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Ep10: it seems to me ,in zhuang and rong rong relationship, its rong rong who kept the ambiguousness from.her side, she seem to be his 1st love, and since he didnt know if she is with him or not..and will accept him or not may have caused his rejection of FL ...and his comment later on that " in such a state , the love will fizzle out" that he made when ye rong inquires him in the context of siliang and the guy pursuing her... in that entire discussion, it could be assumed they are actually talking about themselves... and the way ye rong blocks zhuang when they meet FL on the steps on ep10 clearing indicates.. she want to keep him blocked, though she knows he no longer likes her and likes the FL..

It bothers me when such underhanded methods are employed by ones own childhood friends.. she knows she didnt accept him earlier due to his family situation, and now he has moved on..and he has every right..by blocking his happiness , she is showing how ugly her heart is...
For zhuang , ye rong is 1st love..for FL , zhuang is 1st love.. it looks like both didnt succeed in it.. poor guy..he seemed to have people gushing over his looks everywhere ,in college , in office..without any success in love.. i still think he is poor judge of character.. neither he understood his childhood friend, nor FL... had he understood, he would have run away from the 1st, and run towards the 2nd .. in one of the episodes he says , what do i have to give her... if he knew her , he would know that she would have accepted him with just clothes on his back and not a penny to his name.. thats her nature..and he is clueless , he didnt know this about her.. he didnt know the gem of a person she is, despite immense power and wealth, she is not the kind to hurt even an enemy..he ascribes all bad qualities to her..and i dont even know what got him to fall for her at the end of college .. her facecard?.. ML had time to access her (though he fell for her face card, and style of fighting for herself in the party), he judges her character correctly and ensures he doesnt loose her... with all that smartness, zhauang could access all the markets in the world and becpme a great investment banker but cant access the righteousness of the girl he fell for and protect her when she needed it.. he was poor monetarily before, he is still poor ,later on, due to poor judgement

my impressions based off novel :
if Zhaung lost FL it is entirely his own doing. i feel he has a big chip on his shoulder, immense low complex feelings - his own personal struggles made him feel his self striving life was somehow better and FL's easy and casual approach inferior and downlookable.. (didnt she get into that college on her own merit!) - i wonder in their immese jeolousy of her wealth and privilages they assumed she got the seat via connections)

I feel in the 4 years none of her batch mates understood FL (including Zhaung as well as ML understood her real nature in the few months he spent working along side (though most of the time he was prejuidiced against her as well) - his comment (in her batchmates wedding in the context of rong rong, one is paper tiger and other is a real cub - and the cub is worried her showing claws to protect herself might have been excessing and hurting to other party - makes one wonder , even that prejudiced person can see her real nature in short time , than her supposed friends and dormmates- Also , none supporting the FL when she was wrongly accused makes it clear how superficial their friendship was - and not even Zhaung comes to her aid when she was wrongly accused by rong rong- he believes FL would take such a drastic and desparate measure like not passing an interview call , to ease her path towards him- is such hypocritical narsisssm on his part or may be FL's midadventure in proposing him caused him to believe that.

if he loved her , he would not have allowed his childhood friend attack her and insult someone he loves , constantly , and if he loved her , he should have come out openly, spell it out , not kept it in ambiguity. like how FL leads says , people in real love keep it open and honest - which both ML and FL were.. but not Zhuang , rong rong or Si liant (who also liked Zhuang!)-

also , zhuang was supposed to have looked at her with disgust when she first proposed him. that should be enough about his persona and attitute towards her- even if he didnt like her, he could have politely refused , dont have to be disrespectful, humiliating and look her down.

i would have wished she had accessed him correctly at that point and picked self respect over stupid infactuation and ,moved away- i dont hate her for continue to love him , though

my impressions based off novel :
if Zhaung lost FL it is entirely his own doing. i feel he has a big chip on his shoulder, immense low complex feelings - his own personal struggles made him feel his self striving life was somehow better and FL's easy and casual approach inferior and downlookable.. (didnt she get into that college on her own merit!) - i wonder in their immese jeolousy of her wealth and privilages they assumed she got the seat via connections)

I feel in the 4 years none of her batch mates understood FL (including Zhaung as well as ML understood her real nature in the few months he spent working along side (though most of the time he was prejuidiced against her as well) - his comment (in her batchmates wedding in the context of rong rong, one is paper tiger and other is a real cub - and the cub is worried her showing claws to protect herself might have been excessing and hurting to other party - makes one wonder , even that prejudiced person can see her real nature in short time , than her supposed friends and dormmates- Also , none supporting the FL when she was wrongly accused makes it clear how superficial their friendship was - and not even Zhaung comes to her aid when she was wrongly accused by rong rong- he believes FL would take such a drastic and desparate measure like not passing an interview call , to ease her path towards him- is such hypocritical narsisssm on his part or may be FL's midadventure in proposing him caused him to believe that.

if he loved her , he would not have allowed his childhood friend attack her and insult someone he loves , constantly , and if he loved her , he should have come out openly, spell it out , not kept it in ambiguity. like how FL leads says , people in real love keep it open and honest - which both ML and FL were.. but not Zhuang , rong rong or Si liant (who also liked Zhuang!)-

also , zhuang was supposed to have looked at her with disgust when she first proposed him. that should be enough about his persona and attitute towards her- even if he didnt like her, he could have politely refused , dont have to be disrespectful, humiliating and look her down.

i would have wished she had accessed him correctly at that point and picked self respect over stupid infactuation and ,moved away- i dont hate her for continue to love him , though -

just completed ep1, and then started reading the novel - hope it doesnt turn out to be a bad idea

fantastic write up!!! I thoroughly enjoyed reading your reading of the drama. which in all probability is how it should be read.

