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In the novel he could simply take her life not just keep her in his mansion :) even his minions tells him that he is too kind for that girl... I am not defending him but he is typical son of prominent family running for court power, also she knows too much about his plans and past actions so for him letting her to go free is a no...
At some point he will allow that happen but it will be FL choice to stay... and she will do it as she will realise she has feelings for WZ

this is not a nice romance drama - both ML are complicated and judging them from our point of view definitely not good candidates to fall in love
but its a historical drama full of fight for power and political schemes and both ML have to survive in that reality, so they are both martial arts masters who are ruthless and goal oriented guys. FL is just a cute country girl who fall off the tree into their hands ;)

thats what happened in the novel but he didn't manage to ra.. her as that moment WZ men attacked his manor and kidnapped FL - however no idea about drama

I bet He dad has still access to the old prefecture seals ;) he didn't raise into power doing good deeds... and well - I think his son tell us what kind of person he really is... I won't have problem with him helping to get a revenge for PY father as long as he wouldn't hurt innocent civilians but he has no regards to human lives at all...

Same here - as long as changes make sense and plot is well written and not ruining the drama - its interesting to watch and compare :)
Yeah, Fighting for Love could be such a great story...

In the novel he is an overprotective type guy who would gladly lock FL in the golden cage... when he will realise that she has lied to him and allied with WZ he will try to force himself on her... He is not used to women saying a no to him... so yes, he is definitely despicable in that matter... He will be also jealous about JC feelings toward CL and ofc WZ...
Few years later he will realise that he sacrificed life time love for his political ambitions.

The Madam is actually his mother... there is no one else behind her, she wants a revenge on the emperor as well as pei family

definitely that's a hint from screenwriters... also that about CL story as in the novel he will meet a girl, they will fall for each other but at the end they won't be able to be together...

Comparing both male leads characters to the novel ones - screenwriters decided to exploit their bad sides.
Like at the very beginning ML hurting FL and trying to kill her 3 times and in last few they are started to show his another side so FL could build up a bond with him and they both could fall in love.
For the contrary PY has been portrayed in first few episodes as more upright and definitely less cruel person and now is turning into immoral guy who will do everything to cover up his family dirty business.
Pei family didn't have any dirty business in the novel, PY uncle was an upright person, mother didn't planned a rebellion ;) but drama has been made based on the novel so we can expect a lot of changes in the plots.
Neither one of them is a villain in the novel - they are not perfect, they are both cruel and ambitious but they have moral backbones and there are things they will do and they won't. They will always put a greater good over their personal gains. One is fighting for his clan freedom - the other one wants a prosperity for his family and country.

First of all she didn't fall in love with SML... she thought he was a good official and gentleman, so yes she was getting attracted by him, but she could see he was using her and with a time he started to show his true colours all the bonding feelings has vanished into thin air...

So they will either give us happy ending or will kill most of the key characters ;)

in the novel ML will die, FL will live care free life raising his son

there are a lot of changes made vs novel, so hard to predict how everything will unfold...
I have a feeling that Su sisters actually were trying to save prince Qi not killing him
Emperor distorted a truth and wants to silence them so searching for both for 20 years...

I have no idea about drama but in the novel she has been kidnapped by ML and was living in Yeo Luo tribe village when they fall in love

Well, then it is going to be heart breaking...

I usually read a novel and watch the drama and I really hope this time they won't follow up novels ending...
Drama is already living its own life in terms of plots so fingers crossed the story won't be as heart breaking as it is in the novel

the novel is heart breaking and I hope drama is not going to follow it up - as so far it deviated a lot in the course of events.

Also JC was PY life time love... however he was too ambitious and he dedicated his life to court so in my opinion he was too shrewd to win her heart so he tried to take her with a force - that night he destroyed their bond. And there was no chance that she would have any feelings for him in the future.
She wasn't even yet attracted by WZ at that point of the novel

Actually he died saving SML life during the princes revolt and taking an Emperor with him to the grave - he realised that Emperor is going to blow up most of officials and also crown prince and escape himself unscathed via secret tunnel... so he followed up an emperor and took his life but lost his one as well. PY was trying to save WZ life but there would be no one capable to save both of them later as they would be facing imperial offence crime and Yue Luo clan freedom would perish too without support in the court... so WZ took PY sword and killed himself and this way cleared PY of guilt

When people see the spoiler tag is up to them if the want to open and read or not :)
If I am really busy with work and don't have much time for c-drama land I usually check some spoilers just to see if drama is worth my time or not :) but when I watch a good drama and sometimes I am falling behind with episodes I won't even open kisskh - just to be sure I won't see any spoilers accidentally :)