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I think the Huaji in Episode 32 is Bian Cheng, super good looking, but I've never seen Bian Cheng before, so I can't be sure.

I don't recognize Bian Cheng but I think that's him.

Teenager Huaji (Episode 32) is so good looking! Stunning!

32 episodes in, I haven't seen any intimacy between the Emperor and the Empress. It's frustrating as viewers as we can see they both love and long for each other, and yet they keep holding back for fearing being rejected.

I dropped after the first episode too. I thought I didn't like the main leads - the girl was too dumb, the man was mean and not so good looking (so I thought). Pressed myself to go back when there wasn't anything else to watch. Bam! The male lead is the man every girl wants. I daydreamed about him for weeks after this drama XD.

I agree. I like Wan'er and I think she's perfect for Fan Xian. When Hai Tang appears, I begin to worry that there maybe a love triangle which I don't like. But I'm pretty confident that Fan Xian is not the type that goes for "freshness". He loves Wan'er and he'll stay faithful to her.

I'm confused by the bombs. I have thought the autistic Wang Xuan (the princess's husband) was forced to assemble all the bombs and they were carted away by the antagonist before Tang Fan and gang arrived. But why has Wang Zhi managed to recover the bombs from the scene, and store them in an undisclosed place? It's also mentioned later that the bombs were not assembled when Wang Zhi recovered them and he ordered them to be assembled before storage. Is this a plot hole? Did Ding Ron assemble the bombs? If he did, this is so inconsistent because on one hand they said only Wang Xuan alone could assemble the bomb, and then apparently Ding Ron also could.

Modern day wang chuan couple:

Episode 1 - https://youtu.be/3CJ6j7hp1P0
Episode 2 - https://youtu.be/jF9Mlq0mv9U
Episode 3 - https://youtu.be/2rCyDeJfKyM
Episode 4 - https://youtu.be/minNdZAy46k

That's so true. That's why the production team came out with a short series of the couple in modern day. You should watch that too. It's kind of like a closing for most viewers.

Shoot! Tang Fan has been saving Dora with his own life, and they still kill her!

I hope Ting Man escapes too. I like him. He's not a bad guy.

I feel you ....

OMG! I laughed so hard when I saw Zhang's headdress XD!

They are both the same dramas. The original version has a longer explanation of events with things unfolding, how the characters develop including the side characters. The Special version is basically a cut-and-paste and captures mostly the main events and focuses on the main characters. With the Special version you may not follow the story completely, why things happen certain ways. However, it can give you a sample to see if you like the story or not before you invest too much of your time in the drama.

I guess it's up to you how ever you want to start with the story. :)

Were the Maoze, Huaiji characters real historically? If they existed, did they really do what they did in the drama?

What a lazy ending!

I love that little girl. The boys think they're smart, but this girl's brain equals three of theirs added together. She takes care of all of them. She's a joy to watch and the adult in the room when placed together with the boys.

Unfortunately, this is one of a very real sad stories in Chinese history. There're just so much pain and injustices in Chinese marriages in the old days because many (most) men had multiple wives whereas women had no choices. If she were to be divorced, that's it; she's doomed for life, even in today's world. I cannot imagine myself living in such a society. It's so painful.

Failure in any relationship is normally blamed on the women for not being good enough, especially in the eastern culture. When a woman supersedes her husband, she is being considered as 'too ambitious', 'workaholic', 'uncaring' etc. It's so humiliating for the women.