Great review! Really enjoyed reading it :)Although I didn't/ haven't (undecided on this) complete this show, it's…
Heheh... tyvm... ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife... that's life. Yes indeed huge Charmaine fan... she was great in Winter Begonia as well.
The boy standing behind the emperor in her bedchamber when Yanyan was deathly ill? Is it implied he is Han Derang and Yanyan's son? Or is he her son-in law? The camera pans in on him several times.
Its a tragedy but if you stop watching at 60 its an open/happy for now ending but you won't know what happens…
The book has a very sad ending. Basically the ML commits suicide and the FL follows him after their child is born. And just about everyone else you care about in the drama dies. Its a beautiful tragedy but it has some of the best, most beautiful romantic scenes and lines I have watched.
The drama has an open ending that you can take as a happy ending. The epilogue has additional footage with scenes that hints that things don't stay well but that's it. Actually they stopped the drama there because the last 12 episodes got cut by the censors. This year the last 12 episodes got released (look for Royal Nirvana Special). It closes all the loose threads and it more closely follows the book ending. Some viewers still choose to interpret it as they go off into exile together. But most people (and I) think they both died, same as the novel.
To avoid a sad ending, you can just skip Royal Nirvana Special and accept the open ending in this version.
Mingyi underestimates her yet again to think she would mistreat his concubine and is surprised and ashamed by…
LOL - all emperors are sociopaths - anyone who refers to themselves in the third person (zhen 朕; I, the sovereign) all the time gets pretty messed up after awhile... But I think she got the better of him in that conversation....
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Yes indeed huge Charmaine fan... she was great in Winter Begonia as well.
It should be on youtube but you may need a VPN unless you are in the US. I am region restricted on youtube so I can't see if it has subtitles yet.
The drama has an open ending that you can take as a happy ending. The epilogue has additional footage with scenes that hints that things don't stay well but that's it. Actually they stopped the drama there because the last 12 episodes got cut by the censors. This year the last 12 episodes got released (look for Royal Nirvana Special). It closes all the loose threads and it more closely follows the book ending. Some viewers still choose to interpret it as they go off into exile together. But most people (and I) think they both died, same as the novel.
To avoid a sad ending, you can just skip Royal Nirvana Special and accept the open ending in this version.