Sophiee

Aren’t his fans overestimating themselves a bit too much? They acted like he’s some big name that can carry a drama or something. So what if they refuse to contribute to the drama? It barely makes any difference, they can’t even carry their own fav’s drama ffs. Zhou ye might not be one of those super popular c-actress who have a big fandom but she sure as hell is still better than that guy.

Also, what was the casting director thinking when casting this guy? There are plenty of newcomers who are better than him in terms of looks and acting skills so why choose this particular guy with his big ego fans? Shouldn’t his fans be happy that he finally gets to work with a considerably well-known actress?

They act like their small fandom can bring or contribute to anything lmao. If they had that ability then their fav wouldn’t still be an unknown actor

Why would she want to kill herself after finally being able to meet her daughter again lol. HRF knew she helped He yan escape the mansion when she went to stole something, that’s probably when he started to poison her

Same. Maybe I’ll just wait for YOC instead

I’m pretty sure he did. He starts suspecting her after He yan came back from the capital and said something along the line of “ she has to go” during one of their family meeting. Madam He did get sickly after her daughter’s death but she wasn’t on the verge of dying yet

He Yan’s character has always been carefree, she just hides it when she was still disguising as HRF. Changing the actress wouldn’t change the character’s personality

Tbf, this drama have more than just a few plot holes. The plot holes happens every now and then. This drama could’ve done way better without the ai changing and the extremely strict censorship in China. God knows how many scenes they cut out

He most likely did. He did the same thing in the novel.

Yeah, if he didn’t mention it, perhaps the Chancellor might propose an even worse punishment for XJ. Even if Xu Jingfu miraculously decided not to say anything about the punishment, someone else would. Why are we pretending as if XJ didn’t have half the court as his enemies. What kind of person would want to see their enemy escape punishment. Fact is, XJ would have been punished even if CZ didn’t mention it. Only difference is what type of punishment he’ll get. I dislike CZ and can list many stuff he’s done but XU Jingfu will have to take credit regarding XJ’s punishment. Let’s blame the right culprit

No dude, XJ would still receive punishment even if CZ didn’t say anything about it because like I said, he did broke military rules by going out without permission. I get that you dislike or hate that Chu zhao guy but if you wanna blame him, at least find a suitable reason. Chancellor Xu would never let such a good opportunity pass. That old fox can’t wait to hurt and humiliate XJ. XJ might even get more than 20 sticks if no one spoke up for him and leave Xu Jingfu to spout nonsense to the emperor’s ears. XJ getting caned and humiliated like this isn’t something that happens for the first time, Xu Jingfu did the same thing to him after his father just passed away.

Chu Zhao can be said to be selfish and hypocritical and may have done loads of bad things but XJ getting caned is definitely not his idea. He always wanted to have a good impression in front of the emperor so he defo won’t beat around the bushes to have XJ get punish like that. He’s done so many shitty stuff so why is XJ getting caned the main focus here lol

Things definitely makes more sense there cuz the author actually explain everything in detail, so detail that you can barely find anything wrong or any plot holes. Novel also have much less romance than the drama, they focus much more on Heyan

Agreed

The novel is pretty good, it’s just that it isn’t as fast pace as the drama version. Try checking it out

Uh yeah I forgot about that crying moment. In the novel, instead of crying, she instead went on a killing spree. They changed it in the drama. Quite annoying.

No. Romance isn’t my main focus in this drama. I’m a fan if this novel and wants to see more of HY’s character development and her journey in getting her revenge.

Drama changed a lot of things which is quite annoying and disappointing. For the water scene in the novel, that scene is supposed to happen in Jiyang where XJ held her hand and jumps into the water not knowing that she fears water after being killed by drowning. In the drama, we were supposed to get a scene where XJ rode his horse to find her but that part was cut off so we only get the part where he suddenly appeared in the water.

Personally, the part where she cries doesn’t bother me that much. She’s a powerful general but she’s also a human with emotions. She thinks that XJ might die so she loses her composure and let her guard down. This is quite out of character for her but it’s also somewhat understandable.

..Anyway, the current situation of the drama is beyond saving. They cut too much scenes due to censorship issues, making some situations confusing. If you want to see a better version of the story then go read the novel. You’ll understand the plot much better and you’ll get to see a stronger version of the main leads.

I just checked the drama’s official Weibo acc and it seems like they haven’t released the new schedule yet. Ig they’ll release it tomorrow

Her identity as general feihong will be publicly revealed later during some banquet. The emperor won’t know about the identity swapping until that moment

He told the emperor about HY being a woman so that the emperor won’t punished her when her gender got exposed later in court

That Li kuang guy seems like a decent man from the way Qi Luo described him. It was the war and the pressure of the city falling that stresses him out and make him have this borderline madness. He probably would never resort to these lowly methods if the situation isn’t so dire. Only thing she didn’t really know about him is how misogynistic he can be and how he would view women who are violated.
And what do you expect in your second paragraph? Even the god of war himself wouldn’t be able to win in this situation alone with no help tf. The city is surrounded, out of food and is severely outnumbered. There’s a limit to everything. And the only thing XJ did was bring the reinforcements, something he’ll do even if HY is not there waiting to be saved.
She is a general who command armies, not some god that can emerge victorious single-handly. It’s kinda ridiculous how you expect her to win that war with no help

Didn’t he say something along the lines of “General fengyun may have defended Jiyang but he still leave the garrison without permission. Still, his achievements outweigh his faults..” and then he proceeded to asked the emperor to show leniency. He didn’t directly asked for XJ to receive punishment, he asked the emperor to lightens them. XJ leaving the garrison is indeed wrong and should receive punishment as per military rules.
In ep 24, CZ said that it was the chancellor’s idea to offer fair rewards and punishment (tho I don’t see any reward for XJ). HY doesn’t receive any punishment was probably because of the fact that she’s just following her commander’s commands. I agree with everything else you said tho

XJ being punished is Xu Jingfu’s idea, not Chu Zhao’s. And I won’t deny that he’s scheming and uses underhanded tricks a lot but let’s be fr here, he isn’t even half as bad as his teacher and HRF, why waste efforts hating on him? His character is just some additional problems created for the main leads