when in ep 25 princes Shengdua asked YiZhi to go with her to the temple my next thought was - to meet prime ministers daughter... ep 26... and here we go! what a surprise!
I know right? I'm curious about how the empress dowager and Chen Qi are working together and also the Chang family…
in the novel he was an war orphan so he did it as revenge on his country enemy as he was from Beimo and there was no court plot behind it
"Seeing her reaction like this, Chen Qi's heart ached, but he couldn't answer her question. He gritted his teeth and said cruelly: "Ah Mai, you can kill me for revenge. I have been waiting for this day for a long time. This is what I owe you. But what I want to say now is that I have no regrets. I have never regretted it." I don’t regret it at all, but if I make a choice now, I will still kill your father because he is the Duke of Jingguo of Southern Xia, and because he is the enemy of the Northern Desert. This is the hatred of the country and the family!"
At 3:28, it looks like the end of the show. It seems the same as the one you described from the novel, sans CYQ,…
good remarks! it really looks like the end of the show from the book I just came quickly through today's episodes - there is no chemistry between her and YiZhi at all... he wants to marry her??? based on what? and his mother is another scheming person (she was like that in the novel too) they are talking openly about Mai being a woman, deceiving of emperor is a capital crime, so in the book they were doing everything to conceal her identity and here even PM will know tomorrow ;)
Based on previews ep 27 and 28 will be still focused around ML and struggle for power... I guess the Beimo army may appear again in the last episodes and it feels that screen writers decided to keep ML and FL together
From the previews, it does not seem so, but he will eventually appear as that part of the story (Beimo invasion)…
at least that would be logical but screenwriters already used CYI and Amai encounters from the novel and merged them into all these scenes we had already seen so until they will made a new plot we shouldn't see him till the end of the story...
I know right? I'm curious about how the empress dowager and Chen Qi are working together and also the Chang family…
in the novel Chen Qi got promoted thanks to Amai parents slaughter but public doesn't know about it... so he rises from nobody to the most trusted young emperors Marshal and other generals doesn't know anything about his past.
Amai will refuse to became Yi Zhi's consort, retire from the army but promised to put her armor on if the country would be invaded in the future. She leaves capitol and meets CYQ out of the town gates.
There was a show called The Imperial Coroner and the FL was the Coroner so I thought it was a show about her,…
That's exactly my thoughts... that's why I am afraid we will see now few more episodes focused on ML fight for power... and well, what's that huge Beimo army is doing in the mean time?
I am afraid it will get even worst as now the script doesn't follow up the novel at all. In general they picked…
they have few scenes together... first encounter - Volume 2, Chapter 2 volume 3, Chapter 4 volume 4, Chapter 1 volume 4, Chapter 4 the battle scene and her being captured by him volume 4, Chapter 6 - street fight volume 5, Chapter 3 volume 6, Chapter 2 volume 6, Chapter 5 - they will see each other on the battle ground from a distance volume 6, Chapter 8 - she refuses to became a consort and leaves the capitol, he waits for her outside the city wall
In the novel Tang Shao Yi was her big brother... he will die in the last year of war and it will be heavy blow…
Based on one sentence which has been whispered to Amai by Zhag Shang during farewell scene: to go where there is as beautiful as the painting of fields of cauliflowers, blooming pears and peach trees.... and find an old friend to enjoy the spring together what was exactly what Amai said to brother Tang... And then he made a wink... Maybe it was only fake death of Tang Shaoyi as Zhang Sheng was his right hand for a long time and knowing that Tang won't accept new emperor he helped him to disappear from the world ... That's why for me novel has an open ending...
I am afraid it will get even worst as now the script doesn't follow up the novel at all. In general they picked…
Well, it was enough to stick to the original story and simplify some side plots and really do not kill main characters in a stupid way... If they had no budget/intention to show all the battles they could add some animated scenes + narration from military journal and that would do There was enough of romance content between Amai and Chang Yu Qing, and secondary characters to make the story interesting Also there is more loopholes and stupid plots in latest episodes... You have huge Beimo army within your borders and you are considering withdrawing your army from the recently defenced city to take it to the capitol as a bargain chip? Also, Amai had a wedding with Xu Xier - and now Xu Xier is still a maid of General Shi wife? and when we see both girls on the screen there is no interaction between them? You are making a plot with peeping Tom... who is spreading news that Amai is a woman, and you are killing 2 guys as a solution? and forcing valuable bodyguard to suicide after hearing Xu Jing story??? and thats it... like the half of your army suddenly stopped to suspect Amai that she is woman?
I confess I'm a bit disappointed with the lack of progress on the revenge part, and I was kind of expecting Amai…
There are only 12 episodes left and based on preview at least 2 more will take place in capitol and cover up some court plots... I guess the end of the series will be either rushed or only going to focus on the fight for the power and we won't see more battles against Beimo
Yes, it's boring and draggy. Seeing the previews for episodes 25 and 26, it looks like we won't see Chang Yu Qing…
Amai has a lot of interactions with CYQ during second half of the novel, unfortunately some of the events were modified and already included in the past plots so until screenwriters came up with new ideas its hard to expect a lot of their screen time together...
