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* DestructiveSaviour: Ning Yi saves Zhi Wei from being forced to marry Jin Si Yu... and in the process destroys most of Puyuan.
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* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: Downplayed when Ning Yi and Helian Zheng flood Puyuan to rescue Zhi Wei. The wave isn't incredibly tall, but it hits the city with enough force to sweep away everything in its path. And "everything" really does mean "''everything''", including buildings, bridges, and people.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Zhi Wei briefly loses her memories. Jin Si Yu takes advantage of this to make her think she's married to him.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Zhi Wei and Ning Yi love each other, while Nan Yi, Helian Zheng, and Shao Ning love Zhi Wei. As if that's not complicated enough, Mei Duo loves Helian Zheng and Ye Lin loves Nan Yi.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Zhi Wei and Ning Yi love each other, while Nan Yi, Helian Zheng, and Shao Ning love Zhi Wei. As if that's not complicated enough, Mei Duo loves Helian Zheng and Ye Lin loves Nan Yi.Yi, while Jin Si Yu tries to trick Zhi Wei into marrying him.
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* WeddingSmashers: Ning Yi and Helian Zheng take this UpToEleven when Zhi Wei is about to marry Jin Si Yu. Their rescue plan involves ''[[GiantWallOfWateryDoom flooding the entire city]]''.
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** Ning Qiao died by being [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill stabbed repeatedly by dozens of guards]].
** [[spoiler: Shao Ning]] dies when Ning Qi shoots her.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Ming Ying]] outlives both of her children. One died as a baby and the other drinks poison to save his Zhi Wei.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: OutlivingOnesOffspring:
** [[spoiler: Ming Ying]] outlives both of her children. One died as a baby and the other drinks poison to save his ZhiWei.Wei.
** Ning Shi Zheng outlives five of his children. Ning Qiao died before the series starts, while Ning Chuan, Ning Sheng, Ning Yan and Shao Ning die during it.
** [[spoiler: Ming Ying]] outlives both of her children. One died as a baby and the other drinks poison to save his Zhi
** Ning Shi Zheng outlives five of his children. Ning Qiao died before the series starts, while Ning Chuan, Ning Sheng, Ning Yan and Shao Ning die during it.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Shao Ning for Zhi Wei. When Zhi Wei says she doesn't want to marry her, Shao Ning has her tied up and literally carried to the emperor in the hope he'll insist on the marriage.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: AbhorrentAdmirer:
** Shao Ning for Zhi Wei. When Zhi Wei says she doesn't want to marry her, Shao Ning has her tied up and literally carried to the emperor in the hope he'll insist on themarriage.marriage.
** Ye Lin for Nan Yi. She's more annoying and overly persistent than truly abhorrent, but she certainly gets on Nan Yi's nerves.
** Shao Ning for Zhi Wei. When Zhi Wei says she doesn't want to marry her, Shao Ning has her tied up and literally carried to the emperor in the hope he'll insist on the
** Ye Lin for Nan Yi. She's more annoying and overly persistent than truly abhorrent, but she certainly gets on Nan Yi's nerves.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Zhi Wei and Ning Yi love each other, while Nan Yi, Helian Zheng, and Shao Ning love Zhi Wei and Mei Duo loves Helian Zheng.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Zhi Wei and Ning Yi love each other, while Nan Yi, Helian Zheng, and Shao Ning love Zhi Wei and Wei. As if that's not complicated enough, Mei Duo loves Helian Zheng.Zheng and Ye Lin loves Nan Yi.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Mei Duo plans to kill Zhi Wei so she can marry Helian Zheng.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Mei Duo plans to kill Zhi Wei so she can marry Helian Zheng. [[spoiler: Averted when she decides not to go ahead with the plan.]]
