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Admit princess of li and ji yie is the perfect match. Like she said, 'what u can't give him I can give him, what u can give him, I can also give him'. That princess if also fast moving. If yuran didn't come to the capital and ji yie stayed with princess of Li, I can see him falling for her because by then, she would've probably done so much for him (& be so blatant about liking him) that he won't be able to refuse her (like asule and the princess). He only met princess of Li for 1 wk and she already solved 2 of his worry lol.

I think they wrote yuran too childish and too seemingly innocent at the beginning. When her arc came at the end, the actress was not able to pull it off well as well. She's childish but it doesn't mean she doesn't care about anyone but herself and ji yie. I think she snuck out because her aunt was setting her up so that she'll willingly go to the capital with her, saying how its dangerous at the capital and stuff for asule. It's hard, because I think yuran have a very important spot in ji yie's heart. Before he met her, he has never been touched by anyone else (he didn't want to hi five her because he felt that he must be dirty so no one wanted to touch or play with him). She was the sun in his dark childhood. I think if asule was not there, the only reason he would've not wanted to be with yuran will be because he feel his not worthy (she's a princess and his just a concubine's son & he has a complex about it).

For 2020, I hope he picks up another drama project in the midst of any film project he has. He takes a whole year off to film 2 movies and I'll be taking barely 4 hours to watch it :((

Yea, I think the chemistry between them was coming more from asule than yuran haha. Asule saved the chemistry for me
The moment she saw her aunt was about to hurt asule, she ended up killing her aunt so I'll give her that I guess? hmm not sure. In the earlier episodes, when asule was about to fight that guy (who tried to pull the sword) to save ji yie, yuran stopped him because she knows he doesn't stand a chance against that guy. I don't think she portray the minute details well so it didn't come through that well but I think the director was trying portray it that way. In earlier episodes when asule is lonely in his room (when he just took his revenge for suma, when his reading books in his room), it's always yuran who comes to visit him. When she realised he went to the capital, she tried to sneak pass her aunt to follow him. Asule didn't tell her he misses home. When she found out, she tried to make him happy. I think the director was pretty much pushing the 3 close friends thing pretty clear. The idea of yuran not helping asule (or is ignorant of it) stems from the fact that asule is selfless and is not the type to make others worry about him and yuran is portrayed too much like a spoiled kid. Asule didn't even let his two close friends know that he might die soon or that the evil crow guy, the emperor, basically everyone was after him (I mean, if I was him, I don't know how to say this either). So when the yuran/ji yie thing was going on, it seemed like yuran didn't care for him

rumour says it might be hu ge. I hope it is but I don' think there's much chance of this been true

Anyone read the novel? Is it any good?

Ah, I see. thanks for clearing things up for me <3

While really sad, that sounds like a really good plotline?! D: . The script for this series was too generic compared to the books! I'm a bit confused though. So is this what happens at the end of book 6? Or is this part written as a different series? I heard people are saying they filmed all 6 books and the book ended with an open ended battle or something like that

thank u! omg! Why did yuran assassinate Ji Yie? How did Yuran die? And why did Ji Yie and Azuler end up going to war against each other? Dying to know

So in the ending of the book, the same thing happened? I heard book readers mention that there's 2 major battles between ji yie and asule. Did that happen before ji yie came with reinforcement to help asule (i.e. the ending of the drama)?

omg, so like tribes and empire :( . I feel tricked by the author who said that they filmed all 6 books

Who has watched the ending? Is it any good?

Exhibit no. 3 - when yuran said that with every passing day that Asule haven't gained his memories back, they wouldn't be able to stop worrying. Yet, she just looks damn right annoyed rather than worried.
Other then here and there, her chemistry with Asule was really great. I don't know if its intentional on Haoran's side, but with the way he portrayed his chemistry with the 3 love interests, it seems Asule have only ever truly loved Yuran. Which i guess, in a way, is keeping true to the books. With the princess, there seem to be only deep care of a friend that turned into a desire to take responsibility for her welfare as she have lost and done so much to try to save him. With Suma, it is just childhood friends, small crush and regret.

I heard that the director, Chen Kaige, have won awards for the films he made about Old Beijing. I can't wait because apparently the director is going back to his roots for this film!

oh no, are they pulling another tribes and empire D:

I realise in this drama, everyone have their own greed/intentions. Even those who you think are heroes, end up been slightly antihero because sometimes they're driven by their own personal gain. Only asule doesn't seem to get driven by this

yea, prob not your thing haha

And we hardly got introduced to the main players of the fight in the grasslands. I don't get what the author was thinking. Asule goes back to his hometown around half-point of the books, why did he decide to change that in the scripts? R they trying to save cost or something, because that's a major part of the plot line. Not going to lie, I was really looking forward to Asule going back to his home country because so much of his storyline happens there *flips table

After asule came back to life there's actually a lot of couple scenes, especially when they went to hide in the village. But yea, the final stretch will be about fighting for the throne

Seems like even after next week's 8 episodes, we might not be able to see Asule back in the grasslands because there's too many grounds to cover in terms of yuran and other characters' storylines... this plotline feels like an exponential curve. it keeps getting bigger and bigger but I don't see how they'll do it justice in just a few more episodes. still rooting for it though

Does yuran die before asule goes back or after asule goes back? This is so sad because yuran, jiyie and the princess all said they want to head back to the grasslands with asule but we all know that this is never going to happen :(