Anaira

Her secret tunnel was probably the dumbest idea she had . It almost got everyone killed ! Including her own clan . She smart but she didn’t think that one through and even after their relationship started getting better and they started open up to each other , she didn’t tell him. She ”forgot” about it . The male lead wasn’t a Saint , I agree with that but his anger towards that was understandable. He didn’t even tell anyone that she was the one behind that tunnel because this could have easily brand her as a traitor. Elders and other family members of the Wei clan would want answers. Wei clan abandoned their revenge plan against her Clan only because she married ML. She married the Wei leader otherwise, Someone else did that , they would have been easily executed .

No he’s not

He literally killed half of the imperial family , his own 🫠🫠🫠

Previous Emperor ( his brother)
Yan Chi’s dad- Prince Hui ( His brother)
The crown prince and the other Princes ( his nephews)
The Empress ( he stole the wife of his brother)
Both Consort ( illegitimate wives)
He betrayed his own wife and abandoned his son ,
I’m probably missing a few other 😭😭.
All that for Jealousy
And The Empress dowager as the mother, she’s…is really something…. she knew what was going on but feigned ignorance

I was answering to another comment and while typing, it made me realize.

About the Emperor…

Emperor crime can’t be public because that would also put Empress dowager in fault. if the public discovers that the Emperor was a evil twin, it’s would be chaos. He literally killed is own brother ( previous Emperor and took his identity) Fake Emperor also managed to killed all ”rightful” heir to the throne. The Throne should have been given to Yan Chi but Empress dowager choose not to because it’s would be to chaotic and they would have to expose the Fake Emperor’s crimes and hers since she literally hide the fact that she gave birth to twin and sent away one of them that ended up turning evil and killing his own brothers ( previous emperor, Yan Chi’s dad Prince Hui), his nephews ( crown prince and the prince) , his wives ( empress, consort and noble consort.)

ML ???? Did we watch the same show lmaoooo

doesn’t necessarily means that six episodes were removed. They could’ve have filed for 36 episodes at first but only film for 30. Production often does that just in case. Sometimes they files for 40 episodes but only planning to film like 30. it’s not uncommon

I can’t keep up anymore 😂. I just gonna sit this one out until all the episodes are aired.

just think as is they thought her how to read offscreen lmaooo

no he doesn’t

He was part of the minister of rites and sent to teach proper etiquette. He himself couldn’t apply what he was supposed to teach and on top of that he disrespected a high ranking General and everyone else in General Fan household in front of his superiors. He also disrespected , the Marquis ( ml) ,again in front of his superior 😅. He lucky he was only fired , he could have been sent to prison 🤣

I would love a sequel with Boa’er and Changning. Their love story when they are more grown and see ChangNing as the Empress 😩

All that cause the Emperor was insecure about his own heir and obsessed with keeping his throne ( just to be force to abdicate at the end🤣). Terrible as a parent and terrible as an Emperor. Crown Prince is the heir , he is there to replace you at some point literally 🙄🙄🙄

Is it only on MangoTV?

IQIYI is the only one worth the money on all level . I saw WeTV charged to watch in 4K ! like you have to buy 4K separately once a month on top of everything 🫠🫠 IQIYI gives all that in premium, no need to pay for express if you already have Premium VIP , their standard airing schedule is also the best.

let’s have hope for Love Beyond the grave 😩. For me , I’m going to wait for all the episodes . I will decide to watch based on the ending .

You didn’t though of checking the comments before commenting?😅

I 100% agree with your take. I couldn’t bring myself to finish Fated Hearts either; I dropped it at episode 15, tried picking it up again at 24, but finally gave up. I skipped to the last few minutes of the finale just to see. The Princess literally betrays her own kingdom and her brother for a man who didn't even love her, yet they put her on the throne? It’s completely ridiculous and makes no sense for the characters.

The same thing ruined The Princess Royal for me. It started so strong with two powerful leads, but the writing fell apart. Li Rong kept wavering toward the SML (Su Rongqing) until the very end, even after knowing he likely killed her in her past life! They did Pei Wenxuan so dirty,the 'powerful strategist ' ML they sold us was not what we got. The SML had way more power and screen time for no reason, and the show tried so hard to make him look pitiful at the end. It’s exactly what you said: great character buildup at first, only for the writers to forget how to keep them consistent in the second half.

This one; people already knew the ending before it even aired because of the sequel. Since it’s was a trilogy, we all watched knowing what would happen 😩😩

The first one is also a sequel 😅. The timeline overlaps with Sword and beloved. It’s happening after Love In pavilion and some of sword and beloved.I don’t know why they release it first , it can be confusing.