[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2018] Story of Yan Xi’s Palace 延禧攻略]

8 hours ago, lyserose said:

And if I may add.... in episode 26 when QL confronted YL regarding Fuheng after she helped him changing his clothes.... he said  "Stop pretending. I have seen through your beautiful face from the start".  YL only looked up directly at him after he uttered the word "beautiful". Perhaps, she never thought QL could view her that way.

 

Also, Consort Qing in episode 1 did mentioned that YL is pretty in which Consort Shu rebuffed by saying that her beauty is pointless since she is just a slave (Lol. How ironic that the servant girl ended up outranked her). Empress Dowager also pointed on YL's look, saying granting the title Da-ying is too compromising of her beauty and sharp wit.

 

Anyway, I spent the few days checking the novel link (in chinese) and reading with the help of google translate. The last famous line of YL to Step Empress "You know you loved him but why do you have to tell him? The one who speaks first is the loser" is nowhere can be found in novel?

 

And not sure if the google translate misled me in any way, but QL did confessed he loves YL to Empress Dowager when he defended her over tricking the Dowager to believe that Chen Bi is the reincarnation of He An. YL herself overheard it. And YL did confessed to QL that she loves him when she said she wants to carry his baby. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

In the novel, the last meeting between Step Empress and YL was shorten and Empress did not ask the question. So the lost of the infamous line. 

 

YL only told QL that "Women will only bear child  for the one she love." So did not explicitly confessed. 

[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2018] Story of Yan Xi’s Palace 延禧攻略]

Here someone made an English version of this song:

https://youtu.be/pdz08EZaZZg?fbclid=IwAR3d4RBBXifKTqISS0F4deDAtDzhC11yRBnrPEPeEU5n8gQVlAWblkXA7HI

 

[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2018] Story of Yan Xi’s Palace 延禧攻略]

How could this drama became #1 in Google search? They cannot Google in China! So the whole China is excluded from this count.

Where are you watching from? 

[[Mainland Chinese Drama 2018] Story of Yan Xi’s Palace 延禧攻略]

The actor played Yuan really well. Consider the suffering Yuan went through, it is not surprising that he harbour psychotic destructive character. The difficult part is that the actor did not overplayed this. I think he was under appreciated. 

Actually in history, this emperor marked the decline of Ching dynasty. 

 

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https://youtu.be/_puiqKHzpcc

new drama for YL and QL

15 hours ago, dramanoob8818 said:

Nicely put. Didn't realise this but yes it is that rare drama where the emperor had to work really hard to win his concubine's heart. That's what this drama special too. Nie Yuan sold QL the way that Chen Jianbin could never do that Zhen Huan. In Zhen Huan the emperor gave off regal but sleazy vibes but Nie  Yuan had a winning combo of power and vulnerability. He had the right charisma and presence to project authority but his little gestures (in rubbing his head, tracing Yingluo's features when she was asleep, weeping at his son's death anniversary, even the way he smacks her on the forehead affectionately) show his humanity, his vulnerability and makes him accessible to viewers not just as a 2-dimensional emperor, but as a man. 

 

Its been months since the drama ended but I can't stop re-watching random scenes, reading all the posts here, scanning for Yanxi news and not touching any other C-drama. Even k-dramas have hit a slump for me. What's with this obsession? I hope to find another drama soon that will top this one. Hard right?  That's why I'm still here.

so am I.  Relief to know there are other sufferer.