It is a wonderful drama, totally reeled me in, I understand whats going on , but still there are characters who sacrified themselves for greater good, the Chancellor Gao, Gu Yu ... they came out of the same system too, opressed by the same killer rules - kill or be killed , even in that moment they choose sacrifice because it will help bring peace to the realm , normalcy , decency , humaness.... ML and his side is killing to bring down people who led the realm to such a devastating chaos- turning humans to animals... animals first instinct is survival, and all those who choose to kill for their greed , survival , benefit are still animals... it doesnt matter they put some thought while attempting it

the series has such a wierd setting , actually -. there is so much death, ML , the deposed emporer and his brother , yan feng shan, wang pu and everyone around them, .. all seem to lead a very abnormal life...havent seen anyone leading normal life in the series, must have been really choatic timeperiod during that time.... it made me wonder , what is so great about life that people like yan feng shan and ML's uncle are willing to kill to survive without compassion or kindness ... is that life even worth being called a "human" life... they are just animals ..

Thanks for the explanation. i didnt think that deep. it is true, surviving huben army itself must be a huge yardstick to one;s intelligence and competence... really broke my heart that he couldnt protect his sister, and being geniuses didnt help his father.. and poor chap leading such a pitable life using his brains to get his revenge

once in a while you come across stories that has a lot of meat, this is one such a story! it needs more than 50 odd to narrate the story in half decent manner. 28 is too few ... the ride seems bit choppy....
feels like starved off some good content...

Ep16: was it smart not letting the deposed emporer know his elder brother is awake? that idiot gave himself away by saying "brother wake up fast"/....am not really trusting the elder brother? he has too many tricks up his sleeve.. and he also tried killling han zling

spoiler :
Ep13: Did his sister really die? what a shock this is !

at Ep14: it seems this is the 1st time ML has come out of the villlage he is working as registrar, and wonders who recommended him and brought him to the emporers notice. yet from gu yu to yan feng shan , all seem to be aware of his capability!!!! what capability when did he had opportunity to make them see and fear?- they all met him when he was 10 or lessyears old,so what am i missing? how does they know about his capability when he may not have made any direct confrontation till then?bit confusing- super speed pace , too many plots , places and people.

I'm enjoying immensely but wish pace was a bit slow with more explaination

this is one of the 1st chinese dramas i watched , so so long ago when it 1st released. i really enjoyed it then, rewatched it a few times in the following years.

rewatching it again, am enjoying the series in a different way, am enhoying performancdes of actors i thought irritating...and yea, there are parts am finding them very cringy now.. but still

the 1st time i watched this series thats what i thought , Erxi is irritating. rewatching after years, i realise the actress is so cute , pixie like.. and her expressions are very cute too.. yea , she adds some spice to the series through her actions..

yea, ZS looks stiff, She looks fine in most portions, though she looked very thin and malnourished in some parts, very very thin//wonder what was going on with her then

Ep9: i can understand if no one recognises crown prince in that village, but why aint the royal guards recognising in the palace.. also, for all the smartness female lead shows , csnt she make out his looks , smooth hands, language , posture , way he carries himself indicate a noble upbringing , for she herself come from such a background..she calls everyone idiot or fool. But not able to figure ML background is unusual..

Thai dramas hit you different when compared to C/K/T/J dramas , either you absolutely love , or hate them...
..the language was something that took me some time to get used to , and , the dramas can come across as very over the top, and sometimes extreme, without dumbing down or sugar coating uncomfortable themes.., but once you look past all that, it can be very enjoyable..

Ofcourse! Mark is one of my fav thai actors, but these dramas are genuinely brilliant. I find it difficult to get into genre of thai dramas, but these are so nice. You will fall in love with everu character in the dramas, not just main leads, even side characters are adorable.

ep2 : why would the PM had to make a coup? isnt he already the most powerful one in the kingdom, making decisions for the kingdom ?? who is there to challenge him?

2 thai dramas - kluen cheewit and my forever sunshine..

I understand why paik saeon disappeared ,as punishment , but going to that war zone is bit too much. Writers should have handled it differently.. it must have shocked him immensely that his father is responsible for so much loss in her life, and her familys ..so he must have wanted to beat himself , punish himself.. but bringing in such a wierd war zone arc out of blue to demonstrate how he punished himself is bit too much.. i guess this part is tge reason people downrated it a bit ..but loved it so much more the 2nd round watching.

true .. it started so well, was great mostly ..only ending was a bit let down ..still i enjoyed every bit of it the 1st round , eagerly waiting every week for new episode release.. now watching it 2nd time..