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* LoveDodecahedron: Zhi Wei and Ning Yi love each other, while Nan Yi, Helian Zheng, and Shao Ning love Zhi Wei.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Zhi Wei and Ning Yi love each other, while Nan Yi, Helian Zheng, and Shao Ning love Zhi Wei.Wei and Mei Duo loves Helian Zheng.
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: Mei Duo plans to kill Zhi Wei so she can marry Helian Zheng.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: Invoked. Helian Lie puts his youngest nephew, who's only a toddler, on the throne, so he can rule behind the scenes.
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* EvilUncle: Helian Lie tries to usurp Helian Zheng's throne.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Zhi Wei and Ning Yi love each other, while Nan Yi, Helian Zheng, and Shao Ning love Zhi Wei.
* LoveTriangle: Ning Shi Zheng and Zhan Bi both love Ya Le, who loves Zhan Bi but is forced to marry Shi Zheng.
* LoveTriangle: Ning Shi Zheng and Zhan Bi both love Ya Le, who loves Zhan Bi but is forced to marry Shi Zheng.
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* AltarDiplomacy: This is why the emperor agrees to the marriage between [[spoiler: Zhi Wei]] and Helian Zheng.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Zhi Wei gets two. First to Ning Yi, which is quickly called off, and then to [[spoiler: Helian Zheng]].
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The novel ends with Zhi Wei and Ning Yi faking their deaths to go and live quietly away from the palace. [[spoiler: The series ends with Zhi Wei committing suicide.]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Feng Hao]] drinks the poisoned wine meant for Zhi Wei.
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* ObliviousAdoption: [[spoiler: Zhi Wei isn't Ming Ying's daughter. She's the last princess of Dacheng. Ming Ying did give birth to twins, but one of them died and she was given Zhi Wei to raise instead.]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Ming Ying]] outlives both of her children. One died as a baby and the other drinks poison to save his Zhi Wei.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Ming Ying forces Zhi Wei to promise she'll never marry Ning Yi.
* ParentalMarriageVeto: Ming Ying forces Zhi Wei to promise she'll never marry Ning Yi.
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* OffWithHisHead: Ning Yi cuts off Chang Zhong Xin's head.
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* ShootTheMessenger: Chang Zhong Xin literally shoots Ning Yi's messenger.
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* AxeCrazy: Ning Qi smiles as he threatens Feng Hao with torture.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first Ning Qi seems to be one of the nicer members of the royal family. Then he turns out to be just as cruel as most of his brothers.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Feng Hao causes a lot of trouble by gambling and getting arrested.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: The official translation of Zhi Wei's nickname is the worst offender. As explained [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27088933 here]], "小狸猫/xiǎo lí māo" means "little [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_cat leopard cat]]". Instead it's translated as "little raccoon" -- an especially strange choice, since raccoons aren't native to China.
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: The official translation of Zhi Wei's nickname is the worst offender. As explained [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27088933 here]], "小狸猫/xiǎo lí māo" means "little [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_cat leopard cat]]". Instead it's translated as "little raccoon" -- an especially strange choice, since raccoons aren't native to China. The mistranslation leads to some unintentional hilarity when Ning Yi is presented with a cat but the subtitles call it a raccoon.
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* FakePregnancy: Discussed when Ning Yi suggests Zhi Wei escapes execution by claiming to be pregnant. Averted, though, since she doesn't go along with it.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Shao Ning for Zhi Wei. When Zhi Wei says she doesn't want to marry her, Shao Ning has her tied up and literally carried to the emperor in the hope he'll insist on the marriage.
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* HumanShield: The Crown Prince uses Ning Shao and Zhi Wei as human shields when Ning Yi comes to kill him. [[spoiler: Ning Yi shoots Zhi Wei in the leg, then orders his men to shoot the Crown Prince after she collapses.]]
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* HumanShield: The Crown Prince uses Shao Ning Shao and Zhi Wei as human shields when Ning Yi comes to kill him. [[spoiler: Ning Yi shoots Zhi Wei in the leg, then orders his men to shoot the Crown Prince after she collapses.]]
