Book Discussion -- Questions & Answers with !!!SPOILERS!!!

What is the aunt hiding (per new trailer)? ?

i am really wondering how the princess marriage with one of the li sons is gonna play out since it will probably be somewhat changed or censored, since gay content like isnt allowed in cdramas, idk if the pedo part will be changed too??? so i'm really curious how it will play out

No one is asking about leads ending. lol. I want to ask if they have a happy ending? Will ML and FL marry each other? Or is it a sad or open ending where one of the leads die?

 Cynthia:

the Jiang family (grandma & dad) give the stepmother medicine/poison once they find out about her evil deeds.

the princess and the ex-husband get sued, incarcerated, and beheaded for their crimes

Wow...befitting punishment 

 Cynthia:

the Jiang family (grandma & dad) give the stepmother medicine/poison once they find out about her evil deeds.

the princess and the ex-husband get sued, incarcerated, and beheaded for their crimes

Hello! Do you know who the Emperor wants Ali to marry (once she returns under the fake identity)? I read somewhere that he wants her to marry her ex! Why would he be against the Duke marrying Ali? And how does the marriage proposal happen in the book? Thanks :)

 Minoucha:

Hello! Do you know who the Emperor wants Ali to marry (once she returns under the fake identity)? I read somewhere that he wants her to marry her ex! Why would he be against the Duke marrying Ali? And how does the marriage proposal happen in the book? Thanks :)

I want to know the answer to this too 

 AnastasiaWun:

Novel begins with XFF soul taking over JL body. In drama, JL dies & XFF assumes JL identity and becomes PM's daughter.

Q1: Did XFF's father ever regain sanity and reunite with XFF? Did he die in novel?

Q2: When will JI Shu Ran get exposed as scheming villain?  Ep.28: But show only loyal Nanny taken away for punishment.

Q3: How did Tong Er die in the novel?  Ep.28: Can't escape death after getting stabbed Front & Back!!!

Q4: What happens to Jiang Ruoyao?

Q5: What happens to cunning scheming Jiang Yu Er?

Q6: Besides Tong Er, who else from Good guy camp die in novel?

Q7: Do the 3 musketeers survive a happy ending or not? In promo trailer, they're in combat gear, presumably at war, and seem to be standing there helplessly being surrounded by enemies and fighting to the death. Did all 3 die in the end?

Q8: Did JL's paternal cousin JJR succeed in pairing off with Liu Xiu? Do they have a HEA ending in novel?  

Many thanks in advance for sharing. Much obliged! ???

Novel Answers:

Q1. Yes; healed by Situ's poison treatment.

Q2. The fallout in the book is worse and more decisive: it becomes public knowledge that Ji Shuran killed Ye zhen zhen, Jaing Yue and framed Jiang Li. Jiang Li pretends to be possessed by 3 ghost- YZZ, JY and Ji Sharon's lover (dead in the novel) [and I think also the dead baby] and cries out about being murdered. Concubine Hu kills herself in protest and they are forced to kill Ji shuran even with the pressure from Conosrt Li and the Ji family.

Q3. Tong didn't die in the novel

Q4. She is blinded by the princess. She runs away from home and ends up shacking up with the 2nd Li, sees unspeakable things in their house and is taken to the Princess' dungeon and blinded [I think her tongue was also cut out]. She was rescued by the Duke's people.

Q5. She died in backyard dram at the Zhou's. I think he killed her.

Q6. I don't remember any good peeps deaths in the book.

Q7. The novel saved all its venom for the villains. Every possible bad thing happens to the bad guys and the goods guys come out with only a little wear and tear.

Q8. They are not a love match in the novel. He leaves the capital with the rest of the Jiang family because novel emperor was out to get them as he was setting his own court and getting rid of the late Emperor's and opposing faction's people.

Disclaimer******: 1. As far as I remember 2. Completed the novel with poor translation 

Hi  DefyingDestiny  , thanks very much  for the info. It's unfortunate the drama differs from novel in Tong Er's case. Not surprised though about the Emperor. In novels and dramas, this almighty figurehead is always depicted as ungrateful and/or merciless and will even get rid their own loyal supporters after ascending the throne, sometimes because of inferiority...