ChineseDramaFan

Awesome! I watched this movie years ago, and now also watching The Story of Xing Fu. Your review is spot on!

This is a super long story. There are altogether 3 seasons. No one knows if they are still shooting season 2, I'm not following what is actually happening.

I guess you can say the romance is lacking because ML and FL don't spend a lot of time together nor looking into each other's eyes, nor loving life and death of each other. I'm also not particularly impressed by the FL who seems rather weak as of now. Then, there's another girl who seems to fancy ML and ML is rather fond of her. So, romance wise, that's not the story as of season 1.

Actually the mother is not horrible, there were even more horrible ones who totally didn't love their daughters at all. Those horrible ones could sell their daughters to some old men for wives or to the brothels. The mother is a rather typical mother of the old days, strict and never shows her love because she feels showing love would spoil the child

You need to understand a mother's heart of the old days. Mothers today are slaves to their children :D

This story is dark whereas The Autumn Ballad is more delightful. The relationship is also more toxic here for many viewers, whereas TAB makes you feel good because the ML is very good. The FL does marry the SML but it is only a one-sided love and the SML uses the marriage to protect the FL; it's a marriage by name only and they divorce later so it doesn't leave a bad taste. The love story here is very sad, but it's worth to watch. Just have a happy drama ready when you finish this one :)

That (horrible subs) and also there are only 74 ratings as of now.

ML is Wang Dalu not Xiao Zhan, so yes, he has a lot of screen time with FL and their romance is very good.

I laughed my head off when she hit herself and those blue black eyes XD XD XD

Zhao Lusi is so hilarious. Great acting!

HE :)

... and in his present life, Lu Jingnian is called Hu Li which has the same homophone as "fox". Brilliant! :D

... and in his present life, Lu Jingnian is called Hu Li which has the same homophone as "fox". Brilliant :D

The more I think about it, the more I feel the ending is brilliant. Not only it puts our main couple back together again, it also resolves the Emperor's predicament whether to execute Lu Jingnian or not, as according to the law, Lu Jingniang should be executed for what he has done.

So viewers, don't be despair. Lu Jingnian didn't die. He just teleported to present day through playing the music from the magical script, similar to how Li Sasa came to him while playing her pipa. This time, he wouldn't be like Li Sasa; there's no return, so he wouldn't disappear into oblivion like Li Sasa did.

So viewers, don't be despair. Lu Jingnian didn't die. He just teleported to present day.

She leaves him because she doesn't want him to see her disappear into oblivion. She knows he will follow her in death, as indicated his father followed his mother in death and he's like his father. She thinks if she rejects him, he may feel she's not worthwhile to die for.

The Emperor gives Lu Jingnian second half of an ancient musical script that says 歸人當歸去向所去which literally means "go where you wish to go". The Emperor also hints, "Go and never return". The book has magical power that would take Lu Jingnian anywhere he wants to go.

This is my interpretation of the ending:

The Emperor gives Lu Jingnian second half of an ancient musical script that says 歸人當歸去向所去which literally means "go back to where you go". The Emperor also hints, "Go and never return". The book has magical power that would take Lu Jingnian anywhere he wants to go.