wow, they totally excluded Liu BuWang's contribution, fight scene and death from the drama. he did a lot more to help turn the tide of the war in favor of Ji Yang.
novel: HY died of force drowning in her first life. she was drugged and killed off by her husband's concubine. The order to kill her was from her Uncle/He RuiFei. At the time, she's already blind, but she's still very active and strong as a blind person. The husband know of it but didn't do anything to prevent it from happening. The He family was hoping to use her blindness to confine and strip her of any willingness to explore outside the manor, make her dependent.
So when HY fell into the water and base on the memory of how she died, she pretty much freaked out and sink deeper. XJ came to her rescue and give her air. that's pretty much their first kiss.
I feel that war scenes are more rushed than normal scenes. The main thing revolves around war, right? But they…
there are couple of war story arc in the novel...all marks the journey, determination, peserverance of HY's will to reclaim what was hers.
since this is limited/cap off at 36 episodes, it's not enough time to be thorough of all the plots and characters from the novel. it would be more complete if this drama was filmed with 2 seasons.
Lately, historical dramas, with some exceptions, present narratives and characters with 21st-century discourse,…
yeah, i see the themes encouraged by modern or costume/historical dramas. women and men should be depicted of the era/time it took place. a lot of these 'feminist' speech, actions, independence, mentions are very rare and limited in history throughout the dynasty. history becomes entertainment and it's a joke in the end b/c it fails to deliver/teach and show how far the genders have come.
HY was not given the life of a feminist or independence. she was thrown into it by the men who who want to sacrifice her for the greater good of their own greed. in the rundo story arc (which seemed to be excluded in the drama), she encouraged the kidnapped/hostage women (who were sexually assaulted by their captors) to live for themselves and value their lives...not to challenge the norms at the time. the women who were saved were ready to die to be a source of 'food' for the city who is starving. they were convinced by the city general to sacrifice themselves to feed the starving city/army.
Geez... why is the 2ML so annoyingly everywhere? I don't know why the FLs are always so friendly with them knowing…
NOVEL: CZ is not a villain. he's just trying to survive.
his dad is a womanizer and met his mom (a young miss from a well off family in a small province). he left and promised to return/marry her. she found out he was pregnant w/ CZ afterwards. she refused to abort the baby and her family disowned her. she traveled to the capital in hopes to reunite w/ her love. along the way, she was kidnapped and ended up sold to a brothel. CZ was brought up at the brothel until his dad sent for him. CZ endured emotional and physical abuse from his mother...at the time, she's lost hope, desperate to be free of the brothel, hate/love/hope for her love. she had a customer who knows the dad and the customer mentioned it to the dad. the dad wanted to bring the lover and son home but his legit/main wife had other plans. main wife sent people to retrieve CZ but killed the mom.
while growing up at the chu manor, CZ was mistreated by the main wife. main wife tried to find ways to kill him off. CZ's dad favor him b/c he's a good looking kid compared to his sons born from the main wife. the other sons are 'plain' and does not carry the dad's handsome features. due to that, the dad bring CZ out to socialize and from there CZ met the chancellor who took a liking to him and took him in as his student. from that point on, the main wife dared not to mistreat, abuse or kill CZ.
CZ is grateful to the chancellor but is also wary of him. the chancellor has no kids but a daughter (drama; grand daughter) and he personally pick/teach/groom CZ to marry the daughter and become his successor.
CZ is not a villain, he's just on the wrong side of the court, which eventually cause his downfall.
CZ likes HY but cannot express or profess b/c of the spoil chancellor daughter. she pretty much kills any girl who likes/lay eyes on CZ. he wants power so he could protect the ones he loves from harm. he wants power so he could be free of being a puppet. he wants power so he could live a life he wants and not have to answer to anyone.
HY is the only one that respects/values him as an individual. CZ is touched by HY's concern for his safety and when she gave him the golden vest to protect him, he was even more convinced of his feelings for her.
Point is: if one breaches legal contract clauses OR commits said crimes (abducting her while wheelchair bound…
You don’t know how to read. There is nothing in my comment that is neglecting her treatment, diagnosis, actions….etc. stating the very obvious in my opinion. Her legal battles will not be a smooth one bc money and power will play a role how all this unfolds.
Point is: if one breaches legal contract clauses OR commits said crimes (abducting her while wheelchair bound…
It’s being objected base on what is out so far. There are comments that jumped to show evidence or she’s a liar claim, which is absurd bc everything has a process.
No. Not a bot or a hater…jeez, calm down you. Why are you trying regulate people’s opinion on here…is obsessively weird.
🙂↕️ i can't wait for everybody to know she is a woman...i was really anyoned to see a woman fooling…
i don't think audience would want the lead FL to be a manly looking plain woman. it's aesthetically pleasing to watch a pretty face.
well the the novel, HY is not drop dead gorgeous, but she has a fair features that makes her 'cute'. in both lives, she's not described as pretty/gorgeous...just 'cute' with fine/delicate features, which men see as 'frail'.
He's the guy that saved her after she fell off that cliff and cured her blindness if you remember. He knows he…
the drama version didn't really give a backstory of their mentor/apprentice story/background. it was only briefly mentioned in the beginning of the drama.
He's the guy that saved her after she fell off that cliff and cured her blindness if you remember. He knows he…
XJ help set up HY's foundation at the academy. XJ is a loner and mind his own business. he is very smart and picks up/learn very quick. even though he pretty much sleeps his way through lecture/classes, he's still the top student of their class.
