Originally Posted by
bachtuyet
So anybody confirm that LSS will come back to modern day or stay in Qing dynasty?
It isn't confirmed yet. In the novel, she dies in the Qing dynasty. But in the TV series, they are still contemplating whether to bring her back to modern time. I hope not! - I LOVE the ending in the novel...
click to show/hide spoilersthe ending has Ruoxi dying under peach blossoms and Yongzheng standing over his empire....爱与恨都已离去,只剩他了- All love and hate has dissolve, only he is left. I'm looking forward to Nicky in this electrifying scene.
But I guess a "happier" ending would probably work more on the TV screen and with younger viewers. Although I'm still about the cheesy "Huang Di" name of her modern bf.
Just trying to air my history views here. Older historians seem to have considered Yongzheng the least important of the Kangxi/Yongzheng/Qianlong triumvirate because his ascension to the throne was very controversial. But it looks to me that only recent historians started to feel that no matter his controversial ascension, it shouldn't delegitimize his leadership abilities. He was unpopular for the reason that he was supremely one-minded and efficient in rooting out corruption. I think the Qianlong reign is over-glorified in TV shows like Huan Zhu Ge Ge as the decline of the Qing began near the end of his reign. But could also because Qianlong lived the longest (he abdicated in favour of his son as he didn't want his reign to be longer than his granddad Kangxi).
For those who have read Er Yue He's bio (the part during Yongzheng's reign):
click to show/hide spoilersdon't you find the most heartbreaking scene was when 13th died of the ill health he got from those years of jail he did to save Yongzheng? Yongzheng mourned him deeply for a long time as he blamed himself for his death. And when Yongzheng was forced to kill his younger son (who tried to murder his older brother, Hongli/future Qianlong), he was so broken that he couldn't walk and his eunuch carried him on the back all the way. It's like retribution after what he did to his brothers. That scene really broke my heart.
It reminds me of the Book of Samuel in the Bible. King David was a supremely efficient ruler but failed to keep his family together (resulting in the death of his son), which made him a broken man when he died.