MadelineMaureen

He was at the center of no less than 4 deaths so far. All 3 of his parents, and let's not forget the maid with the matching pendant. We still don't know if the death/pregnancy was just a set up by the father or if lil bro was getting some & almost got exposed.

The son withheld the father's medicine while visiting him in prison. His father had a medical episode and died. It's more implied than completely spoon fed to the audience. Same with it being left up to us to guess if his bio mom really hung herself after speaking with him or if he killed her and made it LOOK like a suicide.

Also...how much did he really know about Song Mo's mother's illness/death...left a bit up in the air, as he is unreliable with his testimony.

Also also, the maid...was the father lying about her being pregnant and finding the gift from the grandfather, just to frame Song Mo, or was the little brother sleeping with the maid and used his brother's pendant so that he wouldn't get caught?

Be cause he is so two faced everything we know about him can and should be questioned. As he is more like the man who raised him than the woman who raised him.
He was using his cat as a food tester for poison, which is why the cat is so plump. It's giving accusing your partner of cheating when YOU are the one cheating, type of energy. AKA I think he might have had more to do with some previous deaths than we have seen and if he's poisoning people, who's to stop them from poisoning him as well.

Based on their very spoilery interviews it's a HEA

They were after people who had less than a day's head start and flushed them out closer to their own turf...so a "horse ride away" is minimizing the army's strategy. Also this was most likely 20 miles or more away so about a hour or more on horseback at a gallop.

This production is in a similar situation that Lovely Runner found itself in. Not a lot of buzz, lower production budget, but a passionate and artistic team elevated a story that, yes has been done before at least we've seen all the different tropes, BUT....the quality of the overall production and the writing...taking a relatively unknown/underrated drama into the cultural zeitgeist. Thanks to well written characters and actors that have chemistry, and directors who understand ROMANCE.

The Empress is the mother of Prince Qing, NOT the Crown Prince

Slow burn modern day(more...youthful 20s:
Amidst a Snowstorm of Love (Perfect winter watch)
You Are My Lover Friend (some found this too slow, I personally loved the story. The fact the actors are actual childhood friends/schoolmates and their mothers are friends made this somehow funnier)

Modern day more adult 30s:
Will Love in Spring (production was really good, music and over all vibe...also train kiss...train kiss)
You Are My Secret
As Beautiful As You

Period HEA:
The Double (slow burn, you will either love or hate the art direction/direction...I personally loved it)
Blossoms in Aversity (Strong FL, but the story overall didn't really stick with me like some others)
Are You the One (great direction and use of subtle acting imo)
Rise of Ning (this and Are You the One are the same ML during a similar period of time...space these two out do not watch back to back it will confuse you as his styling is almost identical for both productions. Amazing actor and stories, just trust me, don't watch back to back.)

Period/modern potential for season 2/cliffhanger/open ending:
Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (this was just an all around fun watch)
In Blossom

Period sad ending but still worth the watch: these are all stories about revenge from childhood and secret identities.
Love of Nirvana
The Story of Pearl Girl
Kill Me, Love Me

Shows that were more Meh for me(mainly do to side characters) but still okay:
The Princess Royal(2ML reminded me of Wormtongue meets a sickly Victorian child, to be clear the character not the actor)
Love's Rebellion (got a bit lost in the sauce toward the end)
Melody of Golden Age (2FL and 2ML...if you fast forward through there scenes it makes the show 100% more enjoyable. ML & FL were amazing.)

I hope my opinions were helpful and not harmful. Putting this in a spoiler tab because it was longer than I intended. But if you liked you are my glory i would start with Amidst a Snowstorm of Love.

His uncle, the Duke of Ding, was the one to investigate the other woman's family & the reason she had to go into hiding(her family memebers were corrupt officials, like him) She lost her status & was hiding from authorities.
The guy was then forced to marry his enemy's sister, while in "love" with the other woman. Song Mo to him is the manifestation of everything he hates...the Jiang family being at the top of the list.

He really needs to spill everything to her & just trust that she will catch him. he wanted her as his advisor, LET HER ADVISE YOU. Cause the only thing that learning he's still poisoned will do is make her work 100% more on finding a cure & making sure he remains calm.

honestly, I'm not sure if she survived the ending of the story. But check the spoiler discussion on the browser version of this page & scroll through.

it has all the spoiler discussions on the novel

Suspects in ep 10, asks again in episode 12, confirms in episode 13

HE So I've been told.(I personally haven't read it, but have read comments and the spoiler discussion)

You know the funny thing is...I love Love Like the Galaxy, but I always forget the 2ML, no offense to the actor, I just somehow forget about him as he never really grew a backbone imo. I remember the 3rd ML(obviously) as his character was a bit of a foil. But yeah ole puppy dog eyes just slips the mind when looking back on the show as a whole.

Woman really said "Welcome to my TED Talk" while his brain is completely empty and focused on other thing. Ma'am...no comprehend the words coming out of your mouth, because all he can do is stare at YOUR MOUTH.

Seems like a Russian Rolette medicine ball to me. Do not recommend consumption.

I love his sassy responses to Prince Qing.

In the novel she's alive and in a living hell being passed around and then turned into a slave...so, personally the death route seems a kindness at this point.

I think this will be the plot device to let FL in on the overall conspiracy against them.

TBH if I had to take a guess, most likely the CCP censorship. As so many shows adapted from novels edit the harsher punishment for some characters or just completely redeem them somehow...it's not just one writer, so whomever is in charge of what gets past Go is my best guess.