RuYi's Royal Love [Episodes 58-60] Recap + Review
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I’ve read some people say that Jia wasn’t probably smart, and that Zhenshu, her maid, was actually the mastermind. That’s why she was probably chosen by Jia’s clan to be the dowry maid and accompany her. And it kinda makes sense: after Zhenshu left the Forbidden City, Jia’s schemes got dumber and sloppy.
It’s never confirmed though, not even in the novel, so it may be that writers got lazy and decided to focus more on Yanwan than Jia’s scheming so they made her dumber. Yet the timing of Jia’s downfall and Zhenshu’s departure is perfect
Wow this is a very good theory, the timing does coincide and many of Jia's early plots have said maid being the one to carry them out (yes, it might just be because she was Jia's maid from her maiden clan) but we cannot be sure how much of the success of those plots is due to her own discretion and intelligence.
The only problem, as you say, is that this is never implied, so we cannot be sure that it is the case, but it is certainly a very interesting explanation.
I was actually about to comment this. It's mentioned in the drama that Zhenshu comes from a family with a strong medical background and was a genius in her family. She would have known about the cinnabar and it explains why Jia was able to procure and take contraceptives safely and in secret when she first married the 4th Prince. It seems like Zhenshu did most of the leg work and fine-tuned Jia's ideas. Now Zhenshu is gone, Jia has gotten desperate, sloppy and has no one to actually straighten out her planning.
@@kandicefranky3253 oh true! I remember that Jia once mentioned that her maiden family chose Zhenshu for a reason I don’t remember now. I don’t think they chose a stupid maid but the smartest. And Qianlong returned Zhenshu when she confessed to her crimes. Other punished consorts are allowed to keep their maids, which means that in the confessions, the punishment department might have realized Zhenshu was the master behind Jia’s plans and she had to be separated from her mistress
@@Stinoco and because she came from a decent family and in order to maintain alliance with the Korean clan they sent her back home instead of executing her. Context is everything
This is like the one episode where I can SLIGHTLY admire Yanwan, almost. She's a really terrible person, but she can be resourceful and hardworking. Like that archery scene. Instead of just sulking after not succeeding at archery, she uses it as an opportunity to made herself look more endearing. I'll give that to her.
All the sensible women in the harem are getting sick of Yanwan's BS. Unfortunately, the emperor endorses her bad behavior so everyone is forced to watch as Yanwan does as she pleases.
Remember when Drama Recaps said if she had an entire harem of boring women and one dangerous one she'd be into it too.....that's absolutely what Yanwan is capitalizing on here
Yeahhhh because honestly what's the point of having all the power in the world if you can't be with who you want to, right? You have to be an almost impossibly good person to somehow be a great ruler, father, husband...though I will say that I (hopefully) would never have gotten this bad 😑
I believe you 😌
I go back and forth on Jia, but I think something broke in her during the first miscarriage. Losing her maid and her clan head barely giving her notice. I think she became more reckless and risky in her behavior that exacerbated her delusional ambitions.
Because as smart and intelligent as Jia was in the beginning, she has always been delusional in her ambitions and thoughts. One delusion was her obsession for the Clan head and doing whatever she can for him because she believes he loves her, and more importantly, thinking that she and her children ever were going to be awarded the top titles. Qing emperors only chose Manchu or Mongolian empresses and the children of Manchu and Mongolian consorts as their heirs. No matter how strong her clan is, Jia would never have been empress and her children would never be declared crown princes. Historically, childless Consort Ying ruled the harem for the Qianlong emperor in later life because she was a highly ranked Mongolian tribeswoman. Same reason why Ruyi was made empress over Jia and Chun despite both having children, she is from a Manchu clan. So knowing that her entire ambition is delusional from the very beginning does help to explain why she's like this now. Add to the fact that she hasn't been punished severely due to her clan's influence and she's become emboldened to push more and more for power thinking that there is no way the emperor would ever actually punish her due to her clan's influence. She has been forgiven so many times and has been rewarded that she has come to believe that she is untouchable and no longer has to simper for anyone like she did in the beginning.
exactly what I thought, Jia is too smart but her clan’s influence and ambitions really clouded her mind, smh 🙁. She could’ve done some REAL DAMAGE, UGHH i wish hailan had that ambition🥴
I feel like ur giving the writers too much credit here lol but i agree, i just wish thats what the writers intended. Looks like they just dumb down villians whenever convenient
Notes:
-Meiruo, my girl! She combines Yihuan's bluntness and distaste for schemes with Ruiji's fire and spirit---the best of both worlds. That and the fact that she's coming in with a strong family background means that she's a helpful ally to Ruyi.
