eliteles1

I think he didn't reveal to her that he is the master of shadows. It's her nightmare.

I see a happy ending in the positive development of the two main characters' personal development. Messages hidden in the plot, which if we pay attention, are telling us something positive in the end. They always say, "It can't kill me." There is a reference to the immortal flower in the story, a flower that never dies, which is Mei Lin's favorite flower, and which despite showing Jing He's admiration for her, also represents himself (the personality that does not accept defeat), in most difficult moments in life. They are two similar characters. Like sides of the same coin. PS: In addition to a hidden message on the board that Jing He's mother left for him before she died (giving a warning, explaining her love for him, that she trusted him, that everything they accused him of, she knew he was innocent) . She died but managed to leave this message for him. And it was Mei Lin who made this possible. (In addition to the 5 trailers), and the ost. Some can see a sad ending, but I see many messages in text drama showing otherwise.
PS:
Another element, lines from the trailer: "I pay back what I owe you. Everything I made you suffer, I will spend my whole life making it up to you. Mei Lin, I'm here with you."
And the main symbol is the immortal flower (which serves as an analogy for the two main characters).
(And in the book it's a happy ending. I think the 4 writers of the drama want to keep the happy ending).

Trailer | EP22-23: Why can't people who love each other be together?😭| Kill Me Love Me【ENGSUB】
https://youtu.be/vn6GHR2uop0?si=58G1PNjb9Q0-yDAo

lilcub
i am not complaining because this drama is still one of the best i have watched regardless but i wish they kept jinghe grey shaded or atleast for a bit longer. he was promoted has this crazy pyscho but my man has been green flag since past 12-15 episodes. i know novel version of him was too crazy and that needed toning down that but they should've made him nice to mei lin only but still use other people.

lilcub
they had perfect opportunity to do so with the beauties. the beauties died but we found out it was not his fault and they didnt even die. but like give me twisted jinghe bro. he is become too nice bcz of meilin. meilin hates when he harms other people but idc thats i want...

eliteles1 VIP
I do care. How would there be any excuse in the drama for him to want justice for the 100,000 dead of the Wei Bei army if he was so careless about other people's lives. There would be no justice, and his righteous character would be completely fake, not even a bit better than the crown prince.

Alida3
@eliteles1 I’m really happy they wrote MJH as he is for the drama. I enjoyed the first few episodes a lot but I’m happy he is like he is now. Just a smoother transition would have been better.

lilcub
@eliteles1 ofcourse. but he was not supposed to be a righteous person. thats why i am saying they changed him too much. a grey character is not like others. i dont hold them to same standards. now he is just too nice (for a grey character). also i get redemption but they changed him too soon. and it was sudden. they could've stretched out his crazy era and later developed him into a nice person but his crazy only lasted 3 eps. thats what i am complaining about. now he looks like puppy in love. so puppy that even the likes of yue qin show him attitude. i still adore him but thats not what i signed up for.

eliteles1 VIP
@lilcub I understood what you meant in the sense of the dark charm of an anti-hero. But an anti-hero would never in the Eastern mind have a happy ending like in the original book (someone who is "really evil") becomes light, a hero and has his happy ending. I haven't watched The Double (and other dramas that commented on anti-heroes, I bet they didn't have happy endings. The king's wife, the male lead was a genuine anti-hero, had everything to have a happy ending, but the writers gave him a terrible ending. That's the point. (I think it would be possible to have more episodes with Murong Jing being this anti-hero), but not commonly in the minds of the writers. Although the director understood this, in the final special video of the filming, the director comments: It's the negative becoming positive, I like this concept". The director understood that the story would be the transformation of an evil person, into a totally different, redeemable person. And what we have in the drama was everything possible they had to build this transformation. To the point of keeping the happy ending of the book (my assumption here in this last sentence).

peng-peng
@eliteles1 Exactly.

Thank you! And what an interesting analogy with Beauty and the Beast for us to also appreciate the depth of Zi Gu's character.

There's more good stuff. As shown in the clip with the OST sung by Liu Xue Yi, there's a scene in the tower, the couple in love showing affection. In addition to the meeting in front of the gates, he comes back from a war.
I remember Murong Jing's comments, episodes ago, that he thought "love was a weakness, but he discovered that it is an armor giving him the strength to carry on".

Yes, I hope that after the angst it will be He. Please, writers, please do this.

I think Yue Qin is a true chess player and he will play with the feelings of both Murong Jing and Mei Lin to get his prize : Mei Lin.

I agree. From his first scene I liked his performance.

💘😊 Speculations based on the book, photos, trailers and behind the scenes footage I've seen or read.

Ahhh! Maybe then it's her bargaining to save Murong Jing's life.

🙃🙃😁😁😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏The description of true love. Without being corny, cliché, or false. As it was constructed and interpreted in the drama, this love completely convinces me. And it doesn't seem at all repetitive, as if I had already seen it in other dramas. It's not as if it were unnecessary, just to seem romantic. No, it's refreshing and beautiful. And the conflict constructed is coherent.

(Maybe it was a way to soften the scene) and pass the censorship (otherwise it would be one of those cut parts) taking the context out of the drama.

Mei Lin will (probably) find out that he is the master of shadows. And he intentionally uses this to pull her away from him so Prince Yue Qin can use the cure and prevent her from dying from the poisoning.

🎞️✍️✍️✍️🤝🤔

Me too.❤️

I understood what you meant in the sense of the dark charm of an anti-hero. But an anti-hero would never in the Eastern mind have a happy ending like in the original book (someone who is "really evil") becomes light, a hero and has his happy ending. I haven't watched The Double (and other dramas that commented on anti-heroes, I bet they didn't have happy endings. The king's wife, the male lead was a genuine anti-hero, had everything to have a happy ending, but the writers gave him a terrible ending. That's the point. (I think it would be possible to have more episodes with Murong Jing being this anti-hero), but not commonly in the minds of the writers. Although the director understood this, in the final special video of the filming, the director comments: It's the negative becoming positive, I like this concept". The director understood that the story would be the transformation of an evil person, into a totally different, redeemable person. And what we have in the drama was everything possible they had to build this transformation. To the point of keeping the happy ending of the book (my assumption here in this last sentence).

Yes, it's when she takes Yue Qin hostage, then (she's wearing a light purple dress) she throws herself off the cliff. Then Jing He, dressed in a black outfit, throws himself behind her off the cliff. And then there's the moment the two of them by the lake, crying and about to kiss. (But...the fact that they're going to fight to find the cure for each other's illness). Both his and her illness are cured with the red flower, jade flower (dragon) in the drama. And there are the pictures of him and her (wearing the flower on their heads), there's for the cure.

When watching The King's Woman. And I (hated the ending), unhappy ending. So let Murong Jing be a romantic and righteous prince (because I want a happy ending).

I didn't understand either, but there was an unexplained scene within the drama like the ghostly white horse.