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Official announcement incoming!!

📅February 25th
⏰9:00 Concept trailer image
https://weibo.com/4090672929/QtquwE0U1
⏰10:17 Director's concept film - Confession concept film: When entering a dream
https://weibo.com/4090672929/QtqZM9pSN
⏰10:17 Snowy cat paw empty shot live
https://weibo.com/8266986211/QtqZMeSWf
⏰10:30 Spring Dream Atmosphere Photo Set
https://weibo.com/4090672929/Qtr53jeoo
⏰10:30 Concept Film Extension Live
https://weibo.com/4090672929/QtsDpi6rL
⏰11:00 Summer Dream Atmosphere Photo Set
https://weibo.com/4090672929/QtrheAS49
⏰11:30 Autumn Dream Atmosphere Photo Set
https://weibo.com/4090672929/5270171234600776
⏰11:30 Zhou Jingze/Xu Sui Solo Castle Behind-the-Scenes Footage
https://so.douyin.com/video/detail?aweme_id=7610487854011075890
https://so.douyin.com/video/detail?aweme_id=7610489778210884874
⏰12:00 Winter Dream Atmosphere Photo Set
https://weibo.com/4090672929/QtrFAyJDK
⏰13:17 Castle Couple Photo
https://weibo.com/8266986211/QtsaQ9CvF
⏰14:17 Tunnel Highlights (Double)
https://weibo.com/8266986211/Qtszcqctq
⏰15:17 Snow Scene Highlights (Double)
https://weibo.com/8266986211/QtsXypc5a

Schedule via WXY's team, will edit this with links as they're released.

Feb 24, costume change reuters

http://xhslink.com/o/2oAy61XhVjo
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http://xhslink.com/o/1VdaGCs6FYp
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XS, ZJZ and his stepbrother👀
http://xhslink.com/o/8NPIm29Ou1G

ZJZ in the rain
http://xhslink.com/o/JIL5EoflDT

yesterday they shot basketball scenes, including a princess carry but no videos were allowed to be taken

yes that scene was added for the drama but there shouldn't be lots of torture involved (it happens when he still thinks she's a boy.) in the novel, the FL was actually the more controversial character because she kept emotionally hurting the ML but I'm not sure if they'll change that also.

a deaf general/prince investigating the death of his comrades. the novel character is similar to those roles (quiet, gentle) but the drama might have changed it a bit because WXY said he did more comedy here than other roles.

yes

yes, until April.

please look forward to Love in Red Dust! the hero in the novel it's based on is a gentle, deaf prince. and it's finally a romcom after all these revenge/detective dramas lol

Feb 21, bad boy ZJZ is back

http://xhslink.com/o/6iBasPbF88N
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noodle shop date
http://xhslink.com/o/9bRby9Nn7fe
http://xhslink.com/o/54sD1vBhLol
http://xhslink.com/o/8BCDDNxHFw1
http://xhslink.com/o/9pEtIuksv23

+ 1017
http://xhslink.com/o/7c0zpuajq79

I don't understand why people are oversimplifying this line. Marriage represents more than just romantic love, it's family and community and a future with a possibility of joy. not to replace what she lost, but to help her heal again in spite of it. he's asking her not just to love him but to love herself too. this trope is prevalent throughout all revenge fiction from Hamlet to The Count of Monte Cristo to Batman, etc...that there is collateral damage to a bloody quest for revenge (this is touched upon when PY is surprised that Consort Shu exiles herself. she thought she was digging graves for just herself and the chancellor but it still affected a person she loved and who loved her back.) Heroes in those stories often end up dead or alone in regret, with no satisfaction or forgiveness despite a successful revenge. That's why they're called tragedies.

now we can debate the naivety of this trope but it's a trope for a reason. let's wait for the writers to present their case further. but it feels like a lot of you are saying hatred is more important than justice (because killing the chancellor then would not have been justice, as all the other women who committed suicide in an attempt punish their abusers in this drama can attest to.)

we already have a drama where the roles were reversed (Love Like the Galaxy) and I still see some people call the ML a red flag and that they can never support the romance after he chose revenge over the FL lol.

didn't the emperor imply that she's expendable but the chancellor is not? (he said something like if you step out of line again, I will show you whose Tang Dynasty this truly is.) it connects to the theme that even with all the buffs Peiyi built through the years, she has the same plight as all the women in the palace who are sacrificed for men with power and status.

Feb 20, hospital scenes

http://xhslink.com/o/52OHfC0mXP7
http://xhslink.com/o/8wP9eIKOCkq
http://xhslink.com/o/5qTIrYpYAIn
http://xhslink.com/o/8KBBsRA0jim
http://xhslink.com/o/bMMDKJaUo5
http://xhslink.com/o/tmLXqNPMWI

funny story from a fan
http://xhslink.com/o/AV0HWSvaBBX
(basically there's a years running fandom joke that the best place to meet Wang Tao is in front of a restroom lol)

didn't read the book but saw some spoilers on douban that there's another villain hiding in the shadows (it just didn't mention if the emperor is aware of it) and there'll be one last case with a twist + a happy if somewhat open ending (if it follows the script that is.)

Feb 19, just DEX filming indoor today

http://xhslink.com/o/1E9D6moYoEg

WXY took the day off to get better but he did share a picture of himself piloting a helicopter which I've uploaded in the photos section

none of the reuters seem to involve a kid plus in the novel they have premarital sex (he acknowledges her as his wife but they weren't formally married at that point because his mom was against it) and the reason he doesn't know is because she fakes a miscarriage which will probably be too much for the chinese audience to accept now, so I think that will be changed.

Feb 18

ZJZ with a new haircut
http://xhslink.com/o/4DR6e6onSyk
http://xhslink.com/o/1AxIbVqomWW
(reportedly WXY has been suffering from gastroenteritis the past few days, went to the hospital during lunch break for an IV drip, went back to set immediately after, then was sent home early)

Xu Sui
http://xhslink.com/o/3Ak7KyNh2nT
http://xhslink.com/o/9UOQRoF3Lqr

the rumored Ye Saining? (the actress is Zhu Meiji who has worked with WXY in a play before)
http://xhslink.com/o/9WdddQEOGGr

it was cut from the drama. production ran out of funding before they could finish shooting so maybe the scene is connected to something that wasn't shot.

Feb 17, no vacation for our leads

http://xhslink.com/o/rP2i8QDu5K
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http://xhslink.com/o/2mSy5f4qjrt
http://xhslink.com/o/8slQjrcGYJ0

still shooting late at night
http://xhslink.com/o/2I8OBlFqoWb
http://xhslink.com/o/7JU5gyPFa1K
http://xhslink.com/o/4IzkpX1Kmvj
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http://xhslink.com/o/36mNy3JLKxA
http://xhslink.com/o/8xTbo55vuV9
http://xhslink.com/o/7LaDGZPAV7h

some fun perspectives, first from someone driving by the shooting location and second from the pet cafe beside it
http://xhslink.com/o/7BZlhL4fe2x
http://xhslink.com/o/1N1XDHuVcHc

it feels like it's getting lost in translation when you look at the comments at the drama page though lol but it's okay, different strokes and all and I don't blame them because the editing/flow of the drama is really inconsistent. it's also just sad knowing it could have been better.

a lot of character interactions from the script was cut. not entirely sure if it was Youku's decision or the director/producers but as a result, everyone's personality suffered and that's also why the plot logic is missing sometimes.