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Precisely! I think they are both well cast. My only concern is how they will show Dou Zhao as a toddler, or will they skip the entire rebirth thing since it’s banned in Chinese dramas.

See? A truly fated couple 😌

I just began reading the novel, and I can’t wait for this adaptation! Someone on this platform said that Wu Lei would have been a better ML because the character Song Mo is involved in some military stuff, but I beg to differ. Song Mo is described as having a beautiful face, maybe even looking delicate like a scholar, so I think Li Yunrui fit this character to a Tee. He can be cold to others, but is act very gentle to those he cares about. He only turned out the way he did in the past life because of his father’s nasty betrayal. I also think the female lead is also well cast. I need this drama to air soon!

oh my! where are you reading from? I can’t find it anywhere

Hold your horses dear…remember that Su Rongqing was castrated before he moved to the princess’s residence. Li Rong didn’t cheat, sure she was close with him, but that was all it was to it, very close confidant and friend. Neither of the couple cheated

He will eventually, right now, he’s still a seventh level official I think.

Y’all did this air in some alternate universe or something?! I literarily can’t find it ANYWHERE, it’s like it never happened! Not even on YT!

Oh! I understand now! These two and their childish antics, it’s like their brains also regressed🤣

How do I put this, PWX didn’t love his ex-fiancée the way people, including Li Rong, thought he did. Some chapters into the novel, he discovered that he did love Li Rong, but by then they already had issues with her, and he was too proud to admit that he was wrong in keeping quiet about his ‘white moonlight’. So the misunderstanding continued, they later had other issues and differing ideas when it came to politics, by the end of their marriage things had soured so much that they weren’t living together anymore as husband and wife. Their misunderstanding started from him allowing Li Rong to think that his ex-fiancée was the love of his life, she wasn’t, he just had a strong sense of duty towards her, so he felt responsible for taking care of her. When their second life, he comes to realize that he had loved the princess earlier on in their marriage, but was to proud or maybe afraid to tell her that the one he loved was her. The crux of their problem is lack of communication, so misunderstanding upon misunderstanding was allowed to continue. But that is what this story is about, neither were perfect, but they were given a second chance to make things right. Even at the beginning, they still kept some of their feelings to themselves, it obvious even in just these 6 episodes that PWX likes Li Rong, but he hasn’t even acknowledged this to himself, let alone tell Li Rong how he feels. This is a story of redemption, character growth and second chances. Give PWX a chance, he eventually does right by Li Rong

Your Math is wrong , PWX was 20, died 20 years later, so he was 40 when he died. Li Rong was 18, died 20 years later so she was 38 when she died. They were married for 20 years in the drama

After watching these first 6 episodes, I’m glad to admit that ZLH has matured so much in leaps and bounds as an actor. His facial expressions are so spot on. I was a bit worried at first when I learnt he was cast in the role of PWX, having read most of the novel, his character is a complex one, a mix of brilliance and wit, sarcasm and pettiness, proud yet cautious. If not well portrayed, one would find it hard to like him as a character, I know I didn’t like PWX in the first few chapters of the novel. Thankfully, ZLH did brilliant in bringing his role to life, as for ZJM, I knew she would deliver, and she did! I’m glad I’ve found my new historical drama, as The Double ends.

I can’t the synopsis anywhere, does anyone know what it’s about?

You’re right on the spot! I was wondering why the Emperor’s styling looked so familiar, they copied CDM’s look in JOL, but he’s the dopey version, he doesn’t look sharp

You took the words right out of my mouth. Zhang Zhe is the exact opposite of who she is. One good thing I admire about Ning’er in her past life and this one is that she acknowledges who she is, a manipulative schemer. She truly admired Zhang Zhe in this two lifetimes because he upright and righteous, even when being like this was not favorable to him and made him unlikable in court, he never wavered. In the past life because of her plea, he gets implicated and loses his mother, she feels terribly guilty to him. So in this life, though she’s scheming in the opposite direction of her past life, she still feels he’s too good for her. What Ning’er admires in him is this quality of righteousness that she lacks. She thought that maybe because she isn’t scheming to be empress in this life, she’s qualified to like him and maybe end up with him, but his mother’s death hit her hard, and she realizes that she can never get past this barrier. To be honest, even if his mother didn’t end up dying in this lifetime, it still wouldn’t not have been a happy ending for them, because they are fundamentally the opposite of each other. Take for instance their opinions about Xie Wei, Zhang Zhe maintains that Xie is a bad and manipulative person, while Ning’er has no qualms excusing Xie Wei’s cunningness, even though she has a good knowledge of what he did in the past life. At this point, it’s obvious who is more suited to be Ning’er’s love interest, she just haven’t realized it yet.

just keep watching, he’ll show up eventually, and will have enough screen time too

it’s a fictional dynasty, but the clothing style is from the Song Dynasty

That’s it! This episode I became fed up with GZY! When GSJ presents him with reasonable argue meng and hard facts to support his claim, all he does is say ‘Rubbish, You just want to revenge against Lady Wuji!’ At least GSJ always questioned, doubted and eventually interrogated SGQ, and I’ll truly be heartbroken for him when he finds out who SGQ really is. Gong Yuanzhi still doesn’t believe her even now! Our ‘sword wielder’ believes everything he’s told and does not pause to question coincidences. I know they’re trying to show how trusting and nice his character is, but they’ve ended up making him look dull-witted. The director and scriptwriter didn’t do GZY’s character good.

Gong Zi Shang does have an elder in her family lineage, which is her father. He has been alluded to so many times though we haven’t seen him. When the prince in disguise asks her why she’s slaving away in her lab trying to invent new weapons when nobody sees or appreciate what she does, she says she’s doing it to earn her father’s approval ( episode 10 I think), and when her bratty spoilt younger brother enters, he tells her that their father says he’s his favorite, and that when he grows up, he will take her position from her. So, her father is very much around, we just haven’t seen him

Thanks much

I dropped see you again because of her. I didn’t just cancel her without giving her a try. I’ve watched ‘ And the winner is Love’, watched ‘Love lasts two minds’, ‘Mirror City’. Her acting didn’t get any better. Maybe she just isn’t female lead material