I've seen some reactions to the fight our leads had in today's episodes, and I didn't want to comment directly…
Wow, your analysis is really long and very clear 😆 I agree with your take. Personally, I also don’t think the scene was problematic. To me it actually showed a very human side of a couple who clearly don’t want to part, but are still too proud and emotionally overwhelmed to say sweet things or make promises they’re afraid they might not be able to keep. I can understand both of their perspectives. And that scene is actually in the novel as well. So I also really liked how the scene was executed without turning Xie Zheng into a red flag character.
I also can’t wait for their reunion, and I’m really curious to see Changyu’s reaction when she finds out that Xie Zheng is actually the Marquis whose memorial tablet she’s been praying to 😆
Why is he having devil’s horns? That’s not majestic but satanic.
It’s not devil horns. In Chinese historical drama military costumes, that ornament is called lingzi.
Lingzi are long pheasant tail feathers attached to a general’s headpiece, symbolizing military authority, command over troops, bravery, and martial prowess.
Characters who wear lingzi are usually commanders or elite generals, which fits Xie Zheng’s character perfectly.
So please don’t call them devil horns anymore 🙂 They actually represent honor and leadership, not anything satanic.
Omo omo omo!! The rating keeps going up—now it’s 9.1🔥
Honestly, the rating here isn’t lying at all. It really reflects how good this drama is. The story is amazing, the plot is great, the acting is great, the chemistry is great, the cinematography is beautiful, and the directing is solid.
Wuaaah okay then, I really hope they can maintain this quality until the very end of the drama! 🥹✨ i’m really, really excited waiting for the new episode ❤️🥹
HELP🙏🙏🙏 Where do you watch the series? I noticed the first episode's opening scene subtitles had different…
From my perspective, the subtitles on iQIYI and WeTV are more or less the same. And WeTV’s subtitles aren’t AI translations since this drama is officially from Tencent. For resolution, I prefer iQIYI because they provide 4K (I have a premium subscription, so I can watch it in 4K).
What i don’t like about iQIYI is that they also translate the BGM songs, so the subtitles overlap with the dialogue and sometimes cover the actors’ faces.
WeTV is better in that regard because they don’t translate the BGM songs, so the subtitles don’t overlap. Plus, i can read the viewers’ comments too, and some of them are really funny xixixi 😆
This morning i opened MDL and checked the comments here, and wow the rating went up again to 9.0 🔥 Just last night when i checked it was still 8.9. Well deserved! 🎉🎉 I can’t wait for today’s episode this afternoon, aaaaahhhh 😆
Waiting for new episodes feels so long 😭😭 I love it more with every episode, and I’m falling harder for this CP too 🔥
and good news. The Tencent heat index has already reached 29,000, and the rating here has even risen to 8.9. Hopefully it will reach 30,000 soon — wow! If it does, this will be director Zeng Qing Jie’s second successful drama after previously directing only short dramas. Well deserved! 🎉🎉
Ahhh I’m love this drama more and more 😍😍 I also really like this CP, especially when they fight side by side and support each other — so badass. I can’t wait for the next episode 🥹🥹
Btw, I’ve seen people debating whether ZLH is dubbed by a voice actor in this drama or if it’s his own voice. Personally, I think it’s a mix. In some scenes the voice doesn’t sound like ZLH and feels a bit softer, but in many other scenes it clearly sounds like him and his very distinctive tone — similar to the dramas where he dubbed himself (My Journey to You, Story of Kunning Palace, Love’s Rebellion, and The Best Thing).
I’m quite confident about this because I watched those four dramas and also several of his variety show appearances. That’s why I feel like this drama might be using a combination of his real voice and a voice actor.
I really love the first 5 episodes. So far, it’s been really good Love it, love it, love it ☺️ No wonder the director of this drama also directed Blossom. The cinematography vibe feels similar, especially how the episode starts with an opening scene before the intro. I hope the upcoming episodes can keep this kind of pacing and won’t disappoint. ✨
That’s what I got from all the clips that I saw as well. People are trying to create some hidden motive for…
I also saw a few clips, especially the scene where the FL sees the ML with his ex while she’s doing archery. In that scene, the ML wasn’t doing anything with his ex at all—he was just standing beside her at a distance, simply watching her shoot. But the FL got mad at him because she was overthinking and imagining things.
