Big_Red_1011

Child 👶🏻

LOL at one couple raising a (spoiler) while the other gets a… goat 🐐🤣

I haven’t watched FoF yet but I remember seeing hat OST box. But I do find it interesting that C-dramas have a ton of merch (even trading cards!) but not something so basic as OSTs. Maybe it’s a right issue or maybe there’s no demand locally.

P.S. A lot of C-drama merch is plushies/books/pendants/etc. but there are sometimes unique items. For example Moonlit Reunion had wooden hair accessories inlaid with pearl (like a hair comb)

Ignore that comment. There are two “couples” (pairs that you mentioned).

It’s always safer to wait, especially if you haven’t started it. It’s great so far (well, I’m on ep. 12 of 14) but how things will end is not clear 🥺

CPOP Universe is a legitimate site. But am I the only who wishes C-dramas had OST CDs/vinyls like K-dramas usually do? Very few C-dramas have physical OSTs even though many C-dramas have great soundtracks

Haha… I realize people enjoy different things but it’s hard for me to enjoy idea of investing 20-40+ hours into a story that has a sad ending ending. It needs to be at least an open ending with a possibility of a happy ending (not naming any examples to avoid spoilers). But whatever ending they pick, I hope it will be better set up than in The Demon Hunter’s Romance 🙄😳

Thanks! I’m on episode 12 and seeing the happy “parent couple” makes me worried their ending will not be a happy one 🥺😢

Am I correct in assuming that we don’t know how the author/director will end the drama? 🥺🫣😳

Also disappointed after reading the review & comments here. But check out “My Boss” if you haven’t watched it yet. It’s a lot better than it sounds and is one of the rare dramas where I wished they had made even more episodes

I took the info from the link below but maybe it was author’s interpretation of the extras and not fully accurate

Pursuit of Jade: Why Chang Ning Became Empress - Newhanfu
https://www.newhanfu.com/80002.html

And only 3 of them are honest about the number of episodes watched. Others have a time machine… unless I missed something and all episodes had been leaked like with PoJ 😁

So glad I waited because now that I’ve skimmed reviews & comments this drama can be safely skipped.

P.S. Would highly recommend “The First Frost” for a show where FL actually overcomes her tragic circumstances. It’s also on Netflix.

Thanks! It seemed like something that would be in an “extra” chapters but wanted to double check :)

Does the post-credit scene at the end originate in the book? Or did the drama writers came up with it themselves?

Oh, just found out that more story of the kids (and them in adulthood) is told in novel’s extras:

If you are reading the novel, look for the chapters titled "The Emperor's Childhood Sweetheart" or "Ning Niang and the Little Emperor" to find this specific content!

I wonder if the author has written / will write a sequel starring them ☺️

This drama had a very high budget (S+ tier) which might be why production company sold it to both Tencent and iQIYI (and Netflix too). Interestingly, it’s rumored the leads took slightly less money to ensure more budget would be allocated to production values and visual effects.

Nothing will ever convince the haters. They will scream the numbers are fake / manipulated until their blue in the face 🙄

Because he was the main person behind the coup that actually overthrew the previous emperor (forced him to abdicate) and then he did a bunch of bad things to cover it up (including wiping out loyal officers like FL’s dad). But, yeah, Tutor Li got off easy for sure