Dextran77

Half a month later and I'm still mad! That entire last arc not just the end was horrible. Almost something great ruined for the sake of "tension". This drama did not need a super villain!

Based on how cdramas usually go; he will be killed by someone to sow discord between ml and fl or he will sacrifice his life for fl or someone she cares for. Honestly wish she killed him, he tried to kill her 3 times.

I agree but at the same time, without the chain mail, one can argue that she wouldn't have fought the same way or maybe even ran considering her left arm is still injured(I think). She's the one who said to chase the assassin and she's also the one who asked for them to split up. I just think she prepared with the chain mail in mind, if it wasn't there, her plan would have most likely differed accordingly. All speculation though

I don't think so. I think without the chain mail she would have been nore cautious. There's no reason for her to not be alert when she already knew Xiao Weiran was lying so she likely left herself vulnerable like that to trap him.

It's a completely different story in the novel for the worse imo. No amnesia, no one trying to kill fl, fl obsessed with sml at the beginning, ml is kind of a loser especially when it comes to sml, both ml and fl very immature amd impulsive but more so the fl, ml has a concubine and also seems to fool around at the beginning. The only things that are similar are ml's sister being obsessed with sml from one encounter, although in the novel it's just seeing him. Spoilers from the novel are kind of useless since everything is so different.

A spoiler that might stand is that ml's sister will get manipulated by the 2ml's brother(emperor) into thinking fl is using both ml and 2ml while actually being a couple with Ning Fei. They probably won't use the same storyline but might keep the manipulation. Ning Fei and FL's clingy friend also become a couple in the novel

What episode are you on? She clearly said she just wants info from sml and doesn't care about their past promise. Watch the way she reacts to where he touched her hand in ep10

Doesn't seem like jing shi and wei tan are working together, atleast not on the part of killing fl

I read 27/140 chapters at the beginning and the last like 10 chapters so take what I say with a grain of salt. In the novel sml isn't exactly deceitful/double faced, he's completely emotionless except for when it comes to fl. Even when it comes to fl we only know that he cares because of internal monologues otherwise he also never shows that he cares for her in a romantic way.

She still has her martial arts skills, she just can't use a bow which is her specialty because of her injured left hand. She had 2-3 fights after her injury using a sword and is still strong af

In the novel she's friends with fl for 4 years in the prologue. I'm guessing they wanted to keep that relationship but unfortunately without that setup it just seems nonsensical.

It seems neither one of them actually want her dead though. Jing Shi says "don't force me to do this" and with the poison storyline, it's probably gonna be that he did that to save her somehow. Xiao Wei Ran is more concrete but there was some hesitation and pushback when the masked guy wanted Yi Xiao to be killed. I actually hope they are actual bad guys but they usually just turn out "good".

In the drama it seems fl and sml promised to marry after the battle shown at the start based on her memories in ep 7/8. So I'd say fl and sml are former superior-subordinate and lovers.

I wouldn't care too much about what happened in the novel because things are very different in the drama. In the novel, there is no amnesia. FL is very immature and impulsive in the novel. FL is beyond OBSESSED with sml in the novel. ML is honestly a loser in the novel while sml is constantly praised to high heaven by everyone, it almost feels like he's the ml whenever he's around. The drama's plots and character personalities are very different. The novel is also mainly focused on fl.

A short summary of how the novel starts is fl is 17, obsessed with sml. sml gets the arranged marriage for peace. fl attacks his "entourage" on their way to the marriage because she doesn't want sml to marry ml's sister. She kills one of sml's generals and he shoots her in the shoulder but she doesn't fall off a cliff because of it. She instead jumps off the cliff by herself because she loves sml too much. Dr lady rescues her. 4 years pass and her squad finds her and brings her back to sml. She's still obsessed with him. ML then appears and kidnaps fl to force sml to marry his sister. After a bunch of nonsense, sml leaves with the sister while fl stays in ml's palace as ordered by ml's father(ruler) because he doesn't want her to get in between sml and ml's sister who's also obsessed with sml. All this time sml is basically getting glazed by everyone while ml is just pathetically jealous after falling for fl in a few days. After that I skipped to the end where it's revealed that sml was made a eunuch thats why he couldn't be with fl. ml is still constantly jealous of him and fl's old army mates where also telling ml that they will take fl away if he doesn't take care of her so the 100+ chapters I skipped where probably just as lame. I doubt sml is a eunuch in the drama since we're shown that he and fl promised to marry after the battle. It's honestly a completely different story and different characters, just using the same names and some themes. The only thing that's remained the same is ml's sister being obsessed with sml after a single encounter. The novel is worse in that regard though because she falls for him after just seeing him not because he "saved" her like in the drama.

She's good but more annoying. In the novel Yi Xiao and her have a 4 year friendship before the novel truly begins so it makes more sense for her to be so attached to Yi Xiao there but she's still really annoying imo.

In this case it doesn't really matter because the drama and novel are very very different.

Don't read the novel, it's almost a completely different story. The drama seems to be a light adaptation. Imo it's a terrible novel. Like you, I got excited because of the first 6 eps and tried the novel for about 20 chapters. I want my time back, what a waste.

That plotline seems to still be there unfortunately, also from just one look🤦‍♀️. I refuse to watch princess royal because of what everyones says about 2ml. I love Jinmai but I can't stand annoying 2mls getting a lot of screentime.

Honestly understandable. I regretted watching moonlit reunion live instead of waiting for all the episodes to release because of the 2ml.

In the novel, ml honestly feels like a second male lead. The actual sml is described like some divine being by everyone , ml was even amazed by his aura at some point. ML has also never beaten him in their many years of war and gets agitated from just hearing his name. He's honestly kind of pathetic in the novel. Drama ml and fl are much better, will just have to see how sml is in the drama.

So far, it's a very light adaptation. My frustration comes from that I really enjoyed the first 6 episodes and wanted to see how those 6 eps play out in the novel only to be met with a mess. As I said, ML and FL's personalities are very different in the drama compared to the nove,l so for now atleast, I wouldn't be too worried about ml being a simp. There's also no amnesia in the novel so I'm hopeful it doesn't end up taking too much from the novel.

Tried reading the novel but gave up around mid 20s. FL is OBSESSED with sml, ml falls in love with fl after a few days of torturing her and holding her captive. I would be fine with it if he wasn't so pathetically in love that he no longer acts like a prince/general after just a few days of meeting fl. ML's sister is also beyond obsessed with sml after just one meeting like the drama BUT in the novel she acts much more unreasonable and essentially doesn't care about her brother or father who seem to care for her a lot, she only has sml in her brain.

I honestly hope the drama continues being a light adaptation, just those 20 chapters honestly infuriated me. Yi Xiao and Feng Suige's personalities are also much better in the drama imo.