And the ML replied, “It’s not what you think !” in such a soft, gentle, resigned tone, with sincere teary eyes. Aaah, it totally reminded me of Nan Heng because LYN’s expression there was exactly the same 😆
From that alone, i could already tell the ML’s character is really, really kind—like genuinely a total green flag!!!
maybe as viewers we feel suspicious of an ML who’s too good, because in real life guys like that are super rare, LOL. So we start overthinking like… does he actually have some kind of hidden motive or something? 😆
I saw some Chinese fans posting panels from the manhua of this drama on XHS, and I read a few of the ones they shared.
There’s one scene that seems to be when the ML proposes to the FL. In that scene, it reveals that the ML actually already knew from the beginning that the FL was testing him about the women who approached him, because she was afraid he might be a player. It also touches on the FL’s past.
And guess what the ML’s answer was? He said, “How could I possibly be angry just because you love me?”
Chinese fans said that Xiao Bei’s character is really a total green flag — smart, thoughtful, and devoted. well, this character seems perfect.
So it seems like the ML doesn’t actually have some kind of special mission to take revenge on the FL for what she did in the past or anything like that. It’s just that he’s really a green flag character, not because he has some hidden motive 😅
I’m happy to see LYN in a modern drama again after Be Your Own Light. Seeing him in casual outfits and driving a car feels so different lol. i’m so used to seeing him riding a horse and wearing historical costumes 😆
I’m a little worried the plot might get messy in the middle because it looks like the story follows several female POVs
Thank you Cheng Lei and Wang Chu Ran for the amazing acting and incredible chemistry — both on screen and off screen. Their chemistry is just too good 🔥
And this is my last comment. The ending is different from the novel (based on spoiler information shared by novel readers who already posted and commented about the original ending here). Maybe it’s because of censorship restrictions in China.
But!! It’s okay — what matters is that it’s a happy ending, and that’s more than enough to make me happy. At least when they returned to the modern era, the ML and FL got to see each other face to face 😆 unlike other transmigration dramas.
Btw guys, for the last episode don’t skip the outro! There’s a short scene from Zhang San’s diary 😄 Luckily I didn’t turn on the skip outro (remember what happened with A Dream Within a Dream 😅)
ooooh !!!! Cheng Lei looks as handsome as ever in modern clothes 😚😚 I’m so used to seeing him in costume dramas that seeing him in modern clothes on screen felt kinda unusual LOL.
Ep 22 - why are all the women in harem are buttering Wan? What did I miss?
well pretty simple. The consorts used to cling to the Empress Dowager for backing. But now that she’s kind of collapsing, the consorts feel their safety net is gone. That’s why they’re starting to gather around Wanyin and act nice to her — because the Emperor loves her. So if anything happens, at least they’ll be safe
I laughed so hard at the scene where Eunuch An disguised himself as the Emperor, and the Empress Dowager was also so funny. I completely lost it at the part where Eunuch An held her paralyzed head to keep it steady LOL. But yeah, she deserved it — getting killed would’ve been too easy. At least now she has to actually feel the suffering LOL.
And just from tomorrow’s trailer alone, I’m already cracking up 🤣🤣 But I’m nervous too since we’re nearing the end of the drama and they’re giving us comedy again… this feels like we’re being set up for some tragedy 🤧
I agree with your take.
Personally, I also don’t think the scene was problematic. To me it actually showed a very human side of a couple who clearly don’t want to part, but are still too proud and emotionally overwhelmed to say sweet things or make promises they’re afraid they might not be able to keep. I can understand both of their perspectives.
And that scene is actually in the novel as well.
So I also really liked how the scene was executed without turning Xie Zheng into a red flag character.
I also can’t wait for their reunion, and I’m really curious to see Changyu’s reaction when she finds out that Xie Zheng is actually the Marquis whose memorial tablet she’s been praying to 😆
Lingzi are long pheasant tail feathers attached to a general’s headpiece, symbolizing military authority, command over troops, bravery, and martial prowess.
Characters who wear lingzi are usually commanders or elite generals, which fits Xie Zheng’s character perfectly.
So please don’t call them devil horns anymore 🙂 They actually represent honor and leadership, not anything satanic.
Honestly, the rating here isn’t lying at all. It really reflects how good this drama is. The story is amazing, the plot is great, the acting is great, the chemistry is great, the cinematography is beautiful, and the directing is solid.
