RuYi's Royal Love [Novel ending] 

“For example, my sister likes the Emperor but I don’t” OMG that one line is giving me life and I wish it was a moment we saw in the drama

The real villain is actually the emperor all along 😂😂😂

And just as with the first empress, after RuYiu dies, she become perfect in the eyes of the emperor.

Damn that line from Hailan. She put him in his place 😂

“Sister likes the Emperor but I don’t” Hailan really gives 0 effs at this point 😂

Wow. It just goes to show that the system -- and the narcissistic power of the emperor over his female objects -- is the enemy that drove everyone to madness. Yeah, Ruyi better have met Yunche after death; that was the first thing I thought of when you described the sun shining. When he died in the drama, Ruyi saw the sun shining and it was supposed to be him.

On a side note, in episode 67, Yanwan’s mother’s said that a fortuneteller told her something along the lines of “Yanwan has good luck but is ill fated while Ruyi has fate but no luck”. (maybe not a perfect translation) This is kind of true in the drama since Ruyi wasn’t lucky during her time as the Empress, but she died with dignity and with some form of closure. Yanwan died writhing in agony after losing everything, but she rose to the top and was given the name Empress after her death (a high position for a former servant girl). Also I’m happy for Wan! I’m glad she was finally appreciated by the Emperor. And by laying low and not scheming, she managed to live to her 90s.

I wish they had combined some these points of the novel to the ending of the drama especially with Li Yu being a plot master and Wan being an active participant in Wei’s takedown.

I like the novel ending much better, much more historically accurate and easier to swallow than the overdramatic drama ending, helps explain the big gaps in history that were left! Makes me want to read the other novels too but...i'm Chinese illiterate xD

These poor women living miserable lives 😢 Tbh I prefer the series ending over the book because you can actually feel Ruyi had a hand over this process. But the novel shows the slow downfall on Yanwan, so that works too 🥺 Thank you for your hard work on these recaps, I absolutely love it ❤❤ hope that you have others series in mind (if you want ofc✨✨)

“My sister likes the emperor but I don’t” 😂 Thank you so much for making this series. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching it and it’s brought me so much happiness

The drama and the novel end satisfyingly in their own way. In the drama, I love how Ruyi made all the wheels turn behind the scenes despite being mostly confined. Yanwan's slow but sure downfall in the novel is pretty awesome too. I've always thought tho, that Yanwan's way of making the Emperor fall in love with her is reminiscent of spunky heroines in more lighthearted dramas - poor girl climbs the ranks by being clever and charming. Unfortunately she was in the wrong genre and those seductions and her poor family background really bit her in the ass, not even mentioning the murders.

From the bottom of my heart, Thank You for these videos. I know I’m speaking on someone’s behalf when I say that your posts have either brightened someone’s day or provide a different perspective on the drama. This community truly appreciates what you have done and we are grateful that you redid all your lost videos too. Whether you choose to continue doing drama recaps or retiring this channel, I hope the best for you! Wishing you good health and a successful life. 🫶🏽🤎🤎🤎