XJ started to noticed/helps HY based on how she replied to the teacher one day. XJ grew fond of HY starting from there.
Your sword is meant to point at your enemy, never at the weak.
while HY was drunk, CLS asked her some questions...slowly leading to him asking if she likes Chu Zhao. She replied 'no.' CLS then asked if she likes XJ....she replied 'yes'. CLS then asked HY what she likes about XJ...she said 'yao' and dosed off.
XJ and CLS both thought...she likes XJ's waist...but HY meant 'medicine' (that XJ gave her, supposed to be a family secret recipe that heals scars effectively). CLS thought it was funny bc of HY taking advantage of XJ and XJ is embarassed that HY would actually point out a body part that she likes (bath scene, drunken bear hug and fumbling his top 1/2 looking for a prize).
the audio book w/ the animated characters telling the story was super hilarious. the drama did a good part covering these points too.
she was not pregnant at the time of her death. she and her husband had more of a respectful union. her husband favor the concubine more.
novel:
HY died of force drowning in her first life. she was drugged and killed off by her husband's concubine. The order to kill her was from her Uncle/He RuiFei. At the time, she's already blind, but she's still very active and strong as a blind person. The husband know of it but didn't do anything to prevent it from happening. The He family was hoping to use her blindness to confine and strip her of any willingness to explore outside the manor, make her dependent.
So when HY fell into the water and base on the memory of how she died, she pretty much freaked out and sink deeper. XJ came to her rescue and give her air. that's pretty much their first kiss.
since this is limited/cap off at 36 episodes, it's not enough time to be thorough of all the plots and characters from the novel. it would be more complete if this drama was filmed with 2 seasons.
HY was not given the life of a feminist or independence. she was thrown into it by the men who who want to sacrifice her for the greater good of their own greed. in the rundo story arc (which seemed to be excluded in the drama), she encouraged the kidnapped/hostage women (who were sexually assaulted by their captors) to live for themselves and value their lives...not to challenge the norms at the time. the women who were saved were ready to die to be a source of 'food' for the city who is starving. they were convinced by the city general to sacrifice themselves to feed the starving city/army.
you like her, you could ring in and watch...if you do not, move on.
no need to spew negativity.
Misunderstanding, sacrifice, resentment...all in the name for the greater good.
CZ is not a villain. he's just trying to survive.
his dad is a womanizer and met his mom (a young miss from a well off family in a small province). he left and promised to return/marry her. she found out he was pregnant w/ CZ afterwards. she refused to abort the baby and her family disowned her. she traveled to the capital in hopes to reunite w/ her love. along the way, she was kidnapped and ended up sold to a brothel. CZ was brought up at the brothel until his dad sent for him. CZ endured emotional and physical abuse from his mother...at the time, she's lost hope, desperate to be free of the brothel, hate/love/hope for her love. she had a customer who knows the dad and the customer mentioned it to the dad. the dad wanted to bring the lover and son home but his legit/main wife had other plans. main wife sent people to retrieve CZ but killed the mom.
while growing up at the chu manor, CZ was mistreated by the main wife. main wife tried to find ways to kill him off. CZ's dad favor him b/c he's a good looking kid compared to his sons born from the main wife. the other sons are 'plain' and does not carry the dad's handsome features. due to that, the dad bring CZ out to socialize and from there CZ met the chancellor who took a liking to him and took him in as his student. from that point on, the main wife dared not to mistreat, abuse or kill CZ.
CZ is grateful to the chancellor but is also wary of him. the chancellor has no kids but a daughter (drama; grand daughter) and he personally pick/teach/groom CZ to marry the daughter and become his successor.
CZ is not a villain, he's just on the wrong side of the court, which eventually cause his downfall.
CZ likes HY but cannot express or profess b/c of the spoil chancellor daughter.
she pretty much kills any girl who likes/lay eyes on CZ. he wants power so he could protect the ones he loves from harm. he wants power so he could be free of being a puppet. he wants power so he could live a life he wants and not have to answer to anyone.
HY is the only one that respects/values him as an individual. CZ is touched by HY's concern for his safety and when she gave him the golden vest to protect him, he was even more convinced of his feelings for her.
No. Not a bot or a hater…jeez, calm down you. Why are you trying regulate people’s opinion on here…is obsessively weird.
well the the novel, HY is not drop dead gorgeous, but she has a fair features that makes her 'cute'. in both lives, she's not described as pretty/gorgeous...just 'cute' with fine/delicate features, which men see as 'frail'.
XJ started to noticed/helps HY based on how she replied to the teacher one day. XJ grew fond of HY starting from there.
Your sword is meant to point at your enemy, never at the weak.
while HY was drunk, CLS asked her some questions...slowly leading to him asking if she likes Chu Zhao. She replied 'no.' CLS then asked if she likes XJ....she replied 'yes'. CLS then asked HY what she likes about XJ...she said 'yao' and dosed off.
XJ and CLS both thought...she likes XJ's waist...but HY meant 'medicine' (that XJ gave her, supposed to be a family secret recipe that heals scars effectively). CLS thought it was funny bc of HY taking advantage of XJ and XJ is embarassed that HY would actually point out a body part that she likes (bath scene, drunken bear hug and fumbling his top 1/2 looking for a prize).
the audio book w/ the animated characters telling the story was super hilarious. the drama did a good part covering these points too.