-On Ke and Ying's clothing: They're wearing traditional Mongolian attire, including the deel, a large garment similar to an overcoat or tunic, and an oguji, a waistcoat-like garment, over top. Normally, deels are worn with a silk or cotton sash, which is done for both fashionable and practical reasons (men will usually carry knives, snuff boxes or other tools inside theirs), but married women don't wear them (a term for a married woman is 'busuguei', meaning 'person not wearing a sash', for this reason). I believe the hats they're wearing are boli hats, which were introduced to China during the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty, and evolved into the damao hat later on. They were wide-brimmed to protect the wearer's face from the sun; strips of cloth and jewels were commonly added on. Finally, the headdress Ying is wearing in the beginning is a tolgoin boolt, an elaborate ceremonial headdress shaped like a cow's horns, made of silver and studded with gemstones. It seems to be somewhat similar to the lingbatou that the Manchu women wear, oddly enough.
-I always attributed Jia's dwindling braincells to Zhenshu's deportation, combined with overconfidence and the blow to her psyche that was the Yu prince's punishment, supported by the whole 'you can't punish me, I'm from the Yu Clan' thing. Looking back, she did become a lot more sloppy and a lot more involved in her own schemes all of a sudden. I think the writers realized that they needed her out of the way so Ling could take center stage, but couldn''t find a good way of doing so, which is a shame considering the otherwise stellar writing.
-The woman who blows Jia in is the Duchess of Xianqin, the Emperor's aunt. She's fairly high-ranked, being married to the Yongzheng Emperor's brother, so the fact that she's disturbed by how much stuff Jia is gifting her is telling. According to the subs, she's given huangyu (yellow topaz) from the Yu clan territories, and what is translated as 'rainbow satin', although I cannot verify what exactly that is.
-Yongcheng, although seeming smarter than his mother at times, is really stupid for showing off his horse-taming skills, in front of his ever-suspicious father, after his involvement in the Mulan Ranch incident. The cherry on top is Jia realizing that the Emperor is becoming suspicious and immediately telling him to get away from the horse, which makes the both of them seem even more suspicious. Bravo, guys.
-The Emperor is (for lack of a better word) such a manwhore. Literally dozens of women and he's never satisfied with any of them. And he's so easily distracted too---the entire point of this trip was to bond with the Mongolian consorts, yet Yanwan shows up and sings a song and immediately he wants her in the hot tub with him. Honestly suprised one of the other women hasn't just dangled a shiny object in front of him to get his attention. ("How is the new consort so favored? The Emperor is smitten with her!" "Well, she has a ton of jewelry, and His Majesty is part magpie....")
If I am not mistaken, the actress of Concubine Ke got injured during her horse riding scenes and had a few stiches on her face or head 😭😭😭
Ps: You didnt put the best scene where Concubines Ke and Ying put something inside their ears to prevent hearing Yanwan's nonsense 🤣🤣🤣
And shout out to the glorious author acted as Qianlong's Royal Duchess 💕💕💕
It was near her ear. The horse got out of control and ran towards a wooded area, where a branch slashed her. She needed 7 stitches. 😬
100% agree about the pet peeve of c-dramas dumbing down the villains, conveniently when it's time for them to go.
Also, fun fact: the woman at 6:58 is the author of the novel in a cameo role.
Jia's behaviour is inexplicable. Suggesting that the fourth son should be adopted by the Late Empress was particularly dumb. I am not sure I buy the rationale for all of her desperate scheming: that she is so intent on impressing the man she actually loves, she takes these incredibly high risk chances. Yu is the only one who understands the depth of the emperor's paranoia.
Actually, it can be explained. I think the brains behind all her schemes wa that maid that got sent back to Korea after the whole monk-affair-affair. She lost that very capable maid and isn't able to scheme on her own
i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed the villains got dummed down in this drama! I feel so validated rn. And the only devils advocate i can say is...i guess because Ruyi ultimately has to lose they felt it wouldn't make sense for her to get smarter? But even then it feels like a poor excuse personally.
