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the lazygirl link in the discussion thread is a bit better translation quality imo https://lazygirltranslations.com/rebirth-of-a-star-general/

some assumed that he wanted he yan more than the mum

she died and transmigrated into the body of another girl with nearly the same name that had died of ... heartbreak.? think it was a hunger strike.

read it! link is in the discussion thread

this is a drama only development

he had actually given her up, and was forced by the emperor to deliver the decree that would betrothed her to 2nd ML - and he delivered while she was trying on their wedding dress.

so she was pissed.
he later came around and found her at her new mansion. kissed her and got bitten in return.

enjoy! out of her novels i read. deng hua xiao is top 2 for me together with malicious empress. LOTFG is actually no 3 of her novels for me

her mum and FL came as a package when FL mum married mr he. there was a throwaway line FL entered the he family at age 3 and has never met he ru fei who was already in yuhua temple

she is not a concubine - she wouldn't have been introduced as the Madam of the He family

yup mr he is not FL father

same here. some high and lows but steady throughout till last 3 eps. Last 3 eps really jarring in terms of the story telling for me compared to the previous 33.

looks at 1 and 2....hmm recency bias :P

i already finished. beginning and ending was good. it's middle 20eps that was a pain

well that twist is drama only

i didn't like a dream within a dream all that much - its middle section was a slog to get through

all of the author's stories feature strong FL with supporting ML.
Try https://kisskh.at/684963-the-rebirth-of-the-malicious-empress-of-military-lineage and https://kisskh.at/775855-deng-hua-xiao (novel links are in their discussions)

the nephew / doctor character used to be played by Li MIng De. the body you see is still his - they just use AI to swap the face to the new actor without having to reshoot scenes.

also helps they dubbed everyone so vocal performance did not have to be changed.

yes i was surprised XJ included that in his confession ...

i was like.. i know she knows.. but when did HE know?

in novel he exiled to jiyang.. not really a barren place lol

CZ was at best a supporting character in the novel. Getting SML billing meant they had to expand his screentime to our detriment. "And I think they missed mentioning that he saw a female at the temple who was blind, and he offered her the candy.." -this happen in the drama when XJ and HY was watching the moon at the garrison (CZ made an appointment but did not turn up). They shared the candy then, she realised but she did not tell him.

the one that is missing (someone let me know if i recall correctly) was XJ finding out that the blind woman at Yuhua temple was HY - i don't recall she telling him at all. Unless it was a a throwaway line in the confrontation on ep22.

it is the screenwriter trying to steer to hit key moments in the novel without the setup and antagonists in the novel. Non novel readers may not realize but HRF and XJF was already handled in the novel at the 80% point, but the drama did not actually introduce the mastermind villain behind them that would have driven the story to its completion. So the screenwriters had to squeeze CZ into that mold. I feel that is the reason the last 3 eps felt so out of place with the rest of the drama as the characterization and story beats were in contrast with the rest which following (somewhat) the flow o the novel

i actually think novel meant more - it showed CZ was wiling to use anyone even though he may have feelings for them. he actually protected XY until the prince specifically asked for her, and then still use her as a spy. he regrets at the end but was too late.

pat pat sunken loss fallacy pat pat