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Well, its what happens when a production company wants to push a lesser well known artist. In this case, Xu Jiaqi is under Studio 48

i think the episode count was taken from the SAFRT sheet.

I am just guessing since the original episode count was 48. Yeah you are right the dream scenes wouldn't add up to 8 episodes. There must be some other content that was cut during post-production.

The original episode count was 48

I am referring to the premonition dreams. They are supposed to be more detailed. Someone compiled on Douban the scenes they cut. Here's the link: https://www.douban.com/group/topic/198510738/

Some of the more notable ones are:

She dreamt that Prince Su will die young and she will have to die along with him. Its shown abit in episode 9 (the scene where she was trapped in the coffin). when she had a competition with the spoiled princess and she suddenly faltered. Which is why she kept telling Prince Su that he will die young and that she didn't want to die.

Also how she dreamt that her father will get in trouble and sentenced to death due to a mistake in the poetry competition . So she tried hard to get an invitation to Ju Shui Valley in order to prevent that from happening.

In episode 11 when she suddenly ran away from the temple and missed the date with Prince An, it was when she dreamt that her brother will get in trouble and wanted to escape with him to prevent that from happening.

The show's lukewarm popularity in China is probably due to the little scenes the main characters have together. I understand that they had to cut 8 episodes of the dreams scene due to censorship, but it's a huge pity.

I feel the same way. I have nothing against them (yes, they are sweet) but their scenes contribute nothing to the main plot.