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If that's the case, I breathe a sigh of relief because Fu Chou would not take any other women except Rong Le (which is almost not possible unless she falls out of love with Wu You). So, no matter what, he will not have a life partner to grow old with. Instead of empty handed, getting his own daughter back to love and pamper is the next best thing to happen to him.

It's also very true that, when the actors play their characters very very convincingly, ie. creating a chemistry between a screen couple, in real life, they may fall in love with each other, hence all the divorces and breakups with their other halves.

Beats me! All these actors are so good and convincing. They'd make you fall in love with the characters, thinking those characters are them in real life. In actual fact, they, the actors, are just like us, with all the flaws, prejudices, cruelty, stubbornness, unreasonable & selfish. Looking and feeling like their characters, that's how they get their fans, including me. :(

Right! Fu Chou is the self-sacrificing type. Love him!

Hahaha, but then I don't like people using their own life to threaten others. If I were ever facing such a situation, I may tell that person to go to hell. XD

Agree. This is my first drama with Aarif. I think he does a pretty good job playing the Wu You character. He is very good looking.

Yep, they are soul mate. Just that as it is, the way both actors are portraying it, it is overly cordial. They are so considerate for each other. I can't feel their passion and desire for each other. Maybe they have bigger and more important things on their minds (rightfully so).

Wow! Thanks for your analysis, especially on BuBuJinXin. I watched a few episodes in, and gave up because, like you, I didn't like those pig tails. But I think I'm going to return to that drama after this drama unless there are new good dramas that catch my attention.

Haha, women power. What can men do but love them? XD

Oh, no, no, no! My poor Fu Chou! I'm going to bleed out for him!

OMG! I read this after I wrote to @ayume in the previous thread. It's really the Empress (I guess the wrong one though)! Poor Fu Chou. He's captured my heart more than Wu You has.

Rong Le has formed a prejudiced view against Fu Chou when she thinks he undermines her and takes her from Wu You in marriage. Then on, everything Fu Chou does seems to be bad. She blames him for everything from head to toe. But then again, Fu Chou doesn't seem to know Rong Le as well as Wu You does. He couldn't even recognize her when he sleeps with the wrong woman, and forces poison down the wrong woman's throat. Wu You on the other hand, can communicate with Rong Le in silence, knows what she is thinking by looking at her despite he also doesn't understand women that well and shuns away from them in the beginning.

Thanks for the explanation. That's what I've been thinking all along. Fu Chou is fundamentally a good and kind person. He doesn't simply kill in cold blood unless one commits an heinous crime against humanity. I think everything is orchestrated by the Dowager Empress. It's interesting to see how he deals with his own mother in the end. On one hand, he's a filial pious son, on the other, he would not allow indiscriminate killings.

Yes, yes, yes. You're such a romantic. I'd have myself, despite he's been portrayed as a bad boy.

So he's a bad guy after all? I wish it's not him doing all these bad things, but others that wouldn't come under his control, including his own mother, the Dowager Empress.

OMG! I've never thought I'd say this, but I'm saying it now: I love Fu Chou; he is fundamentally a good person; he's been undermined over and over again.

Thank you so much!

Where do you watch? I'm at ep. 44 and waiting for more episodes to release.

I'm not actually aware of any additional uncut scenes. I was at first angry at Li Chen Yin for his lack of remorse. Then after watching the uncut version, I began to see why he did what he did. With careful analysis from one of the viewers here (see discussion post), I began to empathize with him, and even love him.

Yep! Celebrities just portray an image to us, something we can fantasize. In real life, they are just like us, with flaws and stuff.