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Well, it’s not confirmed with words in the novel but there are some extra chapters revealing some elements of the past life proving that he definitely had feelings for her her
1) he never intended for her to kill herself : the knife he gave her was to defend herself against Yan Lin’s assault
2) when she had some flowers delivered to ZZ after her death, he stomped on it in a fist of jealousy
3) after fulfilling his revenge and placing a new emperor, he committed suicide with the knife she used and it is very clear for the reader that her death is what brought him to do this

Oh he definitely did !
It is confirmed in the novel

Maybe ‘cause she has a very mature aura
I mean, only 16 and her acting is already more powerful than some adults, she plays the femme fatale with such charisma…
Not saying he did right, just considering why he may have done so

She doesn’t « judge » him
She just doesn’t want to involve herself with him and doesn’t want to know about his secrets, his past or his goals
But since he’s forcing her to be involved anyway, why should she back out when she guesses his intentions ?

MGTV

Although I agree about Yan Lin but from what I understood, Xie Wei doesn’t rape her

Finally, my most expected scene came… the exposure of Qin Le Zhi’s lies in front of everyone 😆😆😆😆
Didn’t feel such satisfaction since the reveal that Wei Wei was a pretty woman in front of her game mates in Love o2o !

Nah, kisskh.co just always inserts the links for the upcoming episodes about 24 hours before their release, with a countdown : so even if it says 28 episodes, doesn’t mean it will only be 28 episodes

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

FL here is one of the smartest of Dramaland but just because she made ONE mistake, which was not entirely her fault, so many viewers so easily changed speeches and called her dumb 🙄
Why is it that viewers are so tolerant towards the male lead’s mistakes (like his tendency to threaten FL when he’s angry) but also eager to beat up FL like crap when she does ONE thing wrong ?
(not just here : I often observed that viewers forgive everything to make leads in general but don’t do the same to female leads)

Already on it !

Could anyone remind me : is this dubbed or is it their own voices ?
Also : am I the only one who wants to smack Xie Wei’s handyman ? Not the bodyguard who never talks but the one who always talks against Ning Er and thinks Xie Wei is never wrong

Zhen and Bengong are very specific pronouns in Chinese used by members of the royals family to talk about themselves instead of the traditional « I » (我 ： wo) : zhen was used only by the king/emperor and bengong was used by women of the royal family (empress, consorts, princesses) when they would talk to socially inferior people
In ancient China, folks would often use very specific pronouns like that to point out and remind others of their position : for example, servants would designate themselves as « this servant » instead of using « I » to talk to their masters
Ancient China was very strict about hierarchy so this was a way to remember who was at which position, so that no one would forget its place or to whom they were speaking to

Actually, he didn’t really kill her…
She misunderstood the reason why he gave her the knife (something tells me he’d have though twice before giving it to her, had he known it would lead to her death)

He is reborn

Maybe not
Story of Kunning Pakace is based on a rebirth novel and they kept almost everything (they just inserted a little « she writes a novel » to more subtly insert the rebirth trope
So maybe we’ll have a faithful adaptation

I think the author had several points in doing this : first, make us understand how far the female lead had damaged a pure-hearted man who loved her wholeheartedly. And for that, the author needed something pretty violent but also conveying the fact despite his hatred, YL still had «love » for her (let’s remember that he still grieved her after her death). But his love had mixed with hatred, resulting in the rape : it was a desire to both hurt her, leave his mark on her, but also accomplish with her what is supposed to be the act of love that he would have done with her if he had married her as he had planned
2) I think the author also wanted to add a good reason as to why Ning Er would have had the reputation of a seductress empress : in the novel, no one cared whether Ning Er was being the subject of rape, they decided hat her « affair » with Yan Lin proved her promiscuity
3) I think the author also wanted to give a good reason as to why, no matter his kindness and devotion, YL could never be her male lead. With such a big trauma between them, no reader or viewer cannot NOT understand the reason why Ning Er would reject Yan Lin, despite his kindness in the second life

And let’s be honest : author succeeded at the three points. It was a risky but audacious trope she used there and although I don’t like it (because i’m oversensitive), I understand why she did. In Asian novels, rape is often used as a trop but with no real contribution to the story, only strengthening rape culture : but I do think that the trope of the rape does play a purpose in the story and building of the characters but also has the purpose of going against the rape culture

It’s pretty amazing how Xie Wei is usually impossible to sound out as he’s either impassive or with a fake, sweet smile but as soon as his gaze lands on the female lead, his face, especially his eyes, express so many things 🤩🤩🤩
I cannot believe some people criticize harshly Zhang Ling He for his acting, I just feel like no one could have performed this part as he did !

Maybe
He wouldn’t be the first dad to be biased towards their kids because of who their mother is

In the novel, he seriously did consider killing Zhang Zhe when he saw that Ning Er used her body to protect him
It made him so jealous that he felt a raging urge to kill him so I’d say Ning Er’s fear aren’t completely baseless