PeachBlossomGoddess

It seems to me there is a lot of new arcs that were opened that is unnecessary if they don't make more seasons - i.e,. Ka Dan and the birth of Si Yilin's son, ZX's origins and how he became orphaned, Luo Si's ascent, the Liufeng Shuang's story, even Ning's story is incomplete.. But I suspect if there are more books in the series adapted, there would almost certainly be quite a few changes in the main cast.

made my skin crawl.

ep 22: Ma Wei's speech

Someone told me that in the novel its choose your own ending. Neither, both or one or the other.

It’s a good series but quite long. I don’t have time to read it but it has a high score and good reviews on Douban books.

Apparently the original novel is also quite humorous.

I don’t doubt that but hopefully he doesn’t take out either SYL or DL before that.

Yes but when he does, YZ will have equal standing instead of being a slave colony of Zichuan.

Lu Di is there by design, he is not just comic relief. ZX spares him repeatedly bc he knows if Beizu sends a real smart general like YQX, he and his ragtag army are doomed. But as long as Lu Di is there to "conquer Yanzhou", Beizu won't send a more competent army.

Indeed. And he is a reluctant hero. He'd rather leave YZ and return to Ning (I know peeps don't like to hear this). He was like Guangmingwang/King of Light WTF is that ??? But his conscience nagged him into adopting them, albeit reluctantly.

Indeed. But in this world, people like SYL can't survive. And tbh I don't like heroes like that. I find them boring.

Ning is coming of age and she is being groomed to take over from Canxing. Raising money to repair Wanyu was her first big task. She has to prove her ability. So she was also using Ma Wei. And she does know him since childhood - he is from one of the influential merchant families. Like all merchants families once they have money, they aspire to nobility and power. As for Ma Wei he is already part of the administrative bureaucracy that Ning/the court officials have to manage.

I don't think Ma Wei and Canxing are on the same side. Ma Wei in his own words is frightfully ambitious. He means to ascend to power using Ning. He may love her as well but it doesn't hurt she is the heir. He is ultimately Canxing's enemy, not his ally. I think Ning is on to him though and I don't think she was ever into him. Maybe she was just lonely and flattered by his attention. But ultimately she still loves Xiu AND she is both her father's daughter and Canxing's niece. There is a lot of cunning behind her ditzy act.

is not just a bad guy, he is a very, very, very bad guy.

Well I think now we know that Ma Wei

Right now he is chaotic good. He is out numbered and out classed so he can only fight a guerrilla war where his chaotic-ness makes him difficult to predict.

He is no different from all the other choices in that matter. No one has the time or luxury of putting their loved one first in this chaotic world. The only person who seems to have time to sit around and water plants is Canxing but I am quite sure no one wants to pick him.

All yours - DL is a hard no for me.

If you did that, any way you cut and paste those parts together you will get one helluva an ugly dude.

Hmmm… not a princess and don’t want or need to be taken care of. Just want to have an interesting and fun life.