Deirdre19

The little bromance in this is so cute! It feels like an unexpected bonus that comes in addition to the strong female characters.

Yes, and the Emperor seems obsessed with his loneliness 😂😂😂 which is how the machine translates 孤 gū (pronoun used by the monarch instead of I or me).
This is like solving a linguistic cross-word puzzle while watching a show. I love the brain-training!!! 🧠 🧠

Oohohoh, that nod and single eye-brow action! I don't even need subtitles to understand what he's saying...

The level of details obtained by pulse diagnosis is obviously exaggerated in these dramas, but you would be amazed how much a TCM doctor can tell by just taking your pulse.
There are three distinct points on each wrists where the pulse is taken withe each point representing an organ system (liver, heart, kidney, etc.). There are roughly 30 different pulse qualities (i.e. full, hollow, choppy, flat,wiry, etc.) which can be determined for each point. All diseases (and symptoms) are linked to a very specific organ and pulse state, so if, for example a person has a full, wiry pulse at the liver point this can indicate that this person suffers from frequent headaches, dream-disturbed sleep and irritability.
While taking the the pulse the physician can do a facial diagnosis at the same time which can help to further confirm the pulse diagnosis.
So in many cases, talking to the patient (although part of the classic diagnosis) may not be so important.

In that case, brace yourself. He also sings... 😂

Just do what I usually do: ignore the comments, watch the first three episodes, form your own opinion and make a decision whether to continue or to drop.

Mango is on a mission to make us all learn Chinese 😂😂😂

Yes, it reminds me a lot of the music for Chinese Opera. High-pitch and somewhat nasally...
I usually love Chinese qin music or Japanese koto music but as soon as they start singing, I'm out! 🙉

It's a happy ending but not a very satisfying one... They meet again after being apart for a few years and then it just ends. No hugs, no kisses, no wedding.

😂😂😂 It's the one thing I hate about this drama... I absolutely cannot bear that squeaky voice hitting the high notes.
I'm glad to hear someone likes it!

Yes, HE would of course be my preference as well.

Quite honestly, I think I would prefer a bad/sad ending to an open ending.
Just think back to the massive punch in the gut that was the ending of The Rise of Phoenixes - it will stay with you forever. On the other hand, I cannot remember a single one of those open ends that I've seen since (or even some of the rushed HEs...).

Well, I'm all for a total ban on time-travel (modern to ancient times or the opposite). Sadly, at the moment it feels like every second costume drama that comes out has this stupid nonsense trope. So no ban at all, heh?

All these modern people, always transmigrating into an ancient princess (somehow never into a farmer's daughter...) but still know exactly how to behave and how everything works. Most of us couldn't even understand what the locals are saying if we only went 200 years back in time!
It's such a ridiculous idea and a total insult to the audience's intelligence!

On the contrary, unless it's a French "nouvelle vague* film, open ends are the result of lazy and uninspired writing. Too lazy to tie up all the loose ends, too uninspired to come to a conclusion that feels satisfying without being boring.
It's a bit like a cat climbing a tree without knowing how to get down again.

Do you even have to ask??

I'm very suspicious of this supposed "leak". Maybe it's a publicity stunt, maybe they filmed two endings and want to test public opinion, or maybe it's just a decoy.
I sincerely hope we'll get a better ending than such a lukewarm open end.

Same here 😂 it's really frustrating to see that lame "travelled back in time" or "transmigrated into a novel" trope pop up in what feels like every second costume drama that comes out.

Princess Silver: three pretty male leads and tons of angst.
Stock up on tissues, you'll need them!

No, it's one of the rare dramas with JT's real voice.

As long as she doesn't say "the palace" it's a "goodish" translation 😆
I'm currently reading a novel where the Empress Dowager referring to herself is permanently translated as "the mourning family" in the MTL.