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** Ning Shao ''attempts'' to be this. But she spends so much time demanding "Do you know who I am?" when someone annoys her that everyone already knows she's a princess.
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** Shao Ning Shao ''attempts'' to be this. But she spends so much time demanding "Do you know who I am?" when someone annoys her that everyone already knows she's a princess.
* SweetOnPollyOliver: Shao Ning falls in love with "Wei Zhi", unaware "he" is really Zhi Wei in disguise, and tries to make "him" marry her.
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** Ning Shao makes a truly terrible attempt to disguise herself as a man while attending Qingming Academy. She doesn't even bother to remove her make-up.
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** Shao Ning Shao makes a truly terrible attempt to disguise herself as a man while attending Qingming Academy. She doesn't even bother to remove her make-up.
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* PlayingSick: The emperor pretends to be sick to avoid dealing with the case of Lady Wang framing Ya Le.
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* CatchTheConscience: Noble Consort Chang goes to corner Ning Yi in Yilan Palace. Ning Yi and Zhi Wei know she's coming, so Ning Yi gets Zhi Wei to pretend to be Ya Le's ghost and to say Noble Consort Chang framed her. Noble Consort Chang freaks out when she hears "Ya Le" accuse her.
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* MistakenForUndead: Noble Consort Chang sees what she thinks is Ya Le's ghost. It's actually Zhi Wei [[ItMakesSenseInContext pretending to be Ya Le's ghost]].
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* TheLostLove: Ya Le, for Zhan Bi. She died eighteen years before the series starts but he's still in love with her. [[spoiler: Then it turns out she isn't dead after all; her husband had her imprisoned in the palace and pretended she was dead.]]
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* TheLostLove: TheLostLenore: Ya Le, for Zhan Bi. She died eighteen years before the series starts but he's still in love with her. [[spoiler: Then it It turns out she isn't dead after all; her husband had her imprisoned in the palace and pretended she was dead... but by the time this is revealed Zhan Bi is dead.]]
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* TheLostLove: Ya Le, for Zhan Bi. She died eighteen years before the series starts but he's still in love with her. [[spoiler: Then it turns out she isn't dead after all; her husband had her imprisoned in the palace and pretended she was dead.]]
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* MissingMum: Ning Yi's mother died when he was a child. [[spoiler: Or so he thinks. She was actually imprisoned for over twenty years.]]
* MistakenIdentity: Zhan Bi mistakes Ning Sheng for Ning Yi. Ning Sheng goes along with it and claims to be Ning Yi. Naturally this causes problems when Zhan Bi meets the real Ning Yi and assumes he's being tricked again.
* MistakenIdentity: Zhan Bi mistakes Ning Sheng for Ning Yi. Ning Sheng goes along with it and claims to be Ning Yi. Naturally this causes problems when Zhan Bi meets the real Ning Yi and assumes he's being tricked again.
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* MissingMum: Ya Le, Ning Yi's mother mother, died when he was a child. [[spoiler: Or so he thinks. She was actually imprisoned for over twenty eighteen years.]]
* MistakenIdentity: Zhan Bi mistakes Ning Sheng for Ning Yi. Ning Sheng goes along with it and claims to be Ning Yi. Naturally this briefly causes problems when Zhan Bi meets the real Ning Yi and assumes he's being tricked again.
* MistakenIdentity: Zhan Bi mistakes Ning Sheng for Ning Yi. Ning Sheng goes along with it and claims to be Ning Yi. Naturally this briefly causes problems when Zhan Bi meets the real Ning Yi and assumes he's being tricked again.
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* MistakenIdentity: Zhan Bi mistakes Ning Sheng for Ning Yi. Ning Sheng goes along with it and claims to be Ning Yi. Naturally this causes problems when Zhan Bi meets the real Ning Yi and assumes he's being tricked again.
