This was why he misunderstood that Jin Mi was his daughter.Ħ) The emperor found out that the Flower Goddess had fallen in love with the Water God. The emperor raped the Flower Goddess and imprisoned her in his palace, not knowing that the Flower Goddess was already pregnant with Jin Mi. She refused because she had already fallen for the Water God. Hence, he tried to persuade the Flower Goddess to be his concubine. He wanted both the throne and the beauty. Under the Water God's companionship, the Flower Goddess recovered from her heartbreak and fell in love with the Water God.ĥ) The emperor couldn't forget the Flower Goddess. Actually, the Water God had always secretly liked her. Water God, who's her senior from the same teacher, comforted her. By doing so, he broke the Flower Goddess' heart.Ĥ) Flower Goddess returned to the flower realm heartbroken. Hence, to get the throne, he married the princess of the Bird Clan (the current heavenly empress). In order to do so, he needed the political backing from the Bird Clan. Knowing that she liked opera, he kept going to the same place and eventually they both fell in love.ģ) Second Prince planned to topple the crown prince to assume power of the heavenly throne. "1) Heavenly Second Prince (the current heavenly emperor) saw the Flower Goddess and fell in love at first sight.Ģ) Second Prince accidentally met with Flower Goddess at the mortal realm as she was viewing an opera.
Emperor, Empress, Water Immortal & Flower Immortal: So in the show they gave her a back story for why she is asking for gives a quick summary of the history and relationships of our leads' parents i.e. In the book she's constantly asking for lingli so she can attain immortal status, which can come across as greedy. For instance, the Unfeeling Pill only prevents her from understanding/feeling Romantic Love, but still allows her to have feelings of friendship and familial love. So they re-wrote parts of the book to make her less mercenary. However, Yang Zi can't do a running voice over for the entire show. Since the book is written from her POV, we get to know her and understand her naivete and thought process. The reason they changed things from the book is that the Jing Mi character as written in the book appears really heartless and unlikeable when acted out. I watched the show's press junket interview where they introduced the show and the cast. "There have been comments about how the show deviates from the book. IN CHRONOLOGICAL explains about Jin Mi's characterisation vis-a-vis novel!Jin Mi:
It may help new viewers to gain a better and deeper understanding of this show, hence hopefully increasing the enjoyment of it. Because this show is more than just a pure xianxia romance and because it has enthused so many viewers into sharing their thoughts and insights, I thought I'd take the time to compile some of the more insightful posts made by commenters here.