Cesia Aozora

The author wrote: GQZ's soul inhabits SXH's body. GQZ gains SXH's memories, thus creates a NEW SXH, which is NEITHER GQZ nor SXH.

Lol this is so awful! Who submitted the order of the cast list??? Why is it so random?

Xu Zhengxi is the THIRD cast bcos he is the second ML.
Fsn Shuaiqi is the FOURTH cast as she is the second FL.
Lai Weiming comes next after Fan Shuaiqi.

Please look and follow the official weibo for guide, don't just randomly submit.

If it is done according to the novel, she will run away and Xihe will help her escape, then faking her death. She will return as a woman, assuming an identity of Bu Shulin's cousin, give birth to twins and get married with Cui Jinbai.

Idk if I should spoil her arc from the novel, but open the spoiler comment if you are curious.

This drama is absolutely brilliant!!! I didn't read the synopsis nor spoilers for this so I didn't have any clue about this drama.

Man! I didn't expect this drama to have plot twist inside plot twist inside plot twist and there's another plot twist!
Everytime there is something revealed I wanted to curse! 🤬🤬🤬
You think you know, but you don't.

Wow what a thrill ride!
Then I cried 😭😭😭
Like why life is so hard for them????

Reboot should be around 8.5!
Where is everybody???
I highly recommend it!

Yes both are played by Meng Ziyi, but for Gu Qingzhi they will only show her hands or chin, something like that. It is ridiculous though bcos they don't have the same face like twins. His husband suspects her soul inhabits Shen Xihe's body, means they don't have the same face.

This point is actually accurate with the source material. The FL doesn't have any romantic feelings towards the ML despite his approach nor she likes any other man. She is a career woman. She agreed to marry the ML in the end though, but their marriage life ends fast...

The script for this drama was given to her since 2024. Yaoke was willing to wait for Meng Ziyi until late 2026 before they can start filming 🤧

The plot is "second chance romance ".
Of course, after that tragedy in LIP, they need a second chance 🤭

The filming will begin in August.

If you like story that is heavy in politics or schemes, this isn't for you. The novel of TSTR focuses on the relationship of the couple and their growth as a person. The FL here has a very tragic life and the ML is her light of hope.

They will have separation.

In the novel they break up for 3 years after he "betrayed" her for indirectly killing her aide. The FL begs the emperor to spare his life, so the emperor demotes him.

Then there will be a war, so the ML will go to the frontier in Jiannan, while the FL stays in Guangzhou to guard the city. This separation is about 1 year.

Their whole relationship, from their first meeting when they were 17, to the ending, spans for 10 years!

The drama will also have separation. ML will go blind just like in the novel. During this time they will reconcile.

Of course! The FL has suffered too much since young so she deserves a HE ❤️
Even the synopsis of the novel already foretold the ending of the couple 🤭

The novel really highlights the ups and downs of the couple and their growth as a person.

I don't understand why Luo Yutian looks different in every drama? 🥲

The links for youtube have been removed 😭
I found it on dailymotion:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xacvedy

There is this dialogue between Shen Zaiye and Jiang Taohua when he doubted her. This scene explains their relationship perfectly.
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“You jest, my lord,” Taohua narrowed her eyes. “We’re both wary of each other, knowing the other is cunning. Your so-called trust was merely your judgment, believing I had no reason to betray you. You didn’t truly trust me as a person. If you did, you wouldn’t have blamed me without question as soon as something went wrong.”

Indeed, neither of them fully trusted the other. In his heart, he even considered her a formidable opponent. So when something happened, he naturally questioned her first. Sometimes he couldn’t see through her thoughts and schemes, deepening his suspicions.
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Their relationship started from schemes. There was no trust, only cooperation and temporary pact. Knowing the other party is ruthless, one always has to be on guard. From there though, they fall in love, although he already fell at first sight 🤭

I mostly read novels being adapted to drama played by Meng Ziyi, but I would like to recommend:
Tigers Sniff The Rose (mydramanovel)
The Princess Gambit (mydramanovel)
Pingyang Gongzhu (mydramanovel)
Royal Rumours (https://www.kanunu8.com/book5/zzshiguang/)

Inside that kanunu8 website, you can try reading novels written by:
1. Author: 希昀 Xi Yun
侯门 
逢君 
2. author: 九月流火 Jiu Yue Liu Huo
难消帝王恩 
九叔万福
玉佩里的太子爷 
锦衣杀

Shen Yue. She is the FL's cousin. Evil, jealous, petty and is in love with the SML (Prince Fu Xiuyi, played by Yang Shize). She deeply hates FL and keeps trying to harm her to get a chance to marry the prince.

"tigers sniff the rose" is originally based on Siegfried Sassoon's poet which describes "a powerful individual who also possesses a delicate side".
The poet is translated to Chinese as "there is a fierce tiger in my heart carefully sniffing a rose" which symbolizes having both power and gentleness within one's nature.
This title actually portrays both FL and ML perfectly.

FL has bad temper and mood swings, arrogant and cold, but actually fragile and lonely.
ML is gentle, kindhearted, pure and a green forest, but he is decisive and ruthless when facing evil.

Until 2024, she didn't have choices and scripts for female leads. She received offer for Blossom bcos she acted in Legend of Heroes (made by Yaoke/Youhug) where the producers were pleased with her acting.

But TPG? It was a rare chance for her to be the FL. She only received scripts for 10 eps and thought it was good.

Thankfully Blossom became a hit and she received multiple offers, even trusted by Xinli for their 2 S+ drama projects.