Notable Actors/Actresses
Director:
Chinese Title
Network: Youku
Cast
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| Wu Jin Yan: Xue Fang Fei Jiang Li |
Wang Xing Yue: Xiao Heng Duke of Su |
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| Chen Xin Hai: Ye Shi Jie (Jiang Li's cousin) |
Liang Yong Qi: Shen Yu Rong (Ex-husband) |
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| Li Meng: Princess Wan Ning |
Joe Chen: Ji Shu Ran (Jiang Li's stepmom) |
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| Liu Xie Ning: Jiang Ruo Yao (Jiang Li's step-sis) |
Yang Chao Yue: Jiang Li |
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| Zhang Yao: Xue Zhao |
He Feng Tian: Jiang Jing Rui (Jiang Li's cousin) |
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| Zhao Jia Min: Liu Xu |
Chen Yu Xian: Jiang Yu E |
Romcom/Romance Checklist
How much of the plot is angst/romance?
0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5The ML:
Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /The FL:
Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better than ML / Noble Idiot / Describe the Relationship (the tropes):
Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):
Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2 / 3
0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Ending:
Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / BadScreencaps
[Ep1]
Xue Fang Fei can survive this, but Jiang Li can't survive a few beatings. lol.
I love hate wicked princess already.
Is Wang Xing Yue giving off eunuch vibes to anyone else?
[Ep2]
ML falls in love first, and was it love at first sight?
He might just have a thing for veils coming off.
He also knows her little name is A Li.
[Ep3]
[Ep4]
He Feng Tian found a new job, or maybe he's just part-timing for Wu Jin Yan? xD
[Ep5]
[Ep6]
[Ep7]
[Ep8]
[Ep9]
All these smiles for her!
Her: "This is the life I’m betting on.
Her: If anything happens to you, I will definitely pay you back with a life
Him: 殉情?
Him: Pity. Cannot 殉情
*Note: 殉情 xùn qíng = to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love. The thing is, Jiang Li never said she was paying back with her life LOL.
😅 He gets a gag too:
[Ep10]
No talking and eating, Duke Xiao! :)
The new F4:
She walks like him now (;
This silly bro is getting funnier and funnier ^^"
This shooting competition!!
Show knows how to end an episode.
[Ep11]
"Don't bite yourself, [bite me]."
Best qin performance ever. A stellar combination of music, visuals, and storytelling.
[Ep12]
[Ep13]
Phew 😗 His 🪭 boomerang. Every Wang Xing Yue scene is striking
They talk about 回頭路 (retreat / back up / a way out / road of return), which is trickier to translate because of both its meanings (figuratively = retreat; literally = road) are used.
After she backs into him...
XH: “It’s impossible for an (active) arrow to return. When you pulled the bow, weren’t you afraid?”
After she backs into him...
XH: “It’s impossible for an (active) arrow to return. When you pulled the bow, weren’t you afraid?”
XFF: "Weren’t you that road?"
XH: "Is my road that easy to walk?"
XH: "To you, is the truth that important?"
XFF: "More than my life."
[Ep14]
Xiao Heng's favourite drama is always Xue Fang Fei
[Ep15]
[Ep16]
Just Xiao Heng smiling at Xue Fang Fei:
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| "Then you yell euphoniously" |
[Ep17]
Her: Do you know you look good?
Me: Girl, do you know what you’re doing to him?
[Ep18]
The closest thing to sex? xD Otherwise what were the points of these dripping wet scenes? The imagery of sex without sex.
Qiong Zhi!!!
[Ep19]
The flower is still on his head, lol.
The conversation when she pins the flower to his head:
Xiao Heng: [Are you] steady now? My beautiful lady.
Xue Fang Fei: Steadied. My 萬人嫌.
She called him 萬人嫌 = a person disliked by thousands. That phrase is tweaked from the more common 萬人迷 = loved by thousands = heartthrob.
Instead of asking about the flower being steady, it's more like he's asking her if her heart is settled on him now ;) Settled!
[Ep20]
They both ask if the other is hurt first.
Xue Fang Fei: My life is yours.
Xue Fang Fei gives her life to Xiao Heng again. This time, the meaning is different. The first time, she meant he could use her. This time, she's really giving her body and her heart. He has won her love. His reply shows high EQ too. (:
Xiao Heng knows what she means, and he understands her like her soulmate. He knows that her quest for the truth is greater than her life, and it's the same for him. Until they vindicate their family, it's not the time for romance.
[Ep21]
[Ep22]
[Ep23]
Xue Fang Fei asks Xiao Heng if he'd also drum for justice. She bets he would. He already did. You two are the same people.
Xue Fang Fei being hugged by Xiao Heng's cape feels warmer than being hugged by Shen Yu Rong
Shen Yu Rong said he would rather die in her hands. Oh, but camera pans down and she's actually in his hands.
[Ep24]
[Ep25]
Xue Fang Fei: "You're angry face is pretty handsome too."
[Ep26]
Ep4 (^) anyone? Xue Fang Fei will always be Xiao Heng's favourite drama.
[Ep27]
[Ep28]
[Ep29]
[Ep30]
There's cooties.
She's imitating him with that cape swipe, lol.
[Ep31]
[Ep32]
Emperor: She's your [wife], you protect.
[Ep33]
[Ep34]
What a tease!
[Ep35]
Princess! 😱
[Ep36]
[Ep37]
[Ep38]
[Ep39]
[Ep40]
Alas, it's a xianxia ending
Remarks
[Drama Info]
- Director Lv Hao Ji Ji's dramas: Go Princess Go and Oh My Princess
- Director Bai Yun Mo usually works on Yu Zheng produced dramas like Scent of Time, Royal Feast, Song of Youth, Court Lady, etc.
- Zodiac CP. They have a 12-year age gap (irl).
- Wang Xing Yue, the ML for all FLs with a vengeance. Ok fine, It’s only his 3rd "(FL-)rebirth" period drama in a row.
- Ai Mi is always the loyal maid/sister to our FLs.
Post-Drama:
- Wang Xing Yue reaches new popularity peak.
- Wu Jing Yan is back to being popular (after an attitude controversy and several bad/bland dramas)
[Ending] Happy + Extra
Four (4/5)
Three (3/5)
Reviewer: cynlynn
Date: June 2024
Hearts: ♥
Two (2/5)
One (1/5)
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