Title:"Love and hate are fleeting clouds; a smile can control the world" | 愛恨浮雲過,一笑掌江山ML:…
DramaBox: "Throne of Retribution: Her Second Life, Their Last Breath"
Also, description from Hongguo:
The princes used noble ladies from the capital as targets in an archery contest at the hunting grounds, marrying whoever hit the target. All five princes hit Shen Yuexian. She chose the Crown Prince Gu Ming, whom she admired, but on her wedding night, she was replaced by her half-sister Shen Mingzhu, and relegated to the status of a maid. Only then did she realize that it was all a deception orchestrated by the princes to avenge Shen Mingzhu. Shen Yuexian was beaten, her limbs broken, and abandoned in a dry well, dying a gruesome death. Reborn, she returned to the day of the marriage proposal, still choosing the Crown Prince, much to everyone's amusement. But the day before the wedding, the Emperor issued an edict establishing a new Empress. When the princes entered the palace to offer their congratulations, they were astonished to see Shen Yuexian nestled in the Emperor's arms, becoming the Empress, the mother of the nation.
https://youtu.be/Yhz2biu-ghE?si=YUs8KIXRw9QTMC-WDid anyone understand how he killed himself at the ending scene?…
Link is dead, but if it's the one I think you mean--which is in his list of dramas as Dang Ai Hen Ru Chao Sheng--his wrists are slit. You only get a brief glimpse, but it's clear that's what he did before they caught up with him.
I don't expect season 2 to be much better, but who can tell.
Chang Dan Dan was the doctor who saved her from the furnace and gave her the queen's face thereafter...among other things. She's also in Season 2.
Also, description from Hongguo:
The princes used noble ladies from the capital as targets in an archery contest at the hunting grounds, marrying whoever hit the target. All five princes hit Shen Yuexian. She chose the Crown Prince Gu Ming, whom she admired, but on her wedding night, she was replaced by her half-sister Shen Mingzhu, and relegated to the status of a maid. Only then did she realize that it was all a deception orchestrated by the princes to avenge Shen Mingzhu. Shen Yuexian was beaten, her limbs broken, and abandoned in a dry well, dying a gruesome death. Reborn, she returned to the day of the marriage proposal, still choosing the Crown Prince, much to everyone's amusement. But the day before the wedding, the Emperor issued an edict establishing a new Empress. When the princes entered the palace to offer their congratulations, they were astonished to see Shen Yuexian nestled in the Emperor's arms, becoming the Empress, the mother of the nation.
https://kisskh.at/798014-zhang-zhong-wan-wu
"Death Answers to Me" is the DramaBox title.
Aside that, it's beautifully done but too sad for words.
Still on DramaBox, but nowhere else I can find.
She wasn't coming up anywhere at first, but way down in the search snippets, I found it.
https://kisskh.at/people/144961-lin-zi-rong
The only current link with subs is https://www.facebook.com/reel/1373318114899236/ but it's not fully subtitled.
https://www.dramaboxdb.com/zhHans/movie/41000116060/%E6%92%95%E5%A4%9C
Also without subtitles on iQIYI:
http://m.iqiyi.com/a_25u6onhzyyl.html
The version on DramaBox is called "Till Death and Forever After."