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Exactly my thought!! pretend to fight or atleast move around instead of standing like rocks

He gets his fair share of karma

I was disappointed coz that's the point we realise the story world is making Yu become ruthless just like Dan became the mad tyrant but then Dan stops her and says 'you don't have to change, I will do the dirty work for you'.

In original novel East Wind Blooms Thousand Flowers, Prince Duan and Yu Wanyin are lead characters. Yu falls in love with Duan during the lantern festival and helps him to overthrow Dan. Xie is just a side character who became cannon fodder. So Dan and Xie dies in this story.

In Devil's Beloved Consort (level 1 transmigration), a modern character Chunchun transmigrates into the novel East Wind with full knowledge of the plot. She realises she is the character Xie who bound to die in the end. To change her fate, she aligns with Duan and plots against Yu. She aids him with her knowledge of the plot to overthrow Dan. So Dan and Yu dies and are buried together. Imo, Devil's beloved consort refers to Xie for being the transmigrator and becoming lead of the story.

1&2. Yes
3. Yes but only in Devil's Beloved Consort.
4. In DBC, Yu is still deeply in love with Duan as in the East Wind and tries to help him. However, Duan is just a selfish jerk vying for power so he finds better use of Xie's foreseeing power. There's a reason they were buried together but that's a major spoiler so leaving it out.

No. The Empress Dowager wanted a puppet Crown Prince just in case when Dan gets out of her control. So after one child, she didn't care about it but made sure all concubines had birth control potion.

Li Pei Yi constantly using her injuries/scars to collect evidence captures her unhinged character perfectly

I think this shooting wrapped up late 2023. He is yet to choose any drama projects after ADWAD. He is still busy with his concert tour and likely to shoot for variety shows Truth and Wow the world.

I really hope the drama has more than a single scene in real world. Her boss who bought the novel copyright in ep1 must be Zhang San.

In the novel, we get an epilogue chapter in real world about fl finding and meeting ml. He becomes a successful CEO and actually facilitates her transmigration. He buys the novel rights to produce it as drama and makes it is popular in 2026 so that she would read it and transmigrate.

Comments saying cases are predictable is funny coz only one case is closed which was also spoiled by mdl synopsis. Also this is investigation procedural rather than a whodunit.

yeah he is waiting in real world over 10 years for her to enter the novel and experience it. He waited 10 years for her arrival in the novel and after he gets back,, he again waited for 10 years.

They joint-rule the Xia Kingdom, so after ML dies in the book, FL is the Empress for sometime. Then their son (yes, they had a kid!) is crowned and FL travels the world before she dies of old age. She also realises the book world and its characters exists on their own and will continue to exist. After her death, she returns to the exact moment she transmigrated in the subway. So ML had already retuned to his school days and was waiting over 10 years in the real world for her.

If its following the novel, then this is just a mere speculation and 2nd ML is just a 2D character. She's just having an existential crisis!!
Since Yu finds Dan has transmigrated, she suspects Duan could also be from their world. As Duan is extremely smart, suspicious and meticulous (like changing minor details in Xie's plans), she gets doubtful but she'll figure out soon.

Dan gets cured of the poison and after several years together, he indeed dies before Yu

Yeah, you are right! It's two levels of transmigration so Xie despite a paper doll is above other characters like Duan. Yu and Dan being real people are on higher level than Xie. But Yu is the only one who is aware of the whole plot (even Dan doesn't know because he transmigrated before reading it).

In the novel Devil's Beloved Consort, Xie's modern character transmigrates into the novel called East Wind Blooms Thousand Flowers where Yu Wanyin is fl and Duan the ml. Xie's character is the original cannon fodder (side character) but to change her fate, she competes with Yu, guides Duan with her knowledge of the script of East Wind and makes herself the fl. So effectively Xie is also a paper doll, written to take Yu's place and become the lead along with Duan.
Yu has transmigrated a level above and so she is going off script.

just a one liner saying his journey and his pager system guiding him towards her is another story.

why does mdl allow reviews for a drama that has not aired even a single episode yet?!

yeah, system has crazy logic...that punishment to clean toilets was over the top too

In the novel, Lin Huan Er remains deeply devoted to her bf even after Gao Haiming falls for her. She stays true to the bf, gets him a job and supports him until he dumps her. The system rules are the main framework of the novel so she cannot initiate the break up (already failed once when he paged her for money). Since she already knows the outcome and to save time, she started working to get GHM fall for her to go back home.

yeah he tested the materials on his hand which we see in the ppt pic. He takes his work seriously unlike his board members who likes the profit from their products but still prejudiced.