Notes: 1. most of these I actually wrote in my ep. 84-87 notes sorry :( anyhoo I'll include parts that you missed 2.1. even *invoking Suoxin's name* didn't rouse Ruyi 2.2. Xiangjian: *At the end, the only one who cared for me was about to leave* 3.1. Jinzhong's "delivered a few things" was basically *ginseng* which would never have helped Ruyi anyways 3.2. Wei Yan'wan's outfit when she came to Ruyi was basically *the pink qizhuang she wore after Ling Yunche became Xiaolingzi* and Ruyi told her to "Get tf out of my palace!" 3.3. Wei Yan'wan cleaning Hu Yunjiao's prior history is expanded upon in the drama with Yuhu's investigation 3.4. Ruyi's last line was basically *"The Emperor will decide what happens to you and me" and "I'm so £ụčķıиĝ tired of all this bs"* ; and *Wei Yan'wan just basically Joker laughs like an idiot* until she couldn't anymore as well as pissed Ruyi isn't taking the bait 3.5. after leaving Yikun'gong Palace Wei Yan'wan was planning with Chunchan on *how to get rid of Ruyi* 4. I know Hailan saw Ruyi đıę because she went in as she breathed her last, but I didn't know even Barin Yanfu & 7th princess Jing'yuan ( *who were summoned by Ruyi* in the first place) also followed her inside; I thought they just gawked at the smug Wei Yan'wan 5. The "am I a tool" question was *from a conversation she had with Chunchan* not long after her children were separated from her 6. details about Wang Fuzhi aka *Ruyi 3.0* 6.1. one day some Flower Bureau maidservants were playing soccer in the Imperial Garden, unaware that Qianlong, Wei Yan'wan, & Xiangjian were strolling around at the same time 6.2. when the imperial party saw the ruckus, Wei Yan'wan scolded the girls horseplaying, and basically *Wang Fuzhi spoke up as their representative* 6.3. it's *basically a deja vu of that scene in the Imperial Garden where Jin Yuyan was mistreating her* , though this time *it's Xiangjian in the role of Jinzhong* : Look at this maidservant, doesn't she seem familiar to you? 6.4. *Wang Fuzhi was "flattered"* with the resemblance to Wei Yan'wan (and by extension to Ruyi), and after some exchanges (notably Fuzhi's admission that *she prefers tending to old plum plants* ) *Qianlong orders her to accompany him* 6.5. when Hailan (Pimp 1) & Xiangjian (Pimp 2) were talking afterwards, Hailan basically said *Wang Fuzhi = (Ruyi + Hailan + Xiangjian) - Wei Yan'wan* 6.6. obviously *Wang Fuzhi is in the anti-Wei Yan'wan faction* (the "flattery" was only skin deep, as obviously she got coaching from Pimp 1 & 2 + Mongolian Consortium™) 6.7. Wang Fuzhi was later given Chengqian'gong Palace and later Yikun'gong Palace (see below) 6.8. someone said *10th princess was supposedly named "Jingxian" (璟嫻)* but I can't confirm if this is indeed true... Kisses to the commenter who can explain why this is significant... 7. Edit: I just realized, "That night, [etc.]", coupled with the context of Qianlong's remembrance of Haircut™ Day, Qianlong had in mind what Jingse (and by extension Fuheng) told him soon after Southern Trip: *Wei Yan'wan already knew what was happening, or was going to happen* hence why she brough Jingse to that private yatch just in time to see The Haircut™ (and Qianlong replied dismissively "Wei Yan'wan sure has such a long arm", and thus began his suspicions of her) 8. 7th princess's marriage to Borjigit Lavandorji is in Netflix (as the sequel to "Yanxi Palace"), with Raine Wang (Hengti) as the actress 9.1. Jin Wan'yin is basically Consort Duan of "Empresses in the Palace" at that point 9.2. according to extant historical records *only after 50 years* was Lady Jin *promoted to Consort rank* 10.1. Wei Yan'wan's downfall was on the *eve of her 50th birthday* , and Hailan & Jin Wan'yin were bitter that Wei Yan'wan had the gall to even celebrate her birthday peacefully 10.2. the whole time Chunchan, Wangchan, & Wei Zuolu confessed *Wei Yan'wan was hidden behind one of the many screens* 10.3. *Wei Yan'wan rejoiced at Qianlong's agony* of singlehandedly destroying his relationship with Ruyi; after Wei Yan'wan was gone, *Qianlong was basically "I'm sorry Ruyi"* to the tune of Steelheart's "She's Gone" 10.4. Liyu teased Wei Yanwan by explaining *Jiang Yubin adjusted the herbs of the qianji poison* , hence why her đəąťн was slower than usual 10.5. Wei Yan'wan's last thoughts: *seeing her younger self as a Sinjeku maidservant running towards Ling Yunche* , *"I'm sorry Ling Yunche for not cherishing you before, I'm coming towards you."* , and the *yellow robe hanging by her dresser* 10.6. *Chunchan was ordered to announce her ðəąťң* in the guise of cooking breakfast and "accidentally" finding her, and that *the official cause be "heart palpitations"* 10.7. basically *Chunchan suffered the same fate as A'ruo* (even to the part where *Liyu force-fed the medicine down her throat* ), and as she was being carried in the palanquin all she could think of was being *sorry towards Lancui who didn't deserve that kind of betrayal* 10.8. *Wangchan's fate is unspecified* 11. after Wei Yan'wan's death... 11.1. there's a part regarding 15th prince Yong'yan & 17th prince Yong'lin, and it was related to *Wei Yan'wan's posthumous title "Ling'yi" (令懿) and Yong'lin could only ask why without receiving an answer* and Yong'yan supporting Qianlong while attempting to quiet his younger brother 11.2. an *old rumor resurfaced that Wei Yan'wan & Ruyi looked alike* , but even then *that rumor faded away as well* 12.1. lol Qianlong wants Ruyi free *but he is still pissed af* that *she wanted the normal lifestyle* and still views that as a *personal betrayal* 12.2. he even claims that -burying- shoving Ruyi's coffin inside Imperial Noble Consort's Chunhui's tomb is so *Ruyi can learn subservient obedience from Su Luyun in the afterlife* 12.3. Qianlong asked if Liyu made memorial offerings to Ruyi, and Liyu confessed that *for the past 9 years him, Suoxin, & Jiang Yubin were secretly doing it* , and Qianlong brushed it off, saying he would've had Liyu killed in the past for the crime of "deceiving the Emperor" 13. oh you didn't include the *annex chapter* , which *occurred during the 9-year period* 13.1. *Qianlong had just celebrated his birthday* which was coincidentally the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival 13.2. in his drunkenness he somehow *ended up at the perimeter of Yikun'gong Palace* 13.3. Qianlong was Pikachu face!"shocked" that the once vibrant palace of the Paragon Mother of the World was *in a state of neglected decay* (besides the dust, Yikunmen Gate had peeling paint and patinated copper nails) 13.4. after kneeling for a long time well into the night (and ignoring Liyu's pleas) *Qianlong decided to appoint Wang Fuzhi, Noble Lady Dun aka Qianlong's It Girl atm (aka Ruyi 3.0) as the new mistress of Yikun'gong Palace* 13.5. there was a creepy di Caprio part wherein Qianlong *admitted "he liked them young" because they were still wild and outspoken* , just like Ruyi once was (there was a similar line in the drama during infamous Southern Tour wherein he aired his dissatisfaction of his current concubines to Jinzhong, that *being rule-bound for years made them boring* , a hypocrisy considering he once chastised Xiangjian that one time for being "too willful" after being spoiled and pampered)

