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For sure. The actress was fabulous in that role and I agree with you about all the angry feelings she evokes. She made me mad a lot too, lol. I just meant in the end, looking back, I couldn’t hate her as I do others.

thanks, that’s what I get for being too lazy to confirm that part before answering! good thing I had qualified it as being based on my memory (which clearly sucks for that detail 😜)

She is terrible and I do not condone her actions. But I can’t hate her like I do others in the drama. She is a victim of the Fu family as well; hence why she lashes out. It’s interesting. The drama doesn’t even tell us what her given name is. I think that is intentional. It tells us what position she has in life in this family, in this society, and what the value of her life really is. No wonder she’s angry and trying to claw her way out. It’s unfortunate that anger spills out so heavily on the FL, but that’s what jealousy causes.

1) No love triangle

2) The leads’ relationship builds progressively and steadily over time, so this is a hard question to answer. Just think of them as together the moment they start hanging out! They marry officially in 28 (IIRC) but they were engaged well before that.

3) After that, there are external strains on their relationship but never by a third romantic possibility. And our couple is strong and in love! No breakups.

4) Yes, happy ending

Hope that helps!

Seriously. They’re two different stories. One was literally about the FL’s journey from butcher to general, which makes sense why it was so hyper focused on her battles and merits. Meanwhile Zhao Ling, rising from a salt smuggler to an official, was but one aspect of a much larger story. I liked how the focus of RoS was on both leads and their relationship.

I think comparing PoJ and RoS is like comparing apples and oranges, meaning there’s little point in doing so. But if you asked me which one I would rewatch. Hands down RoS. PoJ was pure entertainment, while RoS has been a more thoughtful experience. I think the writing is exquisite. It is so very thought provoking in different ways, and I think the drama provides so much social commentary. It makes me feel deeply. But that’s just me!

I think what you’re overlooking is PoJ is literally about the FL’s rise to being a general. It makes sense why that story focuses on showing us how she goes from a butcher to a general in the end.

RoS is a totally different story. It was not about the ML’s rise from a salt smuggler to an official, which is why we’re not going to see a play-by-play of all his promotions. That was but one part of the story. It was a journey for him and the FL.

Really, as others have said, they’re two different stories. It’s like comparing apples to oranges.

Prob because it’s a MangoTV drama and iQiyi just has licensing rites (I believe). I would imagine that to retain their own monetary interest, such as getting people to subscribe to their own platform, MangoTV wouldn’t want to let iQiyi release eps on the same SVIP schedule.

It’s pretty understandable.

I watched it on iQiyi.

They’re not biological cousins. It’s explained pretty early on in the first episode. The ML’s mother reminds the ML that she was sent to live with the FL’s family when she was young and that the FL’s mother has treated her well ever since, even helping her out financially as adults.

In essence, this is one of those the mothers considered each other like family sort of situations and so their kids are “cousins.”

Not in the historical portion of the story. (To clarify, they do end up together in the historical portion it’s just they aren’t able to live out their lives together.) One of them returns to the present first (I believe it’s her) and then he eventually returns as well and finds her through her workplace. Although he was younger when he transmigrated over, by the time they meet back up in the present and with all the time that’s passed in between it means they’re now of a similar age and get together. At least, that’s what I recall of the book’s ending…

No, the crown prince is the ML’s child who’s being raised by the Dowager Empress (she’s not an empress as that would otherwise make her the ML’s consort). They don’t ever get into who the Crown Prince’s mother is (as far as I can recall) but it was explained that the Dowager Empress forced the ML to have a child with the intent of raising the child and ruling through him, since the ML is not exactly biddable to her.

The ML will admit later on that he lied to her about arriving into this world around the same time as her. He’s been there for longer. He’s also not a CEO. He tells her he’s an side actor, but if I remember correctly even that turns out to be a later — that comes from a still later confession. But I can’t remember the second part well as it’s been a while since I’ve read the book.

Ep 4

Yes, I’m in the US and mine says Coming Soon.

It’s already indicated as Coming Soon on Viki. Viki typically starts airing dramas on a delayed schedule due to streaming rights.

Romance was never a focus of this drama, so you shouldn’t have any expectations about that.

Specifically, they get teased. They become close friends and allies. That’s about it, to put it simply, but if you want full specifics feel free to message me.)

If you keep watching, you'll see the answer is: Yes. And exactly as you hope to see.

He finds out towards the end of the drama. Xiang Xiang is set to undergo surgery after a donor match was found, but Bu Yan was incapacitated at the time (she was kidnapped by her half-brother and suffered serious injuries). While he's waiting outside her hospital room with Tang Ze, a nurse runs up asking for Xiang Xiang's father. He Yu Chen steps forward and the nurse tells him the hospital's blood bank has run low and asks if they know anyone who's an A or O blood type, as the child is an A. He Yu Chen says he's an A and asks her to take blood from him, but the nurse tells him he can't donate since he's a parent and blood from such a close relative may result in donor rejection. He Yu Chen then clarifies he's only a donor in name. As he walks away, Tang Ze steps forward and insists the nurse take his blood since he's an O. The two men fight with He Yu Chen pointing out it'd be better if the blood types were a direct match. As he again starts to walk away, Tang Ze wrestles with his conscience and finally yells out that He Yu Chen is the real father. Stops He Yun Chen dead in his tracks.

The twins find out he's their real father in the last episode.

1) Yes, Xiao Han and Chen Mo end up together. By the end of the drama they are married and have a daughter (in the book, they also have a younger son).

2) I would say they probably start to have stirrings of interest in each other around the same time. Except Chen Mo didn’t know fully Xiao Han’s background at first, so when certain things happen, she starts to not think well of him again until QJY clues her in and then Chen Mo understands and feels bad. So probably, in the end, it could be said that Xiao Han falls first fully, but in general, it’s a pretty mutual growing of feelings - IMO.

I noticed his ring in that final scene when he revealed himself to be her online friend, but thought nothing of it since it was his right index finger. I figured it was a fashion accessory. After all, Mao Tou, like his father, has always been kind of a flashy guy.