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Okay, that's why I made it a question. I wasn't sure. I should have just left that first sentence out. Deleted now. Thanks.

I personally think that XL wouldn't ever let himself be in a relationship, because of his commitment to his adoptive father, their army, and their cause, which he knew to be a death sentence. It was very mature and responsible of him. Everyone should be that way. But, it isn't an ideal world, so not everyone is that way.

Aside from that, he did what he could to spend time with XY and help her. He loved her as best as he could, despite his commitment and his personality (for example, to grab her neck and threaten her long after he knew he loved her). He couldn't help his personality, which XY understood.

For other readers, I also want to add that XL was known for being merciless and readily killing. But, he always controlled himself when it came to XY. There was something about XY from the beginning that made him less brutal towards her. So, in situations when he would kill someone, he would make exceptions and not kill XY.

This. Based on the book, he seems to be as good of a king as a king gets. As far as XY, he makes a huge mistake that results in the drama's title, "Lost You Forever."

Yes, and I'm a slow reader.

She is unable to regain her powers, because of the way she lost them. So, she doesn't even try. Poisons became her way of protecting herself from powerful beings, including animals.

She wished she had another way to be able to fight back, so XL secretly taught her expert-level archery as FFB. But, she was so weak that she could only shoot three arrows at a time.

This is a great point. But, she accepted it fairly quickly. In the back of her mind, she had to know that it would happen at some point. She knew that CX wanted to take over the world. It was something else that turned her against him, as the title of the drama/book suggests.

I assume that you're referring to the king. He retires and moves near CX and XY. He enjoys CX's and XY's daily company. He finally puts family before kingdom and becomes a present grandfather.

Xin Yue became empress first and is the empress over all other wives/concubines, except A Nian. A Nian was purposely kept in Haoling, so she wouldn't have to deal with all the harem politics. Also, when CX would be in Haoling once a month, she could get him all to herself.

Great explanation! Thank you!

Good luck! Tong Hua is an amazing author! I never enjoyed crying until I read this novel!

Let me add to this.

1. When TSJ gave FL his blessing, he meant it. He didn’t feel he was worthy of XY. And, he was stuck in his marriage with FFYY. He didn’t steal the bride per se. He saw that she didn’t have the reaction of a person who was happily about to get married. So, he wanted to save her from the marriage. He wanted her to find happiness, even though he couldn’t provide it to her. From her perspective, she tried hard to make herself believe that the marriage would be fine, because it would help CX in his quest to rule the world. She loved and supported CX that much. But, after she calmed down, she knew that TSJ had made the right call.

2. XY agreed, but she put a condition on it that XL didn’t expect. She said she would do it, if he gave up everything. He couldn’t agree to her condition, so they didn’t wander the world together. I assume that he never meant to wander the world forever together, because he would have to go back to his adoptive father and army and sacrifice his life at some point to their cause.

3. He probably didn’t think there was any way he could prove that the child wasn’t his. Although the child looked more like his brother, he looked like him too. His brother and FFYY were super careful. Many (people) years later, it took XY and a magic mirror that only she had to get the evidence that TSJ needed. Then, he was able to free himself from the marriage and get back together with XY. ::cry; tears of happiness::

4. Regarding the two emperors’ love of XY, I could swear that XY is the grandfather’s biological granddaughter through her mother in the drama, as well as the book. The grandfather loved his children and grandchildren even though he sacrificed them for kingdom reasons. He put the kingdom before his own family. The Haoling King’s love goes back to the prequel drama (A Life Time Love). When XY was little, she was always really happy to see him after he got out of court and would jump into his arms. Because she loved him, he loved her back. IIRC, he said that she was the only one who truly loved him. He told XY’s mother that she didn’t have to worry about him taking care of XY for her, when she was going to war at a great disadvantage and expected to die. ::cry::

5. I can’t quite remember the blood oath thing. Early on, when XY was a man, she gave XL a promise to do one thing that he requested. She didn’t know what it would be. Several decades later, XL used that promise to make her leave her wedding. She couldn’t refuse. It turned out that TSJ had hired XL to prevent XY from marrying FL. Along with 37 years of army supplies from TSJ, XL used XY’s promise to make sure that she left her wedding.

If I don’t respond to any other questions, it’s because I don’t read comments very often.

The author of the novel that the drama is based on (Tong Hua) is top notch in terms of writing tear jerkers. Some say she's the best!

SPOILER from the book. Don't read this comment, if you don't want to be spoiled.






Regarding the TSJ part, Ltran904's take is informed by the book. In the book, TSJ was shocked to learn from XY that FFYY had tried to murder CX multiple times. XY herself blamed herself for not being more open to TSJ and telling him things like this early on, so he could be more wary of FFYY and in a better position to protect his relationship with XY. XY decided that she was partially to blame for not putting herself into the relationship more. She was always waiting for her worst fear to happen: abandonment. It was kind of like a self-fulfilling prophecy that she may have been able to prevent, if she hadn't been so anti-abandonment. This part of the book won't happen until well into Season 2.

Also, TSJ never had any interest in FFYY and said that they didn't really know each other--in Season 1. TSJ didn't seem to be interested in being all seeing and all knowing about FFYY.

Worse, he seemed clueless about how much his beloved brother hated him, could torture him, and could leave him for dead. So, even with someone TSJ cared about and loved deeply, he had a way of being blind to certain things.

He intended to kill CX.

Summer 2024 is a recent guess. https://koalasplayground.com/2023/08/20/c-drama-lost-you-forever-part-2-likely-to-air-in-summer-of-2024-with-one-year-break-from-part-1/

TSJ didn't suspect that the baby wasn't his until after his quick marriage to FFYY. Then, his head cleared enough for him to think. He couldn't imagine sleeping with XY in someone else's bed, because he respected her too much. (If he had slept with FFYY, it would have been because he thought she was XY.) I'm guessing that he started suspecting before the birth, because he had a lot of time to think before it.

Fast forward many (people) years, he still didn't know for sure, until XY found a way to get evidence. He also needed the evidence to free him of the marriage. (I won't spoil more here unless asked.)

Regardless, he still loved the child, because he was his nephew.

In the novel, no one was sure that FFB was XL until much later. Even XY who knew XL better than the others wasn't sure for the longest time. She had suspicions at times, but then dismissed them. It wasn't until an injured FFB appeared in her bedroom that XY knew that he was XL.

It was much after XY when TSJ figured it out. It was even later when CX figured it out.

Actually, the real reason was that he didn't want her to kiss him out of pity. He wanted her to kiss him because she liked/ loved him. Later, he did kiss her, even though he was still engaged to someone else. It was right after she confessed to him.

Everyone believed that only an expert-level archer could have been the shooter. Everyone believed that only FFYY was in the area at the time. But, it turns out that there was another person in the area who was an expert-level shooter: FFB/XL. But, no one who's read the book believe that it was FFB.

That's a great explanation! I've been so confused about the bugs. They didn't work the way experts in the book/drama thought it would work, when it came to XY and XL and their unusual body chemistries. I'm glad you figured something understandable out!