Wuaaah okay then, I really hope they can maintain this quality until the very end of the drama! 🥹✨
i’m really, really excited waiting for the new episode ❤️🥹
And WeTV’s subtitles aren’t AI translations since this drama is officially from Tencent.
For resolution, I prefer iQIYI because they provide 4K (I have a premium subscription, so I can watch it in 4K).
What i don’t like about iQIYI is that they also translate the BGM songs, so the subtitles overlap with the dialogue and sometimes cover the actors’ faces.
WeTV is better in that regard because they don’t translate the BGM songs, so the subtitles don’t overlap. Plus, i can read the viewers’ comments too, and some of them are really funny xixixi 😆
Well deserved! 🎉🎉
I can’t wait for today’s episode this afternoon, aaaaahhhh 😆
and good news. The Tencent heat index has already reached 29,000, and the rating here has even risen to 8.9. Hopefully it will reach 30,000 soon — wow! If it does, this will be director Zeng Qing Jie’s second successful drama after previously directing only short dramas. Well deserved! 🎉🎉
Btw, I’ve seen people debating whether ZLH is dubbed by a voice actor in this drama or if it’s his own voice. Personally, I think it’s a mix. In some scenes the voice doesn’t sound like ZLH and feels a bit softer, but in many other scenes it clearly sounds like him and his very distinctive tone — similar to the dramas where he dubbed himself (My Journey to You, Story of Kunning Palace, Love’s Rebellion, and The Best Thing).
I’m quite confident about this because I watched those four dramas and also several of his variety show appearances. That’s why I feel like this drama might be using a combination of his real voice and a voice actor.
Love it, love it, love it ☺️
No wonder the director of this drama also directed Blossom. The cinematography vibe feels similar, especially how the episode starts with an opening scene before the intro.
I hope the upcoming episodes can keep this kind of pacing and won’t disappoint. ✨
And the ML replied, “It’s not what you think !” in such a soft, gentle, resigned tone, with sincere teary eyes. Aaah, it totally reminded me of Nan Heng because LYN’s expression there was exactly the same 😆
From that alone, i could already tell the ML’s character is really, really kind—like genuinely a total green flag!!!
maybe as viewers we feel suspicious of an ML who’s too good, because in real life guys like that are super rare, LOL. So we start overthinking like… does he actually have some kind of hidden motive or something? 😆
There’s one scene that seems to be when the ML proposes to the FL. In that scene, it reveals that the ML actually already knew from the beginning that the FL was testing him about the women who approached him, because she was afraid he might be a player.
It also touches on the FL’s past.
And guess what the ML’s answer was?
He said, “How could I possibly be angry just because you love me?”
Chinese fans said that Xiao Bei’s character is really a total green flag — smart, thoughtful, and devoted. well, this character seems perfect.
So it seems like the ML doesn’t actually have some kind of special mission to take revenge on the FL for what she did in the past or anything like that.
It’s just that he’s really a green flag character, not because he has some hidden motive 😅
Hope it won’t disappoint! 🤞✨
Seeing him in casual outfits and driving a car feels so different lol. i’m so used to seeing him riding a horse and wearing historical costumes 😆
I’m a little worried the plot might get messy in the middle because it looks like the story follows several female POVs
Thank you Cheng Lei and Wang Chu Ran for the amazing acting and incredible chemistry — both on screen and off screen. Their chemistry is just too good 🔥
And this is my last comment. The ending is different from the novel (based on spoiler information shared by novel readers who already posted and commented about the original ending here). Maybe it’s because of censorship restrictions in China.
But!! It’s okay — what matters is that it’s a happy ending, and that’s more than enough to make me happy. At least when they returned to the modern era, the ML and FL got to see each other face to face 😆 unlike other transmigration dramas.
Btw guys, for the last episode don’t skip the outro! There’s a short scene from Zhang San’s diary 😄 Luckily I didn’t turn on the skip outro (remember what happened with A Dream Within a Dream 😅)
ooooh !!!! Cheng Lei looks as handsome as ever in modern clothes 😚😚
I’m so used to seeing him in costume dramas that seeing him in modern clothes on screen felt kinda unusual LOL.
I can’t believe it’s already the finale tomorrow 🤧
And just from tomorrow’s trailer alone, I’m already cracking up 🤣🤣
But I’m nervous too since we’re nearing the end of the drama and they’re giving us comedy again… this feels like we’re being set up for some tragedy 🤧