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I get where you are coming from. It feels strange and a little awkward there are so many hugs in this drama as if they’re making up for something. Call it what you will but this is still a costume idol drama after all. And the audience interprets his gazes however they want to - my husband made the comment yesterday that RJL only has one expression in this show in varying degrees of intensity and that it was fortunate the role could be done that way. lol.

I am not a hater - I have this show on an 8 - but I get OP’s point.

and then as quickly as he appears he is gone…that was a bit of a downer. hoping for his next show soon!

first time watching a mini drama and this is quite riveting. Apart from the fact that the title (both Chinese and English) does not have any thing to do with the storyline (unless it underwent major cuts), I find myself looking forward to the daily episode update, even if it’s a miserable 12 min ep a day. Looking forward to the finale.

finished one episode and feeling unsure about it. Will probably pick it up again. I am really liking Song Yi (always do) and Cheng Lei…‘s body (haha) but just feeling a little unsettled by the first ep. Will pick it up after more eps are out but will say I am not surprised by the rating based on just the first ep. for sure the show for me did not start with a bang.

only at ep 23 now but wondering if XJ ever realises HY was the blind lady he gave the last piece of osmanthus candy to. Would really be a fateful realisation if it happens.

in ep 22, He Yan tells Xiao Jue she and HRF have no blood connection so maybe they just made it vague.

just started watching the show - so FL retains memories but not ML. what is the significance of the drop of blood from ML to FL as they fell in the previous life? and the change in the book titles? thanks!!

don’t know about other platforms but express will start on the Chinese version of Youku I think at 550pm China time. I’ve just finished watching ep 1 of the cast variety show and I’m like it a lot more than the episodes I’m watching at the moment!!

Agree, all part of Youku's ploy to generate more income!!

in the novel, Qingyan is a eunuch. MJH married her to him to keep her near himself. he was quite the trashy patriarchal male lead in the novel.

Hope so - it is dropping like crazy at the moment. Let the next arc commence!

she was the only one he ever poisoned. the whole idea was to frame Zhang Yin who had his army of Mobai warriors. That’s why he doesn’t have the antidote - he thought the chifuzi would be enough but it turned out her constitution was unsuitable.

doing ok. but last two days the youku heat index keeps dropping after a surge from ep 13-15.

it’s typically how monks address devotees; I think she mixed it up and addressed LXY (as Wu Xin) as that :)

Just saw an interview (trying to get a link to post) where Wu Jinyan said her strongest impression of Liu Xueyi was as Wu Xin (the monk in The Blood of Youth) and when they first filmed CP scenes, she felt ashamed and apologised for violating the shi1 zhu3. As filming went on, she realised how different LXY is as a person and opined that it must have been very tough acting as Wu Xin. It was hilarious!

I wish they had styled his hair differently...sniff. Anyway, does anyone know if there will be a print feature?

hmm is this really what the ending will be? Saw BTS of a middle-aged MRJH (i.e. with the ubiquitous age denoting beard) in an emperor's attire...

I just checked my Netflix. it’s coming to Singapore too!!!

that's exactly what I thought! These characters who spend their time in the temple or copying scriptures (the Empress in Legend of Zhen Huan is another one) all turn out to be so evil!!

I have only watched two shows with him - this one where I want to punch him every time he appears to wipe away that smirk, and the Pillow Book where I want to rip away the horrible hair wig they plonked on him.