Thuc Duyen

My understanding is that, her own house where she grew up went through so many changes from being her house, to her hospital then to clothes factory where she was still able to live in. In addition, her personal career went downhill for being a a wife of an official from the nationalist party. Note that the nationalist led by Chiang Kai Shek lost the civil war ( nationalist vs communists) in 1949 & the majority of these nationalists left to Taiwan & some had a lot of money also left to Taiwan. The fact that the Yang guy clearly has some prejudices against the nationalist & capitalist which YiYi background represent so he got rid of her position & told her to go another city to look for a job. All her childhood & memory are in Shanghai so she is kind of rebellious like her aunt was against any prejudices, oppression from other people so she decides to fight for her own survival just like her aunt. I completely understand how she feels as my family went through similar experiences.

It is a shame that FL & ML don’t show a real kiss but boy they are so weet right there. Another sweet moment when they were on the balcony after his adopted father told him that their father/son relationship & FL comforted him by saying she will always be there for him. Their kiss looking at the sea made me think of that famous photos of lovers kissing each other in Paris.

6 last night for me & 2 more this morning

They look great together.

He is a good guy. I love it so far. ML & FL look great togethe.

In the novel, he was a mediocre emperor & was easily swayed by the chancellor. He had listened to & let manipulated by the chancellor. He redeemed himself by issuing a marriage decree between HY & XY. He was clueless to a point that he did not realise that the chancellor was a treat or/ colluded with the wutuo people all along until XY & HY uncovered the chancellor bad’s deeds. He chose an idiot first prince to be the crown prince & didn’t even think that the crown prince’s intention to kill him, the emperor & crown prince managed to do it. He was not a smart emperor.

Yan He is the general that got killed in their last battle due to CZ’s strategy. He was their classmate at the academy & used to bully He Yan & compete with XY for the first place in class.

Fully agree with you.

He has never been a kind hearted person & he was the same in the novel. I’m not quite sure how some people think he is a smart character & has so much potential had the script writers not written him to falling in love? He was that delusional, ambitious with no integrity & loyalty towards any human being but himself. He is a huge red flag.

He is manipulative in the novel. He used HY to get to XY at the very beginning when he sensed that HY was XY’s weakness by giving her gifts, inviting her to his room, going out to watch the moon etc. His move to ask his master & emperor to promote HY without real power after her first battle victory was dangerously calculated to get XY impeach later on when HY identity will be revealed. She & her family risk of being exterminated by 9 generations for having deceiving the emperor by concealing her identity by joining the army. He appears everywhere in front of HY which create misunderstanding & jealousy in XY. When the emperor gave a decree for CZ to marry the Tingping girl and XY to marry HY, he still wants to break them up so he could have HY & ignoring Tingping regardless of the emperor decree. When his master got sent into prison for trahison, delusional CZ used HY’s sister hairpin to lure HY out to a teahouse to ask her to marry him instead of XY. Though, the chancellor Xu is a terrible person, CZ turned against his own master by killing him so he could climb up the ladder. The guy has no integrity & loyalty.

Same to me, it did happened to me when I lost my mum & a white butterfly flew in front of me for a long time. Every year around that anniversary day, I see a butterfly flying & staying in my garden for a while.

He also pissed me off in the novel so i have no sympathy for what happened to him.

He also does appear a lot in front of HY in the novel which creates a bit of misunderstanding & jealousy from XY.

In the novel, the emperor issued the decree for him to marry that Tingping girl and XiaoYu and He Yan marriage . CZ is such a delusional & selfish person that he even tried to lure HeYan out to a teahouse using HY’s younger sister’s hairpin. HY was worried about her sister life, went to the appointment to find out it was CZ & he then declared his love for her & asked her not to marry XY but him instead. HY rejected him & told him that they were not the same kind of people. Luckily, XY has been watching him after his master downfall. CZ has never been a loyal person & HY has found that out early on. I’ve never liked his character in the model & nor in this drama.

I don’t like his character in the novel either. He only loves himself.

They’re changing the plot if this is the case. In the novel, HY & XY got married, live happily together after the war & have a little daughter. Before they got married & after loosing his influence/position he had under the wing of PM Xu, he even dared to lure HY out in a teahouse, declared his love for HY & asked her to marry him instead. XY luckily followed him & exposed his game plan & left HY with him. After the downfall of his master PM Xu, CZ negotiated an exit for him & his maid ( that he shamelessly sent to the crown prince on the crown prince request) with the second prince in line who became crown prince. His maid was disfigured by the first crown prince so he left the capital & live in exile by himself in the water city where HY & XY saved the little princess. Years after the war, HY bumped into him unexpectedly in that city & XY was very upset with HY for engaging in a conversation with him haha.

In the novel, the emperor issued 2 marriage decrees for CZ with Xu’s daughter & XY and HeYan. When the truth about He Rufei’s and PM Xu’s collusion with the Wutuo army, HRF was executed on the emperor’s orders. PM Xu was sent to prison & CZ faked his escapee & killed PM Xu. XY & HY’s marriage went ahead according to plan so perhaps they may have changed the plot in this adaptation.

In the novel he is He Yan’s cousin but here I’m not quite sure if he is her brother or cousin.

In the novel, XY has always been jealous of Chu Zhao whenever he shows up t discuss with He Yan. CZ has also had the nerves to use her sister hairpin to draw He Yan in a teahouse so he could declare his love to He Yan & tried to persuade He Yan to marry him instead LOL. He Yan luckily rejected him but XY has witnessed the conversation & stormed in & kicked him. He Yan had to beg him to stop & explained things to Xiao Yu. He remains very jealous of her relationship with CZ years after the war & they already had a daughter together. Years after the war, He Yan & Xiao Yu together with their daughter visited the city Jilin where they saved the little princess Mu Xiaolou who is now a young lady & is getting married. One night after the war, Han Ye went out to the night market for a stroll & bumped to CZ & they had a quick chat before Xiao Yu arrived & asked He Yan to leave. He has never liked CZ which is understandable for me as the guy is not a reliable partner for a woman in my book. He even let his beautiful maid go to the crown prince who later disfigured her. CZ only thinks for himself.

In the novel, XJ has been secretly helping HRF in improving his swordsmanship. XJ’s nephew was not at the academy with them but XJ’s good friend Mr Lin Shuanghe ( a Doctor) & another of classmate Yan He who became General & used to bully HRF as He Yan had always been the last in class. He Yan ( HRF) has been shy & kept to herself but was quite willing to study & used XY’s explanation of how to use her sword.