I absolutely love people like Wan. Their calm and soft nature is absolutely lovely. However, just imagine entering her room and seeing only portraits of yourself. If I'd find all the palace walls in the paintings of my face, I'd run away scared.

I would’ve given anything for Hailan to say what she said at 16:47 in the drama and see what the emperor’s reaction was 😂 18:27 omg that Yunche edit fucking sent me 🤣 tbh he was probably thinking that in the afterlife lol. Speaking of afterlife has anybody ever thought of how awkward that must have been when Yonqi died and then Yunjiao died immediately afterwards like can you imagine begging for your wives to be taken care of before passing away, only for one to accuse your mother figure and then join you?

I think I like the series end more, but the novel is definitely interesting. So Yanwan really goes thru a similar misery as Ruyi did, but with basically no support bc she has no friends AND the emperor now doesn't even like her. It's interesting how she starts off becoming power hungry stemming from her being bullied as a maid and taught badly by her mom, to gaining all that power. and then in the end she's back right where she started. Being bullied and ignored by the other consorts, all alone and no leg to stand on. But this time she doesn't even have Yunche there to help her nor Ruyi to advocate for her as she had way earlier on. It's not as dramatically satisfying as Ruyi's banners, but intriguing still. What a journey this has been!!! I've had a lot of fun watching this series. I've heard you're doing Yanxi Palace next. I tried to watch it but couldn't get past the first few episodes. Just didn't do it for me after seeing Ruyi. So I'll "watch" it through your recap videos instead

Hailan's comment to the emperor was PURE GOLD. I love her so much.👑

Nice to get a summary of what happened in the books. Clearly, by the end Hailan has become a master at harem politics and intrigue - I like it.

Wang FuZhi/Consort Dun is basically Noble Lady Ying from LOZ 2.0. Thankfully there’s no dummy stepson to harass her and endlessly proclaim his love for her this time.

16:47 GOT DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!! I won't lie, I think I prefer Ruyi's death in the tv drama, but the post-Ruyi stuff was cooler in the book (and what happened to Yanwan is more accurate to what's recorded from what I've read). I heard this series was supposed to be several episodes longer so I wonder if that's part of why they cut the ending so short.