Thank you for assuring me this wasn't just me being mean to the drama though
Ying is such a sweetheart and a badass, I'm glad she's finally here!
#selfcultivationgoals
Ling Fei's plan is just no better than ZhenHua's butterflies🤣🤣🤣But I have to admit, I like her play better now than the last one. Even though she had already given up completely on getting any kind of respect from the rest of the harem women. Understandable given the way she entered, Jia and Ruyi would never accept her but even so I think in the long run I think the emperor's favor shouldn't be your only interest since you put a target on your back.
A fun fact you might not know (since there's nobody talk about this): the actress who plays the lady in 6:57 is ACTUALLY the author of the original novel and the series' screenwriter, her name is Liu Lianzi (Chinese: 流 潋紫). She cameo a bit in her own work lol 😂 she did a great job knocked Jia out of the game.
I always thought the same about Jia. Like how in the world she now is making plans this stupid? But also I thought they they were trying to show how desperate she became after losing her maid and after making all the harem her enemies. Before she was extra patient and now he wants the outcome like asap
In internet-psychobabble-speak, the emperor is the "missing step." He's the root of all issues
Oh my gosh, the book scenes between the Empress and Ling Yunche are steamy. Wow. 🤭
I’m scratching my head wondering why Yuyan ever thought she had a chance at the Empress seat. She is neither Manchu or Mongol and based on how Zhen Huan sneered at her when she tried to show off during that monk fiasco, she absolutely had 0% chance of being Empress. It was always either Chun or Ruyi.
I also imagine how different and happy she would be if she had just become the Queen Consort of King Yu of her clan. That’s what she really wanted anyway. Too bad that wasn’t possible either because of a spoiler we will find out in later episodes.
Nah if she was actually his wife in the harem where he was sleeping with countless other women, she wouldnt be able to tolerate the jeslousy. She would ruthlessly murder left and right, not allow them to get pregnant and punish them for being favored. She is CRAZY
Another great recap! I also read somewhere that the woman who goes to the Emperor to tell him about Jia bribing all the officials wives is a cameo by the author of the book, Liu Lianzi - is that true?
Yup, she is also had a cameo in Empresses in the Palaces 🤣🤣
YESSS My girl Ying is here! And of course Yanwan being slimy as always :///
Also thank you so much for that rant about Jia. LIke damn what the hell happened to her
Also! According to the wikipedia article I think 6:49 might be a cameo of the book's author!
It is! I think thats the only scene of the author’s cameos that got through the final cut
Ying is one of my favorites, she's so smart.
I feel really sorry for the women forced into political marriages. I doubt Jia really loved the Korean prince as much as did, but she loved the person she used to be in Korea. When she is dying she even regrets this life and earlier she cries about being so far from home. It makes her understandable with how ruthless she became if she is the only one she can rely on. Just like Consort Ying, Hengchuo, Jingse. and countless other women. We haven’t even gotten to Rong.
I actually like Ruyi having some mutual respect for Yanwan in the book in the sense she a ho doing her best to gain favor. It’s not noble, but I can respect the hustle.
Jia was such a great villain, but they dumbed her down making silly mistakes left and right and then making her extremely pitiful. Like girl get back on your big horse and give us DRAMA.
Did they make Jia the same level of dumb in the novel? I've always heard it turned as she was never nearly as smart as we thought She just had good servants to steer her more crazy ideas back into a corner in the past but it's hard to tell.
The working theory is Jia's brain is actually Zhenshu, the maid who got sent away after the monk affair incident. After that Jia stopped having any success in anything and became stupid like hell
I agree with you when it comes to Jia. I always hate it when we're reaching a villain's downfall,they dumb them down. Everything they have done from the beginning is cancelled by a few acts of stupidness that don't suit the characher's intelligence, cunningness. They should make the leads more intelligent, more challenging. As for getting favored,every emperor i have watched has showed me that getting favored is easy.
