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I know. I dont understand either. They shot the scene of her meeting him when he is a Ghost King yet they didnt show that scene in the drama at all.

The writer is crazy putting all this in the last 4 episodes of the drama. I'm too distraught that that I dont even feel sad. 😂 The insistence to make everything to be so tragic really something else. 😑 The funny thing is, I kind of predicting this ending thats why I was dreading it so much. My hate for Huanrui script continue for eternity lol. I'm so happy RJL doesnt have to be forced to film this kind of script anymore now he has left his agency.

But I truly enjoy the reunion scene between Xiao Huan and his mother. That scene is great and those tears and heartfelt conversations pull my heartstring. Xiao Huan is just too tragic and his mother just feel so sad for him and ask him 'What about yourself?' 😢 I knew he will give the ice lotus to Cang Cang again. 🤣 Ohh and our couple only has like 3 minutes screen time together in this last 5 episodes lol

The actors truly made this drama watchable with their amazing performance. They put substance & depth into their characters in otherwise a weak and incoherent scripts and production.

Actually, to me it kinda make sense that she run away since she still deosnt know the whole truth despite knowing his silent devotion. But they should put reconciliation scene to address they after all did reconcile properly rather than skip that scene and show they already start flirting with each other.

I know this drama are made to promote Huanrui's young actors, that's why RJL and PXR's scenes are sacrificed to give to them. I don't mind actually since I always know how shady is the company but I didn't expect them to do it at the expense of an important scene lol. The most important one imo. Since that's the root of their misunderstanding. And they were just like Nah!! and move on to different arc. 😂

And they already one team after that. We saw how unbreakable their trust into each other now. So, it doesn't make sense for the writer to make viewers hate Cang Cang. In the latest st episodes, we saw how she runs to save him despite he is sending her away to protect her. Even when she has to stab him later during the climax, it is due to him asking her not because she hates him. She did it with tears in her eyes. I wonder if we are going to see that scene in today's episode lol - - the ploy that Xiao Huan wanted to die dignified at Phoenix Terrace. Its too early imo since we have 5 more episodes.

I never thought she is that evil. She gets away with many things for more than 10 years. And here we thought she is the most stupid villain in the drama lol.

Yeah, to cut that kind of scene say so much about the writing. The drama focus on other couple's relationship while totally overlook the main couple when they put so much angst for them in the earlier episodes. They took our loyalty for nothing but treating the angst that supposed to stem from something resonable and make sense to something with no weight. They never address him having to lie to protect her or her telling him that she finally understood his devotion and agreed to face everything together now.

I don't think the post station is their reconciliation scene since she run away without telling him after he recovered haha.

It's okay, I understand what you meant actually. I just wish the drama is better written.

We don't know that yet. His last scene is him with the Princess at the river. I don't think it will happen. He know the ML all too well. Just like Qing'er know that Xioa Huan is a good guy despite his mother keep saying other things to him.

I agree with your analysis 100%. I thought Cang Cang response is very realistic since it was so traumatic for her at the Palace that she can't even see anything clearly. We call that 'trauma response' and audiences are not able to relate to her when it's a real life situation when caught in such gaslighting environment when you are being lied by everyone and it was traumatic after traumatic incidents for her. It's normal for your judgement to be clouded. Audiences are so used to perfect FLs and flawed FLs like this are frawned upon.

I thought she didn't even prioritise her family lol. Her husband kept hurting her so it's normal not to go to him. Yet her automatic response to always smile when he told her good news is just so funny. It must be so confusing to love a man so much despite your head keeps saying you need to get away from this relationship. 😅

But the writing is indeed messy. While the angst are great and so heartbreakingly tragic to watch, they didn't even put reconciliation scene between the leads which further paint Cang Cang in bad light to the audiences. They just moved past that and just show the leads already flirting and sleeping with each other. It was bizarre that there is no payoff after all the 15 episodes of angst.

PXR lack fo screen time when most of the screen times being given to supporting casts are another reasons. I feel bad for her.

His bodyguard is alive. No one ever died by falling down the cliff in Cdramas haha

I thought so too. I think she is alive. The actress keep moving her eyelids while acting dead. 🤣

The plot twists for today episode is just so amazing. I did not expect that at all:
1) Empress Dowager killed the former Emperor.
2) Empress Dowager killed Xiao Huan's mother.
3) Empress Dowager had a hand in Xiao Huan's cold disease since birth.
4) Ying'er fire incident actually not to kill Xiao Huan but Ying'er since she happened to witness the killing of the Emperor by Empress Dowager. She seriously keep using her children as pawns SMH.
5) Du's trick for Empress Dowager to buried alive since she killed her mother. 😬

I can't believe they gave us this 5 revelations in 2 episodes lol.

Anyway, I'm positive this is just Xiao Huan's scheme to bring Preceptor Du down. It seemed he join hand with Qing'er to do that. I love how the brothers always work together since the beginning right until the end. We really need positive sibling relationship like this in Cdramas.

Anyway, I want this drama to be more dramatic and I certainly got that. 😆

I just want to say my appreciation of Cang Cang as a character in this episode. I know some viewers hated her guts before but I can't seemed to dislike her since she was kept in the dark most of the times no matter how much she wants the truth and kept asking. And most of her reaction at the Palace are trauma response that clouded most of her judgements from seeing things clearly.

But once she's out of the Palace starting episode 15, you can see how clear headed she has becomes. Then after learning the truth, no matter what happened after that, she never the same again no matter how much her Dad wants to manipulate her.

