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As much as I love this drama, emotionally I don't think I can take another tragedy. My heart is too frail to take the pain. I like "happily ever after" type of stories, make me temporarily forget about the reality of life :)

Hahaha. Love you. You're funny.

This movie is a far cry from the drama, but perhaps a better adaptation of the novel. The drama, obviously being longer, has more sub-plots, and is more interesting to watch. It also better demonstrates the love the male lead has for the female lead, and vice versa, for tens of thousands of years (wish we can live that long in good health). Being a romance buff, I have watched both the movie and the drama. My verdict is, the drama version is a lot better than the movie.

Aren't we all addicted to this drama. After finishing the last episode a few days back, I'm still back to this forum, seeking solace from viewers like you. Like @Kim MC, I can't let go too.

Yes, the actor is very young and very talented, not only in acting, but in singing, possibly dancing and even playing more than 1 musical instruments. Most Chinese actors and actresses are very talented. Most can sing and dance. Many can play more than 1 musical instruments. China is mass producing talents like this.

Love the way you put it, "Black Belly". This is a new term for me. With this description, yes, Li Chen Yin the male lead, can fit into this label. I think you'll enjoy this drama.

Agree, absolutely. Despite I love the actors, I didn't give a high rating. They tried to build up the story to ...... nothing much in the end. It was such an anti-climax.

Definitely this drama's ending is different from the original novel. I love this ending.

As far as I'm concerned, in the last episode, Episode 52, though Xiao Feng slit her own throat, she might not have died; she was carried away by her brother. There was no tomb of hers. In old age, Li Chen Yin abdicated himself and went in search of her; he'd never believe she died. So, if they are really making new episodes, it may be about their 3rd life together. This time, both are old and frail. Ahhhh, all the lost years! What a shame!

I absolutely agree with you.

If you want to find out what happens to each of the main characters in the end, please read my post below (posted on 3/26). Be warned, I revealed everybody.

Hahaha. Love it.

Me too! That's why I keep coming back here even I have finished watching the whole thing. I hope the new movie for this story would address LCY 's remorse ie. if he were given a chance to start over, he would give up revenge and elope with Xiao Feng.

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Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Well said. Despite setting all out to take down Prime Minister Gao at all cost, I still wish Li Chen Yin show a bit of remorse at the end to redeem his soul, and to make him a better loved character. After all, he betrayed Xiao Feng's love and trust. He never asked for forgiveness from Xiao Feng; she was the one who had forgiven him.

I very much think so now that I've finished the drama. With the movie, I hope it shows some remorse from Li Chen Yin so that he can redeem himself in the eyes of the viewers. Also, don't let him touch SeSe. He can use her but not in bed with her. Can't take that!

Warning: This post here is only for those who want to know what happens to the main characters at the end of the story. If you want suspension, don't read.

At the end of the story, here is the main characters’ fate:

1. Xiao Feng – she went back to her country, the Western Kingdom and averted a bloodshed between her people and Li Chen Yin’s soldiers. She then slit her own throat right in front of Li Chen Yin, her brother and tens of thousands of soldiers of both sides. After her last words to Li Chen Yin, her brother grabbed her and carried her away. Li Chen Yin never saw her again. Neither was there her tomb. I’d like to think that the Western Kingdom has some magic potion that can save a person’s life (wasn’t Gu Jian saved after he fell off into the abyss?) or revive a person and Xiao Feng is still alive. She is immortal.

2. Li Chen Yin – inevitably he became the emperor; that’s all he had wanted and groomed to be all his life. However, unlike most other emperors, Li Chen Yin stopped loving another woman. He never remarried, never had any children. When he felt he had put his kingdom on a proper prosperous path, he abdicated himself, and let his 3rd brother’s son become the next emperor. His 3rd brother should have been the crown prince after the 2nd Prince was executed, but Li Chen Yin played him out (correction: it's not LCY but the Empress). So now, he gave the kingship back to his brother’s line. He didn’t believe Xiao Feng is dead, and went off in search of her and became a hobo.

3. Ah Du – she assassinated General Gao as he is now colluding with the Western Kingdom to start a war with Li Chen Yin. Ah Du knew Xiao Feng wanted to stop the war, so she went ahead and assassinated Gao and got herself killed. She was a martyr.

4. General Pei – As always, an obedient loyal servant by Li Chen Yin's side

5. The Emperor – Got a stroke and paralyzed when his favorite concubine, Ming Yue, killed herself right beside him in his sleep.

6. Mr Chai, Gu Jian’s foster father – He was trying to disappear from the world after he avenged the murder of Gu’s and his family. But the Emperor couldn’t let him live. He was served poison wine and died. I think that's why his daughter, Ming Yue, killed herself to hurt the Emperor for killing her father.

7. Prime Minister Gao – whole family was arrested and executed. His pregnant concubine daughter was given abortive medicine by the emperor to have the baby killed. She died too as a result.

8. SeSe – she became insane when Li Chen Yin admitted to her that he had never loved her. Instead he had been using her all these years to advance his own agenda.

I love this ending. Each gets what each deserves. Now, I have my closure.

Oh, one last note, I wish Li Chen Yin shows some remorse at the end. He never because he has always felt what he did was what he needed to do, his duty. But in hind sight, when Xiao Feng hated him, has he ever thought if he could start over, he would do it differently and forgo revenge?

The acting, especially by Peng Xiao Ran, is very good and convincing. You should start watching it. For me, I'm so drawn into this drama that I feel void now that it's finished.

Yes, I've started watching the 2nd time too, and find myself even better understand LCY's character, why he is making certain decisions etc.