ngl the writing of the part between yunche and ruyi was pretty romantic hehe
I think part of Jia's downfall is that she had Zhenshu to cage her ambition
I guess they wanted to start bringing Jia down so Ling could officially take over as arch-villain
They nerfed Jia, sad 🥲
She was too OP 😔
Book Ruyi is interesting, she choses to be passive here because as you described, "her hands are also probably not clean either" so perhaps she thinks it would be hypocritical of her to punish Yanwan for a mere scheme? Also the emperor is TRASH, my guy is for the streets 😷😤 *barfs* Jia has always been intelligent, but I think she's slowly starting to lose her wits because Zhenshu (her dowry maid from Korea) was sent away and since then, it's just been a spiralling downfall for her 💀
ALSO LING YUNCHEEEEE YOU DUMDUM ~ I think Ruyi knows that there are major stakes with their "situationship" BUT IS IT BECAUSE SHE'S TRYNA DENY THAT SHE FEELS SOMETHING TOO?? 👀👀and had Ling Yunche's wife not been so mean, I would've actually felt bad for her.
His wife really did not even try to win her husband over and then is all shocked pikachu when he doesn't like her xD
@imogencrusader6306 I totally agree with not feeling sorry for her, especially when I found out from a comment that she was also not just verbally but physically abusive to Lin Yunche when she can't control him by mere words 😢.
I just think jia became to eager if anything. She was so close she could almost taste it so she went a little dumb from excitement. Even 4th prince is like mom chill
That's a fair point. Like showing off just before you reach the finish line, and then tripping and falling down face first
i respect yanwan tbh because she has no family backing and has to do all this herself
I get that. I think they did her a bit of a disservice by making her so bloodthirsty. Doing what you have to do is one thing, but at times she just revels in making people suffer, which is harder to defend
Bit of an essay ahead:
I have to disagree about Jia. She's desperate because she's alone and struggling. Zhenshu is gone. She lost her baby. Her clan leader got in trouble--and we've seen how irrational she gets about him. The people she used to scheme with are all gone, thanks to her. All that's left are her victims, all of whom hate her, especially the Empress. She's completely alone (other than her kids), so of course she's desperate and scared.
Plus she's paranoid about her schemes getting discovered since they're so tied to her now, unlike before when her schemes went through other people. Not to mention that she's used to getting away with stuff, so that combined with everything else leads her to risk it. Smart people often get cocky after a while. I know it's annoying to watch but it happens in real life too. When you're used to being smarter than everyone it becomes hard to notice your own flaws and poor thinking. It builds up: she does one dumb thing, panics, decides she needs to keep herself safe and does another stupid thing to protect herself in case the other thing is discovered, panics, etc.
Plus, the original people she plotted with were easy to manipulate. Jia could easily trick them into doing her dirty work for her. With the present harem, it's harder since they all hate her and none would trust anything she says. So I find it easy to understand where she's coming from. I get that it's hard to notice since we aren't really watching from her perspective, but she's her own character focusing on her own circumstances. From her perspective, she only has herself to rely on now.
Also, even Yuhu said she wouldn't have noticed anything strange with Jia if one of the women who received bribes hadn't shown up and mentioned it. So honestly Jia just got unlucky that one person had a conscience. After all, she gifted stuff probably to dozens of people and only one told on her. She almost got away with it.
...oh, and the almost-murder, son-shows-up-to-save-the-day plan was dumb as hell, not defending her on that one. Just plain stupid.
