u/MoonlightPop

Source: Du Ruo's red note http://xhslink.com/o/6I3Bf74YOB7

Source: a fan at the Qingdao fan meet http://xhslink.com/o/9aO5o4OOQYq

The flower pin in Gaoyang's hair in part two is the exact same flower as when you get a death game over screen!

Source: a fan's red note http://xhslink.com/o/98wA6OKDe79

Love seeing Liu Xi and Consort Xiao dancing K-Pop together! Song is a remix of "This is For" by TWICE for anyone curious.

Source: Liu Xi's red note http://xhslink.com/o/ANIydQ6WgfX

Funny seeing him in casual clothes but still rocking the formal hairstyle 😆

Source: a fans red note http://xhslink.com/o/7RBECC2NwVH

The boys are doing their best 😆

Source: a fan's red note from the Qingdao fan meet http://xhslink.com/o/36FgA549dj6

Love these girls 🤣

Source: Xi Xin's red note http://xhslink.com/o/6PWz3GlX0lw

Really wanted an option to osmanthus soup the guy with how much trouble he gives us. 🤣

Source: a fan's red note from the Qingdao fanmeet http://xhslink.com/o/63t3jhoNDBM

Wish Cairen Qi and Cairen Mu had more scenes since they were pretty funny and a nice change of pace from everyone else trying to backstab me. I like to think Wu Yuanzhao ordered Xi Xin to rescue them from the temple off screen once she gained enough power but they probably both stayed as nuns there forever 🥲

Source: a fan's red note http://xhslink.com/o/7FuHYLMasot

We really missed out with Shangguan Wan'er's actress committing tax evasion causing almost all of her scenes to be removed. Princess Taiping is very pretty and supposedly one of the scenes cut is her introducing a young man to her mom that looks exactly like Li Zhi. Plus her personality in the Edicts section in the post game is goofy so seeing the actress perform that way would have been fun.

The video is titled the Most Authentic and Pure Blooded royal due to Princess Taiping having both her parents be ruling Emperor/Empress and most of her siblings also be ruling Emperor.

Source: a fan's red note http://xhslink.com/o/WdwoNvtSBI

But the changes to the New Path removed its significance. I wonder what it was supposed to be? Maybe connected to Dowager Empress Yang somehow?

Source: Xiao Nian's red note http://xhslink.com/o/5A3ZxM8EWIO

RUDE

source: her red note http://xhslink.com/o/26WpjIH9liO

We can all agree that there needed to be more Princess Gaoyang in part 2 but looking at previews at her new drama, she's really good at smirking and I would have LOVED to see her do that while maneuvering against the councillors.

The new drama is called 昭阳公主 (translation: Princess Zhaoyang) with the English title The Shadow Sovereign where she plays the character Princess An Le.

Source: her red note.

http://xhslink.com/o/wZguV67f9I

I love how even though the actress for Xu Hui and Xu Minhui are the same person, she does a great job at subtle facial expression differences between the characters.

Source: a fan's red note http://xhslink.com/o/5xEfW1daqfM

I'm honestly surprised how young she looks in real life. The makeup and costume in the game gave her such a mature and older look.

Source: Empress Wang's Red note http://xhslink.com/o/1kesTr0cteA

Huang Yi is way too beautiful imo

Source: her red note http://xhslink.com/o/5UAZ0HDN73g

Source: Consort Xiao's red note http://xhslink.com/o/8LpYa0RlYr4

Cause they'd be wildin' too much 🤣

Source: Official Xia's red note http://xhslink.com/o/8cWV38DAMPh

But Consort Wei is very possessive 😆

Source: Xi Xin's red note http://xhslink.com/o/4mBr1AcZFX6

Source: a fan's red note http://xhslink.com/o/5CxZUaq8b1z