Why the story is rushing? I wish they could have increased the number of episodes.
Yeah, it seems to jump a bit, but I guess they feel those are not important parts. As it is with 61 episodes, I'm surprised they are not being forced to trim down to 40 episodes or so by the authority.
Your best bet is something like general's lady or Cuo Dian Yuan Yang. One wife, but schemes external to the couple.
You want historical stories with sad endings? Plenty! Try "Goodbye My Princess" and "The Wolf". "The Heiress" and "Song of Glory" have endings up to interpretation. I have loved them all. Enjoy!
I notice how Wen Ke Xing doesn't reciprocate and call Zhao Zi Shu ShiXiong in moments (especially those tender…
In the beginning, WKX is the one making the move to be closer to ZZS, and initiates many attempted touches which ZZS avoids. In later episodes when WKX's identity is revealed, and ZZS begins to call him shidi, it's ZZS who begins to want to hug him (WKX) and feels that he is close to him because of this brotherly relationship. So, yeah, the dynamics have changed.
At the beginning of the series, the BL elements are so strong, even with many dubbed lines changed from the original lines spoken by the actors; everyone wonders how it passes censorship. By episode 22, it's become subdue and the dynamics change into brotherly. I still like the series because I like the two lead characters, the acting and the plot.
This is such a realistic drama - no love at first sight, no firework romance (yet), there is fighting but no wuxia, a lot of conflicts in almost every household (realistic aristocratic family portrayal of the era) and in politics (true historical events eg. banning of sea trade), strong Confucius values and philosophy permeate daily life. Great watch!
So apparently ep22 has some explosive scenes ,, I wonder how the censorship works in china exactly hahahah
By ep. 22, it feels like a brotherly relationship. If you mean the half naked bath scene explosive, then I don't think you need to be worried about censorship :)