The marriage between SML and FL is fake. She just did it so she could try to get revenge against Chen Qi. They're…
The novel is actually much better then the drama plot and yes, she is in love with SML, however they are both generals with a lot of blood on their hands...
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…
for me it sounds like an open invitation for CYQ to follow her up... if he dares to drop off his identity He knows she has feelings for him and vice versa... but there is a lot of blood on their hands as they were both generals - the only way to be together is to go somewhere where no one knows them...
I feel that this type of storyline never ends well so I’m hesitant to watch. The synopsis reminded me of goodbye…
The plot has been changed so much comparing to the novel... She will survive for sure and in the novel she is going to travel alone with CYQ watching her depart... and its up to a reader if he will follow her up or not ;) After novel had been published the readers were not happy wit the end so I guess screenwriters might give us totally different ending... I kinda hope that CYQ will follow her up
Wow, now that’s a serious deviation from the book. They made YZ into essentially a clown here. I don’t like…
in the novel CYQ is real male protagonist... Amai and him have so many interactions, they have fought on many occasions, even wounded each other but after all always save each other lives despite saying that they will kill each other :) I would say that when the war will be over and after travelling together through the world and finding some nice place to live in seclusion they would make a perfect couple... but the scars would always remind them of the past and years of war and all lost lives... can they come over it? thats probably why the book has an open ending... but this couple has a real chemistry in the novel.
YZ is there but he is her marshal not the object of romantic feelings and yes, he likes her but its more like an admiration and respect than passionate love, he values her military genius - that's why he allowed her to became the military in the first place. So their romance in drama is simply screenwriters idea...
the ML in the drama can't even shot an arrow into the target and killed by accident CYQ younger brother and that's how good Yi Zhi's archery skill was in the novel:
Amai estimated the distance between the two sides and shook his head gently. When the red horse boat was closest, it was still more than 200 steps away, and it was above the river. Who could maintain such a high accuracy at such a long distance? ? Unless Shang Yizhi is here.
So in the novel the second encounter between Amai and CYQ was looking like:
Amai was in the capitol and in the morning she went out the town to one of the temples and after sometime she noticed that imperial guards are arresting young men and they had a portrait of someone in similar clothing as hers... without thinking much she started to run away and ofc imperial guards were chasing her She got to the cliff and throw down stones rolled in her cloak and was planning to hide in the bushes but the place she jumped in was actually entry to hidden ravine and she has fallen down. there was a lot of moss so she didn't get hurt much... she hidden well and was waiting the guards to pass by... the next thing was someones hand on her throat and she got pressed to the wall... guess who was hiding in that cave? CYQ and it was him who was chased by the imperial guards... Ofc they had to fight - she was trying to trick him (he did expect that as she was a woman after all) he had already wounded arm but still managed to disarm her - any way she ended up again in his hands. As they had to find a way out from that ravine they walked through the darkness for few hours and finally got to the opening which was in the middle of the cliff over the river... She could swim and he can't... but she promised to take him safely on the other side of the water... and thats a part of the conversation they had after:
Amai refused to be fooled and just pursed her lips in silence. She heard Chang Yuqing continue teasingly: "You don't have to be shy. Although we are very different in status, since I have a physical relationship with you, I will naturally not let you down. When I finish my work, I will take you back to Shangjing. Please serve me well first. Even if the eldest lady gets married in the future, she will not dare to do anything to you as long as I protect you. When you give birth to a boy and a girl for me in the future, I will also give you a title..." Amai couldn't listen any longer, turned around and cursed viciously: "Have a dream of yours!" The smile on Chang Yuqing's face deepened, and he said happily: "Why is this a dream? Don't you have feelings for me?" Amai said angrily: "Who has feelings for you?" "You!" Chang Yuqing smiled and asked, "Why didn't you leave me in the middle of the river and drown me?" Amai had calmed down a lot. Knowing that he was teasing her on purpose, she just sneered when he asked this question and asked: "I killed your bodyguard and injured your brother. Why didn't you just give me a knife without meeting me? Is it possible that you also did the same? Are you in love with me?"
