Question for the people that read the novel… Was TSJ character in the book more interesting?! Like was it CLEAR…
Nope, he was still Coma Boy in the novel. They actually modified intimate scenes with Xiang Liu to make sure the drama’s CP stayed “pure,” but TJC’s micro expressions were too good 😂. The Viewers who did not read the novel were not fooled.
they kissed on their wedding night..., but yes, it would have been nice to see more. i agree it was still good,…
Yes, they even complained in the BTS that their lips were swollen and took a picture. Then later after they have seen the version, they were complaining again especially WXY that the kiss scene should have been longer. The BTSs were funny because WXY always asked for a kiss in the scenes that we wanted a kiss lol 😂 and the Director would always refuse, damn Director!.
I think since Netflix owns the episodes, they won’t be. Do you have Netflix? If not, I’m sure somebody here…
You can support by paying Youku or Viki by clicking up on this page. It's not much more than paying for a couple of movies. I also read that you can pay for just one month on Youku and bingewatch but I could be wrong.
Someone mentioned earlier that SYR shouldn't have been able to figure out the fake pregnancy plot but you can…
Yes, when she was wailing at his feet about marrying Young Cave Li, she revealed to us viewers that SYR knew everything about her past. Which is again another clue that SYR wasn't "forced" into anything; he'd seduced her enough to gain her trust about telling him her past, her health condition AND Cheng wang's rebellion plans. Mr. SYR only started making alternate plans when his dear departed wife arrived back in town and being feted left and right for her capabilities. After all, he was* a scholar at heart and how could the Crazy Princess compare to a Cai Nue when it came to heartstrings? Wanning could never do stuff like playing music instruments and reciting poetry with him like XFF did with him.
Watching Duke Su giving up his fish emblem for XFF made SYR realize how those two must have been together intimately and then with things happening against Wanning and his reputations after that, he definitely would be suspicious of how things were falling into place. Thus he made two chess moves of his own: 1) contact Chen wang secretly because now he really hated Duke Su and 2) giving up the Fu Ma plan (if Duke Su could give away his most powerful thing--an army--for his woman, then SYR could likewise show XFF he could do something similar (his most powerful thing he had was to be Fu Ma). It did not occur to poor SYR that love was the most powerful of them all.
The best scene of his "control" over the Princess was him sitting in prison sitting there knowing she would come…
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. @DefyingDestiny and I had a great past midnight conversation on SYR and XFF too this morning on another thread. I think you will like it.
Yes, hanky, brain fart at way past my bed time here, haha. Yes yes yes to the pleasure of watching SYR going bolder and crazier! I think he grew bolder because he saw another choice/option and then got angrier because "how dare these women didn't do it the way he'd planned!" He had his masochistic play going, always lowering himself to Wanning to the point of kneeling and then, he started to hug her from behind, saying, "My life is in your hands,' WHILE HOLDING BOTH HER HANDS IN HIS. LOL. Did you catch that? Then, he started towering over her, until that scene when she was forced into marrying Stupid Cave Li and she was AT HIS FEET and I was just waiting for him to twirl too, Lmao. Oh, you make this so fun, my friend. Now I have to go rewatch that scene tomorrow. (And by tomorrow, I meant, sigh--looking up at clock--today)
An interesting observation. Your longer post in our Other Topics (Under Characters) made some more good points. I'll have to bring in Wanning and SYR's relationship over there LOL.
But here, let's focus on SYR's dark side. Yes, like you, I believe he had that dark side to him and his approaching Wanning to return the fan (if I remember correctly) was not an accident. Surely, at that point, he had been humiliated with no one attending his "hello, I'm the Scholar Emeritus party" and surely he already heard about Wanning the Crazy Evil Princess by then. He saw her as an opportunity, as he'd seen XFF (and her family) as one when he was nothing but a poor scholar. XFF had pushed him up, giving him ideas and selling her valuables, but now it was no longer enough. She was, as we've seen, standing OUTSIDE THE DOOR, and he needed someone inside to give him ideas and valuables. Unfortunately, Wanning was not as controllable.
The righteous scholar act was all well and good as a way to gain status, but what he truly wanted was power, something he saw XH had. So, at his death, XFF's final "wish" for him to be born noble was somewhat ironic because it wasn't just nobility or riches that pushed SYR to do what he did--it was power. As Fu Ma, he would have gotten that. Or the PM's Di Nue's husband, advisor to the Emperor. He was playing both sides and finally chose XFF/Jiang Li. But it all went to hell when Xiao Heng jumped into the play (darn him!) and interrupted his script of marriage.
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Watching Duke Su giving up his fish emblem for XFF made SYR realize how those two must have been together intimately and then with things happening against Wanning and his reputations after that, he definitely would be suspicious of how things were falling into place. Thus he made two chess moves of his own: 1) contact Chen wang secretly because now he really hated Duke Su and 2) giving up the Fu Ma plan (if Duke Su could give away his most powerful thing--an army--for his woman, then SYR could likewise show XFF he could do something similar (his most powerful thing he had was to be Fu Ma). It did not occur to poor SYR that love was the most powerful of them all.
Yes yes yes to the pleasure of watching SYR going bolder and crazier! I think he grew bolder because he saw another choice/option and then got angrier because "how dare these women didn't do it the way he'd planned!"
He had his masochistic play going, always lowering himself to Wanning to the point of kneeling and then, he started to hug her from behind, saying, "My life is in your hands,' WHILE HOLDING BOTH HER HANDS IN HIS. LOL. Did you catch that? Then, he started towering over her, until that scene when she was forced into marrying Stupid Cave Li and she was AT HIS FEET and I was just waiting for him to twirl too, Lmao. Oh, you make this so fun, my friend. Now I have to go rewatch that scene tomorrow.
(And by tomorrow, I meant, sigh--looking up at clock--today)
But here, let's focus on SYR's dark side. Yes, like you, I believe he had that dark side to him and his approaching Wanning to return the fan (if I remember correctly) was not an accident. Surely, at that point, he had been humiliated with no one attending his "hello, I'm the Scholar Emeritus party" and surely he already heard about Wanning the Crazy Evil Princess by then. He saw her as an opportunity, as he'd seen XFF (and her family) as one when he was nothing but a poor scholar. XFF had pushed him up, giving him ideas and selling her valuables, but now it was no longer enough. She was, as we've seen, standing OUTSIDE THE DOOR, and he needed someone inside to give him ideas and valuables. Unfortunately, Wanning was not as controllable.
The righteous scholar act was all well and good as a way to gain status, but what he truly wanted was power, something he saw XH had. So, at his death, XFF's final "wish" for him to be born noble was somewhat ironic because it wasn't just nobility or riches that pushed SYR to do what he did--it was power. As Fu Ma, he would have gotten that. Or the PM's Di Nue's husband, advisor to the Emperor. He was playing both sides and finally chose XFF/Jiang Li. But it all went to hell when Xiao Heng jumped into the play (darn him!) and interrupted his script of marriage.