Poohbearies

Hi, critical scenes were lost in order to secure the censorship board’s approval for this drama. Even for native speakers, the nuances are not easy to grasp as there are extensive historical and literary references from the ancient period that most laypeople are not familiar with. You can look for the thread for Royal Nirvana in the Soompi forum to understand more.

The photo came out in October and the handful of accounts blogging about it seem to be related. It is odd to be commenting about the omission only now. Seems like the motive is to stir trouble.

You can get the link when you try to share via SMS or email. Is this the one you mean? https://m.weibo.cn/status/4425573482627438 I think the omission of HZZ may seem more glaring because his role is quite major but she can’t possibly list all the other actors.

Yeah, it is not very gracious but I gather they could not come to terms on that issue. I hadn’t heard about the novel cover. Do you have a link to the pic?

If you want to watch with Eng subs, you have to wait. The episodes are still being released progressively on Amazon and YT.

I don’t think she is blaming the actor for the show’s failure/ratings. She simply doesn’t agree with the direction the character took in the drama. I enjoy the warmer characters as compared to the novel and really wished she could have gone for a happier ending but I guess she has her own message to deliver with the story.

I think the director and HZZ decided to make the character warmer after discussion but the screenwriter did not agree.

I thought it means “One True Pairing”.

I saw the clip on the official Youtube channel.

It is just a play on a memorable term used in the drama and an expression of hope. I’m sure they would love to release whatever they have shot because every frame is so carefully crafted. but I think it is highly unlikely they can. You know what kind of govt they have there.

XCP Is CP’s cousin.

Yes, he is punished at the end.

The words at the end are “worth waiting for” or “something to be relived in memories” (for those involved in the production, the latter is certainly true).

Have to wait for the final 5 episodes to find out.

Yes

If you have watched Ep52, then I think he does redeem himself. He is not perfect. When faced with a dilemma like abandoning the redress of Lu Ying’s death in the interest of protecting his position (albeit to protect his uncle), he can be tempted to do the wrong thing but his love for her pulls him back.

Why do you want to know the ending then? You want to decide whether to read the novel? There are characters in the ending of the novel that don’t look like they will be appearing in the drama. In a nutshell, ML committed suicide and FL followed after giving birth to their child.

He saved Wenxi at Zong Zheng Si because he knew who the real culprit was by then and she was really innocent. Even though he didn’t wish to admit it (he told her he saved her because of what Crown Princess said as he was still angry with her for manipulating him in the case of Chen), he had fallen in love with her. Why do you say he has lost his remaining supporters? Du Heng was not his remaining supporter. As long as he doesn’t do major wrong, he still has supporters in court being the rightful heir.

I don’t think it will follow the novel’s ending.

I think it is very hard to justify quite a number of CP’s actions if he was just pretending not to know her. They would need to change some of the things he did if they wanted that sort of ending.