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Are you in the extra chapter. Like the "what if" portion, what if the Jinzhou massacre never happened and FL and ML grew up together?

I don't think they trusted Prince Changxin. The world trusted Prince Changxin more. They have heard this since childhood so maybe they believed it. But now with so many things happening, they now doubt that maybe there was more to the truth which was told. So Wei Qilin is not innocent according to them, it is what if he is, what if it was Prince Changxin? They do not have conclusive evidence against anything presently.

In the drama, ML was always good to FL and her sister in Linan from the start. In the novel, he just wanted to use them to hide his identity. He was at time a little rude and cold to them. In the drama ML married FL because he was a little attracted to her. In the novel, he did it to get identity papers. In the novel, I did not really realize when he fell for her, maybe eventually staying together, but these hug scenes, peck scene (ep 9) nothing was there. They both treated the marriage very fake. But he suddenly realized his love and forcefully kissed her, getting slapped and turned away.
He was borderline obsessive and a little toxic. When FL understood his identity, in the drama it was just a soft kiss on forehead, in the novel, he forcefully kissed her again, and got beaten. There were some scenes of them engaging in physical intimacy, few things hated by some, some people were uncomfortable by it. He crazily possessive about her.
About his revenge- he was mad, he was in rage. Getting justice for his dad was a very big thing for him, mentioned by him many times. It was like he was living for only that before Changyu came. So when he learnt about the role of Changyu's dad in death of his dad, he broke up with her, though very respectfully. He tried to move on for weeks, failed. Went to his Xie Family Manor, took 108 lashes in repentance. Told in front of his parents tablets that even if Changyu's dad was responsible it doesn't matter to him, because Changyu is innocent and he cannot live without her. Made up with her later.
He was really ruthless. He had a scene with Sui Yuanqing where he particularly played psychologically with him, traumatizing him. He cut the Eunuch's ear, threatened the emperor. There are few other things, but then that would be spoiled for you.
But though he has been softened, I always felt even in the novel, he had important role more in the palace politics than in war. So hopefully we will see it then.

Yeah seems so. We have not gotten to that part. But Li Huai An is there, maybe he is working under the instructions of his grandpa.

In episode 32. Gongsun Yin and ML were discussing these things, about what happened. So they discussed how Prince Changxin claimed that the tiger tally was fake. Gongsun Yin said what if it was Prince Changxin lying and not Wei Qilin. ML replied maybe we are getting closer to the truth. This was it.
My guess is maybe ML trusts FL, and hence he trusts her father a little, because the truth is not revealed, he is not coming to conclusions. But this is just a wild guess, it doesn't make a lot of sense, and this is really diverting away from the novel as well.

One point I forgot to mention in the above comment. Wei Qilin used to serve Wei Yan (ML's uncle) along with He Jingyuan (prefect of Linan who died in ep 30). Wei Qilin later served ML's dad. Because he could not bring grains and troops, and Wei Yan had earlier withdrawn from the battle, there were rumours that Wei Qilin did it on the orders of Wei Yan. Wei Qilin was considered a loyal dog of Wei Yan. Later Wei Yan supported the young prince as emperor, making him a puppet emperor. Hence Wei Yan though no one has enough evidence against him, there were rumours that he was the mastermind behind it.

This is the information we already know, till episode 32.

We only know that General Xie and Crown Prince and the army required grains and additional troops. For this, they sent Wei Qilin to Prince Changxin, along with the tiger tally. The tiger tally is a proof that what Wei Qilin is saying is true, that he is sent by General Xie. But Prince Changxin said that the tiger tally was fake, refused to send grains or troops, leading to the death of General Xie, Crown Prince and thousands of soldiers. Wei Yan was earlier a part of this battle with crown prince and General Xie, but he withdrew his troops and came back in the middle, for unknown reasons.
That is why the whole country considers Wei Qilin a traitor because they think he is the one who replaced the tiger tally with a fake one, hence betraying his country. ML and Gongsun yin now think that it might not be Wei Qilin who replaced the tally but someone else.
That is why Qi Min considers Wei Yan and Prince Changxin to be responsible for killing his father. But how he has the tiger tally, we don't know.

You are absolutely correct. In addition to this his goal of destroying Sui family is over. Prince Changxin and his wife are dead. Sui Yuanqing is arrested hence would be dead soon, according to him. His double is used to portray that Sui Yuanhuai is dead. So now, he can get back his throne by being Qi Min.

He wants back his throne now.

I think she meant ending of another drama- Feud. She hated that ending. Not this one.

He appears in episode 32.

Yup all those references were made in the novel as well, her character is same in both. Because she used these references, it was hinted that she transmigrated. She never explicitly confirmed to that except telling Changyu in the climax that she had come from a very very far away place, where she can never return. Along with this the author of the novel is a very big transmigration plot fan, hence people inferred it with all the clues. In the drama, though these references are made, its highly unlikely they will confirm the transmigration in the end, due to censorship rules.

Absolutely.

I know few were there like that. Huhh, some people.

Nope. Qi Min is the son of the crown prince. His father had the legitimate right on the throne, but he died before that. So next in line in succession should be Qi Min.

Yes Qi Min is their nephew. But they all belong in the similar age group, though different generations.

Yeah I understood what you mean. Because I saw that spoiler too, plus it was an extra chapter in the novel, so yeah I get it. I just didn't know they will keep it. Whatever, its good you are confused. Don't open spoilers without disclaimers now . This is how I am protecting myself.

Same. Also even though the 3rd cp are sweet, many scenes seem unnecessary and they barely have chemistry. The second couple despite the toxic scenes, seem very addictive and engaging to me.

He is. Please mark your question as spoiler.

Right.

Nope. Till ep 32. I heard the subtitles suck so there is no benefit as well. I have patience, I can go on like this.
Just 2-3 scenes which leaked on social media, I mistakenly glanced on it, and 3-4 stupid people in the comment sections spoiled some scenes without any disclaimer. Huhh. Did you?