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Main Characters
Qu Tan Er/Qu Xiao Tan
- Played by: Liang Jie
Tan Er is the daughter of Minister Qu. Xiao Tan is an estate agent. They end up Sharing a Body after Xiao Tan time-travels.
- Amnesiac Lover: In the second series Xiao Tan loses her memories of Lian Cheng.
- Arranged Marriage: Between Tan Er and Lian Cheng.
- Attempted Suicide: Tan Er's suicide attempt kicks off the plot.
- Babies Ever After: Played with. Xiao Tan and Lian Cheng have a baby, then are forced to leave him behind when they're sent to the present shortly after his birth.
- Blatant Lies: Xiao Tan tries to get Lian Cheng to help her by claiming she's been kidnapped and Tan Er's family plan to sell her to a brothel.
- Cassandra Truth: Xiao Tan tells Lian Cheng the truth about her and Tan Er. He assumes she's lying.
- Exact Eavesdropping: Tan Er overhears Yi Huai telling his accomplices he was just using her and doesn't care what happens to her.
- First Kiss: Between Xiao Tan and Lian Cheng in episode three. Xiao Tan is furious about it because at this point she doesn't even like him.
- Happily Married: Xiao Tan and Lian Cheng quickly become this.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Xiao Tan sets up a bucket of water ready to fall on Lian Cheng's head. Lian Cheng jumps over the tripwire twice. Xiao Tan forgets it's there, walks right into it, and gets drenched.
- Interrupted Suicide: Tan Er is preparing to kill herself when Jing Xin walks in.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: At the start of the second series Xiao Tan has forgotten all of the first series' events.
- Malaproper: Xiao Tan announces she's "so fettered". Jing Xin has to explain she means "flattered".
- Meet Cute: Xiao Tan and Lian Cheng's first meeting is a subversion. She's stuck on top of a wall after an ill-advised escape attempt, doesn't know he's the man she's expected to marry, and asks him to help her down. It looks like it's going to be a Meet Cute... but Lian Cheng is uninterested in the whole situation, refuses to help, and doesn't lift a finger when she falls.
- Mental Time Travel: This is how Xiao Tan ends up in Tan Er's body.
- Parental Abandonment: An unwilling example when Xiao Tan and Lian Cheng are forced to leave their baby behind when they time-travel.
- Playing Sick: Xiao Tan pretends to be sick after the falling-off-a-cliff incident. Lian Cheng gets a doctor to play along and tell everyone she's seriously ill.
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Xiao Tan tells Lian Cheng's concubines what she thinks of their bitchiness right before literally throwing them out.Xiao Tan: You came for trouble, right? Have you heard of the wife beating the mistress? Today I'll enrich your experience!
- Sharing a Body: Tan Er and Xiao Tan are both trapped in Tan Er's body. Whoever's in control depends on which of them last hit their head or told a lie, and neither has access to the other's memories.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: The universe really has a grudge against Yi Huai and Tan Er. They couldn't be together in the first series, and even though the second series takes place in a new timeline they still face obstacles.
- Tantrum Throwing: Xiao Tan throws things around when she hears Lian Cheng is going to marry another woman.
Mo Lian Cheng
- Played by: Xing Zhao Lin
Eighth prince of Dongyue.
- Alternate Self: When present-day Lian Cheng travels into the new timeline he discovers its version of himself is still there.
- Arranged Marriage: Has one with Tan Er.
- First Kiss: With Xiao Tan in episode three. Xiao Tan is furious about it because at this point she doesn't even like him.
- Happily Married: He and Xiao Tan quickly become this.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Gets impaled by an arrow. Luckily he survives.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Develops amnesia after he and Xiao Tan meet Yi Feng.
- Meet Cute: In the first series his first meeting with Xiao Tan is a subversion. Played straight in the sequel, where he deliberately recreates their first meeting but this time he catches her when she falls.
- Parental Abandonment: An unwilling example when he and Xiao Tan are forced to leave their baby behind when they time-travel.
- Sibling Triangle: Played with since the siblings aren't in love with the same person but with two different people who share a body. Lian Cheng loves Xiao Tan, while Yi Huai was in a relationship with Tan Er and is now married to Tan Er's half-sister.
- Your Days Are Numbered: In the first series he can't live past twenty-five.
Mo Yi Huai
- Played by: Wang Rui ChangAppears in: The Eternal Love, The Eternal Love 2
First prince of Dongyue.
- Alas, Poor Villain: In the first series. After his death Xiao Tan hopes he and Tan Er will meet in their next life.
- Arranged Marriage: With Pan Er.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: In the first series he dies in the emperor's arms.
- Evil Costume Switch / Excessive Evil Eyeshadow: Starts wearing dark colours and black eyeshadow after he becomes a villain.
- Identical Grandson: He looks exactly like his grandfather Yi Feng (with the exception of not having Yi Feng's Mystical White Hair).
- Parental Marriage Veto: The emperor refuses to let him marry Tan Er because she's a concubine's daughter. Instead he orders Yi Huai to marry her legitimate half-sister.
- Princeling Rivalry: With Lian Cheng in the first series.
- Sibling Triangle: Played with since the siblings aren't in love with the same person but with two different people who share a body. Lian Cheng loves Xiao Tan, while Yi Huai was in a relationship with Tan Er and is now married to Tan Er's half-sister.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: The universe really has a grudge against him and Tan Er. They couldn't be together in the first series, and even though the second series takes place in a new timeline they still can't be together.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He's conspicuous by his absence in The Eternal Love 3.
