#鹤唳华亭

[seventh-fantasy]

阁下！不用理由就会相信、没有力量也要保护的人，阁下难道没有吗？ your excellency! someone you would believe regardless of reason and protect despite being powerless - does your excellency not have someone like that?

[markiafc]

remember when they made a show about a crown prince-son and his emperor-father stuck in the traditional chinese system. and every ep was a thoughtful, heartbreaking look into having a father v. having an oppressor. and how there is no life outside institutional roles, labelled crown prince / subject / son / brother / husband. the innate desire for an organic personhood, developed freely in a fluid and kinder place. one where, crucially, even women can live unencumbered by gatekeeping and may cultivate their skills and character as they like.....

[staydandy]

Royal Nirvana (2019) - 鹤唳华亭 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : A story that follows Crown Prince Xiao Ding Quan who faces enemies from all sides and falls in love with a maidservant who wants to kill him. He is a son simply yearning for his father's love, wants nothing more than to be a dutiful son and subordinate, but his father, the Emperor, is distant towards him because he is backed by his maternal uncle and the army the latter controls. Meanwhile the Emperor turns a blind eye to his illegitimate son Xiao Ding Tang's ambition to take the throne. Despite the conflicts, the crown prince is a man willing to sacrifice his life and reputation for his country. (MDL)

Whumpee : Crown Prince Xiao Ding Quan played by Luo Jin • Gu Feng'en/Jia Yibo [Ding Quan's maternal cousin] played by Zheng Ye Cheng

Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Historical, Psychological, Romance, Family, Political, War, Bromance

Notes : This is a Full Whump List • Even though this drama is quite long, kinda depressing, and only about half whump (tho there's a shit-ton of emotional whump that I didn't note), I still think it's worth the watch. It's really well made and acted! • There are quite a few heart-wrenching moments. Ding Quan is an emotional character (I mean that as a positive note). I felt so sorry for him most the time, & in the few moments where he finally found acceptance or acknowledgment, it's so touching.. but the good moments never seem to last long enough. He's not a perfect character by any means, not above using dirty tricks to reach his goal, but still, I just wanted to give him a big hug by the end of it all. • Episode 60 has an after credit scene that connects it to a 12 episodes Epilogue that was released a few months later called Royal Nirvana Special (2020). Apparently they are episodes that were originally cut from the series. Where I found it to watch it was only subbed up to ep4 (& poorly at that). Still, I did quickly flip through the rest of the episodes. It ends in tragedy, and I decided I won't be making a list for it. Even though the Special does tie up a few loose ends, you can make do without, and if you (like me) want a marginally happy ending I suggest you don't watch it.

Episodes on List : 32 Total Episodes : 60

*Spoilers below*

01 : Xiao Ding Quan is kneeling in the snow to plead to the emperor.. freezing & shivering … collapses forward, supported, carried … [flashback] banging on a door until his knuckles bleed

02 : [flashback] Banging on a door until his knuckles bleed

06 : Jia Yibo is flogged a few times as punishment

07 : Ding Quan's palm is slapped as punishment

13 : Falls off his horse when it is shot, arm hurt (possibly dislocated ?, not explained further)

14 : … continued from previous ep. ... Arm hurt, Jia Yibo slings it for him

15 : [flashback] Ding Quan falling off the horse … [present] pain from his arm

16 : Nightmare … [flashback] falling off the horse … [present] pain in his arm while sleeping … locked up in a carriage wrapped closed with cloth (on the way to being exiled), watches his teacher/father-figure die for him

17 : Drunk, grieving … beats his own hand until it is bleeding

18 : Jia Yibo is drunk

20 : Ding Quan's hands shaking

24 : Jia Yibo is punched

34 : Ding Quan is coughing, has a cold

35 : Knocked out

36 : Coughing, sick … slapped

37 : Kneeling in a hot courtyard … passes out

39 : Whipped until his back is bleeding & collapses, passes out … wounds tended to … wounds pressed on … passes out

40 : Wounds tended to

41 : Palm slapped as punishment … Jia Yibo is tied up … Ding Quan's hand is tended to

42 : Drunk … Jia Yibo is throwing up

46 : Ding Quan is bitten by a caterpillar

47 : (near end) Throwing up after overeating

48 : *not whump : @19:02 he has hiccups 😂, also a result from overeating

49 : (near end) Steps on a piece of broken metal, cutting his foot … hands shaking

50 : (near end) Flogged … carried, unconscious, clothes bloody

51 : … continued from previous ep. ... Wounded, weak, & bedridden … difficulty moving … assisted to walk … bleeding through his clothes … difficulty moving, can't hold a brush to write

54 : Handcuffed … confined … refusing to eat (the subs took a sudden down-turn to google-translate level, just as everything is culminating! .. it really sucks, because they were pretty good up till now)

55 : … continued from previous ep. ... Confined, refusing to eat … Jia Yibo is tied up to a post, weak, dehydrated.. released, given acupuncture treatment … Ding Quan's finger is pricked to draw blood … Jia Yibo is sick … transported by cart … Ding Quan is interrogated, tied to a chair

56 : … continued from previous ep. ... Tied to a chair, interrogated, tortured; bottom of his foot beaten with a thick metal rod

57 : (at end) Jia Yibo is cared for

58 : Ding Quan is still handcuffed & confined … (near end) breaks his fingernail, passes out

60 : (of course the subs get better just in time for the last ep!) … Throws up blood

[ctdress]

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[yao-yaos]

Gu Feng’en and Xiao Dingquan | Episode 8

[mintyrecaps]

“Longing for a fated lover with a similar heart and mind. We would never leave each other until the end of time.

I’ll wander around the world for half of my life until we find each other.

