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The project will be launched in Huangshan on 21th July. Apparently there won’t be any fan support for the opening ceremony. They are keeping it low-key.

Yeah, I really don’t get their way of thinking. Any drama that once was rumoured to have her in the lead and then goes on to cast someone else gets a ton of hate, as if someone stole from her.
It’s just rumours! Most of the time these projects just use big names to attract attention without even contacting the artist.

🍉 Tentatively scheduled to start airing on 13th August.

I think it is quite possible to protect your heat and make rational decisions without turning into an indifferent, cold-hearted bitch.
Her mother gave her bad advice and deprived her of the joy of being human. You need to have feelings to enjoy the small things in life and you need to have passion to know what you live for.
Having none of that, it was no wonder that Gu Qingzhi threw her life away like it meant nothing.

There were a lot more princes in the novel, but I think they simplified it by leaving some out. It’s a common occurrence in dramas based on a novel.

Well, what I meant is that if they have all the actors come in to do their own dubbing individually, they will need to pay the sound studio for each of them. If they outsource it to a dubbing studio that has its own contractors and facilities, the overall price will certainly be different.
I really don’t know what was going on behind the scenes with this drama because in clips they released about about a week because it started airing we still have Jeremy’s real voice and then the drama comes out, dubbed. That was such a disappointment!

I don’t think it was due to time constraints. Dubbing doesn’t take that long anyway. It looks more like a cost saving issue to me. The voice actors they used don’t look like 1st grade to me.

The dubbing is pretty bad. The voices are very similar and don’t fit the characters. After watching some of the raw clips of Jeremy Xu’s scenes I feel that we have been robbed big time. Prince Xin with his real voice would have been on quite another level. The dubbed voice is just boring!
I really don’t understand why the production team made this choice. It feels like they really didn’t care about quality.

I agree. Watching at double speed is what you do with the boring training videos at work, not with something you supposedly enjoy.

It’s the best cover to investigate in secret 😂

No, they are all dubbed by voice artists (you can see the details in the cast list) and some of the voices don’t fit at all.
Production-wise, the dubbing is the weakest point of this drama.

His true nature? I think you will find in the end that being betrayed by everyone was his true nature.

The latest rumours say that the drama is “tentatively scheduled” for 10th September.

Well, the acting is great, but I really hope that he will be given the opportunity to explore other roles in the future. I don’t want him to be typecast as the obsessive SML. He has already done too many such roles and he clearly can act well in other settings.

As per usual, they couldn’t resist the obsessive SML trope. They did exactly the same to Jeremy in Love of Nirvana. His Pei Yan was such an interesting and smart character in the novel and they turned him into a dumb stalker.

You misunderstood. It isn’t her cruelty that brings him happiness, but the fact that she lives. Her cruel determination was the proof that it is really her.

Yes, unfortunately these seem to be the only roles that he is offered, unless he goes for small guest roles. It is quite clear that he would love to explore other drama genres.
It is really tough for actors without big agencies or capital backing to get good roles because sadly, acting skills aren’t valued.

BTS from one of Jeremy’s crying scenes.
https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:5319979957158228?from=old_pc_videoshow
He is so immersed in the scene, even after the director calls “cut” his tears keep falling 😭

I still have hope… 😅

I see that right now a lot of people are blaming Xiao Changqing for overseeing the execution of his wife’s family, conveniently overlooking the fact that it was the Emperor who forced him to do so. Disobeying would have included his wife in the executions, so what choice did he have?

Just ask yourselves: what kind of sadist father would do this to his own son?

On the surface, it was to teach Xiao Changqing impartiality as the future ruler (nobody expects the crown prince to live long enough to rule) and Xiao Changqing naively trusted that his father knew best, but in reality the purpose was to drive a wedge between husband and wife so that he would thoroughly devote himself to politics instead of doting on his wife.
The fact that Xiao Changqing now spends his days in prayer is only partially out of devotion to his dead wife. It is his way of rebelling against the plans and expectations of the Emperor.

It is a bit disappointing that so far, the drama doesn’t show any of these power games and hidden agendas and instead over-simplifies things. Hopefully, they will be made clear in the big reveal towards the end.