The smile on Chang Yuqing's face faltered for a moment, and then he replied calmly: "I have already said that if I want to kill you, I will naturally kill you on the battlefield. I will not bully a woman like you here." Amai sneered and said sarcastically: "Is it possible that you, Chang Yuqing, are a gentleman who keeps his word, and I must be a villain who breaks his word? If I kill you, I will naturally do it on the battlefield, not here. In the clear water river!” Chang Yuqing was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Amai silently for a moment and then said, "It turns out I misjudged you."
Now you can understand that sudden question from episode 21... Don't you have feelings for me?
Screenwriters - you should really feel ashamed! was it too hard to follow up the novel?
if they will stay true to the book, then yes... she is retiring from army and leaving alone with SML watching her riding away... but based on what I had seen so far I guess we will see a different ending as screenwriters changed a lot in terms of plot!
Wow, now that’s a serious deviation from the book. They made YZ into essentially a clown here. I don’t like…
Yep, they completely ruined ML character in the drama... him and CYQ are even in terms of war and battlefield
"This was the first defeat in his life, and it was a complete defeat. Thousands of cavalry have been turned into infantry, and now only a little over 20,000 of the 50,000-strong army are left... The only thing that can give him some comfort is that Cui Yan finally survived. Cui Yan was sent back to Yuzhou after being injured. Today, the messenger arrived A letter of peace came from him. The rest...he failed miserably. He never thought that Chang Yuqing would be defeated miserably, never thought that Shang Yizhi and Xu Jing could make such a plan, never thought that the woman named Amai would be an officer in the Jiangbei Army! A mocking smile crept onto the corners of Chang Yuqing's lips, and there was an undercurrent in those seemingly calm eyes."
Wow, now that’s a serious deviation from the book. They made YZ into essentially a clown here. I don’t like…
I think maybe they thought public won't like such a heavy war serious drama... YZ cares about Amai, but he has no regrets to send her to the frontline or to complete any risky mission. She will pay for her promotions with sweat and blood and he and Xu Jing are forging her slowly to be the sharpest blade He is building up feelings slowly but there is nothing goofy or childish in their relations, he does good job to cover up her real identity and he suspects who she really is (they are already back to capitol to meet emperor) - she didn't tell him yet who her parents are or that she is a woman... Amai guessed that he must know based on his actions as after being flogged he forbid all military doctors to treat her and Xu Jing captured a nearby doctor and brought him to treat Amai's back... Physician knew that he will probably get killed after so begged Amai to save his life - and she did so by appointing him as her battalion medic.
I do understand that screenwriters had to simplify the plots... but there was a lot of juicy beef which has been lost and the drama would be so much better if they didn't replace real events... Killing CY, making Youzhou citizens being bullied by Beimo soldiers etc... there is a long list of changes or rather I would call it sins on screenwriters account!
Thanks for sharing from the book. It sounds more interesting than the drama. If they stayed true to the book regarding…
exactly! why would you change it! it was written brilliantly! first it was Erdnan who understood Amai is a female and he was shocked... then that capture scene was so hilarious in the book! steamed bun dropping off and one breast is gone... then second one... CYQ was simply astonished... and Amai was really fighting against him despite the arrow in her shoulder... so the whole scene was very intense including some comic elements...
He knows she has feelings for him and vice versa... but there is a lot of blood on their hands as they were both generals - the only way to be together is to go somewhere where no one knows them...
After novel had been published the readers were not happy wit the end so I guess screenwriters might give us totally different ending... I kinda hope that CYQ will follow her up
YZ is there but he is her marshal not the object of romantic feelings and yes, he likes her but its more like an admiration and respect than passionate love, he values her military genius - that's why he allowed her to became the military in the first place.
So their romance in drama is simply screenwriters idea...
Amai estimated the distance between the two sides and shook his head gently. When the red horse boat was closest, it was still more than 200 steps away, and it was above the river.
Who could maintain such a high accuracy at such a long distance? ? Unless Shang Yizhi is here.