Let me be with you, irrespective of all the ups and downs in life - accompany each other day and night.

I just want to hold you tight. Would it heal your scars for the rest of your life?”

[myhamartiaishubris]

Every time Cang Lan Jue uses Royal Nirvana's music I get whiplash. Not just from the blatant copy-pasting, but also because they are fundamentally two different vibes

[tell-me-again]

ROYAL NIRVANA —final thoughts

Watched the entire show in about 3 days.

No drama has made me weep this hard. I have watched nirvana in fire and it still didn’t make me ache as much as this one did. The production quality, the politics, the cast and the costuming is great.

Tbh I wasn’t really that invested on the main pairing all that much, it was mostly due to my personal preference as romance in drama is not my cup of tea but even then, the relationship just seemed so forced? The actors are amazing and Luo Jin clearly did a fantastic job as the main lead and same goes for Ms Li Yitong as dear Abao, but I couldn’t help but feel it being dragged.

The biggest complaint relating to the two characters, maybe the show itself, is the whole hidden identity plotline that they tried so hard to make work but flopped. Atleast for a good chunk of the show the writers desperately wanted us to keep us impatient for the revelation, but each new episode came, more reasons came to dislike the otp. The suffering the girl goes through is first. Also , there is happy music playing because ml and fl are back together so suddenly when just a moment ago the ml had punished the fl by flocking her(though he is not aware of her true identity yet)

Also allow me to mourn the missed opportunities! Instead of not dumbing her down and letting the cp know beforehand so they can be awesome partner in crimes, they instead opt to turn her into a fool and the root of all trouble. I mean for the love of GOD just let him know, he fell into like 20 traps and caught trust issues because you can’t tell him your name and make it easier for all of us. At first I could understand why she hid her identity cuz i mean she is the daughter of a convicted man who was executed, but as the episodes went by I found myself begging the gods to end it all. Not to mention the abuse was just so unnecessary??? Like the very foundation of this show relies on the cp and how kind he is and how everything done against him is justified, but then he turns around and shows us that to people lower than him, he is capable of just as much cruelty as his father.

Which oh boy….his FATHER of whom i will talk about in another post but yes, back to the ml and fl.

Given the time period tho I understood. The drama itself is trying to depict the more harsher and real side of politics and given heavy inspiration from patriarchal Song Dynasty, I am not suprised and didn’t really necessarily turn me off from the ML. And I wouldn’t even mention this here if it weren’t for the fact that the scene when he found out about ml being Mr Lu’s daughter fell FLAT. Acting wasn’t the problem but the writing. It lasted for like 2 minutes? Torturing that lasted for what i understand , months, and 2 minutes of reconciliation. Maybe I remember it wrong but it was just so, it was not up to the mark.

Other than this, i had no issues with the romance plot, tho I wasn’t the most attentive student anyway. As far as I am concerned i was here for politics and OH BOY did they d e l i v e r

Alot…actually, quenched my thirst AND gave me hyponatremia. There were times when i could not catch up, and I don’t even remember the draggy small plots around ep30-43 ish? the translation work also isn’t the best, but beggars can’t be choosy.

The drama gets draggy around the middle but then shoots off near the end again.

[beyourselfchulanmaria]

【鹤唳华亭】【Additional Instrumental OST】【纯音乐精选集】【Royal Nirvana】【BGM】 【Sound Track】

List 1. 太子—譚旋、李健衡 0:00 2. 文昔—馮碩 3:06    屏風定情的那一首！ 3. 做個乾淨的人啊—唐凱頓 6:34 4. 身不由己—馮碩 9:02 5. 可待之人—譚旋、李健衡 13:36 6. 小美好—馮碩 16:47 7. 師生—譚旋、胡波濤 20:21 8. 朝堂對峙—吳牧禪 25:04 9. 權臣—徐赫力 27:41 10. 捨身取義—馮碩 29:59 11. 陪伴—馮碩 33:15 12. 戰戰兢兢 如履薄冰 36:22 13. 手足之情—譚旋、胡波濤 40:47 14. 皇權—馮碩 45:36 15. 變故—唐凱頓 48:42 16. 家國情懷—金輝 51:08 17. 思念—譚旋、李健衡 54:18 18. 愛歸塵—馮碩 57:27 

《別放的太近，讓我看到；也別放的太遠，讓我忘掉。》

[ao3trends]

Biggest-gaining fandoms for 2023-02-17:

鹤唳华亭 - 雪满梁园 | Hè Lì Huá Tíng - Xuě Mǎn Liáng Yuán: new

鹤唳华亭 | Royal Nirvana (TV): new

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Dream SMP: +34%

プロジェクトセカイ カラフルステージ！| Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! (Video Game): +33%

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[seventh-fantasy]

娘不在了。妹妹也不在了。爹爹求求你别再让儿添终天之憾。放了卢尚书。 mother is no longer around. sister too. father please I beg you, don't leave me with any more regrets. let minister lu go.

鹤唳华亭 ROYAL NIRVANA EP. 07

[markiafc]

[madainncheothar]

“It’s evening, accompanied by a flute and a poem

the geese fly through the waning moon, 

the lanterns are scattered like tears

alone and dejected, we look back at each other

apparently I can see your ice-cold heart”

[hailanyi]

[mintyrecaps]

Episode 40

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: Royal Nirvana (2019-2020)

Gifs of Intro of cdrama “Royal Nirvana“

【ENG SUB】 《鹤唳华亭》 第1集 ｜ 罗晋李一桐黄志忠张志坚苗圃金瀚郑业成王劲松郝蕾刘德凯王媛可 Royal Nirvana EP1 【 捷成华视偶像剧场 】

Royal Nirvana Ep. 1 "El Pabellón de la Grulla"

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw4Nkzxpe38