PeachBlossomGoddess

Yeah I think you are gonna need to duke it out. I just want the right to auction him off to the highest bidder.

Nope that was not Zhuoyimg and it was no accident. They modified the characters name in the drama so maybe it won’t play out like that but that is a major major ending spoiler that probably should not be posted.

He does the same thing to the emperor who lost the will to live long ago and resents that he has no choice in the matter because he cannot bear to kill Jianming, his bosom friend. He begs Jianming many times to free him from the baixi. He even took Haishi from Jianming to make him feel what it’s like to lose what he most cherishes.

Poor Haishi - it is her destiny to be a pawn. Her father uses her to lure the merfolk. Her shifu also uses her as his pawn. Arguably they both love her but in an equally destructive way - her father was willing to destroy her life while her shifu protects her life but destroys her soul. Who is the worst guy? That is why she and the emperor console each other in the end, they are both Jianming’s pawns in their own way.

I think Youda deserves better than someone who is only capable of loving someone else. Thankfully he moves on and gets the hell away from this bat shit crazy obsessive threesome.

It is possible but I think it is more likely to make it more convincing that Zhuoying turned against him. Remember Zhe Liu was last seen in Ji Chang's residence and Haishi only discovered later, after Zhuoying had left that shifu had spoken with Zhe Liu. So I don't think there was time for Zhuoying to investigate/get suspicious.

In the novel it is also how the emperor knew early on, from the moment he saw the ring exactly what Haishi meant to Jianming, something he only confesses to Jianming at the end. Because he gave her something he wouldn't even give to the emperor. This adaptation is so cleverly done bc it is true to the novel but it also isn't at the same time.

I love how they did the thumb ring here:

Yeah fingers crossed I quite like what they have done so far with it...

Lol fair enough... 束之高阁。

Only Jianming.

I can try, just DM me.

It leaves a lot to interpretation but I personally think she started to understand at least part of his motives after she finds out about the baixi. If you think she never fully appreciated the extent of his love for her, then it means in the same way she also loved him in the same way, without expecting anything in return. The writer is brilliant because she leaves many things either unsaid or only said in small sentences or via symbolism. So Jianming's last thoughts are that over the years maybe Haishi will only remember him occasionally or not at all. And then she describes the little emperor practicing archery and the most important detail in that short chapter is that he wears the green gold rimmed ring that is too big for him is fastened on by thread. That is how we know Haishi still thinks of him and if we think she is smart then she eventually understood everything.

The original story is a very sad story. To Haishi, Fan Jianming was the wound in her chest that would not heal for years, until death.他是她胸中一道长年不能愈合的伤，非死亡不能治愈.

Possible but I think less likely...

No shit! And I am shaking my fist at the writers as well bc that is so dogs blood I expect better of them. It is like giving me a piece of candy and then snatching it away before I can take a bite.

Yes I agree. I think nothing will happen between Haishi and the emperor but its quite clear by now that Jianming will die and I suspect so will Tilan. I think they will pass off Tilan's baby as Haishi's child with the emperor. And then it will be the book ending.They will give Jianming about 1 month with Haishi but they won't have a child together.

Even though I love the book, it is too dark and sad. It is also unlikely to pass censorship if it is adapted faithfully. I would like to see if they can change it in a good way.

2bn views only averages <60mm views per episode. Tencent has 120mm paying subscribers so only about half of them are watching this. The drama started quite well but at the moment it is really not doing that great, especially considering there is almost no competition as nothing else high budget like this is airing. At this kind of run rate with 14 episodes to go, at best it ends up with 3bn views, very far short of the 20-30bn that many popular dramas end up at. With 68 episodes in total Princess Agents for example ended up with 48bn views or 705mm viewers per episode.

I just keep scrolling bc anything else just fans the flames.