Wow, I love this show I rewatch it all the time, but hearing about how the book ends... I wish I could have seen that version put on the screen. The part where Yanwan finally gets to say what she wants makes more sense, she was put down and treated exactly if not worse than Ruyi for all those years and is as detached as Ruyi was towards the end. Her children hate her, no one respects her and she just lives in fear about what the Emperor does or doesn't know about her. The show version of Yanwan just speaking her mind instead of doubling down and trying to weasel her way out didn't gel with me. I am curious if the secondary characters were talked about in the end and if so what were their endings like? This was a crazy, tear-filled, but amazing journey. Thank you so much for finishing this series. Amazing, truly amazing job well done. 😘

I kind of like this ending more than the drama ending, but I can understand why they rewrote it: 87 episodes is already pretty long for a drama, and given how depressing it got near the end, I'm not sure viewers would've had the stamina to endure several more episodes of people suffering (even if the person suffering is Yanwan---we get it, the palace sucked). Making Ruyi more morally upright also makes her easier to root for---I don't think scenes like her and Hailan celebrating 2nd Prince's death or A'ruo's 'cat punishment' would've passed the censors, let alone the audience. The show's ending also seems like a better end to Ruyi's arc to me, even if it comes at the cost of shortening Yanwan's and Wan Pin's: she gets to live to see Yanwan's downfall and know that Yongji, Hailan and the others will be safe from her machinations. It also is more historically accurate for Yanwan to get away with it for ten years; I always did wonder who the hell ran the harem if the Empress seat was vacant and the Imperial Noble Consort didn't wield any actual power; probably the higher-ranked consorts (Yu, Ying, Rong) managed themselves and the lower consorts on their own, and since the Emperor likely wasn't taking in as many women as he used to, running the harem was easier than before. Anyway, off to go comment on the earlier episodes.

YW tries that last visit before death moment but fails so hard! For a second I thought there was someone listening in as she confessed. I love that this ending included rongpei's last thoughts. ❤ Its so true about wht yw's mother said that ruyi was blessed but not lucky and yw was lucky but not blessed. Luck just ran out for her YW in the end, she really did fake it til she made it but couldn't keep up.

Thank you for your hard work making these. You’re a real one, it would’ve been easy to not recommit to making these after being away. I’ve been dealing with an excruciating back injury for months, and I can’t tell you how much joy and distraction these have given me. Thanks again ❤

In the Fan Bing Bing portrayal of the step empress Nara she really became mad and in the end of the movie you'll see her final scene of her running in the palace gardens having her hair messy and she didn't just cut one strand of hair but 3x

I never comment on yt videos but I wanted to let you know thank you so much!! I’ve been with your channel since the zhen huan days and I still rewatch them (all the time). I love your videos and they’re always what I look forward to every new day this month and I hope you continue (:

Thank you for adding this extra video of the novel’s final!! I appreciate so much that you also included the differences in the novel and the drama, since it’s hard to find information of the novel for non chinese speaking people

You are appreciated. I watched the series about 10 times but was happy to find your recaps. You’re awesome girly !!!!!

Oh man. I really wish I was fluent in reading and understanding mandarin. The novel sounds even more intense. And obviously, we can still see the bastard hasn't completely changed his ways with how he treats his women. In all honesty, if I were forced to live in a harem, I would like to live like Imperial Concubine Wang. Just chilling with no friends or enemies. However that's impossible bc the servants start acting out when a concubine is not favored. I'm going to miss these recaps but I can't wait to see what's next. You might even put me onto a new drama.

wow the novel ending for YanWan is definitely much sadder. the tv show made it more satisfying but the novel just shows me that the worst evil really is the emperor. He was right he never changed sure he gained power but inside he didn't grow up. yes I was angry at the villains but who can blame them living in this palace. He could've and should've done better by all of them. the hate train for the emperor will forever run!

Thank you so much for reviewing this drama and novel as well! This is like my daily newspaper and i loved to hear your sarcastic comments and funny lines 😂 this series was much more emotional in the novel though...Poor Ruyi, she had lived that life just because she fell in love with a wrong man to begin with. May she be happy in death with Yunche, her tree who gave her shade.

Thank you so much for this it’s so hard to find translations for the novel💗

The book had to follow the constraints of history while also be a work of fiction. Typically, Consort Ling has always been depicted as the protagonist. This work of fiction switched and made Consort Ling the villain while making the Empress the protagonist. I don't know if it really works.

As you said Yan Wan was no different from the others. In fact, none of the harem women were innocent. It was just a battle for survival. So I can't particularly hate any of the characters except for the emperor.

i personally like this ending more!!! gives so much depth to the characters but thank you for all these videos!!! loves them

I was off RU-vid for a while and was so happy to see you back. I binged the entire series in one day while studying and just love this series so much. Thank you so much for these videos ❤️

Thank you so much for all the time and dedication it took to make these videos. I hope we get more videos on other series, but completely understand if it's too much.