Amai was in the capitol and in the morning she went out the town to one of the temples and after sometime she noticed that imperial guards are arresting young men and they had a portrait of someone in similar clothing as hers... without thinking much she started to run away and ofc imperial guards were chasing her
She got to the cliff and throw down stones rolled in her cloak and was planning to hide in the bushes but the place she jumped in was actually entry to hidden ravine and she has fallen down.
there was a lot of moss so she didn't get hurt much... she hidden well and was waiting the guards to pass by...
the next thing was someones hand on her throat and she got pressed to the wall...
guess who was hiding in that cave? CYQ and it was him who was chased by the imperial guards...
Ofc they had to fight - she was trying to trick him (he did expect that as she was a woman after all) he had already wounded arm but still managed to disarm her - any way she ended up again in his hands.
As they had to find a way out from that ravine they walked through the darkness for few hours and finally got to the opening which was in the middle of the cliff over the river...
She could swim and he can't... but she promised to take him safely on the other side of the water...
and thats a part of the conversation they had after:
Amai refused to be fooled and just pursed her lips in silence. She heard Chang Yuqing continue teasingly: "You don't have to be shy. Although we are very different in status, since I have a physical relationship with you, I will naturally not let you down. When I finish my work, I will take you back to Shangjing. Please serve me well first. Even if the eldest lady gets married in the future, she will not dare to do anything to you as long as I protect you. When you give birth to a boy and a girl for me in the future, I will also give you a title..."
Amai couldn't listen any longer, turned around and cursed viciously: "Have a dream of yours!"
The smile on Chang Yuqing's face deepened, and he said happily: "Why is this a dream? Don't you have feelings for me?"
Amai said angrily: "Who has feelings for you?"
"You!" Chang Yuqing smiled and asked, "Why didn't you leave me in the middle of the river and drown me?"
Amai had calmed down a lot. Knowing that he was teasing her on purpose, she just sneered when he asked this question and asked: "I killed your bodyguard and injured your brother. Why didn't you just give me a knife without meeting me? Is it possible that you also did the same? Are you in love with me?"
The smile on Chang Yuqing's face faltered for a moment, and then he replied calmly: "I have already said that if I want to kill you, I will naturally kill you on the battlefield. I will not bully a woman like you here."
Amai sneered and said sarcastically: "Is it possible that you, Chang Yuqing, are a gentleman who keeps his word, and I must be a villain who breaks his word? If I kill you, I will naturally do it on the battlefield, not here. In the clear water river!”
Chang Yuqing was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Amai silently for a moment and then said, "It turns out I misjudged you."
Now you can understand that sudden question from episode 21... Don't you have feelings for me?
Screenwriters - you should really feel ashamed! was it too hard to follow up the novel?
"This was the first defeat in his life, and it was a complete defeat. Thousands of cavalry have been turned into infantry, and now only a little over 20,000 of the 50,000-strong army are left... The only thing that can give him some comfort is that Cui Yan finally survived. Cui Yan was sent back to Yuzhou after being injured. Today, the messenger arrived A letter of peace came from him.
The rest...he failed miserably.
He never thought that Chang Yuqing would be defeated miserably, never thought that Shang Yizhi and Xu Jing could make such a plan, never thought that the woman named Amai would be an officer in the Jiangbei Army! A mocking smile crept onto the corners of Chang Yuqing's lips, and there was an undercurrent in those seemingly calm eyes."
YZ cares about Amai, but he has no regrets to send her to the frontline or to complete any risky mission. She will pay for her promotions with sweat and blood and he and Xu Jing are forging her slowly to be the sharpest blade
He is building up feelings slowly but there is nothing goofy or childish in their relations, he does good job to cover up her real identity and he suspects who she really is (they are already back to capitol to meet emperor) - she didn't tell him yet who her parents are or that she is a woman... Amai guessed that he must know based on his actions as after being flogged he forbid all military doctors to treat her
and Xu Jing captured a nearby doctor and brought him to treat Amai's back... Physician knew that he will probably get killed after so begged Amai to save his life - and she did so by appointing him as her battalion medic.
I do understand that screenwriters had to simplify the plots... but there was a lot of juicy beef which has been lost and the drama would be so much better if they didn't replace real events...
Killing CY, making Youzhou citizens being bullied by Beimo soldiers etc... there is a long list of changes or rather I would call it sins on screenwriters account!