as someone who is not really here for the romance - I enjoy the hell out of that drama. It gives us so many complex characters like XFF, Shen Yurong, RuoYao, Ji Shuran... Not one episode or scene made me ever lose interest.
I get the sense that Shen did indeed trade his wife’s life for his own ambitions and that he doesn’t necessarily…
His character is hard to analyze about what is going on in his mind. But I would really like to know the story about how he got close to the princess in the first place.
Xue FangFei calling Shen Yurong a mean and pathetic man. That must have cut deep for him.I feel bad for Shen Yurong…
Shen Yurong is one of my favorite characters in this Drama, because of his complexity. I was rewatching the scene in episode 1, where he reports to the princess that he "killed" his wife, and I'm in awe of the actors portrayal in those scenes. The Agony. The Guilt. The Helplessness.