Actually i think he's not a bad person at all. He's someone that cared about people . But people keep misunderstanding…
That was my understanding too : both father and son had technically committed a crime against the emperor ; one by forging a royal decree and going beyond his limits and the other by disobeying what appeared to be a royal order, which questions his loyalty to the emperor (although he just wanted to save innocent lives). So one had to die so that the other would be saved 😢
The Fan minister is such a lukewarm antagonist. His scenes are skippable especially when he's in his household.
Personally I don’t skip his scenes : because half of his scenes are about kicking his dumass second son and the other half is about comparing his second son to his enemies and tell how great they are compared to him 😂
He’s not the « villain » : I think he’s kinda like Li Chengying in Goodbye My Princess, a villainous male…
Well, he’s obviously the male lead but he’s a king who ends up hurting plenty of people in his quest for power (he already reduced the Yebei citizens in slavery, and executed one of his loyal subjects). How should I say… he seems like a good emperor but he can be pretty merciless. I just can’t help but feel like he’s the kind who tends to be an Emperor before being a human being.
Someone in a reply here said the postponement should be for the 9 day mourning period. Does anyone have a clearer…
Not certain but in my opinion, they’ll release it soon : they’ve already released all the trailers and the ost, haven’t taken them off line yet and they usually do that when the release is very close, so it would be a waste if they delay too much
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We’re already at 12th, and the leads aren’t close from being in love so there must be more, right ?
So one had to die so that the other would be saved 😢
I just can’t help but feel like he’s the kind who tends to be an Emperor before being a human being.
Not faithful to the novel, though