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My heart aches for Xaofeng
Xaofeng my baby, I wish I could hug her. She was a girl so full of life, Not once even in the eastern palace did she ever try to hurt anybody and all she got was get hurt in return. If you watch the drama from her perspective, after loosing her memories and comming to the palace, she started to like Li chengyin again but found out even her husband lovess another woman, and He never missed and opportunity to remind her that. I know Chengyin pretended to act that way and it was for show but xhaofeng never knew that. She never knew that chengyin actually loved her over sese until her memories came back. Imagine being so far from home, being told the man you are marrying had killed your grandfather , having no one in the palace who truely cared for her and on top of that feeling unloved by her own husband. Her story was truely so heartbreaking and I feel like she had a much better motive and drive to take revenge which would've been a great story in itself. Usually in revenger dramas I can't really resonate with their motives to take revenge but for Xhaofeng, I wanted to take revenge on her behalf because of all that has happened to her. At the end she couldn't kil chengyin so the only punishment was to leave him all on his own forever.
By the end of the drama she was no longer the carefree princess, Without A'du she no longer had anyone beside her, she was truely lonley.
When starting this drama, I knew it had a plot revolving around memory loss and i thought I was gonna be fine if it happends towards the end and only one person forgets it,like how we see in other dramas. but in this drama, Li chengyin didn't get his memories back till the very last episode. They dragged it for no reason only for the sake of having 50+ episodes. from episode 20 to 40, nothing happens and i think even if i skipped it, nothing would change. I would have rather preferred a redemption acr for Xhaofeng and see li chengyin actually repenting for his sins.
Li Chengyin, the blueprint of toxic red flag male lead. I will forgive gu jian because he repented for his sins, he was remorseful but cheng yin obviously didnt remember anything to feel guilty but also he never treated her well despite starting over. Now you might tell me it was all for politics, but like gu jian said "there is a diffrence between caring for a person and showing that care. All his actions keep hurting her". Even when he knew how much xaofeng cared for gu jian , he killed gu jian in front of her eyes out of jealousy, KNOWING HOW MUCH IT WOULD HURT HER. His love for her was selfish. He only wanted to keep her trapped with him, never once considering her feelings. He deserved that ending. I feel like her never once repented or truely felt guilty for betraying xaofeng. I think the biggest punishment xaofeng could give him was leaving him forever. He doesnt deserve to get to live with her.
Lastly, Gu Jian, He will always be the hero and the male lead in Xhaofeng's life. She loved him first. After her memories were lost, He never left her side. Protected her till her last breath. He didn't force her even before her wedding night when she chose to marry changyin instead of returning back. He loved and protected her even if she had someone else in her heart unike chengyin who couldn't bare the thought of Xhaofeng loving someone else. Gu jian truely wanted her to be happy and take her back to her homeland even if she never reciprocated his feelings. He was was always there for her to lean on and fall back on, he would catch her. At the end he knew stepping into the estern palace meant sucide but he still kept his promise, he showed up beause he got the singnal from the whistle. He always felt guilty and repented for it unlike chengyin. Chengying only wanted to keep her to himself but gu jian aways wanted her happiness. Even after all that I will never understand why would she still choose chengyin, before her memories returned. He didn't deserve to die so painfully. To me he is the hero in Xhaofeng's life.
By the end of the drama she was no longer the carefree princess, Without A'du she no longer had anyone beside her, she was truely lonley.
When starting this drama, I knew it had a plot revolving around memory loss and i thought I was gonna be fine if it happends towards the end and only one person forgets it,like how we see in other dramas. but in this drama, Li chengyin didn't get his memories back till the very last episode. They dragged it for no reason only for the sake of having 50+ episodes. from episode 20 to 40, nothing happens and i think even if i skipped it, nothing would change. I would have rather preferred a redemption acr for Xhaofeng and see li chengyin actually repenting for his sins.
Li Chengyin, the blueprint of toxic red flag male lead. I will forgive gu jian because he repented for his sins, he was remorseful but cheng yin obviously didnt remember anything to feel guilty but also he never treated her well despite starting over. Now you might tell me it was all for politics, but like gu jian said "there is a diffrence between caring for a person and showing that care. All his actions keep hurting her". Even when he knew how much xaofeng cared for gu jian , he killed gu jian in front of her eyes out of jealousy, KNOWING HOW MUCH IT WOULD HURT HER. His love for her was selfish. He only wanted to keep her trapped with him, never once considering her feelings. He deserved that ending. I feel like her never once repented or truely felt guilty for betraying xaofeng. I think the biggest punishment xaofeng could give him was leaving him forever. He doesnt deserve to get to live with her.
Lastly, Gu Jian, He will always be the hero and the male lead in Xhaofeng's life. She loved him first. After her memories were lost, He never left her side. Protected her till her last breath. He didn't force her even before her wedding night when she chose to marry changyin instead of returning back. He loved and protected her even if she had someone else in her heart unike chengyin who couldn't bare the thought of Xhaofeng loving someone else. Gu jian truely wanted her to be happy and take her back to her homeland even if she never reciprocated his feelings. He was was always there for her to lean on and fall back on, he would catch her. At the end he knew stepping into the estern palace meant sucide but he still kept his promise, he showed up beause he got the singnal from the whistle. He always felt guilty and repented for it unlike chengyin. Chengying only wanted to keep her to himself but gu jian aways wanted her happiness. Even after all that I will never understand why would she still choose chengyin, before her memories returned. He didn't deserve to die so painfully. To me he is the hero in Xhaofeng's life.
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