In this episode, while most dramas like to use the miscarriage plot to drive the couple apart from each other, you can see how she didn't blame anyone, not even the Princess for it. Instead of feeling being with Xiao Huan makes her constantly in danger, she adamantly want to go through this with him and even asked him to rationally punish Princess Ying and Qing'er despite you know how heartbroken she is from losing the baby. And that is her true personality when no one kept secrets from her and we can see how rational she is.

Even when Xiao Huan didn't say who is the mastermind behind the whole thing, she knew it's her Dad right away since she can connect the dots herself. And I like her even more in the coming episodes as she truly become his strength instead of his weakness and he started to see it too than just trying to actively protect her from everything.

Agreed. The ending is beautifully done and make sense that I can't even hate it. But, I never have the courage to watch it again. One & Only is the same for me as well. At least Love of Nirvana, I can still rewatch it but One & Only, I can't even rewatch it anymore - - not even the beginning part of the drama. That's how much the drama hurts me lol.

Im confident that this time around, it's gonna be a HEA for Love & Crown. 😁 Let's hope it's really a HEA. I don't mind if it's a forced happy ending, I'm too starved for a HEA for RJL drama. 🤣

His acting has always been magnificent. Despite this weak script, he managed to put depth into his character with his nuance potrayal of Xiao Huan. I'm just amazed. :D

I don't mind the want to focus on the other characters, do all of that. But not at the expense of the story. Like are we supposed to expect they reconcile on their own without showing it at all? After all the angst. It's insulting to viewers who waited this long for Cang Cang to finally truly understand Xiao Huan - - that all his devotion towards her actually reciprocal by her as well. They really did her dirty by skipping that scene. Now viewers will hated her even more. Poor PXR.

It's just bad writing at this point. See, how other couples get flash out relationship and how all the screen time are given to them. The main couple are just being used for angst and for people to watch the drama. But after everything, they didn't even want to give us a proper scenes between them. In this 3 episodes after she learning out the truth, the only get 5 minutes of scene together. 😂 Gosh, my hate for Huanrui dramas continue for eternity. 🙃

I know that this is Huanrui's drama and they did this to market their other actors using RJL's name but the lack of respect is too much lol. Give them all the scenes, but not at the expense of the story. Sometimes, he just appear merely 30 secs in 1 episode lol. I can't believe they just overlook the reconciliation scene which is supposed to be the most important scene for this drama. They really took us as a joke. We stay and wasn't getting rewarded. I have to console myself yesterday. At this rate, I probably cry silently like the original book writer with how dissapointed I am with this drama lol. 🤣

What a beautifully written post. I agree so much on your last paragraph. The script is terrible but the characters are so human and layered with lot of depth.

It's the performance that elevate Xiao Huan and why we see him in such rose coloured glass. It's how RJL play the character with so much nuance that he made it so heartbreakingly compelling despite we don't agree with his decision. It's amazing really how effective is great performance can give to superficial writing like this.

I can't agree for more. The actors are carrying the drama and to have that kind of depth and substance for their characters despite this terrible script is definitely a talent.

The screentime that RJL got is totally a joke lol. I know this is Huanrui drama to promote their other actors but to use him blantly like this is very insulting. 😅 He appeared for 30 sec in one episode. Then 2 whole minute in another episode. And in the latest episode, he is the supporting actor for supporting actors' scenes. It's truly remarkable how he is so graceful about this and never complain.

Immortal Samsara is not well received. If you do to Douban, the amount of people who love, neutral and hate it is more or less the same which resulted with flat graph. It's very interesting. No other drama managed to get that kind of graph.

One thing I love is how wrong I am about Xiao Huan. When the drama started, I thought his chess moves are still less than Grand Tutor and he will only refine it later. How wrong I am since he actually already started made a move since he is 14 years old in that snow incident.

Also, I love how there are layers in his chess moves. While Grand Tutor usually planted his moves by killing 2 or 3 birds with 1 stone, Xiao Huan in the other hand always camouflage his chess moves with different layers. First, when he cuts off XianXue's finger - - on the surface, it shows how merciful he is that he didn't take his life but actually, the real reasons he kept him alive since he knew XianXue is the answer to Grand Tutor's evil deeds since he is his right hand man. That's why he always let XianXue's go and monitor him hoping that he will bring evidence for him. While this can be viewed as a weakness since he is 'soft', actually he has bigger plan which is to catch the bigger fish. He did the same method here when he let XianXue go again since he want to trail him to get evidence and he did this while appearing to please Cang Cang. All in all, I think he is definitely the better chess master now. Everytime Grand Tutor plan something, Xiao Huan already made his moves 2 or 3 steps ahead like the scheme in this episode. And his smile when Grand Tutor warned him about not finishing him off is another hint that he comes prepared. I just can't wait to know what is his plan this time around. 😁

But, Grand Tutor 'love as weakness' scheme definitely gonna hurt since now he plan to use Preceptor Du's love towards Xiao Huan as his next move. Okay, the twist about her being his sister is definitely shocking. And also Xiao Huan's love towards Cang Cang which is no doubt his biggest weakness now.

Anyway, I can't believe how bad is the writing lol. After all 20 episodes of maximum angst, the writer didn't even give us the reconciliation scene between the couple where they cleared up all the misunderstandings. Instead, we got scenes with other couples and how the royal couple already made up and now flirting with each other. Gosh, how there is no pay off after all that prolonged angst? 😑