Kim MC

I agree.

In the book, it was never clear why Li Chen Yin jumped into the water to forget but the author leaned toward the guilt he felt about the deception rather than love. When SeSe talked of the feelings shared between Li Chen Yin and herself before he left for Xi, it made me think he didn't actually actually loving Xiao Feng during the first 10 episodes. I absolutely love this drama because of the multi faceted characters, especially Li Chen Yin. There's no one person that's two dimensional in the whole drama.

I want children, grandchildren, the whole 90 chapter story!

It's awesome to find another person that watches AvenueX.

I'm still suffering right with you! I'm trying to move on in dramaland but this story binds itself right in your heart.

Absolutely!

I am a HUGE fan of Gu Jian. Episode 9 is where he absolutely rocked the scene where he takes Xiao Feng away.

I also watched Siege in Fog. I loved the two main lead chemistry but hated the way the characters were written. Don't even get me started on the ending.

I've almost learned every line of dialogue after rewatching...multiple times. I'm hoping there will come a day when I can put this thing behind me and become normal.

You are awesome!!!

This is the best drama I've ever, ever watched (I'm a five year veteran of Korean and Chinese dramas). The obsession is absolutely real.

I've become obsessed with this drama and along with it, the comments on the characters from this site and others. On other websites, they hate his character for the manipulation of Xiao Feng towards Li Chen Yi and also for his sacrifice trying to get the Princess back to the Xi state. Honestly, I love this whole story narrative, but I especially love the beginning scenes between Gu Jian and the Princess. When he dies in episode 48, I sat there sobbing (I never, EVER get this involved in dramas). His story of regret tore at my emotions the most.

We must be sisters from another lifetime because I'm watching it in between English subs of Goodbye.

Episode 48 - somebody make the tears stop! There's still 4 more episodes.....

In my viewer's reality, there's no way for Xiao Feng to be in a relationship with LCY, regardless of how much time passed. But, for the ending, I think that LCY is walking back in time to when he and to Xiao Feng first met. She's waiting for her teacher, he arrives but instead of choosing to pursue vengeance and a title, he chooses Xiao Feng . After marrying with her grandfather's blessing, they roam the world as tea traders.

It's the same where I live. Historically (up to the late 1970's), women were totally dependant on a man for money, food, pretty much everything and leaving a two timing low life meant your kids could go very, very hungry. Nowadays, he doesn't treat me right? Let's have a "Throw his Sh$! out to the Curb Party" and onto the next.

Thank you! I still hate the SeSe character and thankfully, that seems to carry through to the end.

Episode 48 - I'm pretty sure that my heart was laying on the floor while someone jumped up and down on it while wearing cowboy boots. For atleast 46 minutes.

I am literally laughing out loud with each episode. This is a gem!

I agree with you: my favorite character is Xiao Feng. I saw on the FastDrama site a couple of blurbs how immature she was with no character growth. I very heartedly disagree with that statement; she was a nonconformist with zero desire to become a duplicitous pawn in the capital. I also agree that Li Chen Yin's character was the most interesting. I don't believe, in this drama, he was ever innocent. He was the pampered and manipulated prince of the palace. He saw and then became another player for the throne and regret wasn't an emotion in his repertoire. Usually in a story, there's also the author's point of view in a character, so I've watched, wondering which character could be used as the writer's POV. For me, I think it's the King. He observes but does not interfere while occasionally pointing out aspects of a scene (telling LCY how much XF loves him and he should cherish it). Do you have any thoughts on this?