Tong yun take yinlou's place in the novel & served the emperor who was drugged/ drunk (the emperor doesn't know) as yinlou couldn't bear to let another man touch her. Then, it was noted down in some record book of the harem that yinlou served the emperor recently & that's how xiao duo got to know about this from cao through the bureau/ harem records. Tong yun even gets pregnant with the emperor's child.
But in the ep 22 preview, the emperor announces that she has spent the night with him being well aware that nothing happened. That's different from how the novel progressed. Xiao duo in ep 22 preview seems angry about why yinlou didn't/ can't trust him about taking a risk & eloping not about her betraying him by sleeping with another man. I really hope the drama doesn't follow the novel in this part. I don't want to see a xiao duo who can be cruel to his own love and humiliate her.
xiao duo does believe she slept with the emperor in the novel & starts trying to hate her. it infuriates me aarghh
in the novel, he gets drunk & was really angry. when he meets her again in the palace (alone), he starts kissing her and she reciprocates. at that moment, he didn't care whether she served the emperor or not, he just wanted her to say she still loves him. when things were about to escalate/ get steamy, yinlou stopped him & told him it was not appropriate or safe & was about to leave. he got angry because she clearly loves him and isn't admitting it. he pulled her back & forced himself on her. she experiences pain as he's treating her aggressively but xiao duo doesn't pay any heed to her begging him to stop (even tells her he wants her to feel the pain. the author's description was horrifying). then, he treats her like used trash and leaves the room.
shortly after, he notices blood on his clothes & realizes that she didn't serve the emperor but he was her first man (they both lost their virginity to each other) & that she truly loves him. he meets her again, confronts her, starts acting sweet & they make up like nothing happened.
I hated the part where he forced her (r@ped tbh) in the novel & I wish the drama's xiao duo doesn't do anything like that. I'm somewhat sure they won't include such scenes in the drama and hope the drama turns out way better.
y'all, cut scenes or whatever. I just started ep 19. when i saw xiao duo hugging yinluo after she's drugged, it just melted my heartšthat's the definition of 'hold me like you'll never let me go' š„ŗ
this had 36 episodes, are they going to torture us by making us see that stupid and irritating king till the end.…
he doesn't die at all in the novel. he has a nearly happy ending in the novel. the author has lost it. like gurl, he's deserves to be buried 6ft deep š
omg yesss! he closed her eyes as she was about to tear up due to the overwhelming emotions and kissed her. that scene was so beautifully executed šš„ŗš
i just checked it out. it's a Taiwanese drama, right?! im only watching mainland china ones nowadays. that's why it fell off my radar :/ but thanks for letting me know šI love a mystery & romance combo ā¤ļøāš„
in the drama, XD despises himself and only BYL's belief that he is a good person seems to be curing him of his…
No, when the novelās Xiao duo forced her, he clearly knew she was in pain. BYL went to the palace as the emperorās concubine when xiao duo planned to elope with her, she didnāt explain it to xiao duo. The emperor threatened her and she couldnāt risk losing xiao duoās life. Xiao duo thought she accepted everything & decided to be the emperorās concubine for real. He got triggered when he got to know that byl served the emperor in bed (not true, someone else took her place becuz byl has xiao duo in her heart). He got angry, humiliated her, and forced himself on her. She asks him to stop but he doesnāt listen cuz he wants her to feel the pain. Then, he finds out that she lost her virginity to him. So, he calms down & they get together again. He starts acting sweet like nothing happened. Itās messed up but yea, thatās how the novel progressed.
in the drama, XD despises himself and only BYL's belief that he is a good person seems to be curing him of his…
yea, the author must've lost it. It's a shame, she's a woman herself. agreed, those characters should def stay in the novel. i would never associate the novel & the drama's xiao duo together
According to the media: its a university love story between the FL and ML. The FL met the ML at 18 and fell in love during the university. They studied hard & progressed together but because of the FL's poor economical status, the ML's family refused to accept the FL and their relationship. With her confidence and self-esteem crushed, she returns to her hometown and decided to start a business. The ML follows her there hoping to support her with her plans. Together they work hard and develop a tea business in her hometown and promote the tea industry. The story has a sweet and happy ending.
in the drama, XD despises himself and only BYL's belief that he is a good person seems to be curing him of his…
In the drama, I believe that self hatred is becoz of the blood stains in his hands (killing many people) to climb the ladder and not because he physically assaulted someone. Xiao duo replaced his brother and entered the palace at a very young age as an eunuch and in the novel, there's a part where it says how no woman has ever seen xiao duo's intimate body or gotten this close to him so there's no way the novel/ drama's xiao duo r@ped someone. As for killing innocents, he might have indirectly been responsible for that. It could have been under the stance, survival of the fittest. Both yinlou & xiao duo were their firsts and i was angry at the fact that he forced himself on her (the second time they got intimate). the pain was due to yinlou losing her virginity but that doesn't justify novel xiao duo forcing himself on her.
I look at drama's xiao duo as a better written character by the screenwriter (keeping the viewers & wang hedi's reputation in mind) & not entirely as the novel's xiao duo. Even if its a redemption arc like you said, he would be subjected to repent for his sins & giving a happy ending to a r@pist would send a completely wrong msg since its such a sensitive topic. Hence I'm sure that the drama's xiao duo would never be portrayed like that. The drama is gaining n times more attention than the novel so the crew can't afford to risk and make such a big mistake.
But in the ep 22 preview, the emperor announces that she has spent the night with him being well aware that nothing happened. That's different from how the novel progressed. Xiao duo in ep 22 preview seems angry about why yinlou didn't/ can't trust him about taking a risk & eloping not about her betraying him by sleeping with another man. I really hope the drama doesn't follow the novel in this part. I don't want to see a xiao duo who can be cruel to his own love and humiliate her.
shortly after, he notices blood on his clothes & realizes that she didn't serve the emperor but he was her first man (they both lost their virginity to each other) & that she truly loves him. he meets her again, confronts her, starts acting sweet & they make up like nothing happened.
I hated the part where he forced her (r@ped tbh) in the novel & I wish the drama's xiao duo doesn't do anything like that. I'm somewhat sure they won't include such scenes in the drama and hope the drama turns out way better.
its a university love story between the FL and ML. The FL met the ML at 18 and fell in love during the university. They studied hard & progressed together but because of the FL's poor economical status, the ML's family refused to accept the FL and their relationship. With her confidence and self-esteem crushed, she returns to her hometown and decided to start a business. The ML follows her there hoping to support her with her plans. Together they work hard and develop a tea business in her hometown and promote the tea industry. The story has a sweet and happy ending.
I look at drama's xiao duo as a better written character by the screenwriter (keeping the viewers & wang hedi's reputation in mind) & not entirely as the novel's xiao duo. Even if its a redemption arc like you said, he would be subjected to repent for his sins & giving a happy ending to a r@pist would send a completely wrong msg since its such a sensitive topic. Hence I'm sure that the drama's xiao duo would never be portrayed like that. The drama is gaining n times more attention than the novel so the crew can't afford to risk and make such a big mistake.