps and it's great. The cinematography, OST, and flashbacks are all beautiful and transition…
After seeing her action scenes in Moonlit Reunion, I was confident that TXW can pull off Fang Changyu in Zhu Yu as well, and really looking forward to the release. Glad it came out very well. Lots of great scenes to looking forward to, can't wait!
I'm so happy that this adaptation came out so beautifully and with such quality. I loved the novel, and loving the drama so much as well. So far, it is exactly how I've imagined it while reading the novel!
Tian Xiwei was the first actress that came to my mind for Fang Changyu while reading the novel. She really got casted later, and she absolutely nailing this character in the drama. 😍 (Thank you so much the casting director 🙏)
Now that we've seen the drama, I'm looking forward to the later arcs of the story even more now because this drama is cooking!
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He's the son of late crown prince and one of the major antagonists.
Then waiting for Mo Li. Loved its novel.
Gongsun Yin is ML's faction. The crossplaying female student will be revealed later.
The grey haired guy is one of the major characters as well. It's YQQ's husband.
Tian Xiwei was the first actress that came to my mind for Fang Changyu while reading the novel. She really got casted later, and she absolutely nailing this character in the drama. 😍 (Thank you so much the casting director 🙏)
Now that we've seen the drama, I'm looking forward to the later arcs of the story even more now because this drama is cooking!