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I'm fine with XiaoYao ending up with anyone of the 4 ML's, and accept her ending up with THAT person in the novel. Having said that, I enjoy watching XiaoYao with CX the most on screen, EVEN when I know they won't be together in the end; even when she said she won't pick anyone like him, and when he gave up on her and admitted that he will now only be her "ge-ge" and nothing more. Their love and relationship is beyond gf/bf type. There's just a really deep level of understanding for one another.

Not true. I actually feel that Xiao Yao would be happiest if she ends up with TSJ because he would do anything and everything for her without question. Me wishing Deng Wei shines more in his role does not equal shipping Xiao Yao with another ML.

I’m aware I’m in the minority here going against the popular XiaoJing army and it certainly is a personal opinion. I didn’t read the novel but it’s not simply the author wrote TSJ not showing much angst because she probably didn’t write CX showing much angst either if that’s her writing style but that didn’t prevent Zhang Wan Yi from bringing life to his CX’s character.

I actually like the premise of all Xiao Yao’s three relationships. They all bring a unique experience. I just think the actor who plays CX did a better job.

I just finished ep 23, so there are plenty of moments between TSJ and Xiao Yao from the very beginning. However, I still don't see intense chemistry between them unlike CX and Xiao Yao with whatever relationship they have, cousins or not. I fault this on Deng Wei's acting performance for not being skilled enough to harness the chemistry because I've seen enough of Yang Zi's dramas to know that she's able to deliver. It's just a pity because so many potential angsty scenes fall flat.

Interesting that YaoXuan is not ranked higher. Would it be because he's not as handsome, or too cruel initially to XiaoYao, or he's her cousin and people don't like this idea?

Great insights. She’s a modern woman. Strong and independent.

I'm hoping TSJ starts to flex his strong side and intelligence, otherwise it's really hard to root for him even though he's super nice and sweet to XY. Maybe in S2 or the later episodes in S1, he'll be able to showcase his strength.

Might disappoint some people here but I think the drama will stay close to the original work in term of who XY ends up with in the end. It's rare to see an adaption in which the lead ends up with someone different. It's another story if the lead stays single, but to be paired up with a different character other than the intended one from the original work is rare.

I agree that production team probably made some changes to pass censorship, but it got so convoluted as the story progresses ...so we have this conundrum that isn't really fixable now. Just got to roll with whichever team makes sense to you. =)

In a convo between CX and XY, CX said XL can change into 81 different looks. XL has the magical power to do this as a 9-head demon.

From reading comments in this forum, it seems like there are two teams: Team A says they are not cousins while Team B says they are cousins. Meanwhile, relationship chart/tree released by the production team doesn't match with materials and dialogues presented in the drama from episode to episode about their relationship.

At this point, I feel that the viewers can decide whatever the relationship is that makes the viewers happy because it can go either way.

Good to know because even in the summary section above sourced from WeTV mentioned "The Prince Cang Xuan of Xuanyuan was Xiao Liu’s cousin." I'm sure a lot of people were confused, including myself, because of contradictory sources.

TSJ suspected that it's been tampered with especially after his maids said his fiancee touched the sets. One of the bottles wasn't painted with blossoms.

I believe this is an error made by the production team and scriptwriter(s) for not ironing things out. Again, I didn't read the novel so I don't know what CX and XY's relationship is in there. But the drama's dialogues and the printed relationship chart by Tencent from the link you shared also aren't matching up. If there's no blood relationship and XY's mother is adopted, why did King of Xiyuan said to XY when they first met as adult to say "You look neither like your mom nor dad, but your lips/mouth look just like your maternal grandmother", then XY replied along the line of "she married the wrong person" referring the wrong person as the King of XiYuan. In one of the earlier episodes, XY also said to CX that she would help him get what he wants (his throne) no matter what because she said..verbatim..."they have blood relation."

This is why I have been confused about their relationship until ep 21. But now I'm sure the production company probably glazed over this, hoping no one would question too much. Why they did this? Probably because modern day society frowns upon marriage/amorous relationship between close cousins and would lose viewers, and maybe to pass censorship.

I guess we can just let the viewers decide whatever relationship XY and CX have that makes the viewers happy.

For anyone who isn’t sure if XY and CX are blood related, ep 21 clarifies their relationship. I didn’t read the novel, but in the drama, they are blood related cousins. His father and her mother are siblings. In ep 21, the King of Xiyuan’s referred to his wife as XY’s “maternal grandmother.” CX referred to her as “paternal grandmother.” It wasn’t translated in English as such, but simply as “grandmother” and “grandfather.” But in spoken Chinese, these terms were used.

On a separate note, in ancient China, it’s common for cousins to be married as long as they don’t share the same last name.

XL was full of tricks. It was so funny he created the targeted rain cloud over the boat and it only rained if XY was standing at the front of the boat so that she had to seek refuge and be closer to him.😁

There’s no easy way unfortunately. I see that you already got a response on finding comments if someone did a reply to it via the notification. The only other sure way is to keep track of the share link. You do this by clicking on the three dots , select share, copy the link to a maintained log/note/doc so that when you want to revisit that comment, just paste the link into the browser.

Among the three MLs, I find Xuan with the most presence and magnetism on screen. It’s not the character, but how Zhang Wan Yi breathes life into Xuan. Shiqi and XL are well written characters, too; but just one notch below zhang wan yi’s Xuan in showcasing the emotion. Ep 14 and 15, he was very expressive. Tears were welling up my eyes in ep 15.

Definitely need more female directors. As for adaption, it’s always a big plus if the author is onboard as the scriptwriter.