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* DraggedIntoDrag: Zhi Wei gets Nan Yi to dress as a woman so he can stay by her side. He doesn't mind wearing a dress, but he does mind when she tries to make him wear a veiled hat.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Ming Ying's refusal to explain why she disowns Zhi Wei drives a wedge between them. It just gets worse later when she orders Zhi Wei to leave the palace, again without explaining why.
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* AnnoyingArrows: Ning Yi shoots Zhi Wei in the leg with a crossbow bolt. In real life such an injury could be crippling or even fatal, but Zhi Wei recovers and is fine afterwards.
* HumanPincushion: [[spoiler: The Crown Prince]] gets turned into one when Ning Yi's men shoot him.
* HumanShield: The Crown Prince uses Ning Shao and Zhi Wei as human shields when Ning Yi comes to kill him. [[spoiler: Ning Yi shoots Zhi Wei in the leg, then orders his men to shoot the Crown Prince after she collapses.]]
* HumanShield: The Crown Prince uses Ning Shao and Zhi Wei as human shields when Ning Yi comes to kill him. [[spoiler: Ning Yi shoots Zhi Wei in the leg, then orders his men to shoot the Crown Prince after she collapses.]]
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: Zhu Yin]] dies when Chang Hai stabs her.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice:
** [[spoiler: Zhu Yin]] dies when Chang Hai stabsher.her.
** [[spoiler: The Crown Prince]] gets impaled with multiple arrows.
** [[spoiler: Zhu Yin]] dies when Chang Hai stabs
** [[spoiler: The Crown Prince]] gets impaled with multiple arrows.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: After revealing the Crown Prince's crimes Ning Yi confronts his father about how he was shunned after his mother's [[spoiler: apparent]] death, and how Ning Qiao was the only one of his relatives who was kind to him. The emperor asks if Ning Yi is blaming him for this. Ning Yi bluntly says he is.
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* RoyallyScrewedUp: The royal family of Tiansheng is dysfunctional to say the least. The Crown Prince takes the cake for framing and murdering two of his brothers, along with dozens of other innocent people.
* SiblingMurder: The Crown Prince is behind the deaths of his brothers Ning Qiao and Ning Yan.
* SiblingMurder: The Crown Prince is behind the deaths of his brothers Ning Qiao and Ning Yan.
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* ThousandYardStare: Ning Yi wears one when he thinks Zhi Wei is dead.
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* ForcedToWatch: Zhi Wei wakes up in time to see Chang Hai kill [[spoiler: Zhu Yin]]. She can't do anything to stop him because he'll kill her too if he knows she's there.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: The emperor coughs up blood in episode three.
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** Appears when [[spoiler: Zhu Yin]] dies.
** The emperor coughs up blood in episode
** Appears when [[spoiler: Zhu Yin]] dies.
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* KingIncognito:
** Ning Yi accidentally invokes this trope when he first meets Zhi Wei in his disguise as a tailor. Everyone in the House of Lan Xiang knows who he really is, but Zhi Wei assumes he really is a tailor.
** Ning Shao ''attempts'' to be this. But she spends so much time demanding "Do you know who I am?" when someone annoys her that everyone already knows she's a princess.
** Ning Yi accidentally invokes this trope when he first meets Zhi Wei in his disguise as a tailor. Everyone in the House of Lan Xiang knows who he really is, but Zhi Wei assumes he really is a tailor.
** Ning Shao ''attempts'' to be this. But she spends so much time demanding "Do you know who I am?" when someone annoys her that everyone already knows she's a princess.
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** Zhi Wei has to pretend to be a man for severalyears.years.
** Ning Shao makes a truly terrible attempt to disguise herself as a man while attending Qingming Academy. She doesn't even bother to remove her make-up.
** Zhi Wei has to pretend to be a man for several
** Ning Shao makes a truly terrible attempt to disguise herself as a man while attending Qingming Academy. She doesn't even bother to remove her make-up.
