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* LongLostRelative: Fu Chou [[spoiler: is Wu You's twin brother.]] He doesn't react well when he learns the truth.
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* LongLostRelative: LongLostRelative:
** Fu Chou [[spoiler: is Wu You's twin brother.]] He doesn't react well when he learns thetruth.truth.
** Hen Xiang is [[spoiler: Rong Le]]'s sister. This doesn't cause nearly as much angst when it's revealed.
** Fu Chou [[spoiler: is Wu You's twin brother.]] He doesn't react well when he learns the
** Hen Xiang is [[spoiler: Rong Le]]'s sister. This doesn't cause nearly as much angst when it's revealed.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Fu Chou does one after he learns his true identity.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The second half of the last episode shows what happened to the characters after Fu Yuan's death. Wu You and Rong Le are crowned emperor and empress; Wu Yu and Xiao Ke agree to get married; and Chen Yu is a tutor warning children not to make the same mistakes she and so many other people made.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Ning Qian Yi kills himself when his schemes fail.
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** Ning Qian Yi kills himself when his schemesfail.fail.
** Fu Yuan kills herself after her son dies and her revenge plan is thwarted.
** Ning Qian Yi kills himself when his schemes
** Fu Yuan kills herself after her son dies and her revenge plan is thwarted.
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** The emperor of Northern Lin dies in the arms of his two surviving sons.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
** The emperor of Northern Lin outlives two of his sons, Xiao Ren and [[spoiler: Fu Chou]].
** Fu Yuan outlives [[spoiler: Rong Qi]].
** The emperor of Northern Lin outlives two of his sons, Xiao Ren and [[spoiler: Fu Chou]].
** Fu Yuan outlives [[spoiler: Rong Qi]].
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* HeroicSacrifice: Rong Le is dying of poison, so [[spoiler: Rong Qi]] transfers it to himself. He knows it will kill him, but she'll survive.
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* SadisticChoice: Fu Yuan tells Rong Qi that either she'll kill herself, or he'll force Rong Le to go through with the arranged marriage.
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* SadisticChoice: SadisticChoice:
** Fu Yuan tells Rong Qi that either she'll kill herself, or he'll force Rong Le to go through with the arrangedmarriage.marriage.
** Later, Fu Yuan holds Hen Xiang's daughter and Rong Le's son prisoner, and tells Hen Xiang that she can only save her daughter if she kills Rong Le's son.
** Fu Yuan tells Rong Qi that either she'll kill herself, or he'll force Rong Le to go through with the arranged
** Later, Fu Yuan holds Hen Xiang's daughter and Rong Le's son prisoner, and tells Hen Xiang that she can only save her daughter if she kills Rong Le's son.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight:DiedInYourArmsTonight: Happens several times.
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** Ning Qian Yi dies in Zhao Yun's arms.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Ning Qian Yi kills himself when his schemes fail.
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* LongLostRelative: Fu Chou [[spoiler: is Wu You's twin brother.]] He doesn't react well when he learns the truth.
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* SeparatedAtBirth: [[spoiler: Wu You and Fu Chou.]] They discover they're brothers years later, after they've become enemies.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: The emperor of Chen is a young boy.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: The emperor of Chen is a lot smarter than he pretends to be.
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* RoyalBrat: Wu You starts out as one, refusing to attend court and then rejecting his bride-to-be.
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* RoyalBrat: RoyalBrat:
** Wu You starts out as one, refusing to attend court and then rejecting hisbride-to-be.bride-to-be.
** The emperor of Chen pretends to be one because it (combined with [[AChildShallLeadThem his age]]) makes people underestimate him.
** Wu You starts out as one, refusing to attend court and then rejecting his
** The emperor of Chen pretends to be one because it (combined with [[AChildShallLeadThem his age]]) makes people underestimate him.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Ning Qian Yi. At first he seems a fairly decent NiceGuy, but he shows how possessive and manipulative he really is when Zhao Yun tries to get out of marrying him.
