It was originally just a trade between them, Xie Zheng is repaying Chang Yu the favour of saving him
Exactly what @Tatsuiya said, but also he didn't marry with his real name? He's not Yan Zheng, he is Xie Zheng, so the marriage papers are not valid anyways
hi novel readers! can someone spoil me pls :D just wanna know who was behind xie zheng’s attack at the beginning?…
The attack was orchestrated by his uncle (Wei Yan), because Xie Zheng was looking into the tragic fall of Jin Zhou and the death of his father from 16 years ago, and Wei Yan has stuff that he wants from back then to remain hidden
16 years ago, because of the evil schemes of the previous emperor to kill the current crown prince and make his favourite son crown prince, Wei Yan inevitably became a pawn and caused the deaths of the Xie army and the Meng family who were then also labelled traitors, also the death of the crown prince etc.
Wei Yan did all of that in order to protect Shu Fei, the emperor's concubine who is also his lover, but Shu Fei dies, and Wei Yan went sort of crazy and killed a bunch of people in the palace
Then in order to protect her name even in death, Wei Yan decided to become the evil prime minister he is known to be currently
oh also Xie Zheng's mother (who is also Wei Yan's younger sister) traded her own life in order to protect Xie Zheng (she made Wei Yan take Xie Zheng under his wing and train him), but Xie Zheng doesn't know that and thinks she abandoned him which is so sad
Not sure if the drama will change any of these plot lines but it's what I can remember from the novel
OMGGGG 😮 do we think they will show us a bit of... that scene???? that would be insane 😂
The fact that Chang Yu doesn't even remember who gave her the book makes it even funnier 😂 And the aftermath of Chang Yu finding out about the reason behind his jealousy, and going to comfort him by affirming her feelings for Xie Zheng, so sweet I could get diabetes...🥲
to novel readers, i need a little spoiler about qian qian and qi min's backstory? do they have a toxic relationship?
In the novel qian qian absolutely hates qi min because he's extremely self-centred and would get rid of anyone that he views to be in his way of reclaiming the throne, including his own son
16 years ago, because of the evil schemes of the previous emperor to kill the current crown prince and make his favourite son crown prince, Wei Yan inevitably became a pawn and caused the deaths of the Xie army and the Meng family who were then also labelled traitors, also the death of the crown prince etc.
Wei Yan did all of that in order to protect Shu Fei, the emperor's concubine who is also his lover, but Shu Fei dies, and Wei Yan went sort of crazy and killed a bunch of people in the palace
Then in order to protect her name even in death, Wei Yan decided to become the evil prime minister he is known to be currently
oh also Xie Zheng's mother (who is also Wei Yan's younger sister) traded her own life in order to protect Xie Zheng (she made Wei Yan take Xie Zheng under his wing and train him), but Xie Zheng doesn't know that and thinks she abandoned him which is so sad
Not sure if the drama will change any of these plot lines but it's what I can remember from the novel