The novel vs drama I've finished to read the novel and drama is like a beast living its own life Screenwriters just pick up some plots and re-write them completely to make events more "dramatic" but it only made a drama more messy ML is not someone who should be called ML in the novel, everything turns around Amai and war... there are countless battles, war meetings, army trainings - so its basically 6 year lasting war journal. In terms of romance: Shang Yi Zhi - he admires Amai as the military genius and he has sort of crush on her as she is beautiful woman too... but she has no feelings for him Tang Shaoi - he loves her but for a long time didn't even discover she is a woman... and she treats him as her big brother... Chen Qi - he killed her parents as a revenge on his family/village despite being raised by them for 8 years and he was Amai's childhood sweetheart and fiance. CYQ is the real love of Amai... but he is a general killer of an enemy army. They are going together through life and death situations, promised to kill each other on the battleground but always save each other lives...
in terms of events: Shang Yi Zhi adoptive father Duke Wei is alive through all the story There is no conflict between crown prince and his brother Emperor doesn't seem to be a freak who is wearing "new emperor's clothing" There was no wedding between CYQ and Amai, however CYQ asked her to marry him and he was serious about it. Amai and Shang Yi Zhi after she left capitol (what happened shortly after the battle in Wulan Mountains) haven't seen each other for 4 years Xu Xier stayed for most of the war in Youzhou and didn't follow up Amai to the war camp Mu Bai is actually son of the PM Zhang Sheng forced to suicide in ep. 23, who was personal guard of SYZ became calvarly general and survived the war General Shi Daichun - has been killed in the 5th year of war by Beimo Army as Chen Qi discovered that he actually was still working for Amai's army Mr Xu Jing doesn't lack of humanity - he follows up the law but what he does is to serve the country and the people, he is great advisor who helped Amai save countless lives of ordinary people...
if you have a patience to read google translation I can recommend to do it as there are lot of interactions between Chang Yu Qing and Amai :) and some scenes are much better that ones from a drama.
I am not sure what kind of ending we can expect... it can be anything including Amai becoming an empress (in the novel Shang Yi Zhi will marry daughter of Prime Minister) or leaving with CYQ or brother Tang...
so far half of the drama has been made based on screenwriters ideas and it is a pity they didn't follow up closely original plots!
well done! I think the drama in terms of characters and plot is living its own life
well, I had seen a lot of novel's adaptations and some were giving a justice to the book, some had small plot changes and ofc there were some failures ... here if they would change the names of main characters I wouldn't even be able to recognise the story drama is made based on :D
This drama was actually quite good in the beginning, but at one point, I felt the writing became so messy and…
I am afraid it will get even worst as now the script doesn't follow up the novel at all. In general they picked up some plots from the novel and wrote some scenes based on the ideas from the book as an example - the marriage between CYQ and Amai in the book it was CYQ who asked Amai to marry him and he was serious about it she refused and told him that they are both hostile generals and she is not someone who would stay as his wife and only hope for his support in the future... but she also said this: Amai's expression froze, and suddenly she took a step forward and got close to Chang Yuqing, pulled him down by his collar, raised his face and pressed his lips to his. Chang Yuqing was shocked and looked at Amai in disbelief. Amai gently closed her eyes and murmured in a low voice: "I just hope that in the next life, you will no longer be Chang Yuqing, and I will not be Maisui." .” Chang Yuqing's heart ached, and he stretched out his arms to embed Ah Mai firmly in his arms, and kissed her hard. Amai hugged his neck with all her strength, catering to him with unprecedented enthusiasm. Chang Yuqing still seemed to feel that it was not enough, so he slid his hand up from Amai's back and held the back of her head close to him.
then she got rescued by Mu Bai ;) any way she still whispered to CYQ that she told him a truth...
the marriage with Xu Xier.... in the novel she stayed as Cui Yan (he survived the war) maid and got a pregnant by him... delivers a boy and after the war lives in Amai's mansion raising up her son and Liu Ming (a son of general Liu)
ep 26... and here we go! what a surprise!
"Seeing her reaction like this, Chen Qi's heart ached, but he couldn't answer her question. He gritted his teeth and said cruelly: "Ah Mai, you can kill me for revenge. I have been waiting for this day for a long time. This is what I owe you. But what I want to say now is that I have no regrets. I have never regretted it." I don’t regret it at all, but if I make a choice now, I will still kill your father because he is the Duke of Jingguo of Southern Xia, and because he is the enemy of the Northern Desert. This is the hatred of the country and the family!"