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** Almost the exact same thing happens to Rong Le, who wakes up in bed with a strange man. It was another of Ya Li's plots, but everyone thinks Rong Le was cheating on Wu You.
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* DiseaseBleach: Wu You turns his hair white by drinking poison.
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* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Fu Yuan]] is directly responsible for almost all of the series' events. She engineers circumstances and manipulates people to tear Northern Lin apart from within, all so she can have revenge on its emperor.
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* OneSteveLimit: Accidentally averted by the transliteration of character names. In English the name of Wu You[[note]]無憂 in Chinese[[/note]] (Prince Li) is almost identical to the name of his younger brother Wu Yu[[note]]无郁 in Chinese[[/note]] (Prince Chen).
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* OneSteveLimit: OneSteveLimit:
** Accidentally averted by the transliteration of character names. In English the name of Wu You[[note]]無憂 in Chinese[[/note]] (Prince Li) is almost identical to the name of his younger brother Wu Yu[[note]]无郁 in Chinese[[/note]] (PrinceChen).Chen).
** Speaking of Wu Yu, Chen is also the name of a neighbouring kingdom. This can cause confusion when the kingdom is being referred to while Prince Chen is present.
** Accidentally averted by the transliteration of character names. In English the name of Wu You[[note]]無憂 in Chinese[[/note]] (Prince Li) is almost identical to the name of his younger brother Wu Yu[[note]]无郁 in Chinese[[/note]] (Prince
** Speaking of Wu Yu, Chen is also the name of a neighbouring kingdom. This can cause confusion when the kingdom is being referred to while Prince Chen is present.
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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler: Fu Yuan]]. Because of it she creates an elaborate plan to destroy an entire kingdom.
* {{Revenge}}: The main motivation of both Fu Yuan and Fu Chou. Fu Yuan wants revenge for being [[spoiler: raped and almost burnt alive]], and Fu Chou wants revenge for how his mother was treated and how he was almost killed.
* {{Revenge}}: The main motivation of both Fu Yuan and Fu Chou. Fu Yuan wants revenge for being [[spoiler: raped and almost burnt alive]], and Fu Chou wants revenge for how his mother was treated and how he was almost killed.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Fu Chou finds Rong Le in the bath with Wu You. It's actually because they were locked in, and Wu You needed a place to hide before Xiao Ren found him, but Fu Chou doesn't know that.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: NotWhatItLooksLike:
** Fu Chou finds Rong Le in the bath with Wu You. It's actually because they were locked in, and Wu You needed a place to hide before Xiao Ren found him, but Fu Chou doesn't knowthat.that.
** The servants find Ya Li in bed with Wu You. It was a plot to make Rong Le think Wu You was cheating on her, but everyone jumps to the more obvious conclusion.
** Fu Chou finds Rong Le in the bath with Wu You. It's actually because they were locked in, and Wu You needed a place to hide before Xiao Ren found him, but Fu Chou doesn't know
** The servants find Ya Li in bed with Wu You. It was a plot to make Rong Le think Wu You was cheating on her, but everyone jumps to the more obvious conclusion.
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* SplittingTheArrow: Rong Le does this blindfolded during the archery contest.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Long Yue]] stabs herself rather than be executed for helping Rong Le.
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** [[spoiler: Long Yue]] stabs herself rather than be executed for helping RongLe.Le.
** Xiao Ren tries to kill Fu Chou, and as a result he gets stabbed by Lin Shen.
** [[spoiler: Long Yue]] stabs herself rather than be executed for helping Rong
** Xiao Ren tries to kill Fu Chou, and as a result he gets stabbed by Lin Shen.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Wu Yu and Zhao Yun fall in love and try to elope, but they're caught and Zhao Yun is forced to marry Ning Qian Yi.
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* LockedIntoStrangeness: Rong Le's hair turns white after [[spoiler: she stabs Wu You]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: While drugged and hallucinating the emperor attacks and fatally injures Consort Yun. He has this reaction when he recovers.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** While drugged and hallucinating the emperor attacks and fatally injures Consort Yun. He has this reaction when herecovers.recovers.
