Thoughts on the ending? ( ending spoilers)

So all eps have aired on mgtv.

For those who are wondering what kind of ending it is, the ending is open to interpretation, though personally I find it to be a sad ending.

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Ending spoilers ahead:

The ending feels really rushed and isn't quite satisfying to me, which is a pity considering the really strong starting episodes. Such a shame, it had the ingredients for greatness. Really wish the production team spent another 2-3 episodes to flesh things out and properly explain FL's  past and powers. Would be nice if questions relating to the butterfly curse and Mdm Yuan were answered too. 

From what I've read there are multiple interpretations of the ending, depending on whether you wanna believe in the Good Ending (GE) or Bad Ending (BE).

-I wish I can believe in the GE where everyone lives and is happy but the events in Ep 22 feel too perfect and dream-like that I have trouble buying it. On the other hand, a BE where both Marquis and Changfeng dies is too sad so I want to believe in a happier ending.

-There's a theory that the whole Ep 1-21 was just FL's nightmare but that makes the whole story feel so pointless so this ending is a nope for me.

-I like the theory that the "happily ever after" sequence of events in Ep 22 is a prophetic dream of Qianyue much like the one she has in Ep 1, but  Kun Qing's line in Ep 21 ("A month ago, the black peony trees bloomed") strongly implies the Marquis' death ): ...

-Changfeng surviving sounds more plausible (the bell ringing in Ep 21 also implies his return), but there are also details suggesting he's dead (the ghostly way in which he manifests when Qianyue sees him etc)...Argh it's too sad to have both brothers dead so ig I'll choose to believe that he managed to return to his beloved wife and child.

-The producer mentioned that the ending is subjective and it's a BE in his heart while it's a HE in the scriptwriter's heart... What's the ending in your heart?

Thank you. I'm going to curl up and weep.

Thank you. Yes, I hope for the HE, but the film director favors the BE. That tears my insides.

EP 22 was clearly a dream and I doubt it was a premonition. Maybe they will indeed reunite, but without the two "unfilial sons" When they were cooking they showed scenes of the females playing with the child, something like that. 

 AmirTH:

considering just facts i think it's a BE which is really not bad. if everything goes well all the time then this drama will be like other dramas which in the last episode they decide to let's make it a happy one. 

facts:

1_ the Marquis is dead based on Kun Qing's line "A month ago, the mokui trees blossomed" ep21.

2_ The last episode except for last 30 seconds is obviously a dream which we understand from the ghostly appearance of her husband and child. the dream begins when she wakes up at the first second of episode until the last 30 seconds. she is just imagining a life where everyone is happy but sadly it's not the case here.

3_Changfeng is alive based on two things. first: the bell ringing at the end of the ep21. second: at the last 30 seconds of ep 22 when she REALLY wakes up, she sees Changfeng is checking  his swords.

in the end i enjoyed this drama 

Yea I accept this, I figured it was a dream. I'm just happy Changfeng returned to her and their daughter. 

The Marquis and the Princess appears to be the Butterfly Lovers. No HE for them. 

The Marquis had a more difficult decision than his stepbrother. He had the sad choice of letting his sister stay comatose or letting her die naturally. He couldn't kill her. What jammed him up was the Princess going behind his back to try and keep the sister alive. The Marquis took the Princess out to the villa where Ms Yuan was staying. It appears to be outside of the city, and like the the house where Qinyue and Chengfang were staying might be outside of the deadly pollen. But when she woke up,  Kun Qing mentioned that the Mokui tree had blossomed. And his comment and the Eunuch's grief stricken face implies that he perished from that. I guess it was a narrow thing in that there was no time to flee after the blood transference had been made.  Drinking the Black Peony soup wouldn't have enough time to take effect. 

He and his father have some serious blood ion their hands. 

I think that the director had final say about their fates. 

I hope that another visit to this universe will show the two couples with perhaps a son for the Princess. 

The end of ep. 21 and 22 potentially give us the same endings. Why have both?

Confirm once OK, but twice?  

Chengfeng wiping the short sword blade and putting back into its scabbard is the same for the beginning of ep. 1 and the ending of ep. 22. How Qinyue wakes up is different. 

Is this the third time that she awakens that morning? Does she know enough to change the Future?

Very good thank you.