Brennnndda

Now that I'm rewatching episodes I loved, my dumbass finally realized that the Xie generals under Xie Zheng have numbers for names 😑
And yes, I realize they likely aren't from the Xie clan at all and probably adopted the last name of their lord which is why they are so loyal.

The intimate scene when they woke up in Ep 38 was sadly edited 😢
The scene where they emerged from under the blankets was taken out 😭

My favorite scenes in this drama:
Ep. 9 when she returns with Li Huai'An and finds Xie Zheng on the ground, passed out. When he wakes up they are both touching each other's cheeks. It felt like the first time they openly acknowledged how much they cared for each other.
Ep. 27 when he proposes to her. His sincerity made me cry
Ep. 36 when he introduces her to his family at their memorial sites

The nuanced scenes in this drama are spectacular.

Has it really been 10 years? 😳

This is probably the 2nd drama that I've loved enough to actually read the original work.

Nope for me. He deserved everything that came his way after what he did.

I've learned over years of drama watching to make my peace with things I would normally nitpick. At its core, Pursuit of Jade is a romance so I'll just focus on the romance and ignore the other stuff that just serves to move the story along 😂

It truly is!! I went into this drama not even considering this was going to be female-centric. I didn't read the novel, but I assumed it was their story, like, equally.
I personally thought the beginning up until around Ep. 27 was near perfection.
Once his identity was revealed, whatever magic was going on slowly withered away. I loved Chang Yu's character but even I thought she got too much screen time. Xie Zheng felt like a side character in his own story. Even his revenge against his uncle went from getting revenge for his parents to getting justice for HER's instead.

That's what I thought but the transition for me was strange. We see right at the beginning that he thinks his uncle is after his life for starting his investigation but then are told that his uncle got him the best instructors and in the scene where he's sparring with General He, Xie Zheng looked to his uncle for approval so it made me rethink their relationship

I love when the main villains who are thought of as power-hungry, selfish, and heartless are actually shown to be the ones that loved the hardest and that's how/why they became the villain.

I loved it because he only did when he was with her. On the flip side, I wish we could've shifted the focus more to him once we entered the capitol so we could see his ruthlessness with everyone else. It would've had a bigger impact for us to see how cold he is to everyone else versus how soft he was with her.

Honestly, I was really only here for the romance. I could fast forward through all the political stuff and not miss out on anything 😂
The romance was just perfection while everything else...was meh at best 😆

I'm confused about something:



Did Xie Zheng always hold such animosity towards his uncle? No, correct? Did this start after his parents died? Or when he started investigating what happened those 17 years ago? He grew up "loved" while his uncle raised him (in as much as his uncle was capable of showing love).

Don't get me wrong, I love her close combat and that Xie Zheng forged her short sabers was beautiful. But in training, we know she's trained in spear fighting. Why not have it be like how we've seen Xie Zheng and Sui Yuan Qing and have her wield both? Spear for long range, then switch to her sabers for short range.

Really, how did she not die in that flood?

I agree, I was really disappointed with episodes 28-30. Everything up until then was wonderful!

Considering Chang Yu knows her father's spear techniques, I'd like to see her use them in battle.

I really didn't think this was going to be FML-centric (but I haven't read the book). I thought it was going to be equal, which is what made the beginning so magical: they were doing things together.
I love Chang Yu's journey, but Xie Zheng has basically become a side character in her story which is annoying.
This drama was magical until about the end of episode 27. The dam portion was important and should've focused on her, but now that they're back together, their screen time together and apart should be equal. If we see her fight, I want to see his fights too. Let us see why he's such a famed Marquis rather than having us hear about the battle afterwards.
Story-wise and enjoyment-wise, 28-30 were rough.

Since this drama is so popular, maybe the networks will be kind and release a Director's Cut or something 🤞🤞

Little details really make this drama more enjoyable.
Ex: When Chang Yu is getting off the carriage in her battle armor, Man Wu goes to help her down but she doesn't need it so he loops back around to the other guys in the back like nothing happened🤣🤣