0:05 yay Ying Pin :D
she and Ke Guiren is great; they have good hearts and good character
0:38 and 3rd prince is left out... and 6th prince is praised only for his art
Chun Guifei never recovers her lost favor from Yonghuang and Yongzhang not mourning at Xiaoxian Empress's funeral
0:58 great just great... Ling Fei just excells at using other people's desperation to stay alive and ahead with her schemes 1:08 I would like to recommend for Qianlong Emperor to, you know, accept that he's aging 1:13 good grief, oh the creepy suspenseful music, was quite some time the last time I've heard it... it fits
1:38 reasonable of the young imperial concubines and reasonable of Li Yu; Li Yu even interogates (no torture though) the creepy eunuch to which the creepy eunuch denies any involvement and it is just *sigh*
1:59 yep, and this is why Qianlong Emperor lets the punishment through
can't have a Qi Pin disaster like in Hou Gong Zhen Huan Zhuan... Ms I-have-all-these-nightmares-yet-won't-take-medicine Qi Pin -_-
2:20 exactly, the same goes for most of the younger Mongolian Imperial Concubines and many of the other IImperial Concubines in general
they have dignity
2:25 Ling Fei knows how to take her shortcomings and twist them into opportunities for Qianlong Emperor to be the guiding one, which he loves, like how Mei Pin would use to play wrong notes on purpose so Qianlong Emperor would correct her. As a result, her relative fewer talents of good snu snu ability and Kun Opera singing can be stretched out and become more effective
3:30 Ling Fei also further endears herself to the Emperor by noting that she does deserve the punishment given, and that she will take the punishment; unlike Jia Guifei who tried to undermine Ruyi by appealing to the Emperor
3:57 too capable >.>
woo that explains why after zennshu disappeared jia fell into disgrace I feel very sorry for her she was my favorite character, in fact spoilers Its ending makes me very sorry, it is very much in line with the Chinese belief; If you reincarnate in your next life, don't make the mistakes of this one, live for yourself, not for your clan. has many similarities with ruyi who was also expected to live for the glory of the empresses ulanara and in fact his greatest revenge was to live and die for himself and for his love. As a Westerner, it seems difficult for me to believe in another life, even if I force myself to do so, it seems quite pathetic and unfortunate that the only consolation for these poor concubines is the eventual possibility of living better in a supposed "next life" but not in this one.. .. hence I share that the biggest villain of this drams is the emperor, he is the only one who has control, the other concubines can only play with the cards they were dealt in this life and wait for the next one to be better, which is horrible
@@Raunak-dk6ow Arguably, yes, Chun Guifei's downfall started as early as Jia Fei sowing seeds of ambition into Chun Guifei and implanting suspicion onto her with the hairpin, maybe even earlier with Jia Pin encouraging Chun Fei to marry Yonghuang to one of her clan members, depriving Chun Fei and YongHuang of an additional ally. But I consider the loss of favor to be when Yonghuang and Yongzhang did not properly mourn for Xiaoxian Empress since before then, Chun Guifei still had some sort of chance to remain in favor even with the suspicion cast upon her.
I dont think Jia is being written as dumb so much as supremely arrogant, and then later crazy. Her schemes worked so well for so long even when her later pretty dumb ideas come back to bite her in the butt, she brushes it off as a " minor setback" and she'll be back in the schemey saddle in a week which does happen for awhile and she feels untouchable then she gets sloppy and doesnt give anything the thought she should before acting. Getting her in more and more trouble and by then shes lost the ability to think criticality for a minutwe and say "gee i probably shouldnt encourage my son to bribe officials since thats just something that pisses off emperors since time immemorial" which is stupid and dumb and would of course get her in trouble but because of the teflon coating thst is all in her head she thinks its worth the gamble. and then kinda just goes crazy after a while going on about how its Ruyi's fault when she is punished. After that it becomes a mad woman's vendetta to knock Ruyi down
I think the first time i thought " well Jia is the next one to board the crazy train" was when she was mad when 12th prince was born and was all like i knew it you were hiding something how dare you not make it easy to hurt you empress!
Im just spitting out some random incidents to support Jia isnt a candidate for the dum dum award beause crazy theory.
I love how you pointed out the bad writing with jia...i remember feeling confused why she turned so dumb, she was soooooo fn evil smart under the first empress
Omggg the novel part though! I’m like 🫣🫣🤭🤭.. lmao
If Consort Zhe aka imperial noble consort Zhemin is still alive will she be the opposite of the previous empress since they're both from the same clan will she be an ally to Ruyi?
@@Raunak-dk6ow Consort Zhe could've made it difficult for Ruyi to become empress as you state, but like Yuyan and Luyun, her background would hold her back from becoming Empress herself. Said background being that she was a servant and therefore of lower status than Ruyi before she became Qianlong's concubine. And she'd still have to contend with Hailan's and Yuyan's schemes against her and Yonghuang.