I just came quickly through today's episodes - there is no chemistry between her and YiZhi at all... he wants to marry her??? based on what?
and his mother is another scheming person (she was like that in the novel too)
they are talking openly about Mai being a woman, deceiving of emperor is a capital crime, so in the book they were doing everything to conceal her identity and here even PM will know tomorrow ;)
and it feels that screen writers decided to keep ML and FL together
She leaves capitol and meets CYQ out of the town gates.
first encounter - Volume 2, Chapter 2
volume 3, Chapter 4
volume 4, Chapter 1
volume 4, Chapter 4 the battle scene and her being captured by him
volume 4, Chapter 6 - street fight
volume 5, Chapter 3
volume 6, Chapter 2
volume 6, Chapter 5 - they will see each other on the battle ground from a distance
volume 6, Chapter 8 - she refuses to became a consort and leaves the capitol, he waits for her outside the city wall
If they had no budget/intention to show all the battles they could add some animated scenes + narration from military journal and that would do
There was enough of romance content between Amai and Chang Yu Qing, and secondary characters to make the story interesting
Also there is more loopholes and stupid plots in latest episodes...
You have huge Beimo army within your borders and you are considering withdrawing your army from the recently defenced city to take it to the capitol as a bargain chip?
Also, Amai had a wedding with Xu Xier - and now Xu Xier is still a maid of General Shi wife? and when we see both girls on the screen there is no interaction between them?
You are making a plot with peeping Tom... who is spreading news that Amai is a woman, and you are killing 2 guys as a solution? and forcing valuable bodyguard to suicide after hearing Xu Jing story??? and thats it... like the half of your army suddenly stopped to suspect Amai that she is woman?
I've finished to read the novel and drama is like a beast living its own life
Screenwriters just pick up some plots and re-write them completely to make events more "dramatic" but it only made a drama more messy
ML is not someone who should be called ML in the novel, everything turns around Amai and war...
there are countless battles, war meetings, army trainings - so its basically 6 year lasting war journal.
In terms of romance:
Shang Yi Zhi - he admires Amai as the military genius and he has sort of crush on her as she is beautiful woman too... but she has no feelings for him
Tang Shaoi - he loves her but for a long time didn't even discover she is a woman... and she treats him as her big brother...
Chen Qi - he killed her parents as a revenge on his family/village despite being raised by them for 8 years and he was Amai's childhood sweetheart and fiance.
CYQ is the real love of Amai... but he is a general killer of an enemy army. They are going together through life and death situations, promised to kill each other on the battleground but always save each other lives...
in terms of events:
Shang Yi Zhi adoptive father Duke Wei is alive through all the story
There is no conflict between crown prince and his brother
Emperor doesn't seem to be a freak who is wearing "new emperor's clothing"
There was no wedding between CYQ and Amai, however CYQ asked her to marry him and he was serious about it.
Amai and Shang Yi Zhi after she left capitol (what happened shortly after the battle in Wulan Mountains) haven't seen each other for 4 years
Xu Xier stayed for most of the war in Youzhou and didn't follow up Amai to the war camp
Mu Bai is actually son of the PM
Zhang Sheng forced to suicide in ep. 23, who was personal guard of SYZ became calvarly general and survived the war
General Shi Daichun - has been killed in the 5th year of war by Beimo Army as Chen Qi discovered that he actually was still working for Amai's army
Mr Xu Jing doesn't lack of humanity - he follows up the law but what he does is to serve the country and the people, he is great advisor who helped Amai save countless lives of ordinary people...
if you have a patience to read google translation I can recommend to do it as there are lot of interactions between Chang Yu Qing and Amai :) and some scenes are much better that ones from a drama.
https://www.hetushu.com/book/4535/3358336.html
I am not sure what kind of ending we can expect... it can be anything including Amai becoming an empress (in the novel Shang Yi Zhi will marry daughter of Prime Minister)
or leaving with CYQ or brother Tang...
so far half of the drama has been made based on screenwriters ideas and it is a pity they didn't follow up closely original plots!
In general they picked up some plots from the novel and wrote some scenes based on the ideas from the book
as an example - the marriage between CYQ and Amai
in the book it was CYQ who asked Amai to marry him and he was serious about it
she refused and told him that they are both hostile generals and she is not someone who would stay as his wife and only hope for his support in the future...
but she also said this:
Amai's expression froze, and suddenly she took a step forward and got close to Chang Yuqing, pulled him down by his collar, raised his face and pressed his lips to his. Chang Yuqing was shocked and looked at Amai in disbelief. Amai gently closed her eyes and murmured in a low voice: "I just hope that in the next life, you will no longer be Chang Yuqing, and I will not be Maisui." .”
Chang Yuqing's heart ached, and he stretched out his arms to embed Ah Mai firmly in his arms, and kissed her hard. Amai hugged his neck with all her strength, catering to him with unprecedented enthusiasm. Chang Yuqing still seemed to feel that it was not enough, so he slid his hand up from Amai's back and held the back of her head close to him.
then she got rescued by Mu Bai ;) any way she still whispered to CYQ that she told him a truth...
the marriage with Xu Xier.... in the novel she stayed as Cui Yan (he survived the war) maid and got a pregnant by him... delivers a boy and after the war lives in Amai's mansion raising up her son and Liu Ming (a son of general Liu)