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I agree. This show deserves higher rating. It's unfair before seeing the whole show. Sometime the beginning may sound bad but the ending and the overall show is better.

It seems the rating here fluctuates between 8.2 and 8.3 whenever I visit this forum.

You're welcome

Watched until the end credit. It was implied that FJM is the prince's mentor but it was confirmed at the end when he caught the flying feather.

LOL, thanks for your recommendations.

That's true. I also like him which is the reason I watched the drama.

I'm not the best to recommend C-dramas to watch because I don't watch that many C-dramas.
From the recommendation below, it seems "Please Feel At Ease Mr.Ling " is light enough. How about "You're my Glory". I haven't watched either of them.

In the top 100 of C-dramas I think "Get Ahead" is pretty light and it's more family oriented. My mom watched this one so I sort of got the gist of the show.

No worries. Wise choice to watch it after it finished airing :)

I think not outright BL but sort of so they removed it in the drama. Yes, FJM already has a lot of haters so it's good that they didn't write him darker. I agree that he really shouldn't decide things for her. Loving someone means also need to listen to his/her opinion.
In an interview, William said that FJM couldn't express emotion and his character often got misunderstood so he was pretty depressed and needed to exercise daily after filming.

Yes, they changed a lot from the novel. I think they blurred the line with BL in the novel because Jianming came between the Emperor and Haishi. I think the Emperor forced himself on Haishi in the novel, instead of Tilan in the drama but I might be wrong about this part. Tilan existed and she worked with the brother and General Tang. When the Emperor died, the moved back to their own country. Although the emperor had become dark and cruel and Jianming enabled him. It's much darker in the novel. Jianming also poisoned Zheliu for real in the novel. They're all much nicer in the drama.

I also don't really like unhappy endings. Yes, let's hope so :)

Yes, it's open ended so can be anything. I guess she visits him but whether they still continue with their marriage it's up to us to guess.

I haven't read it. But from what I read from the thread here. Jianming and Haishi had more of a student and teacher relationship, so not romantic. She was pregnant with the Emperor's child. Both Jianming and the Emperor died so she became the Empress Dowager like in the drama and took care of the child. It seemed she only loved Jianming and whether Jianming loved her romantically, it was up to the reader's interpretation.

Nice to see you here.

Yes, it's pretty sad. At least ZY and ZL got their happy ending although their scenes were cut short.

Thanks,

No worries ❤️

Merry Christmas if you celebrate ❤️

Ah yes, reading too much spoiler will do that :) Even this show doesn't focus much on romance but it's more than Sword Snow Stride :)

I've watched up to episode 6 of Sword Snow Stride, so far no romance :) From the comments, even in the 18 there is still no romance so it doesn't focus heavily on that.

Ouch. I hope you can find something you like.

I like the drama not a very big fan :) I didn't even rate the drama or write a review. I just asked at which episode that you stopped. It's OK to stop or drop the drama. If you already watch up to certain part, you sort of get the whole story.

Are you in the Sword Snow Stride's board as well? I might see your name. I need to catch up with that.

At which episode did you drop? I think you get the gist the story anyway if you have watched up to 40 something.

OK. I believe your judgement 😊

OK 😃

OK 😃. I can't really judge because I don't watch that many C-dramas to know the annoying behaviour people often complain about.

I will still watch the show, just need to find the time.

Ah OK. I haven't seen that show. LOL, yes, I often see people complained about this kind of attitude. So here is an example.

Yup, that's the sad part, back to square one.