I AM SPEED. And omg my fav character is finally hereee!!! Ying my loveeee 😍😍😍
A little more context on this [10:30] scene
凌云彻的目光触上她的视线，并不回避，“微臣当日被罚去木兰围场，本是因为心思鲁直，才会受了他人算计。幸蒙皇上不弃，才能再度侍奉皇上身边，微臣一定尽心尽力，为皇上和皇后娘娘办事，肝脑涂地，万死不辞。”
Ling Yunche's eyes met hers, he did not avoid them "The day I was punished and sent to the Mulan hunting grounds, I fell into someone’s trap because I was not vigilant enough. It is only thanks to the Emperor not abandoning me completely that I was able to return and serve at his side once more. I will definitely serve the emperor and the Empress with everything I have, even my life."
如懿听他再三撇清，又述说忠心，心中稍稍安定：“你有本事保得住自己的完全，本宫就可以用你这个有本事的人。反之，再多的忠心也不顶用。所以你凡事保住自己再说。”
As RuYi listened to his fervent proclamations of innocence, and his pledge of loyalty, her heart settled. “If you can manage to protect yourself, then you can be useful to me. It’s not a matter of how loyal you are. You must protect yourself first.”
凌云彻心头一热，如浪潮迭起，目光再不能移开。如懿鸦翅般的睫毛微微一垂，落下圆弧般的阴影，只低头专心致志剥着橘子，再不看他。
YunChe’s heart began to heat, heaving like the tides. He couldn’t look away. RuYi’s lashes lowered like the wings of a crow, casting circular shadows. She lowered her head and concentrated on peeling her orange, avoiding his gaze.
这样的静默，仿佛连时间也停住了脚步。外头枝叶疏疏，映着一轮秋阳。她的衣袖轻轻起落，摇曳了长窗中漏进的浅金阳光，牵起幽凉的影。
他明知道，见她一面是那样难。虽然如懿也会常常出现在他的视线之中，如同嬿婉一样。但他亦只能远远地看着，偶尔欠首示意而已。如何能这般在她面前，隔着这样近的距离，安安静静地听她说话。
It was so silent it felt like time itself had stopped. The leaves and branches outside reflected the light of the autumn sun. Her sleeve rose and fell softly, swaying in the light gold rays.
It was so hard to meet with her. Even though she often appeared in his sight like YanWan did, he could only see her from afar. Could only occasionally bow his head to her. But to be in front of her. To be so close to her. To quietly listen to her speak.
他喉舌发热，好像神志亦远离了自己，脱口道：“皇后娘娘不喜欢的命，微臣可以替皇后娘娘出去。皇后娘娘在意的性命，微臣一定好好替皇后娘娘保全。”
His mouth was feverish. As if he were watching his own body from afar, he heard the words fall out: “Whatever lives displease the Empress, I can remove them for her. Whatever lives the Empress cares about, I will do everything to protect.”
如懿抬首瞥了他一眼，目光清冷如霜雪，并无半分温度：“你自己说什么话自己要知道分寸，好好管着你的舌头，就像爱惜你自己的性命与前程一样。”她顿一顿，“惢心进宫的时候偶然说起，说你与茂倩的夫妻情分不过尔尔？”
RuYi raised her head and looked at him. Her eyes were as cold as frost and snow, without any warmth. “You should know by now what to say and what not to say. Guarding your tongue is the same as guarding your life.” She paused. “When SuoXin entered the palace last she mentioned to me that you and MaoQian do not seem to share the closeness a husband and wife should.”
凌云彻一怔，仿佛有冰雪扑上面颊，凉了他灼热的心意。他只得坦诚道；“微臣忙于宫中戍卫之事，是有些冷落她，让她有了怨言。”
Ling Yunche was taken aback, as if he’d been doused in snow, cooling his burning heart. He had no choice but to say frankly; "I have been busy guarding the palace. I have been neglecting her a bit, making her complain."
如懿凝视他片刻：“功名前程固然要紧，但皇上所赐的婚事也不能不谐，你自己有数吧。”说罢，她再不顾他，只是垂首默默，恍若他不在眼前一般。
RuYi fixed her eyes on him. “Your rank and your future prospects are of obvious importance. But the marriage granted to you by the Emperor cannot be neglected. I think you understand my meaning.” With that, she went back to ignoring him. Looking down in silence as if her were not there.
*I am not a native Chinese speaker, I'm just doing my best with these translations. If I made a mistake, missed something, etc. please please feel free to bring it up!