** Rong Le accidentally [[spoiler: stabs Wu You]] and goes into a HeroicBSOD afterwards.
** While drugged and hallucinating the emperor attacks and fatally injures Consort Yun. He has this reaction when he
** Rong Le accidentally [[spoiler: stabs Wu You]] and goes into a HeroicBSOD afterwards.
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* ThousandYardStare: Rong Qi stares blankly ahead for hours after he sees [[spoiler: Rong Le (apparently) kill Wu You]]. He doesn't react while having his hand bandaged, or even when his mother arrives and speaks to him.
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* BedTrick: Fu Chou thinks he slept with Rong Le. He actually slept with Hen Xiang disguised as Rong Le. He doesn't react well when he learns the truth.
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* EvilMatriarch: Fu Yuan is this for Rong Qi.
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* EvilMatriarch: Fu Yuan is this for Rong Qi.Qi [[spoiler: and Fu Chou]].
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** Hen Xiang wears a mask that makes her look exactly like Rong Le when she tries to murder Zhao Yun. Later she does the same thing when she seduces Fu Chou.
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* LatexPerfection: Hen Xiang wears a mask that makes her look exactly like Rong Le when she tries to murder Zhao Yun.
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* LatexPerfection: LatexPerfection:
** Hen Xiang wears a mask that makes her look exactly like Rong Le when she tries to murder ZhaoYun.Yun.
** Used again when Lin Shen disguises himself as Fu Chou.
** Hen Xiang wears a mask that makes her look exactly like Rong Le when she tries to murder Zhao
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* MeaningfulRename: Fu Chou's real name is [[spoiler: Wu Chou]]. His assumed name [[note]]傅筹, ''fù chóu'' in Chinese[[/note]] sounds like "fùchóu" [[note]]复仇 in Chinese[[/note]], meaning "revenge".
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* MacGuffin: The Book of Mountains and Rivers. Almost every named character either starts out looking for it or gets dragged into the search for it, and people will kill, spy on and betray each other to find it.
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* DarkActionGirl: Hen Xiang, whose actions include almost murdering Zhao Yun and fighting a duel with Fu Chou.
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* IgnoredEnamouredUnderling: Hen Xiang is in love with Fu Chou, and his lack of interest in her combined with his love for Rong Le makes her hate Rong Le.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Rong Qi and Fu Chou are in love with Rong Le, who loves Wu You, while Hen Xiang is in love with Fu Chou.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Rong Qi and Fu Chou are in love with Rong Le, who loves Wu You, while Hen Xiang is and Ya Li are in love with Fu Chou.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: While drugged and hallucinating the emperor attacks and fatally injures Consort Yun. He has this reaction when he recovers.
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* IllGirl:
** Rong Qi is a male version; he's slowly dying of an illness caused by poison.
** Xiao Ke suffers from a mysterious illness that makes her faint.
** Rong Qi is a male version; he's slowly dying of an illness caused by poison.
** Xiao Ke suffers from a mysterious illness that makes her faint.
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* LatexPerfection: Hen Xiang wears a mask that makes her look exactly like Rong Le when she tries to murder Zhao Yun.
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* TakingTheBullet: Wu Yu jumps in front of an arrow that would have hit Zhao Yun.
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* AltarDiplomacy: A marriage is arranged between Rong Le and Wu You to strength ties between their kingdoms.
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** A marriage is arranged between Rong Le and Wu You to strength ties between theirkingdoms.kingdoms.
** Zhao Yun wants to marry Wu Yu, but she has to marry Ning Qian Yi so Northern Lin will form an alliance with Chen.
** A marriage is arranged between Rong Le and Wu You to strength ties between their
** Zhao Yun wants to marry Wu Yu, but she has to marry Ning Qian Yi so Northern Lin will form an alliance with Chen.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Fu Chou finds Rong Le in the bath with Wu You. It's actually because they were locked in, and Wu You needed a place to hide before Xiao Ren found him, but Fu Chou doesn't know that.
