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The level of annoyance I felt when I saw them! 😒Like dang even in illusions, they got to be here. Really wondering what the editors/producers were thinking cause their storyline is basically complete and yet 0 people care.

Omg tonight’s episodes with Emperor Ming helping Bai Lu put on her armour 😭. They look so gorgeous together. Absolute power couple energy. I really love this pairing.
Everyone is harping on the age difference/looks but I can’t remember the last time I saw a couple so complete. Both are flesh and blood characters and are interesting enough to hold the audience’s attention on their own. They’re both smart and capable. Though they’ve cut her character into something of a white rabbit, the female lead isn’t dumbed down. The FL is beautiful but the ML engages with her intelligence, rather than the cliché of her beauty. This is a show where the “love tokens” to the FL are actually access to power and job promotion and it’s usually after the heroine has done a task well or cleverly. The biggest selling point, however, is the ML is emotionally intelligent, and it’s this emotional intelligence coupled with the FL’s resolute sense of spirit that turns what could have been a very cringey dynamic into one that is engaging and fun to watch. The acting between the leads sometimes is so delicate it’s easy to miss. Often it’s a mere moment; a shift in stance, a shine of tears in the eye, a smile that leans ever so slightly into a satisfied smirk.
And can I just say how sweet is it that Emperor Ming’s favourite way to hang out with Bai Lu is by playing military chess!? And not just any type of chess, but the game she specifically created and is full of strategy and calculation.

Honestly the biggest selling point of this drama is the Tianqi cast. The key players all seem to have their own sense of existence and continue to remind me that you can have all the special effects, fancy costumes, swelling and grand OSTs but at the end of the day, acting is king.

I saw Weibo calling her a Sky Prison VIP user. 😂

I love this dynamic so much but it has me worried about how things change in the last 5 episodes. From the costumes Bai Lu wears in the later part of the drama it looks like she’s entered the harem and so won’t be an official anymore. YXM still seems besotted but it would be sad if it wasn’t for the same reasons as the first half.

For some reason I thought she was murdered but you’re right they forced her to kill herself.

Honestly need more male leads like Yu Xiuming. You can see that he genuinely values Bai Lu’s intelligence. It’s so good to see and it makes me so heartbroken that this show is so short. 😭😭😭

Wasn’t she murdered?

Bai Lu is so spoiled. I really can’t help but love it.😭 Episode 16’s interactions were so cute it made me put down my pitchfork over being cheated out of a kiss this episode.😩

I love Cheng Wu. That scene with the Emperor. I laughed so hard I choked.😂

GMP is the shorthand for Goodbye My Princess. The author of the book this drama is based off made some comments last year that basically got them cancelled.

Apparently it was the vice couple who kissed. I feel like fans are going to be furious.😂

Mini cuts are usually to save time but after cutting 11 episodes what’s left to save? At least give us scene continuity 😭The mini cuts aren’t actual scenes. It’s the cuts where they’ll be in one position in one shot and a completely different position in the next shot. It’s like an animation without enough frame rates. It’s jumpy and ruins the flow. Watching this show, I have a feeling that this show was in post production when the author scandal hit and somehow, that affected things like editing, filters, voice acting, etc. Because some scenes are very beautiful and high quality and some are really amateur.
Youku’s been torturing viewers like this for years. People are still asking for the cut kiss scenes from GMP which aired in 2019 and still nada for some of them. I can’t see them changing their evil ways any time soon.😂

Yeah, editing in general is a minefield in Cdrama. Given that cuts don’t just come from the censors but also the platforms, I don’t understand why there isn’t more investment in good ones. This show is suffering from the issue of massive cuts plus mini cuts that ruin scene continuity. I can understand the big cuts but mini cuts always annoy me because they drag down the whole drama and are only really seconds saved.

Yes, there should be two episodes updated tonight for VIP users.

Tidbit drop! This tidbit is so sweet, it gave me a cavity 🥹.
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4846557230272319

I swear if we don’t get this kiss, Youku is gonna have problems. Both Chinese and foreign fans seem to have their pitchforks ready. 😂

Congrats to SJFY making it to No. 1 on Maoyan today!! 🎊🎊🎊
Let’s keep up the momentum with views and likes if you like the show.💪💪🏼💪🏿
On Maoyan, we’re actually beating out some pretty heavy contenders.

Ngl I don’t have a clue what’s going on in Yebei/Yuezhou because my concern for that pairing was in the negative digits the moment I realised they were going to happen.
I’m waiting for the triangle too. I feel like it’s going to be at the end and not a classically messy love triangle but a power struggle. It’s seems like everyone is in love but more about their careers which is refreshing but I still don’t understand why so much Yi Wuyou has been deleted.

I remembered when I was studying film, one of my professors said that a great movie is made or broken by the editor. I didn’t believe them until I started watching Cdramas. The editing can be so rough. Even GMP, the show a lot of people are comparing this one to, had editing that made my jaw drop in disbelief, in its first iterations. On Weibo when netizen want to trash that director they call him a PPT director and you can’t even argue cause some scene transitions really come out looking like a PowerPoint presentation. 😩

4 minutes for the main couple. And one ends up in the dungeon. Feel like this is punishment for any time I’ve ever complained about too much romance between the main pairing in other dramas. This drama is really something else.😂