So, did Ruyi knew he likes her and gives him warning not to abandon his wife? I kind of confuse here 😅
PLS HE'S SO INTO HER BYE 💔💔💔💔
Istg Yunche really likes Ruyi. STARTING FROM THE FUCKING COLD PALACE. At first he probably got interested in Ruyi because Yanwan and Ruyi look a bit similar to each other. But oh my god, when Yunche's wife was sleeping and he was wide awake, he suddenly stands up and took those shoes that Ruyi gave him. SRSLY THAT SOLIDIFIES THE FEELINGS THAT YUNCHE HAS BEEN HARBOURING FOR RUYI 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲
That's what it seems to be, she at least knows that he is starting to become too liberal with his words and wants to shut it down
I wonder what does it look like behind the scenes look when Wallace Huo and Li Chun are in the hot springs?
Wallace Huo is a lucky guy to play Emperor Qianlong. He got all his Concubine and Consort Actresses.
*damn whippersnappers*
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I lost it😆😆
I love your videos, I hope you can bring more videos about harem dramas.
Yes! I think like you 100% about Jia, it always bothered me that they had to make her seem "less smart" in order to advance the plot and precipitate her downfall. I think they just wanted to move to a "second half" of the drama with Consort Ling as the main antagonist so they had to deal with the character of Jia (she being the main antagonist of Ruyi that was still left from the first half) but in the process they gave us a not entirely satisfactory result.
In that sense, I think it could have been a plot directly against Jia (and not some obvious mistakes that she made) related to ministers speaking to well of the fourth prince (similar to the fall from grace shown to us of the previous third prince and that was hinted as a scheme of the empress dowger) and the people who could have brought Jia down would be Ling (she has already shown to be cunning in her plans, they have a bad past and she would be the new antagonist once Jia is gone) and Hailan (also very cunning, with great determination and willing to do anything for Ruyi) could be one of those occasions when they "work together" without knowing it, thus giving the expected outcome to Jia's character without having to sacrifice her essence.
I love consort Ying but I will miss Shu so much :(
I also think that Ling Yunche only made his already complicated marriage worse with his attitude...
Good job as always!
EXACTLY right about Hailan and/Yanwan. Yanwan especially has a totally understandable burning hatred for Jia, and yet they decided to pivot her towards being angry at RuYi for some reason. It would have been so much more satisfying to see her taken down rather than fall apart
@@dramarecaps4217 Definitely, I guess now we can only speculate on what might have been... But Ling being the reason for Jia's fall from grace would be both poetic and would also help cement her position as the new main antagonist.
Mongolian consorts (consort Ke, consort Ying and consort Rong) are really my favorites, they are really savage all the time including with the emperor. They are aware of the privilege they carry.
Suoxin's face at 10:11. An editorial comment? 🤔
Rant 5:30 - 6:37
Jia is indeed a smart lady but, I think Zhenshu is the one who makes details and refines any of Jia's plans (since Jia didnt really knew to keep her mouth shut, for example when she ranted on how Qianlong choose Mei as a concubine while his is still mourning of Yongzheng's death in front of the harem members and she let late concubine Yi knew that she is pregnant and said that Yi needs to stop her whining over her dead baby, and Zhenshu makes an excuse to get tf off Yi's palace) 👀
Since Zhenshu being sent off to Joseon and Lixin is just a buttmonkey, Jia is probably got stress out by many things and most likely miss one or two things on her scheming 😂 (after all, two brains is better than one 🤣🤣🤣)
Zenshu always balanced out Jia. As a duo, they were fierce but Jia alone, I think this is her real personality without Zenshu there to balance her personality.
It is true that sometimes Jia would look like she was pissed or wanted to something and ZhenShu would give her a 'calm down' look or advise her against it. I guess you must be right!
Do you know if there is an English version of the book? I remember loving the drama and now you made me want to read the book
谢谢我省心思，苦恼。
I wish Yunche is the main character here, and got the happy ending.
