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I have a few people I trust with info and one of them explained to me that the show will def stay on shelf for maybe a year or two but it doesn't necessarily mean it won't air.
It seems chinese production teams like tencent are used to these policy changes. Some get backtracked. We should just relax and see what happens.

Anyway, I was just visiting here to say that I think this show shouldn't be too worried? It already has a het romance line and with some ambiguity, they can get away with it. Especially if they go for a tragic ending (which I wouldn't mind 100% if it means the show will air....)

Where did you get this confirmation? If it's so solid why not give a link?! Just saying sth random and then leaving?!

Oh cool! I want to see what happens next! It'll be a long wait though.

Are they still filming this?

No, the 16yo was meant to marry a 6yo. The problem was that the emperor was too young for her! So they got a 13yo crown prince to balance the age difference but really they were tricking Cui family. Also (before someone point out the obvious) she was meant to the the crown princess but the Emperor’s sudden death meant she would become empress and that was not sth the empress dowager's faction wanted so they just had her engaged to the new crown prince.

That was until the child died with no heirs. Then it was open season, so to speak.
The court have the ability to upset the succssion line and that actually happens in the show, more than once. Anyway, my question was not about who is next in line, and I know the child is a puppet so it's convenient for evil regents. I meant why was no one interested in putting him on the throne at all. Logically speaking, just one person should’ve been into it.

No the emperors were all Liu. The empresses were Gao and Qi. Zhousheng Chen gave up his family name as Liu when he left the palace. This was all explained in the show. As for the second thing you explained, it's only true for the regents. The court all loved zsc. They all died with him!

Is the cast confirmed?

I keep thinking about it and I have to say, I don't understand why Zhou Sheng Chen was such a taboo option for ruling? He is competent, selfless, honorable, the actual brother of the late emperor. He's protected the country for almost two decades...he was clearly the superior choice for the next emperor. Yet everyone is tripping over themselves to choose 5yo distant cousins as emperor and just...why?! It's not like a 5yo can do sh!t.

Thank you!

One and Only had an alternative ending??? I didn't know that!
I will definitely watch this anyway. I'm considering reading the book before continuing though. Reading Eastern Palace while watching the show really worked for me so I'm thinking of doing the same for this one as well.

I really was hoping you'd like this one. I'm on episode two and it feels like the modern setting isn't really doing it for me, either.

What a show, I'm speechless...is this getting a seacond season?

I meant the sexual assault case shown between episode 4 and 5. The fact that they forced that one guy into sexual situations against his will is a form of rape. It was awkward to say " the guy who assaults the soldier by making him do this and that" so I just used the word rapist.

I'm fuming. I really hope that rapist guy from episode 5 gets what he deserves but given the show's attempt to go for realism, probably not. Ugh!

I finally finished watching this and I have to agree, the political subplots were lacking for me and it kind of left me wanting. The best part of the show is for sure the soft romance and the leads' acting.

There's a good amount of reference. Also oao is a very fun show to watch. Only the last three-ish episodes are a little sad.

That one is a better show, if you ask me.

That little gualing prince or whatever his name is, is the most infuriating twig of a man! He's not even remotely competent. What an incel!