Guys chill, to hell with ratings! MDL is just a fans forum, 500 people together can easily downvote a drama no matter how good it is. And we all know there are thousands of bots in this site. What's important is, the drama should be good plot wise and story wise till episode 40. It should be enjoyable and exciting for the general audience as well as the fans. I am not mentioning the acting, because both of them are already doing really well, and I know they will do it till episode 40 as well.
Its important for the drama to do well in China, MDL ratings have nothing to do with it. So lets enjoy the drama without these crappy bots, and Weibo/X gossip nonsense. I love Cheng Lei and Bai Lu and am hooked up with the drama till now, so be it 7.9 or 1.9, I don't give a damn, and will enjoy it.
I really don't know how to. Someone needs to ask them that even give a link of evidence either as in a Wetv link of weibo link. Someone who has access to both can only do that.
Thanks for clarifying that, some names are only similar with the novel. This better be good because I so much…
Yeah I read the novel too. Few of us the novel readers were discussing only few basic things and name remain same, other things not. I am not that disappointed, because I have liked the initial episodes, I will be just treating the novel and drama as two separate things. I loved the novel too. Yup lets see where this goes.
Okay I will just clear some relationships and politics for people for whom its a little confusing. And I think it will make things easier for all us of as well. Because the drama and novel are not similar, we cannot refer to these from the novel. I am writing this as per my understanding. So if anyone thinks differently, or finds a mistake, do clear it.
The Royal Dynasty is Mo Dynasty. The current kid emperor, our ML, and SML are all cousins, with the same surname, hence I will assume that their fathers/grandfathers were biological brothers. This makes ML and SML both princes but not direct heirs of the throne. 8 years back ML's biological elder brother was the one who lead soldiers on the orders of Late Emperor (father of current king), but the royal decree has been burnt by Marquis Muyang, hence convicting ML's brother and others and hence their execution. At that time, ML was under Duke Hua, hence not convicted.
The palace has different factions: 1.One is Marquis Muyang (villain). This faction is allied with Empress Dowager. Popular people here- Zhang Hengyuan, Li Changfu (burnt to death) and Lv Cheng/Lv Boying (buried). Marquis Muyang lead to downfall of ML's family and Lishan academy, and their killings, making him and his allied forces the prime target of both ML and FL. But maybe again MAYBE its on Empress Dowager's orders. 2.The next faction is of Murong Shen, and it seems they are allied or atleast closer to the Emperor. Popular person here- Gongshu Yang. Till now they have not been doing anything evil. 3. There is another one- Duke Hua, he has military power. He was ML's superior initially. But he never spoke in the court, until episode 5 where he supported ML for the post.
Marquis Muyang's faction continuously at odds with Murong Shen's faction.
The emperor and his mother are at odds about ruling the empire. It seems Empress Dowager has a lot of power, and fears giving everything away to her son, while the Emperor is trying to gain power. Hence he has re-appointed ML to find evidence against Marquis Muyang (his mother's faction) and destroy him. Empress Dowager was initially just a concubine, before becoming Empress Dowager. She and Yeli's mother were close friends. Both of them studied together in Lishan Academy. In her childhood, Yeli used to visit Empress Dowager, and had a good relationship with her. Yeli's mother was the daughter of the headmaster of Lishan. Lishan was a academy for children and scholars, for education and literary purposes. Lishan initially had a lot of power, famous ministers, queens, powerful people were its alumni. But after Late Emperor died 8 years back, Lishan did not support the current Queen Dowager's rise to power. That is why Queen Dowager's allied forces lead it in isolation, arrests, false accusations and executions.
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What's important is, the drama should be good plot wise and story wise till episode 40. It should be enjoyable and exciting for the general audience as well as the fans. I am not mentioning the acting, because both of them are already doing really well, and I know they will do it till episode 40 as well.
Its important for the drama to do well in China, MDL ratings have nothing to do with it. So lets enjoy the drama without these crappy bots, and Weibo/X gossip nonsense.
I love Cheng Lei and Bai Lu and am hooked up with the drama till now, so be it 7.9 or 1.9, I don't give a damn, and will enjoy it.
The Royal Dynasty is Mo Dynasty. The current kid emperor, our ML, and SML are all cousins, with the same surname, hence I will assume that their fathers/grandfathers were biological brothers. This makes ML and SML both princes but not direct heirs of the throne.
8 years back ML's biological elder brother was the one who lead soldiers on the orders of Late Emperor (father of current king), but the royal decree has been burnt by Marquis Muyang, hence convicting ML's brother and others and hence their execution. At that time, ML was under Duke Hua, hence not convicted.
The palace has different factions:
1.One is Marquis Muyang (villain). This faction is allied with Empress Dowager. Popular people here- Zhang Hengyuan, Li Changfu (burnt to death) and Lv Cheng/Lv Boying (buried). Marquis Muyang lead to downfall of ML's family and Lishan academy, and their killings, making him and his allied forces the prime target of both ML and FL. But maybe again MAYBE its on Empress Dowager's orders.
2.The next faction is of Murong Shen, and it seems they are allied or atleast closer to the Emperor. Popular person here- Gongshu Yang. Till now they have not been doing anything evil.
3. There is another one- Duke Hua, he has military power. He was ML's superior initially. But he never spoke in the court, until episode 5 where he supported ML for the post.
Marquis Muyang's faction continuously at odds with Murong Shen's faction.
The emperor and his mother are at odds about ruling the empire. It seems Empress Dowager has a lot of power, and fears giving everything away to her son, while the Emperor is trying to gain power. Hence he has re-appointed ML to find evidence against Marquis Muyang (his mother's faction) and destroy him.
Empress Dowager was initially just a concubine, before becoming Empress Dowager. She and Yeli's mother were close friends. Both of them studied together in Lishan Academy. In her childhood, Yeli used to visit Empress Dowager, and had a good relationship with her. Yeli's mother was the daughter of the headmaster of Lishan. Lishan was a academy for children and scholars, for education and literary purposes. Lishan initially had a lot of power, famous ministers, queens, powerful people were its alumni. But after Late Emperor died 8 years back, Lishan did not support the current Queen Dowager's rise to power. That is why Queen Dowager's allied forces lead it in isolation, arrests, false accusations and executions.