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It’s a plot twist. It is revealed several episodes later.

An actor must and should challenge new roles and genres to build their skills. PXR cannot and will not be Xiao Feng forever. New roles will take her to different genres, styling, acting methods, partners;this must be considered and should be respected . Please stop trying to imprison such a good actress into a single role forever.

东宫 (GMP) stans,
It has been four long years; the grass grows tall at the grave site. If you are looking for the posthumously titled Queen Mingde, you will only find her buried in the Eastern Palace.

In the book, XF is buried in the central plains.

Nah, I doubt that is happening. Seems like in the drama Ji Man is his only.

I think it’s broadcasting at an S+ level but is still an S.

It’ll probably be a coincidence cause tbh weirder stuff happens everyday but it also depends on how GUI Bai found Ji Man. Because the clothes and everything should have been different. I have a hunch that there may have been some bait and switch.

It should be a happy ending. It’s a light comedy and the book has a happy ending. I’m just wondering if they’ll have children like in the book.

Xiaofeng kills herself to escape LCY. This is true in the book and true in the drama. And tbh, I don’t think drama Xiao Feng really wanted to die but that LCY basically drove her to it.
And her body is not returned in the book. LCY doesn’t even visit her grave because he can’t face reality. In the drama, it’s not his grace either. Xiao Feng’s brother pushes him away.

Yeah,
I feel like a scene went missing about him finding out because he looked really upset at Gui Bain’s suggestion and then nothing happened. There must have been cuts cause there’s photos of PXR in drag with a handlebar moustache but I didn’t see it in the show. I originally didn’t have much hope in the script but I think it may actually be smarter than expected. There’s been some really good methods for revealing information and delivering exposition. There’s also a lot of questions and a lot of potential for things to explode. I also thought this episode was really cool, like a proper plot orientated drama.

Dang,
A whole bunch of plot hit in today’s episodes. Loved how Jiman and Ning Yuxuan are helping each other reach their goals in their own way, slowly becoming power couple material.

If it can keep its stamina, it could be a dark horse.

Later. It’s low key a mystery of the drama.

GXW is LCY. I still maintain LCY does not love Xiao Feng but wants to possess her. The other women he treated badly just proves he sees people as objects. Xiaofeng might be his most prized object but she’s still an object.
I also don’t really rate LCY’s jumping with Xiaofeng as an act of love either. Xiao Feng was doing the right thing according to her morals and LCY still wanting her despite betraying her, messes with it a prolongs everything, dragging Xiao Feng into an even more painful 3 years in the East Palace where she doesn’t feel even a 1/10th of the love she received in Xizhou.

I think the drama beating it is a Tan Songyun drama so it might difficult to go back to number one while it airs (unless Nie Sangyu shows up alive and well again😂). TSY has really good popularity.
But to debut at #1 on Maoyan and stay there for 3 days with so little hype and build up compared to other S+ dramas, is amazing. Getting upgraded to S+ while airing is also good in a way cause it means that the show pulled in more money after airing and the S+ ranking will boost their drama scores.
I hope they at least do a building sweep although they would be great on a variety show too.

I tried TROTAR but didn’t like it so I’m glad I can meet Ryan Ding in this drama. He seems like a sweetheart.

Novel LCY is like another league. He’s still complicated like all the characters of GMP are but there’s nothing to redeem him in the book, not even a morsel.

I only watched one episode of that show so I don’t know but a new casting combination is a chance to see a new dynamic so I’m excited for the pair in this show.

It’s probably due to censorship and making the role palatable that they made changes too. I’m not sure about the other male leads listed but Goodbye My Princess’s LCY is different from the novel too. They had to beautify his character. I remember hearing a rumor that casting him was difficult.

High budget dramas probably won’t play until the summer vacation when they can get the most viewers. Everything else will either be warm up or cannon fodder. This drama is cannon fodder that’s turned into a dark horse but if the drama isn’t working, there’s no need to chase it. Drama chasing should be fun.