Novel and drama aren't similar at this point. So we don't know if that man was Han Mingxi was not, but possible.…
Yes both novel readers and those who didn't read are at the same place currently. Except names and some basic character traits of some people, nothing is similar. I think the relationship with the three men would be same as in the novel. The leads relationship have been kept similar. And as per interviews and character graphs, it seems the other two men's relation with FL is being kept the same as well.
i wonder why would ML thinks his handicappedness comes in the way of their married life.... he seem to have developed…
He is insecure. He might Yeli deserves someone capable. Someone who can walk and fight, someone who is happy and not clouded by revenge (he doesn't know Yeli's revenge part, he just sees her as a happy girl). He is none of that, so.
The maid of Yeli, Qing Shuang who sometimes sleeps with her, she clearly is a hallucination. She doesn't come out in front of others, and no one else can see her.
I really wanna know the reason why Prince Li wanted to break off his engagement to Ye Li and marry her half-sister…
In the novel it was because he had an affair with her sister. He considered Yeli beneath him, and in the novel Yeli was considered talentless and not beautiful as compared to her sister. The drama does it differently. My guess is he and his family has ambitions. Yeli's paternal family has no love for her, but only for her sister, so if ever needed backing they would do it for Ye Ying's husband. Plus Yeli has a connection with Lishan, which has fallen and was considered in odds with Empress Dowager. Hence the swap. As per preview and teaser, we would know that in tomorrow's episode I guess.
I think they only accepted this arrangement because of who they are and the interactions they had in the past…
There for sure is agenda, but that doesn't mean Yeli is not giving everything in this marriage. Issues with her sister in law, nephew, caring for her husband, she can chose to ignore all of that, and solely focus on her revenge. But she wants to become a wife. MXY didn't want to be a husband, but now he is caring, smiling, listening to her, going to her shop to pick her up. They are forming a natural bond. Yeli would have married anyone to get off that mountain, she even told MXY that she was grateful to him for marrying her because only then she could escape and gain freedom. But their marriage is still beautiful, really unique in cdramaland.
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https://x.com/1812lllllleiiii/status/2064947926791848386?s=20
https://x.com/czhouye/status/2064948318988648764?s=20
https://x.com/jomong1218/status/2064950057422749935?s=20
I think the relationship with the three men would be same as in the novel. The leads relationship have been kept similar. And as per interviews and character graphs, it seems the other two men's relation with FL is being kept the same as well.
https://x.com/sora_llei/status/2064931200637206789?s=20
Haha this one, honestly Lin Muran and Cai Zheng Jie's reaction is my reaction as well-
https://x.com/1812lllllleiiii/status/2064933576999866756?s=20
https://x.com/jomong1218/status/2064928496150020260?s=20
https://x.com/czhouye/status/2064529188980474324?s=20
https://x.com/czhouye/status/2064531526948450628?s=20
https://x.com/czhouye/status/2064577291032949195?s=20
https://x.com/czhouye/status/2064575708291289485?s=20
The drama does it differently. My guess is he and his family has ambitions. Yeli's paternal family has no love for her, but only for her sister, so if ever needed backing they would do it for Ye Ying's husband. Plus Yeli has a connection with Lishan, which has fallen and was considered in odds with Empress Dowager. Hence the swap.
As per preview and teaser, we would know that in tomorrow's episode I guess.
Yeli would have married anyone to get off that mountain, she even told MXY that she was grateful to him for marrying her because only then she could escape and gain freedom. But their marriage is still beautiful, really unique in cdramaland.