Its crazy that not only were alot of the consorts loyal to Ruyi but the children of other consorts, maids, guards.

I'm very glad you decided to come back, and finish the series. I really hope you'll continue these, I'd very much enjoy seeing your discussion of Story of Yangxi Palace. But of course, only if you want to. I have enjoyed your videos a lot these past years!

Omg this has been such a great series and we really appreciate your work. I got so excited everyday u would post. PLEASE DO YANXI PALACE NEXT

16:48 would be 1 of my favourites, with all Rong's counter.. I wish we could do a compilation on that 😂

This drama and the comic called remarried empress.. The amount of time I said ,-" and what !?!? I'm supposed to feel bad for this bitch?! " Towards both emperor is too damn high

Thank you so so much for all this hard work! And the snark.

Thank you for your commentary. I found it extremely interesting, and it puts a different perspective on everything.

So this is the end... Thank you so so so so much for doing this ❤ You are an incredible person and we all appreciate your existence so much. If you do stop the videos or continue them, I wish a happy (and not with all the drama 😂) life for you. And I have already seen Ruyi's Royal Love before you started your recaps, but they are so nice not only to remember things, discover new details or see the differences with the novel, so thank you for that too ❤❤❤

I’m so sad it’s over 😭 you are a ✨queen✨ for doing this thought all your hard work for each video shows through. Thank you so much for all of your hard work! Can’t wait to see what you do next!

Thank you so much for this! I’ve alway loved the show but never knew much about the novels. I really love your channel ❤

It's only been 3 days and I already miss your videos 😭

these videos are so great -- lots of back story and extra details that I just never picked up by watching.

I’m so glad I watched these videos instead of re-watching the entire series again. Such a depressing show! I really enjoyed your empresses in the palace recaps and Ruyi, thanks for making them! Hope you do Yanxi Palace next :)

Cool. I have read about the different endings between the series and the novel, and I cannot decide which one I like. Thanks for this video.

And that is why Hailan is my favorite character.

Thank you for all your hard work. I've now watched the series more than 4 times but none of my friends like chinese period dramas so it was hard to not being able to talk about this. I'm glad you pointed out things that we non-novel-readers viewers may have missed out. Feels really good to have this discussion with recap videos, it felt like we're two best friends at midnight, going over the episodes while wanting to punch qianlong and run over his long hair with a bulldozer 🤭

I like the developments for Consort Wan, she finally have the recognition from the Emperor.

Thank you so much! I love reading the last chapter first.

I loved these recaps and reviews. I had already watched Ruyi but it seems I missed a bit a context or plot at times and your videos made watching the show more enjoyable. I would love to see a recap of Yanxi palace especially after Ruyi since they are both revolving around the Qinglong emperor. Love like the galaxy, or new life begins would all be shows I would to see recapped. Thank you for all your hard work!

I just wanted to say. I fucking love your videos FINALLY i can hear a person who speaks english opinion about chinese harem dramas. We are pretty scarse on the internet yk like i usually have to settle for crappy translations

Ooof! 😬 Not Ruyi smiling right before she [REDACTED] herself… I love Hailan even more!!! 😂 I don’t think her disdain towards the emperor is widely known, so it’s really interesting how Hailan got away with such a brazen comment. Hmm… maybe his majesty was just to old to cafe at that point….

Thank you! I can rest easy with the ending now!

This was so fun! 🥰 Sooooooo what’s next? Maybe…..some Yanxi Palace? 👀

Thank you for recapping this drama!! Might I recommend The Legend of Mi Yue next!! It’s really good.

Thank you so much for all of your hard work :)

I just wanted to say thank you for coming back to finish this series! I've enjoyed it so much, and I've already rewatched both this recap and the empresses in the palace recap multiple times, and still love them both. I love how you've managed to make it both funny and informative, and revealed details I never noticed. I hope you do another series!

Ruyi"s death on the show showed up on my timeline. No english captions and i cried like a baby. Found it and started from the beginning. This was heavy. I personally like the other Wei Yinglou version.

Thank you so much for the recap series. Appreciate you!!

You did phenomenal on these reviews

Yan Wan (after seeing the ring): My precious! 😂

🥹🥹🥹 thank you so much for that.