But unfortunately this drama is not a fairy tale 😔
my girllll 🥹✊🏾
I’m on episode 58 now and Ling has now asked the ED to work for her, I’m at the scene with Ruyi in bed wanting to punish Ling for telling Shu the Truth and i have major issues with this and I actually really don’t like Ruyi in this series either, she knew the truth from early but withheld it from another fellow female, I think she’s just as evil and sneaky, it doesn’t matter how the writers try to tell a story about her, she’s highly flawed and she doesn’t get my sympathy at all tbh, I’m not sure if it’s because of the ridiculous story they made up in episode 1 that i can’t get over and i can’t feel sympathy towards her but everything about her irritates me.
0:38 could be because the emperor also semi washed his hands of 3rd prince after that no crying stunt he pulled at Langhua’s funeral
0:56 ED, you hypocrite 😔
1:18 Man, he’s so easy. Her stunt was risky, but impressive tho. Well played, Yanwan
3:19 Ruyi, queen of subtlety and passive aggressiveness 😂
3:55 yeah, she’s gonna regret ever working with Yanwan…
4:31 wow, really?? I guess this shows the emperor always had eyes on Yongqi 😊
5:30-6:40 yeah, I agree that they should have just developed Ruyi’s character to be more into scheming and then perhaps, she may have eventually caught on to Jia. Jia’s always been one of my favorite characters because of how intelligent she was. I wanna give the writers the benefit of the doubt and say that Jia overtime just got more cocky, delusional, paranoid, and desperate (for one of her sons to be crown prince).
6:56 actually, fun fact! This is Wu XueLan, the author of the original Zhen Huan and Ruyi books making a guest appearance! She also appears in LOZH too. Cool how she was included in her own creation!
8:06 exactly! The emperor shows time and time again that he’s really a lustful bas**rd! It’s really only his servants that keep his “clean”, respectful image in check 😂
8:37 LiYi’s got quite a backhand too… wonder who he’s been learning from…
0:38 that too, good point!
3:55 I mean... None of the repercussions hurt her so maybe not lol
6:56 Super cool! She's a solid actress, not awkward at all
8:37 RongPei gives night classes 😂
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3:55 I meant like regret in an emotional sense that perhaps if she had stopped Yanwan right there and then, Yanwan wouldn’t have gone on to kill all those people
2:22 I love this scene.
"Bitch she did what? That hoe thought she was cute or whateva wit my hubby."
😂😂
Third prince isn’t dumb
Fair, hearing him confront his father about Rong, he really does have a good head on his shoulders. He's no good at palace living though, and his mother's education is no help
@@dramarecaps4217 yeah Chun and The Emperor aren’t good parents really, but he cares about them so much the fact that he died the way he did was so sad
I really must have missed the fact the emperess dowager took YW in as a spy. What did YW really do for the emperess dowager?
Video 56-58, about 6 minutes in
The ED just needs spies and women with influence by his side so she can pull them out when she needs them, but yeah I don't think YW managed to do much for the ED before rendering herself useless
could u make one of this series for yanxi palaace? thanks
Yup, YanXi palace is next
A Prince bribing officials to always praise him in front of daddy, sounds familiar... Episode 1 kind of familiar.
Merciiiiii. xin ku le
Ayyy you learning mandarin? Or just picked up a few phrases?
@@dramarecaps4217 I was very assiduous during covid, but now I kinda gave up. You inspire me to start all over again. xie xie :)
if you think about it, serial killers inevitably start to get sloppy the longer they're at it. with jia having been quite the serial killer herself, with age, she's finally starting to slip up.
orrrrrr it's because as you said: they wanted ruyi to finally snatch that W. realistically, i'm more inclined to believe this was the case. 😔🙏
there's also option 3: her headpiece is so big it's starting to compress her brain.
Ohhh love that serial killer theory. But no, it's obviously the hairpiece 😁
Where is the book?
Is the one ur reading in english?
Could u send me the link? If u dont mind?
When your done reviewing Ruyi’s Royal Love, do you know what show you might do next??
Yanxi Palace 😁
@@dramarecaps4217 yanxi palace is about the same period , it would be great ! I know it is not a chinese drama but would you be interested about doing recaps about the glory ?
Does anyone know how old Ruyi and everyone in palace are at the moment?
This point is around the 19-20th year of Qianlong’s reign so he’s around 43-44, Ruyi(Xian) is around 36-37 , Ling 28-29 and Jia around 41-42 years. Hongli is 2 years older than Jia, 7 years older than Xian and 15 years older than Ling.