All of them just like... Reap what they sow

Omg such a big difference..... And I didn't expect that ruyi was that bad in the novel I want to read it

This was awesome to see. I can see her going out on her own terms. I just wish rong pei had lived. I really liked her

Ah! The end of Ruyi's Royal Love In The Palace Recap! Thank you so much for your hard work!❤ Your recap videos are enjoyable, especially your commentary inbetween!😄 Really looking forward to your recap on your next drama *cough cough Yanxi Palace cough cough* or *cough cough Story of Minglan cough cough* (if you plan on continuing with this channel of course🙈😂)

The airhorns actually got me lmao

What a great series. I justed loved it. Sad yes but the story is heart wrenching.

Wanyan’s ending was extra satisfying

You gotta keep doing content your a excellent creator. 😊

After I read in the comments of a video here in YT that Ruyi sliced her throat in a cell to implicate Yanwan, I desperatedly tried to purchase the physical book, but is only available in chinese from what I've found. At the end I downloaded the PDF in chinese in my browser and with Chrome I read the horrifying translations where I have to infer that "his" is actually "her" or that Three Treasures is Sanbao 😂 the eunuch. Suoxin has three different versions of her name also, and when a word is repeated twice it means "very". I am still in the part when NC Hui has her last audience with the emperor, but I struggle to continue. However watching your videos encourage me to keep reading, so thank you! I've really enjoyed watching them.

16:48 She said what she said! 😂

Loved the series, after you explained the book ending, I want to read them

You did spectacular!! I looked forward to waking up every morning to watch your reviews. Thank you!! I'm so impressed you read the novel. Are you fluent in other languages besides English and Chinese? How long did it take to learn Chinese? I strudied (struggled + studied) it for twelves years and it was never easy with reading and writing even though i passed the Cambridge A levels. You did an amazing job with explaining the culture too. ❤

Thank you Thank you 💜 love this episode so much 😊

Wait a minute. This is something weird with the princesses. First Princess (deceased) and Third Princess (JingSe) was Langhua’s, second Princess (deceased) is Consort Zhe’s, fourth Princess is Chun’s, Fifth Princess is RuYi’s, Sixth Princess (deceased) was Ying’s daughter and Seventh & Ninth Princesses were birthed by YanWan. So what the hell happened to eighth Princess?

Remember just get LiYu to do 30 scenes of impending doom and make sure there are many strands of long hair stuck in and the icky feeling of removing long strands from their butts crack. That is Li Yu and how he delivers his decrees. The confusing yet violating feelings of pulling a long strand of hair from your butt crack, you don’t know if it number 2but feels number 2!

Thank you so much for the recap! You are superb! I cannot get hold of the book anyway, it was out of print, also I will have problem reading simplified Chinese because I belong to the older generation 😂

I started in on Yangxi Palace, and I'm hooked! I can't wait until you review that one!

The emperor’s mind games are next level cruelty

Watched ALL the episodes of your recap series in one day! Brilliant! Waiting for more and more! While watching these series I've started to refer to Wikipedia to get a clue of a historical background and the real-life prototype of each character. I guess the authors play around with the characters just like Alexander Dumas did. Thus, it's really cool to see how the same historical persons are presented in different tv-dramas. Looks like, one of the most inspirational character of this historical period is YanWan. BTW, why is she called "Ingluo" in the other drama?

Ruyi was only retaliating though.

Absolutely love these videos thanks so much for doing them. I wish the books were in English too

Thank you for the recaps. =) Pls do more recaps. I am too lazy to watch dramas. 😊

I loved these so much! Is there another drama you’ll be reviewing next?

What c drama should I watch next?

I would love a recap of the rest of the novel!

I have a love and hate relationship with how the emperor was portrayed towards the ending of the drama. I like it as it was in line with how the actor portrayed him. He would show he regretted what happened but wouldn't apologize for the shit he did that contributed to Ruyi's ending and then yearn to see her and be with her in the afterlife. I hate it because no matter how much he regretted, he was still a piece of crap. I think I like the novel's ending better. It all comes to full circle and I agree that Yanwan's ending is much worse. She died with no one to mourn her nor honor her after death.

"i will serve you as you go." "your servant is coming to accompany you." i'm _bawling_

Story of yanxi palace please....

I absolutely love watching and listening to your videos. It's just fantastic thanks so much. Would love you to do Yanxi palace sometime if you can

So glad I found this video. It feels like better justice for Ruyi. I always felt the emperor was a d*ck, he treated his wives like garbage, especially Ruyi. Hated it so much.

I really want to read the novel, but I can't find it anywhere ;-; Thank you for doing this!!!